http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Janjaweed_MilitiaFind stories, videos, and photos about Janjaweed Militia from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:35:32 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/africa/05/12/branson.darfur/tztop.richard.branson.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Janjaweed_Militia14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Janjaweed Militia from CNN.com.http://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/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/03/04/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/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/06/18/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/04/22/darfur.holmes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/darfur.holmes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of deaths in Sudan's Darfur region since 2006 may have been underestimated by as much as 50 percent, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said Tuesday.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:32:00 EDThttp://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.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://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/aditi_kinkhabwala/05/17/newble.darfar/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/aditi_kinkhabwala/05/17/newble.darfar/index.htmlIra Newble stuffed his teammates' lockers. Then he worried the Cavs would think it was junk mail.Thu, 17 May 2007 19:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/26/Sudan.ambassador/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/26/Sudan.ambassador/index.htmlThe Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations lambasted the body's chief envoy to Sudan on Thursday for insulting the country's government and army on a Web blog.Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/21/rice.tussle/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/21/rice.tussle/index.htmlSudan's foreign minister has apologized to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after authorities roughed up journalists and staff members traveling with her.Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/31/sudan.report/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/31/sudan.report/index.htmlThe government of Sudan and militias have acted together in committing widespread atrocities in Darfur that should be prosecuted by an international war crimes tribunal, but the violent acts do not amount to genocide, a U.N. commission has said.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 02:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/sudan.group/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/sudan.group/index.htmlA Darfur rebel group said Thursday it refused to return to African Union-sponsored peace talks and rejected the pan-African body as lead mediator to end the 22-month-old conflict.Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/07/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/07/sudan.un/index.htmlU.N. head Kofi Annan has warned that chaos is looming as fighting in the Sundanese province of Darfur escalates, displacing millions of people.Tue, 07 Dec 2004 06:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/09/sudan.talks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/09/sudan.talks/index.htmlThe Sudanese government and rebels in the country's Darfur region have signed security and humanitarian agreements in Nigeria after two weeks of talks, the press officer for Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has said.Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/16/sudan.annan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/16/sudan.annan/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Security Council to "take action now" on a resolution demanding that the Sudanese government stop the violence in the troubled Darfur region, where tens of thousands of civilians have been killed.Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/14/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/14/sudan.un/index.htmlThe United States has toned down its threat of U.N. sanctions against Sudan, but said oil sanctions should be considered if the African nation does not stop the violence in the troubled Darfur region.Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/10/sudan.powell/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/10/sudan.powell/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that "genocide has been committed" in the Sudanese region of Darfur, a charge rejected by Sudan's Foreign Minister.Fri, 10 Sep 2004 04:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/09/sudan.powell/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/09/sudan.powell/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that "genocide has been committed" in the Sudanese region of Darfur.Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/03/sudan.us.racist/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/03/sudan.us.racist/index.htmlWhile not directly calling the crisis in Darfur a genocide, the U.S. State Department has said that interviews with Sudanese refugees indicated attacks against the regions' black Africans appeared to be racially motivated.Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/02/un.sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/02/un.sudan/index.htmlThe United Nations' special envoy to Sudan said Thursday that the African nation's government is making some progress -- but not enough -- in meeting Security Council demands to rein in the catastrophe in the country's Darfur region.Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/01/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/01/sudan.un/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Wednesday for a "substantially increased international presence" as quickly as possible in the Darfur region of Sudan, saying the Sudanese government had not met its obligation to stop attacks against civilians.Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/31/amanpour.bashir/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/31/amanpour.bashir/index.htmlCNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour Interviewed Lt. Gen. Omar Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan, on August 12. The following is a transcript of the interview.Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/28/sudan.peacetalks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/28/sudan.peacetalks/index.htmlRebel groups walked away from peace talks with the Sudanese government in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Saturday in protest of alleged attacks by the government-supported Janjaweed militia in the embattled Darfur region, a government spokesman said.Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/26/sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/26/sudan/index.htmlAn apparent breakthrough aimed at ending the crisis in Darfur seems set to be scuppered after Sudanese rebels rejected key conditions of the deal.Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/25/sudan.talks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/25/sudan.talks/index.htmlThe Sudanese government has agreed to an African Union proposal to send more AU troops to the Darfur region to garrison rebel fighters, a top government negotiator told reporters.Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan/index.htmlSudanese peace talks have hit a new snag after rebels refused to discuss garrisoning their forces, even though host nation Nigeria said they had agreed to put it on the agenda.Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/23/sudan.straw/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/23/sudan.straw/index.htmlBritain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said his government is prepared to help fund an enlarged African Union force to monitor the situation in the troubled western Sudan region of Darfur.Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/20/sudan.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/20/sudan.darfur/index.htmlThe United Nations says thousands of displaced persons in the Darfur region of Sudan could cross to Chad "if no credible measures are taken to make them feel secure inside."Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/11/sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/11/sudan/index.htmlThe United Nations' envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk, is pessimistic the government in Khartoum will be able to meet is commitments to relieve the country's growing humanitarian crisis.Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.au/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.au/index.htmlU.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is sending a U.N. security team to Addis Adaba to assist the African Union (AU) with the security situation in the Darfur region of Sudan, where armed gangs known as the Janjaweed have driven thousands from their homes.Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/01/unvote.sudan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/01/unvote.sudan/index.htmlSudan is calling a U.N. Security Council vote on the Darfur crisis "illogical," after being given 30 days to disarm Arab militias or face economic and diplomatic penalties.Sun, 01 Aug 2004 06:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/29/sudan.aid.resolution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/29/sudan.aid.resolution/index.htmlA U.S. draft proposal to the United Nations on the Sudan crisis drops the word "sanctions" but calls on the Sudanese government to disarm Arab militias, known as the Janjaweed.Thu, 29 Jul 2004 04:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/27/sudan.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/27/sudan.main/index.htmlSudan will retaliate against international troops if they are sent to intervene in the troubled Darfur region, Khartoum's foreign minister has said.Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/21/sudan.annan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/21/sudan.annan/index.htmlUnited Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on the international community to do more to avert a looming humanitarian tragedy in Sudan.Thu, 22 Jul 2004 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/18/sudan.darfur/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/18/sudan.darfur/index.htmlTalks broke down Saturday between two rebel groups and the African Union, which has been trying to mediate an end to the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan, where government-backed Arab militias are blamed for a campaign of mass murders.Sun, 18 Jul 2004 09:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/08/refugee.ruse/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/08/refugee.ruse/index.htmlState Department officials tell CNN they knew the village Secretary of State Colin Powell visited last week during his visit to Sudan was somewhat sanitized. They say they'd expected that.Thu, 08 Jul 2004 23:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/07/sudan.danforth/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/07/sudan.danforth/index.htmlOn his first day as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth demanded the Sudanese government act to improve the situation in the strife-torn Darfur region.Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/03/sudan.annan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/03/sudan.annan/index.htmlThe Sudanese government Saturday vowed to crack down on militia violence in the country's strife-torn Darfur region, where a shocking humanitarian crisis has been unfolding for months.Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/30/sudan.powell/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/30/sudan.powell/index.htmlThe United States circulated a resolution Wednesday to member nations of the U.N. Security Council calling for sanctions against the militias being blamed for what has been described as a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Sudan.Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/07/chad.irc/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/07/chad.irc/index.htmlMillions may die in the Darfur region of Sudan as a result of fighting between the Sudanese government, allied militias and rebel groups unless there is an immediate outpouring of international aid, the World Health Organization has warned.Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:43:00 EDT