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...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Parties to the African Union-mediated Darfur peace talks in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja may agree on the much-awaited declaration of principles (DOP) Wednesday, paving the way for the talks to delve into substantive issues. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- African Union (AU) mediators at the Darfur peace talks in Abuja have continued to nudge the parties to agree on the draft agenda so as to quicken the pace of the talks which resumed Friday after a six-month break. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Chad will continue to participate in the ongoing Darfur peace talks in Abuja, in spite of the opposition by one of the Sudan rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), an official of the African Union (AU) said Saturday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- In his sustained efforts to find a lasting solution to the crisis in Sudan's western Darfur region, Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The African Union (AU), which is mediating the Darfur talks that re-open in Nigeria's capital ciy of Abuja Friday, has expressed optimism about the success of the talks between the government and the two main rebel groups. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Sudanese government said it would handle investigations into alleged atrocities in the western region of Darfur on its own, and would not confront the UN Security Council on the International Criminal Court (ICC) enquiry. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Resumption of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, this weekend could be a barometer of dawning calm in the strife-torn western region of Sudan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Zam Zam camp of internally displaced Darfurians in western Sudan is rife with rape, but, for fear of vengeance, the victims would rather suffer and bear it than put the finger on offenders. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- For the first time since a bloody conflict erupted in 2003 in Sudan's western Darfur region, the African Union (AU) has accused ethnic minority rebels in Darfur of infighting that killed 11 persons and left 17 others wounded. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has welcomed Monday's decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open investigation into alleged atrocities in Sudan's western region of Darfur, and urged the Khartoum government to co-operate with the UN-backed court. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday opened an investigation into crimes committed in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur, an ICC statement said. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Despite the present lull that raises optimism for peace, the overall situation in the strife- torn Darfur region of western Sudan remains fluid and complex. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan el-Beshir Sunday urged Darfur rebels to join the Khartoum government at talks scheduled to resume next week in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, aimed at ending the conflict in Sudan's western region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- As rural families join refugees in the hunger line, the number of people in Sudan's Darfur region who need food aid has climbed to 3. Full text...

El Fashir- Sudan (PANA) -- US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Robert Zoelick arrived here Friday for a brief visit to the strife-torn region of Darfur in western Sudan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- An international pledging conference for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) ended here Thursday expressing greater solidarity but leaving issues of financial and material support to be sorted out soon. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Former Tanzanian Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, Salim Ahmed Salim has been appointed African Union (AU) chief mediator on the Darfur crisis. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare has paid tribute to the African "white helmets" deployed in the restive Darfur region of Sudan to ensure security. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged international donors and African countries meeting Thursday to boost support for the African Union (AU) mission in Sudan's Darfur western region to ensure the speedy deployment of more AU troops to protect civilians in the troubled region. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, on Friday hailed the success of the Tripoli summit on Darfur, and commended the role played by Col. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Sudan's humanitarian affairs minister Ibrahim Mohamoud Hamid said here Wednesday that the security situation and humanitarian access in the restive region of Darfur has drastically improved despite the United Nations branding it as the world's most serious current humanitarian crisis. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The stalled peace talks on war-torn Darfur between the two main Sudanese rebel groups and the Khartoum government are billed to re-open here by the end of May, the summit of African leaders on the Darfur conflict in Tripoli, Libya, agreed in a statement issued Tuesday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The mini-summit of African leaders on Darfur has ruled out any non-African foreign intervention in the strife-torn western Sudanese region, according to a final statement issued here Tuesday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi and President Omar Hassan El Bashir of Sudan on Monday afternoon in Tripoli reviewed developments in the troubled western Darfur province since the signing of "Tripoli II Declaration". Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Chadian president Idriss Deby arrived here Monday to attend the Summit of Five on Darfur opening here later in the day under the auspices of Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Kadhafi Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the peace agreement reached in Tripoli by the Sudanese government and rebel movements from the country's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi announced Wednesday that African leaders will convene a mini-summit here next Monday on the crisis in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Protagonists in western Sudan's troubled Darfur region concluded their third meeting here Wednesday with the signing of a document dubbed "Tripoli II Declaration". Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has affirmed the need to increase the troop stregth of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur but said help from UN soldiers will be limited. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The UN refugee agency, UNHCR and partner NGOs on Tuesday opened the 12th camp in eastern Chad to receive the new influx of refugees to the Chadian Darfur province. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan, Jan Pronk, was expected to fly to Addis Ababa on Thursday for discussions with African Union (AU) Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare on expanding AU operations in the crisis-prone Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said the government in Khartoum is conducting internal and external consultations in order to deal with UN Security Council resolutions concerning crisis-prone western Darfur region. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- President, Idriss Deby of Chad on Friday briefed Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- As consultations continued in view of a resumption of talks next month in Abuja, Nigeria on the conflict in Darfur, Sudanese President Omar Hassan El Bashir has affirmed his government's resolve to end the crisis. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Chad on Monday announced that it would resume mediation in Darfur at the request of Libyan leader, Moammar Kadhafi. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A Chadian diplomat was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur last Thursday, the authorities here confirmed Saturday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Osman Ismail has expressed regrets over Chad's decision to suspend its mediatory role between Khartoum and rebel movements in the western Darfur region, media reports said here Thursday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo held discussions Tuesday on the phone, concerning the situation in Sudan's restive region of Darfur. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The UN World Food Programme warned Tuesday that nearly 200,000 refugees who fled into Chad from Sudan's troubled Darfur region risk face hunger in the months ahead, unless donations were rapidly forthcoming. Full text...

N'djamena- Chad (PANA) -- A senior aide of President Idriss Deby's announced here Tuesday that Chad was suspending its mediation in the conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The food and security situation in Darfur is very alarming, UNICEF special representative to the troubled western Sudanese region, Keith MacKenzie declared here Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- UNICEF's special envoy in the Darfur region, Keith MacKenzie, on Monday urged the African Union's (AU) to increase its presence in the troubled western region of Sudan. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Khartoum has indicated it was lifting restrictions recently placed on the movement of US diplomats in the country, according to the state-run Sudan News Agency (SUNA). Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- More than 350 Arab militia fighters mounted on horses and camels rampaged through a village in Sudan's southern Darfur this week, killing, burning and destroying everything in their paths, African Union and UN representatives said in a joint statement. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) announced Friday that for the first time since it began operation in the restive Darfur region in western Sudan it would cut food rations due to serious shortfall in funding. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Colonel Muammar Kadhafi Thursday received Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustapha Othman Ismael, who was here to deliver a message from President Omar Hassan el Bechir expressing appreciation for the Libyan leader's opposition to Resolution 1593 recently passed on the Darfur conflict by the UN Security Council. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- UN secretary general Kofi Annan has handed the International Criminal Court (ICC) a sealed list of 51 people suspected of war crimes in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur, where rebels alleging neglect and marginalisation took up arms two years ago against the government in Khartoum. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu al- Ghait has expressed dismay at last week's UN Security Council resolution, which demanded that war crime suspects in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur should be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Khartoum dailies affirmed Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An International pressure group, Crisis Group, has accused the United States government of not doing enough to stop the civil war in Darfur, Sudan. Full text...