http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/DarfurFind stories, videos, and photos about Darfur from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:15:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Darfur14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Darfur from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/18/sudan.aid.workers.kidnapped/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/18/sudan.aid.workers.kidnapped/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo foreign aid workers held hostage for three months in Sudan's volatile Darfur region were released Sunday, the agency they work for said.Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/29/sudan.peacekeeping.workers.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/29/sudan.peacekeeping.workers.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo international staffers supporting the peacekeeping mission in the volatile Sudanese region of Darfur were kidnapped Saturday morning, a spokesman for the peacekeeping force told CNN.Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/12/branson.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/12/branson.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree days ago, I took over from Mia Farrow on a water-only fast to support her efforts to raise awareness about the ongoing tragedy in Darfur.Tue, 12 May 2009 17:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/08/sudan.peacekeeper.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/08/sudan.peacekeeper.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextA peacekeeper working for the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur was killed Thursday night during a carjacking, according to a statement released by the joint mission.Fri, 08 May 2009 15:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/24/sudan.darfur.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/24/sudan.darfur.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA local aid worker employed by a Canadian relief group was shot to death on Tuesday in the Darfur region of Sudan, a colleague of the man said.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/darfur.peacekeeper/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/darfur.peacekeeper/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen killed a United Nations peacekeeper in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Tuesday.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/14/sudan.darfur.abduction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/14/sudan.darfur.abduction/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe four Doctors Without Borders staffers abducted earlier this week in Sudan's Darfur region have been "safely released," the group said on Saturday.Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/12/sudan.darfur.abduction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/12/sudan.darfur.abduction/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) staffers have been abducted in the war-torn Sudanese province of Darfur, the group said Thursday.Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/10/sudan.aid.meningitis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/10/sudan.aid.meningitis/index.html#cnnSTCTextA meningitis outbreak is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people in Darfur, according to an aid agency expelled from the country last week.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/darfur.london/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/darfur.london/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe killing will go on in Darfur despite the International Criminal Court's moves against Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, refugees from the violence said Wednesday, lamenting the country they say is now beyond salvation.Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextObama administration officials huddled at the White House Thursday night with non-governmental organizations currently operating in Darfur, after the Sudanese president announced that 13 aid groups must leave the country.Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/darfur.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/darfur.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTextI wanted to believe the man in front of me wasn't a rapist. I knew he was a former Sudanese soldier, I knew he wanted to talk about rape in Darfur. A humanitarian group working on Darfur issues had introduced him to us. They told us his testimony was important to hear.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting has prompted thousands of people in the southern part of Sudan's Darfur region to seek security and shelter at a refugee camp in the northern part of the war-torn area, according to the United Nations.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/darfur.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/darfur.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Air Force has begun flying equipment into Darfur to support a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Sudanese province, the military announced Wednesday.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/27/stoves.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/27/stoves.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn Sudan's Darfur region, where violence and genocide are rampant, women risk their lives every day performing tasks as seemingly mundane as seeking out firewood.Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:08:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835841,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835841,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSudanese government forces attacked one of Darfur's largest refugee camps at dawn Monday, killing dozens of civilians, according to rebels and a witness in the campMon, 25 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831563,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831563,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA helicopter used by the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur was hit by gunfire Monday and forced to return to its airfieldMon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/oly.cheek/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/oly.cheek/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese officials have revoked the visa of former U.S. Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek, an action that has worried the White House.Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Security Council Thursday passed a resolution to extend its peacekeeping mission in Darfur despite U.S. complaints about the resolution.Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:04:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822529,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822529,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWar-crimes charges may hold Sudan's leader accountable, but it could make ending the conflict even more difficultMon, 14 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821235,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821235,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFive peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force were killed and 17 were missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern DarfurWed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/30/darfur.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/30/darfur.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis, the biggest U.N. aid operation and the 21st century's first genocide -- yet the toxic blend of militants, rebels, bandits and government forces in Darfur is barely understood by the outside world. Here CNN answers the basic questions surrounding the violence-stricken region.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/darfur.diary6/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/darfur.diary6/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat surprised me the most about the aid camps is the sheer fortitude of the people. Fires burning down the flimsy straw shelters is a common occurrence here.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/darfur.diary4/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/darfur.diary4/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe flight down wasn't too bad, a little bumpy, but it went up and came down just fine.