Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said he had sent two envoys to prod a breakaway leader of the main Darfur rebel group, to attend the next African Union-brokered peace talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- US Deputy Secretary of State, Robert Zoellick is expected in Khartoum next week to seek progress in resolving the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region and to push the implementation of January's peace agreement that ended the war in the south of the country, diplomatic sources said here Saturday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Internal refugees in Darfur's largest displaced camp in western Sudan Tuesday released the last batch of some 34 relief workers they abducted last Sunday, UN sources said here Wednesday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer has arrived in Khartoum as part of fresh effort by Washington to push for peace in Sudan. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The influx of massive food and other humanitarian assistance to Darfur has succeeded in almost halving malnutrition rates in the Sudan's troubled western region to just below the emergency threshold, but escalating violence remains a major problem, the World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The sixth round of Darfur peace talks ended in the Nigeria capital Abuja Thursday, with little progress achieved on the substantive issues of power and wealth sharing and security arrangements. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- An African Union (AU) military mission has left Khartoum for Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur on a week-long tour following recent killings of African peacekeepers there, AU sources said here. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The acting Head of the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS), Jean Baptiste Natama, has described Darfurian rebels who had last week abducted personnel of the Mission as thugs lacking in political ethics. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Expressing concern over the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has called upon rebel movements in the western Sudan region to submit to the verification of their locations. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Accusing the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) of committing atrocities against personnel of the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS), African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare has said he would seek action by the UN Security Council. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) has blamed Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels for Saturday's killing of two Nigerian peacekeepers serving with AMIS and two civilian drivers, employees of AMIS contractor PAE, of the US. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) says it is prepared to show photographic evidence of Sudan security forces' involvement in last week's attacks on civilians in the western region of Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Chad has ordered the closure of its General-Consulate in Geneina, in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur, following alleged Sudanese militia attack on civilians in a Chadian village last week, press reports said here Tuesday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Khartoum government has taken issue with the African Union (AU) which accused it of collaborating with Arab militia to attack defenceless civilians last week in the country's restive western region of Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) will convene Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss the rampant violation of the ceasefire in by all sides to the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- In the wake of fresh violence in troubled western Darfur, the African Union (AU) has accused the Sudanese government of coordinating with Arab Janjaweed militias in the latest attacks on civilians. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- UN Special envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk has condemned the attacks by suspected Arab militias on a refugee camp in the country's western Darfur region, warning that the perpetrators could be referred to the International Criminal Court at the Hague for prosecution. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Reacting to a remarks by the UN secretary general's special advisor on the prevention of genocide, Sudan on Monday denied that genocide or ethnic cleansing had occurred in its troubled Western region of Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A breakaway rebel group in Sudan's wa -torn western Darfur region claimed on Saturday that government forces were preparing to recapture a town along the border with neighbouring Chad. Full text...

Dakar- Sudan (PANA) -- After months of political wrangling Sudan's new unity transitional government was finally inaugurated yesterday ushering the East African nation into one of the most delicate political periods in its post independence history. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The two main rebel groups in Sudan's western Darfur region Monday accused the Khartoum government troops and the Janjaweed militia of mounting fresh attacks on their (rebels') positions, warning such attacks could jeopardise ongoing peace talks in Nigeria. Full text...

N'djamena- Chad (PANA) -- The National Movement for Recovery and Development (MNRD), a splinter rebel group in Sudan's western region of Darfur has called for the involvement of all warring groups in the African Union-mediated peace talks which resumed Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thursday's opening of the Darfur peace talks in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja has been delayed by three hours due to "logistic reasons," official sources said. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Sudanese government is prepared to resume peace talks with Darfur rebels as scheduled in the Nigerian capital Abuja, 15 September, a government official has said. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), one of the two rebel groups in the country's troubled Darfur region, has asked for postponement of the African Union-brokered peace talks scheduled to resume in the Nigerian capital Abuja 15 September. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The special envoy of the African Union (AU) Commission overseeing peace talks on Darfur, Dr. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan has condemned sporadic raids against relief convoy and workers blamed on one of the rebel groups in the country's western Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Ahead of the resumption of Darfur peace talks in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, 15 September, Sudanese President Omar Hassan el-Bashir has reaffirmed the commitment of the Khartoum government to end the conflict in his country's western region. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The deployment of 538 Senegalese troops in Darfur, western Sudan this week has brought to five battalions so far committed to the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the conflict- torn region, the AU Commission announced here Friday. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has urged the Sudanese government and the two rebel groups in Darfur to return to peace talks 15 September as requested by the African Union (AU). Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Darfur peace talks are slated to resume in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja 15 September 2005, a statement from talks mediator African Union (AU) said Wednesday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is on a 10-day visit to Sudan's war-ravaged western Darfur to assess the plight of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the work of the UN refugee agency, reports said here Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) has completed deployment of three battalions for its protection force in the strife-torn Darfur region of western Sudan, the AU Commission has announced. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- At least 15 persons were killed and eight others got seriously injured in a fresh fighting on Monday between rival rebel forces in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A total of 29 Egyptian soldiers arrived in Khartoum late Friday to join African Union (AU) peace forces monitoring a fragile and shaky peace deal in western Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Continued treatment of people injured in western Sudan's troubled Darfur region showed that violence is still rife there, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) said here Wednesday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Nineteen soldiers, including three officers were killed Monday when a Sudanese military helicopter crashed in the troubled western region of Darfur, the army said in a statement here. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- At least one Sudanese army officer was killed and three soldiers were injured after a rebel group Sunday attacked a convoy guarded by government troops in the troubled western Darfur region, official news agency, SUNA reported Monday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has donated some 550 tons of field crop seeds, including millet, sorghum and groundnut, and around 79,000 tools to assist farmers in North Darfur, part of Sudan's troubled western region. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Wednesday he would visit Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur to nudge the warring parties toward peace. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The signing of a "declaration of principles" by the main rebel groups from Sudan's battered western region of Darfur "is a great victory for the African Union and the people of Sudan," a senior AU official said here Friday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A global pressure group is calling on the international community to help the African Union (AU) double its peace keeping force in Darfur to 7,731. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Parties to the crisis in the Sudan's western Darfur region have agreed that tribal land ownership (hawakeer) and other historical rights of the people of the area shall be affirmed within their historical borders, as part of an expected resolution of the Darfur crisis. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Darfur peace talks in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, which adjourned Tuesday after the parties agreed the Declaration of Principles (DOP), are to resume 24 August, according to African Union chief mediator, Salim Ahmed Salim. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The African Union-brokered Darfur peace talks in the Nigerian capital, Abuja received a major boost Tuesday after the parties agreed on the Declaration of Principles (DOP), to guide the the tottering negotiations. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A survey by the United Nations doscovered a decline in mortality among Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) and other sectors in the civil war-ravaged western Darfur region. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The slow-moving African Union-brokered Sudan peace talks in Abuja could assume a new momentum following separate meetings between the AU Chair and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo with the Darfur two main rebel groups Friday, AU sources said here Sunday. Full text...

Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) leaders have reiterated their support for Chad's mediation of the crisis in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A top UNHCR official has assessed current protection efforts for some 700,000 displaced persons in West Darfur, and urged local authorities and humanitarian agencies operating there to improve coordination in their work in order to protect displaced people from further violence and displacement. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Chad, officially designated as co- mediators at the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, has denied hampering the smooth conduct of the talks as alleged by one of the rebel groups, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Full text...