Tag: Darfur
UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission
The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday, Dec…
Darfur attacks: UN urges Sudan to prosecute security forces
A UN watchdog has urged Sudan to prosecute security forces for attacks in Darfur from 2014 to 2016.
Nigeria to deploy 800 soldiers to Darfur for Peacekeeping
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said Nigeria would deploy 800 soldiers to the United Nations…
Sudan accused of using chemical weapons in Darfur
Dozens of children in Darfur have died writhing in agony, allegedly killed by chemical weapons dropped on them by their…
Sudan army denies Darfur ‘mass rape’ report
The Sudanese army on Sunday said a media report that its troops had carried out a mass rape in the…
Sudan’s Darfur rebels denies killing 13 civillians
Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur on Monday denied killing 13 civilians, calling government claims of their involvement a fabrication. The official…
Peacekeeper killed, three wounded in Darfur
A Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded in a gunbattle Saturday after trying to mediate a tribal…
100 dead in Darfur gold mine disaster
Around 100 miners are estimated to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in Sudan’s Darfur region and nine rescuers…
13 soldiers die in Sudanese military plane crash
KHARTOUM (AFP) – Thirteen Sudanese military personnel were killed and nine others injured when their transport plane crashed west of…