Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- A contingent of 155 Rwandan troopers left Kigali Sunday for Darfur as part of an African Union (AU) protection force for monitors of the ceasefire there between rebel movements and a pro-government militia, the Janjaweed. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omer Hassan el-Bashir affirmed Saturday that on its own, his government was capable of bringing an end to the sedition in Darfur and restoring social peace, stability, unity and national sovereignty. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The first contingent of the African Union (AU) protection force lands Sunday in the strife-torn Darfur region of western Sudan, a senior official of the AU Conflict Management Centre (CMC) announced here Saturday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- President Omar Hassan el Bashir of Sudan announced plans by his government to involve native demonstrators in the collection of arms in the civil war-torn western Darfur region. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A meeting seeking the involvement of Colonel Kadhafi in the search for peace in Sudan's restive region of Darfur was held Thursday evening in Syrte, 450 km east of Tripoli, attended by Libyan, Sudanese, Chadian and African Union officials, the Libyan news agency JANA indicated Friday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The first shipment of humanitarian aid comprising 440 tons of flour from Benghazi port in Libya has started arriving in Chad for refugees who fled the fighting in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- A European Union (EU) team has returned from a five-day mission to crisis-ridden Darfur in western Sudan, reporting that there was "no evidence of genocide" in the region. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) has appealed to Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi to personally intervene in ending the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, a member state of the regional body, the Libyan News Agency, JANA, reported Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union has reaffirmed the need for all Sudanese parties in the Darfur conflict to honour their commitments under the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement of 8 April 2004. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Amnesty International (AI) has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of people it said were arrested and detained by the Sudanese authorities in North, South and West Darfur detained "simply for expressing their opinion about the situation in Darfur". Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan el-Bashir has affirmed Khartoum's full confidence in the ability of the African Union (AU) to steer negotiations between the government and the two rebel movements in Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Paris has expressed satisfaction with progress made in the delivery of humanitarian aid to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's restive region of Darfur, while commending Khartoum for honouring its agreement with the UN. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Parties to the Darfur conflict in Sudan will meet 23 August in Abuja under the auspices of the current Chairman of the African Union, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is leading AU efforts to find a political solution to the crisis. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Alpha Omar Konare is due here Monday for talks on the crisis in Darfur, after the Sudanese government ruled out the need for an African peacekeeping force in the troubled area. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- More than 210 rebels have surrendered to Sudanese government troops in the civil war-devastated western region of Darfur, an official source said here Sunday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omor Hassan el-Bashir has alleged that his government was targeted by a hostile campaign aimed at concealing the truth and justifying possible intervention the civil war-torn western region of Darfur, where two rebel movements launched a revolt against Khartoum in February 2003. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- French Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has called for more international assistance for the displaced and refugees from Sudan's troubled western Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A Sudanese human rights group warned Wednesday that international warlords and war mongers might take advantage of the deteriorating situation in the civil war-torn western region of Darfur to engage in dangerous practises, including dumping nuclear wastes. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The UN will keep up the pressure on the Khartoum government until it meets its commitments to disarm the militias in Sudan's troubled western Darfur region and restores security so the estimated 1. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's official opposition, the Democratic Alliance on Tuesday blamed President Thabo Mbeki's government of continuing to remain "deafeningly silent" on the rapidly deteriorating situation in west Sudan's Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A Sudanese minister has accused the international community of failing to exert pressure on rebel groups in Darfur to begin political negotiations aimed at putting an end the armed conflict raging in the region since February 2003. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgium's new development co-operation minister Armand De Decker has said Sudanese authorities must allow the C-130 plane provided by his government to NGOs before it starts operations in the troubled Darfur region. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- African Union (AU) chair and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa must lead in efforts to resolve the internationalised crisis in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A local student group here has disclosed that about 540 students were in military camps undergoing training to confront "any foreign intervention force" entering Sudan. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called the Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Kadhafi by telephone and commended the role he was playing in the resolution of African conflicts and the restoration of security, peace, and stability in the continent. Full text...

