Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) has belittled the influence of rebel movements on the ground, describing their conditions for participation in the forthcoming national dialogue conference as a decampment from basic issues.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Sunday's attack against peacekeepers of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in which one South African peacekeeper died and four others were wounded. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The African Union–United Nations Mission in Darfur on Friday expressed deep concern over reports of escalating tensions and confrontations between the Reizegat and the Habaniya ethnic communities in South Darfur. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Thursday expressed deep concern over reports of escalating tensions and confrontations between the Reizegat and the Habaniya tribes in Al Sunta, about 150 km south-east of Nyala in South Darfur. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Expressing deep concern at the serious deterioration in the security situation in Darfur, the UN Security Council on Monday decided to extend for one year, until 30 June 2016, the mandate of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has issued a decree extending the mandate of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) for one year with effect from 15 July 2015. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The security situation in Darfur is very serious, marked by Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has confirmed Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous, says the security and humanitarian situations in Sudan's Darfur region have "significantly deteriorated" in 2014, with no less than 450,000 new displacements.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says some 41,000 people have been forced to flee conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, so far this year.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Thousands of civilians, mostly women and children, have fled their villages following fighting between government forces and armed movements last month in North Darfur, the restive western Sudan region, the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Friday.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Sudan, Tomas Ulicny, has underlined the need for all Sudanese parties to commit themselves to the implementation of the Darfur peace agreement, signed five years ago in Doha, Qatar. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) has stated that its institutions will not be affected by the current differences within the ranks of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) from which the DRA was formed.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that it has received reports of significant civilian displacement in Sudan's North Darfur and South Darfur states. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A guard with the West Darfur Governor was killed and another wounded over a dispute that erupted within the ranks of the former rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM). Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -The Sudanese government has re-emphasised its stand that its negotiations with rebel movements in the restive Darfur region should focus on striking a ceasefire deal only.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, says the UN Security Council must rethink its approach to the deteriorating crisis in Sudan's Darfur region and fully pursue those individuals deemed responsible for atrocities.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous on Thursday said the situation in Sudan's Darfur region remains precarious, with intermittent clashes, inter-communal violence and a dire humanitarian crisis. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has launched a campaign Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 30 university students hailing from the restive region of Darfur have been dismissed and two others suspended after the student community at Bahri University in Khartoum on Saturday protested an increase in study fees, a university spokesman said Sunday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfuri rebel movements, which did not sign the Doha peace agreement, began Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - As it continues its investigations into the mass rape of 200 women and Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has expressed concern over allegations of Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has criticised UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for questioning an initial UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) report that there was no evidence of mass rape, allegedly committed by Sudanese soldiers, in a remote Darfurian village.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is deeply troubled about persistent allegations of mass rape in Tabit, North Darfur, and urged Sudanese government Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - After being granted access on Sunday to investigate allegations of the mass rape of 200 women and girls in a town in North Darfur, Sudan, the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has said that its team found no evidence confirming the claims and received no information regarding the purported acts. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) says following its field visit to Darfur, it has come to a conclusion that no military solution will work in Darfur. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has expressed its "deep Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Thursday expressed Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - African Union-UN Special Representative for Darfur (UNAMID), Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, says although fighting between Sudanese government forces and armed movements ebbed considerably during the past months, inter-communal violence and acts of banditry continue to be a challenge for the people of Darfur.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) has rated the performance of the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) as poor.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Trial Chamber IV of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday scheduled the opening of the trial of Mr. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain on 18 November 2014, for three charges of war crimes allegedly committed in Darfur, Sudan.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Darfur Internal Dialogue and Consultation (DIDC) Implementation Committee was launched on Monday at a ceremony hosted by the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Al-Fashir, North Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed the arrival of a ship carrying 47,250 metric tons of sorghum - enough food to feed 1.7 million people for three months in Sudan's Darfur region - donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UN agency said in a statement received by PANA in Khartoum Tuesday.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous has called for more international support for the Darfur peace process, following stepped-up rebel attacks, clashes fuelled by local political rivalries and mass displacement sparked by the abuses of a pro-government militia. Full text...

New York,US (PANA) - The Trial Chamber IV of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday decided to vacate the date of 5 May 2014, initially scheduled for the opening of the trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain, on alleged war crimes committed in Sudan's Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese army said Tuesday that 75 rebel soldiers and four government troops were killed in recent fighting in the country's North Darfur state. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Wednesday called on the US Administration to reverse its position regarding the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), which calls for an alternative forum for peace in Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum,Sudan (PANA ) - The Sudanese government has accused unnamed Western powers of backing rebel movements in Darfur and urged those powers to be fair and denounce recent extensive attacks by rebels on villages in parts of Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Chairman of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Dr. Tigani Sese, has called for a rapid intervention by the authorities to check current wide scale attacks in which scores of villages have been burnt in Darfur. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Monday said it is deeply Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A continued commitment to the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), particularly the Final Security Arrangement, was the focus of the Third Meeting of the DDPD Joint Commission Tuesday in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of newly-recruited Prison workers in Darfur region have started a training session here, designed to equip them with the capacity to reform offenders in their care, according to a press statement issued by the African Union (AU) and received by PANA here Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU envoy in Darfur, Mr. Mohammed Iban Chambas, has stressed that it is only through dialogue and negotiation that the crisis in the Sudanese region can be resolved. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a "cowardly" attack on a convoy of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), which left two peacekeepers dead, a UN statement said on Monday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday said five persons released by a Darfuri rebel movement have been transported to the Sudanese government, bringing to 10 the number of such operations this year.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has said that reconstruction and development of 315 projects, in line with the Darfur Development Strategy, have commenced in Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nine persons have been killed and four others injured in an attack by unknown armed men in Central Darfur State, according to Saturday's edition of the Al Rai Al Aam (public opinion) daily newspaper. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The Chief Prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, has urged the UN Security Council to take firm action to bring those indicted for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region to justice. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union-United Nations Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has strongly urged the Darfur non-signatory movements to explore ways to move the peace process forward. Full text...