Arson, looting in Sudan's Darfur: witnesses
Arson and looting broke out in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region on Wednesday after a protest against the appointment of a new governor, witnesses said.
Darfur rebels split after leader's death: peacekeepers
A rebel movement that was once the most powerful in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region appears to have split into factions since the death of its leader last month, the head of the peacekeeping mission to the region said on Wednesday.
Darfur's strongest rebel group elects new chief
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A rebel group, the strongest in Sudan's Darfur region, will press efforts to overthrow the country's Arab-dominated government after electing the brother of its slain leader as chairman, an official said on Thursday. Last month, government forces killed Khalil Ibrahim, head of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), dealing a heavy blow to Darfur's nearly decade-long ...
Key Darfur rebel group says new leader chosen
A key rebel group in Sudan's troubled Darfur region said on Thursday it has chosen a one-time university professor to head the movement after his brother, the former leader, was killed last month.
Five Turkish engineers freed in Darfur after 5 months
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Five Turkish engineers kidnapped last September in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur were freed and flown to the capital Khartoum on Thursday, the state news agency SUNA and the Red Cross said. SUNA said the men had been working on a water project near the city of El-Fasher in North Darfur when they were abducted by armed men. "Security forces... managed to free five ...
Darfur rebels elect new leader
Darfur's main rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem), names a new leader - the brother of the former head killed last month.
Key Darfur rebel group chooses new leader
KHARTOUM (AFP) - A key rebel group in Sudan's troubled Darfur region said Thursday it has chosen a one-time university professor to head the movement after his brother, the former leader, was killed last month.
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has told its top official in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region to avoid encounters like one last month when he met Sudan's president - wanted by the International Criminal Court - at a wedding, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. New York-based Human Rights Watch protested in a letter last week to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over the meeting, in ...
One dies in violent protests Sudan's Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At least one person was killed on Wednesday when protesters in Sudan's Darfur region burned government buildings and threw rocks at security forces after the removal of the state governor. Sudanese security forces fired bullets into the air and used tear gas and batons to disperse the demonstrators who have been protesting for two days in Nyala, the largest city in the war ...
Darfur rebels name new leader
DARFUR, Sudan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Sudanese rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement named Gibril Ibrahim to succeed his dead brother Khalil as the group's leader, officials say.