New York, US (PANA) - Two peacekeepers with the joint UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been injured after they were ambushed on Friday by unidentified gunmen in the west of the troubled Sudanese region, a UNAMID statement said on Sunday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Joint Special Representative and head of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Friday in New York, called for stepped-up Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), said on Friday the peace agreement signed on Thursday between the Sudanese government and a rebel faction in Darfur, Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), was "a significant step forward to resolving the lingering conflict". Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Friday welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and a rebel faction in Darfur after three years of talks in Doha, Qatar.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has called on all parties to the long-running conflict in Sudan's Darfur region to reach an agreement based on the Doha Document for Peace. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed happiness with the progress made during last peace talks in Doha, Qatar, aimed at resolving the eight-year conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN-backed inclusive consultations on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has ended in the Qatari capital, Doha, with delegates voicing support for a draft document that will form the basis of a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive peace agreement.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Tuesday announced a new initiative to help aid agencies access hard-to-reach communities in parts of the strife-torn Sudanese region. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Wednesday said the residents of eight villages in Darfur will be among the first in the arid Sudanese region to have easy access to water under an initiative introduced by the mission. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - US Senior Adviser on Darfur, Ambassador Dane Smith, Wednesday began a three-nation visit to support international efforts to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Atul Khare, said on Thursday that the peace process to resolve the conflict in the Sudan's Darfur region has entered a crucial phase with parties to the dispute considering texts of key elements that would form the basis of a draft comprehensive agreement. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - More than 1,000 former fighters from Sudan’s armed forces and Darfur’s rebel groups will over the next 10 days, lay down their arms and begin a UN-backed process aimed at reintegrating them into civilian life, a UN statement said Monday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Wednesday the mission and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) had helped to secure the release of 12 Sudanese aid workers who were taken hostage by a youth group at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the war-torn Darfur region. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Durfur peacekeeper was killed after an attack by a group of armed men while on a patrol mission near Kutum, North Darfur, the joint African Union/UN Mission for Darfur (UNAMID) said Tuesday. Full text...

El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Two peacekeepers are in critical condition after an ambush by unknown gunmen as they returned to camp in West Darfur, the African Union/UN Joint Mission (UNAMID) said on Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said one person was killed and 10 others were injured after protesters clashed with police in Darfur Thursday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed the charges of war crimes brought by its prosecutor against two Sudanese, Abdallah Banda and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo, and committed them to trial.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Darfur's main rebel movements, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLA) Saturday issued a joint statement expressing, for the first time, their commitment to the international peace talks process, hosted by the government of Qatar. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) -The UN/AU Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, on Thursday said that although recent fighting between Sudan government forces and rebels had subsided, "tension and the possible escalation of violence still persist in Darfur region''.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The joint UN/AU mission in Darfur said Monday it had stepped up presence in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Darfur, after Sudanese government forces carried out an "extensive search operation early Sunday without notifying or consulting the mission first."Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has expressed concern over the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and rebel movements in Darfur region. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday voiced concern over clashes between Sudan’s government troops and forces of one of the armed groups in the troubled western region of Darfur. Full text...

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New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report that deadly fighting between communities in Sudan's Darfur region is persisting. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Frida y a confirmation hearing for two Darfur rebel leaders, scheduled for 22 November , has been moved to 8 December following internal changes. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Two police advisors with the African Union - United Nat ions Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were abducted in Nyala, South Darfur, Saturday, f orce commanders said. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called on all parties in strife-torn Darfur to cease hostilities and participate in the ongoing efforts to bring about a peaceful and negotiated settlement to the fighting that has wrecked the western Sudanese region for over seven years. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again urged all parti es to the conflict in Darfur to ''seriously'' pursue peace, citing ongoing violence, displacement and human r ights violations in the region despite several years of UN-backed attempts to end the hostilities. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The search for durable peace in the war-torn Sudan's Darfur region has gained momentum, the head of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Prof. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN/AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur has called on Darfurians to cease hostilities following reports of tribal clashes in the west of Darfur, which led to a number of deaths and injuries. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir has agreed to negotiate with the Southern Sudan on a pre-referendum that could herald the split of the semi-autonomous Southern Sudan from mainland Sudan, state media reports said Wednesday. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, on Saturday expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, describing it as â?seriousâ?. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Most of the people displaced by inter-factional fighting which broke out in March in South Darfur have returned to their places of origin after the security situation stabilized, the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) confirmed Tuesday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The security situation in Darfur remains relati vely calm but unpredictable, the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) sai d in a media briefing Friday following unconfirmed reports of clashes in the Jabe l Marra area of west Darfur. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- United Nations Special Envoys to Sudan will meet in Kigali, Rwanda, this weekend (26-28 February) to plan for the future of peace in Darfur, after the latest fighting there uprooted over 1,500 people in Darfurâ ?s Jabel Marra region, officials said Thursday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A fresh military uprising has broken out in South ern Darfur region of Jabel Marra, weeks after rebel movements from the region co n verged in Doha, Qatar, for talks on ways of ending years of fighting in the regi o n. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN/AU Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Prof. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID ) Wednesday refuted the accusations made by the Sudanese Armed Forces that the m i ssion was in collaboration with the Darfur rebel, Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM). Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The peace prospects in Sudan appear unpredictable ahead of the decisive Presidential and parliamentary elections in April 2010 an d a political referendum in 2011, the African Union (AU) chief, Jean Ping, said h e re Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir Wednesday pledg ed to work with the African Uniona?s High-Level Panel on Darfur, led by former S outh African President Thabo Mbeki, towards peace in the entire Sudan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir Wednesday pledged to work with the African Union’s High-Level Panel on Darfur, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, towards peace in the entire Sudan. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Sudanese Presid ent Omar Al-Bashir to secure the release of two staff members of the UN-AU Missi o n in Darfur (UNAMID), who have been held hostage for about 100 days. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Sudanese Presid ent Omar Al-Bashir to secure the release of two staff members of the UN-AU Missi o n in Darfur (UNAMID), who have been held hostage for about 100 days. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The security situation in Darfur has notably deteriorat ed, following Saturday's attacks which led to the killing of five UN/African Uni o n (UNAMID) peacekeepers, the force said on Sunday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Highâ“Level Panel on Darf ur (AUDP) has recommended that the continental body should sustain inclusive app r oach in its efforts to resolve the conflicts in the Horn of Africa country. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Highâ"Level Panel on Darf ur (AUDP) will Thursday present its report to the Chairperson of the African Uni o n Commission, Dr. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Thursday expressed concern about the humanitarian situation at Korma area of north Darfur State in western Sudan. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi says it is his wish t o see Chad, Libya and Sudan have a common â?spaceâ? of freedom of movement for their people as well as trade and fraternity. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan capital, Tripoli, Tuesday evening hosted a meetin g between the High-Level Committee formed by the African Union (AU), for the res o lution of the issue of the Sudanese western Darfur province and several politica l and armed factions operating in the province. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN said here on Tuesday that 13,651 peacekeepers have so far been deployed to Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region. Full text...