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/darfur.diary3/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/darfur.diary3/index.html#cnnSTCTextOver the next few days, as we waited for the government to decide whether or not to let us into Darfur, we did the rounds of aid agencies -- UNHCR, WFP, OCHA.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/darfur.diary2/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/darfur.diary2/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt wasn't like any Western press conference. No one interrupted the minister or the senior police officers.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/18/darfur.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/18/darfur.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTextLife for the millions of people in Darfur's aid camps is a living hell. Women are often raped while out collecting firewood and security is so bad aid trucks can't get through, resulting in food handouts being halved.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/sudan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/sudan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. World Food Program, the globe's largest humanitarian agency, is cutting back its air service in Sudan because a lack of funding has made it difficult to ferry aid workers to remote parts of Darfur and the southern part of the country, the agency said Tuesday. The cutback will affect the efforts of 14,000 aid workers, it added.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:19:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812158,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812158,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.N. Security Council got a firsthand look Thursday at the worsening conflict in Darfur, which has killed up to 300,000 people and forced 2.5 million to flee their homesThu, 05 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe joint U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur says a Ugandan member of the force has been fatally shotThu, 29 May 2008 20:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/17/sudan.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/17/sudan.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttacks on its humanitarian convoys are forcing the U.N. World Food Programme to cut the rations it provides to millions of hungry people in Sudan's war-stricken Darfur region by about half, the agency said Thursday.Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/13/darfur.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/13/darfur.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of student protesters were arrested Sunday after they called on President Bush to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and refused to leave the front gates of the White House.Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/20/sudan.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/20/sudan.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttacks in January and February by Sudanese forces on Darfur villagers are described in a U.N. report as "violations of international humanitarian and human rights law." Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/12/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/12/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey marshaled presidents, sparked worldwide debate, and put an international peacekeeping force in jeopardy, but the biggest concern for more than 100 children stranded in an orphanage in remote eastern Chad is to return home.Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/11/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/11/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar el-Bashir on Tuesday accused the international media of "exaggerating" the situation in Darfur to detract from atrocities in Iraq, the Palestinian territories and Somalia.Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:09:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe United States has called for a new initiative to get a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in DarfurThu, 06 Mar 2008 16:35:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714838,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714838,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled mediaWed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/15/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/15/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency says "unknown armed elements" are thwarting its efforts to move Darfur refugees in eastern Chad from the "volatile border to camps."Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/12/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/12/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting in the volatile Sudanese region of Darfur has sparked another wave of refugees into Chad and left a Red Cross employee dead, according to international agencies.Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:07:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175321,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175321,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnWhen George Clooney was nearly kept by the assembled countries from delivering his message on Darfur Thursday, the United Nations' recently appointed messenger of peace chose a more receptive audience: the press.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:22:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/magazines/fortune/gunther_darfur.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/magazines/fortune/gunther_darfur.fortune/index.htmGood citizens speak out when they see injustice. Can good corporate citizens be expected to do the same?Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:19:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159869,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159869,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAngelina Jolie continues her call for justice in Darfur, writing an essay about the Sudanese region in an upcoming edition of The Economist.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:23:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677231,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677231,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSix officials of a French non-governmental organization were charged with attempted kidnapping, after trying to airlift 103 Sudanese children from neighboring ChadMon, 29 Oct 2007 13:55:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670383,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670383,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHopes are high that a peace conference later this month will lead to an end to the killing in Darfur. But a key rebel leader tells TIME why he won't be attendingThu, 11 Oct 2007 17:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA group of elder statesmen, including former President Carter and Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu, urged all sides in Darfur's bloodshed to reach a peace dealTue, 02 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: African peacekeepers appear to have been killed not by those accused of genocide, but by those claiming to fight on behalf of the victims Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/07/cause.celeb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/07/cause.celeb/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrom the humanitarian crisis in Darfur to art therapy and literacy programs, find out about the favorite charitable organizations and causes of some of Hollywood's biggest names.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/01/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/01/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage after rebels killed at least 10 African Union soldiers in an unprecented attack on a peacekeeping base in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/30/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/30/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of rebels stormed an African Union peacekeeping base in Sudan's Darfur region, killing 10 personnel from the AU mission and wounding several more, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/12/solar.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/12/solar.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor the 2.5 million people who have fled the four-year conflict in war-torn Darfur, refugee camps in eastern Chad hold the promise of a safe haven.Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/06/sudan.UN.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/06/sudan.UN.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Thursday that new peace talks to end the four-year conflict in Darfur will start October 27 in Libya.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/04/un.darfur.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/04/un.darfur.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that time was critical and the Sudanese government's cooperation "essential" to successfully deploying a new peacekeeping force in war-torn Darfur.Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/03/un.sudan.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/03/un.sudan.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will press for speedy deployment of a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur and a quick start to new peace talks to end the four-year conflict there during his visit to Sudan starting Monday.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan.embarg.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan.embarg.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextA human rights group said Thursday that Sudan's government continues to violate a U.N. arms embargo in Darfur and urged the United Nations to give its planned peacekeeping force for the region the authority to confiscate weapons from combatants.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/21/sudan.rape.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/21/sudan.rape.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' human rights office on Tuesday accused forces allied with Sudan's government of mass abduction and rape of women and girls in Darfur, acts it said could constitute war crimes.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/19/israel.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/19/israel.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael on Sunday rejected 50 Africans -- most of them reportedly from Sudan's Darfur region -- who had illegally entered the country from Egypt, a government official said.Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1653513,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1653513,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMia Farrow joined genocide survivors in a torch-lighting ceremony Wednesday at a Rwandan school where thousands died in a 100-day frenzy of killings in 1994Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/news/international/Sudan_khartoum.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/news/international/Sudan_khartoum.fortune/index.htmLate last year Adam Ibrahim Ali and his two teenage sons fled their ravaged village in Darfur and headed for Sudan's capital, Khartoum, riding on trucks and walking for days under the blistering desert sun. When they arrived in this dusty city on the Nile, Ali fashioned a small mud shelter on the riverbank and hung up his most cherished possession, a small transistor radio.Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. Security Council has more than tripled an existing African Union-led force for the Sudanese province of Darfur by authorizing a 26,000-member peacekeeping mission.Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.N. approved a mission to stop the killing, but the plan can succeed only if combatants reach a political settlementTue, 31 Jul 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644695,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644695,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsScientists have discovered the underground remnants of an ancient lake in Sudan's arid Darfur region, offering hope of tapping a precious resource and easing water scarcityWed, 18 Jul 2007 20:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644303,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644303,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told President Bush on Tuesday the United Nations is speeding up efforts to find a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur that has killed more than 200,000 peopleWed, 18 Jul 2007 16:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636636,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636636,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe world has fallen down on the job of ending the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said SundayMon, 25 Jun 2007 09:05:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsActivists are using the Games to prod Beijing to reform. Will it pay off?Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWashington has done more than any other power to end the crisis, but theU.S. has little direct leverage over SudanThu, 31 May 2007 13:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/30/sudan.sanctions.feedback/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/30/sudan.sanctions.feedback/index.htmlPresident Bush imposed new sanctions this week against the Sudanese government for its refusal to stop violence against civilians in Darfur. The sanctions are aimed at 31 companies owned or controlled by the Sudanese government, banning them from doing business with the United States or U.S. companies.Wed, 30 May 2007 15:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/29/bush.sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/29/bush.sudan/index.htmlPresident Bush imposed new sanctions Tuesday against the Sudanese government in reaction to the violence in Darfur, preventing 31 companies and three people from doing business in the United States or with U.S. companies.Tue, 29 May 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/18/darfur.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/18/darfur.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina on Friday rejected growing criticism it is not wielding its influence with Sudan to stop bloodshed in the Darfur region and said attempts to use the conflict to politicize Beijing's Olympic Games will fail.Sat, 19 May 2007 02:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/04/darfur.book/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/04/darfur.book/index.htmlActor Don Cheadle has a new mission in life: raising awareness about the atrocities being carried out in what the United Nations says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis.Fri, 04 May 2007 11:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/10/google.genocide/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/10/google.genocide/index.htmlIf you Google the word Darfur, you will find about 13 million references to the atrocities in the western Darfur region of Sudan -- what the United States has said is this century's first genocide.Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/pysk.hier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/pysk.hier/index.htmlAs Rabbi Marvin Hier scans the world, he sees a need for remembrance and a call for action.Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/25/chad.refugees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/25/chad.refugees/index.htmlThe head of the U.N. refugee agency has said hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians in eastern Chad face stark perils from fighting in eastern Chad.Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/22/un.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/22/un.darfur/index.htmlCiting a "dramatic deterioration" of the situation in Darfur, the top U.N. humanitarian official said a crisis is approaching for the region in Sudan that could cost millions of lives.Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/17/un.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/17/un.darfur/index.htmlSudan has agreed "in principle" to a plan that would allow U.N. peacekeepers to be stationed in the country's war-torn region of Darfur, and America's top diplomat hailed the development on Friday.Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/23/rice.sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/23/rice.sudan/index.htmlSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized the Sudanese government Monday for kicking out the top U.N. official in the country, calling the decision "unfortunate in the extreme."Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/18/sudan.us/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/18/sudan.us/index.htmlBowing to pressure from international aid groups and human rights groups, U.S. President George W. Bush will appoint a special envoy to pursue ending the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, senior U.S. officials have told CNN.Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/chirac.transcript/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/chirac.transcript/index.htmlFrench President Jacques Chirac was interviewed by CNN's Jim Bittermann in Paris. Here is a transcript of the interview:Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/17/darfur.rally/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/17/darfur.rally/index.htmlTens of thousands of demonstrators in cities around the world on Sunday demanded action to stop the killing in Darfur, Sudan.Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/16/btsc.labott/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/16/btsc.labott/index.htmlIn what has become a well-known anecdote among activists trying to stop the catastrophe in Darfur, President Bush, shortly after taking office, reads a report on the Clinton administration's failure to act in Rwanda. Afterward the president writes in the margins: "Not on my watch!"Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/Darfur.rice/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/Darfur.rice/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she pressed Sudan's government to accept a U.N. force in the war-torn region of Darfur, warning improved U.S. relations depended on it.Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/un.sudanvote/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/un.sudanvote/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council on Thursday voted 12-0 for a resolution that would put a U.N. peacekeeping force in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, provided the African nation does not oppose it.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/UN.sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/UN.sudan/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to form a U.N. peacekeeping force for Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, provided the African nation reverses its opposition.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/29/sudan.unforce/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/29/sudan.unforce/index.htmlSudanese President Omar al-Beshir again rejected calls for him to accept a U.N. force in the Darfur region of Sudan, while the United States pushed for a vote on a U.N. resolution to provide up to 17,300 U.N. troops for such a mission.Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/25/un.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/25/un.darfur/index.htmlA U.N. force is critical to prevent a "planned offensive" on Darfur by the Sudanese government, the U.S. State Department's top diplomat on Africa said Friday while accusing Sudan of committing genocide.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/26/chad.sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/26/chad.sudan/index.htmlThe U.N. refugee agency on Friday said it is "very disturbed by reports of ongoing infiltration of armed Sudanese rebels inside and near some refugee camps in eastern Chad and fear further recruitment of refugees for military activities."Fri, 26 May 2006 11:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.recruitment/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.recruitment/index.htmlChildren as young as 13 are being forced into combat by Sudanese rebels who take the youngsters from squalid refugee camps in neighboring Chad, CNN has learned.Wed, 17 May 2006 14:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/11/btsc.robertson/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/11/btsc.robertson/index.htmlOne of the greatest difficulties of reporting from Darfur is the size, scale and scope of it. Darfur itself is about two thirds the size of Texas. It's a large area, and it doesn't have a road infrastructure like Texas. That's for sure.Thu, 11 May 2006 21:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/10/darfur.un/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/10/darfur.un/index.htmlThe U.N. humanitarian chief says he was "very positively surprised" by talks with Sudanese officials over the crisis in that country's Darfur region.Wed, 10 May 2006 04:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/07/darfur.talks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/07/darfur.talks/index.htmlThe United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs was greeted by protesters on Sunday as he arrived in Nyala, the largest city in southern Darfur, to assess the humanitarian crisis in the region.Sun, 07 May 2006 09:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur.talks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur.talks/index.htmlThe main rebel group in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region signed a peace agreement Friday aimed at ending the violence that has spawned what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.Fri, 05 May 2006 10:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur/index.htmlTalks in Abuja, Nigeria, aimed at producing a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and rebels in the African nation's troubled Darfur region, passed another deadline Friday with no clear indication that they were near success.Fri, 05 May 2006 05:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/darfur.peace/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/darfur.peace/index.htmlSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice sent her deputy to save peace talks on ending the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region, saying it was time to "shake the trees" and put a robust security force in place.Tue, 02 May 2006 01:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/30/sudan.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/30/sudan.darfur/index.htmlOn the deadline set by African Union mediators, Sudan's government agreed Sunday to sign a peace agreement to end violence in its Darfur region, but the rebel movement has so far rejected the plan.Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/darfur.protest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/darfur.protest/index.htmlFive Democratic members of Congress were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy and led away in plastic handcuffs Friday to protest the atrocities in the Darfur region.Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/darfur.clooney/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/darfur.clooney/index.htmlOscar winner George Clooney Thursday joined two senators, Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democrat Barack Obama, to appeal for greater action to address what is being described as genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/17/chad.refugees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/17/chad.refugees/index.htmlChad won't forcibly return refugees to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday.Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.drawings/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.drawings/index.htmlChildren's drawings depicting the horrors of the Sudan conflict are on exhibit at New York University, and a Human Rights Watch researcher says several show human rights violations.Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/mariner.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/mariner.darfur/index.htmlJust two weeks ago, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, announced that he was opening an investigation into atrocities in Darfur. His decision to investigate comes after the March 31 resolution of the U.N. Security Council that referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC.Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/29/armenia.past/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/29/armenia.past/index.htmlWe shudder at images from Darfur, Sudan, wince at memories of Rwanda and look at grainy pictures of the Holocaust and say "never again."Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/mariner.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/mariner.darfur/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council has finally been roused to action on Darfur. It held one important vote this week, passing a resolution that imposes limited sanctions, and it is scheduled to hold another, even more important vote, today.Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:35:00 EST