Brussels - Belgium (PANA) -- European and US authorities have hardened their positions in a bid to force the government in Khartoum to immediately disarm the "Janjaweed" Arab militia operating in the violence-stricken Darfur region of Darfur in western Sudan. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Khartoum's envoy in Zambia Salah Mohammed Ali, Wednesday accused some Western media organisations of negatively reporting the situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya's foreign minister Abderrahman Chalgham on Monday underscored the seriousness of the situation in western Sudan's Darfur region but deplored the tough talk emanating from the American, European and other regions of the world. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Sudanese president Oumar Al-Bashir has urged Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Sudanese Foreign Affairs minister Mustapha Ismail Osman due here Friday for a 24-hour working visit during which he will meet with the European Union representative in charge of foreign policy and common security, Javier Solana. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The US Charge d'Affairs in Khartoum, Gerard Galluci has said Washington was ready to work closely with the Sudanese government to find a political settlement to the crisis in Darfur. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Sudanese Foreign minister Moustapha Osman Ismael decried here Thursday, what he said was undue pressure on Khartoum by Washington and London over the conflict in Darfur. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, who was here Wednesday on an official visit promised Khartoum's full cooperation with the international community in the search for a solution to the humanitarian crisis in the western region of Darfur. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN has received just 145 million dollars so far of the 349 million dollars it needs to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, secretary general Kofi Annan indicated here Wednesday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The US government has called for the resumption of political discussions on the crisis that has killed about 10,000 people in western Sudan's Darfur region and displaced over one million others. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Amnesty International (AI) on Monday denounced what it said was the systematic rape of women and girls in the restive Sudanese region of Darfur. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Opposing sides in the strife-torn Darfur region of western Sudan and their mediators have underlined the need to abide by the commitments they made under the humanitarian ceasefire agreement and for the deployment of observers in the region. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- France is urging the international community to give due attention to the 18-year long rebel insurgency in northern Uganda just as the Darfur conflict in western Sudan and other conflicts in Africa were receiving. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Three months since the signing of a ceasefire in neighbouring Chad, the end of the humanitarian crisis Sudan's restive western region of Darfur is still remote. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan authorities and the World Food Programme (WFP) signed an agreement here Thursday for the opening of a corridor to enable the conveyance of humanitarian aid to the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- UNHCR opened the ninth camp Monday in Chad for Sudanese refugees arriving from Darfur, the public information officer at the UN refugee agency, Marie-Ange Lescure said here Tuesday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The Darfur crisis bears the character of a "traditional ethnic conflict," claims Sudanese ambassador to Morocco Ahmed Mekki Ahmed Yahya, who adds that a "campaign led from abroad seeks to give it a political dimension". Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has called on the European Union (EU) to "mobilise political and humanitarian efforts" to avert a humanitarian disaster in Darfour in western Sudan. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union threatened Monday to impose sanctions against Sudan "if the situation in the Darfur fails to improve. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Under growing international pressure to deliver on its pledge to rein in pro-government Arab militia rampaging the restive western region of Darfur, Khartoum affirmed Monday that it had so far taken some 46 Janjaweed fighters in custody. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Authorities in Khartoum on Monday rejected the possibility to heed any advice from Germany about the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region when German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer meets with senior government officials during his current visit to Sudan. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A 1,025-strong police force left Monday for Sudan's war-ravaged western region of Darfur to maintain security, law and order, and to "uphold the sense of nationhood," according to Police Major-General Omar Osman Abdel Rahim. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Humanitarian Aid Office of the European Commission (ECHO) announced Monday that it was providing an additional 18 million euro to victims of the conflict in Darfur, western Sudan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The UN Security Council should take immediate steps to protect civilians in Darfur and impose sanctions on Sudanese officials as well as government-backed militias, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) told Council members ahead of a resolution on the crisis in Sudan's western Darfur region. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Wednesday reiterated calls for a speedy solution to fighting in western Sudan region of Darfur, saying it impacts negatively on recent efforts to achieve lasting peace in the vast African nation. Full text...