Sudan Needs Quick Darfur Peace Ahead of Elections, U.S. Says (Bloomberg)
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Time is running out for negotiators to deliver a peace agreement in Sudan’s western Darfur region before next month’s general elections and a 2011 referendum on independence for the oil-producing south, a top U.S. envoy said.
Darfur peace talks in Doha to begin today (The Peninsula)
DOHA: Direct peace talks between Darfur’s main insurgent group and Khartoum will begin in Qatar on March 10 after months of clashes and potracted negotiations, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said.
Darfur peace talks to begin on Wednesday (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Darfur peace talks to begin March 10 * Darfur rebels say Sudan breaks truce KHARTOUM, March 9 (Reuters) - Direct peace talks between Darfur's main insurgent group ...
Darfur peace parleys open today in Doha (Gulf Times)
Direct peace talks between Darfur’s main insurgent group and Khartoum will begin in Doha today after months of clashes and protracted negotiations, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said yesterday.
Sudan army says controls strategic Darfur plateau (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sudan said on Monday its army had taken control of the strategic Jebel Marra plateau in the war-torn western region of Darfur after fresh fighting between government forces and rebels.
UNAMID: 2 missing Darfur peacekeepers found (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur says two of its peacekeepers who went missing after an ambush on their patrol earlier this week have safely returned to base.
Sudan takes control of key Darfur plateau (Gulf Times)
Sudan said yesterday its army had taken control of the strategic Jebel Marra plateau in the war-torn western region of Darfur after fresh fighting between government forces and rebels.
Tribal clashes in Darfur kill 21 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Clashes between rival Arab tribes in the Darfur region of western Sudan have killed at least 21 people since March 3, a local official said on Sunday.
Sudan army says it now controls Darfur plateau (Middle East Online)
Army claims control of all Jebel Marra in western Darfur following fresh clashes between armed forces, rebels.
Missing peacekeepers of UNAMID return safely in Sudan's Darfur (People's Daily)
Two peacekeepers of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), who had been missing following an attack by unknown gunmen in Sudan's Darfur region Friday, returned to their base, the UNAMID announced in a statement on Sunday. A UNAMID team at Kass, 85 km northwest of Nyala, capital of the South Darfur State, reported that the two peacekeepers had safely returned to the base ...