UN-govt. delegation says people displaced around Genaina need protection, humanitarian assistance

08 january 2020 - 22:33:08

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A joint United Nations and Sudanese government delegation which paid a visit to West Darfur on Wednesday said over 40,000 people have [...] Full text...

ICRC distributes household items to civilians affected by recent violence in Darfur

08 january 2020 - 11:26:43

 Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says thousands of civilians affected by the recent inter-communal conflict are now receiving [...] Full text...

Darfur politician appeals for humanitarian assistance to the vulnerable in Genaina

04 january 2020 - 19:36:40

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Secretary General of the Sudan Liberation Party, Mohamed Hussein Isihag, on Friday appealed to political forces, and local and international [...] Full text...

Dozens killed, calm restored as probe is launched into Darfur community clashes

02 january 2020 - 20:29:32

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Red Crescent said here Thursday that at least 48 persons were killed in Genaina, western Sudan, near the borders [...] Full text...

High level delegation in Darfur to help put down the unrest there

01 january 2020 - 19:45:47

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -   A High level delegation from the central government arrived in Genaina, near the borders with Chad, Wednesday to help restore stability [...] Full text...

UN Sudan mission envoy commends signing of Darfur framework agreement

31 december 2019 - 05:48:16

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The joint chief mediator for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on Monday welcomed a framework agreement between [...] Full text...

Hamdouk restates need for achieving peace in Darfur

06 november 2019 - 19:43:39

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdouk, who returned from a rare visit to the restive region of Darfur said he would be [...] Full text...

Sudan PM Hamdouk pays rare visit to restive region of Darfur

04 november 2019 - 18:15:17

Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Dr Abdallah Hamdouk, has paid a rare visit to the camps of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur, [...] Full text...

'New Sudan political transition holds out hope for long-term stability to Darfur'

27 august 2019 - 06:44:02

New York, US (PANA) - Important developments under way in Sudan, including a pledge to end the country’s outstanding conflicts, and the establishment of a new [...] Full text...

UN condemns ‘wanton destruction’ in Sudan’s Darfur region

25 june 2019 - 05:06:05

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The looting and destruction of UN food relief agency premises and property in Sudan, has prompted the UN-African Union mission in [...] Full text...

Sudan Military Council reverses decision on peacekeepers' locations in Darfur

23 june 2019 - 18:25:20

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has issued a decree saying the locations to be evacuated by the UN-AU peacekeeping mission [...] Full text...

UN suspends handover of camps in Darfur, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council

14 june 2019 - 21:53:44

New York, US (PANA) - The joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is suspending the handover of any more camps for displaced civilians to [...] Full text...

Dozens killed, many injured in recent inter-communal clashes in Darfur - UNAMID

13 june 2019 - 17:42:55

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN –African Union Peace keeping forces in Darfur (UNAMID) has confirmed that 17 people had been killed, 15 others injured [...] Full text...

UNAMID relocates new headquarters in Zalingei

22 january 2019 - 19:59:07

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on Tuesday officially relocated its head office from North to [...] Full text...

Sudan Govt, rebels sign pre-negotiation agreement

06 december 2018 - 17:26:42

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government and Darfur rebel organizations, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) of Minni Menawe and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) [...] Full text...

Sudanese president Bashir says war in Darfur is 'a question of the past'

30 november 2018 - 11:28:59

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The people of Darfur have left conflicts behind, as they have tasted the bitterness of war and learned their lessons, Sudanese [...] Full text...

Pro-Sudan gov't militia vows to 'liberate' Jebel Marra from rebels

06 november 2018 - 11:30:15

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Commander of the Sudanese pro-government Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has vowed that his forces will [...] Full text...

UN says Inter-communal tensions still high despite improved security

23 october 2018 - 04:24:37

New York, US (PANA) - While security has improved in Darfur, inter-communal tensions in the conflict-plagued region of Sudan are still high, with clashes over [...] Full text...

UN officials urge support as Darfur attempts to ‘turn the page’ from conflict to peace

29 september 2018 - 10:59:09

New York, US (PANA) - Stating that while the Darfur region of Sudan, which for years was torn by strife and displacement, is now increasingly [...] Full text...

Rights group warns against downsizing UN mission in Darfur

29 june 2018 - 06:18:57

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - International human rights group, Amnesty International, has warned against downsizing the United Nations mission in Darfur, Sudan, saying that is not [...] Full text...

IDP gather at the vicinity of the newly established UNAMID base

20 june 2018 - 19:38:12

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has complained that hundreds of civilians, mostly children and women, have fled [...] Full text...

Troika threatens sanctions if warring parties fail to end conflict in Darfur

20 june 2018 - 09:59:28

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A coalition of western countries, known as the Troika, has threatened to impose sanctions on warring parties in Darfur region of [...] Full text...

UN’s planned cuts to Darfur Mission risk rights protection - Human Rights Watch

19 june 2018 - 07:23:58

New York, US (PANA) – A human rights group has urged the United Nations Security Council to ensure that its peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur [...] Full text...

Peacekeeping operations on the ground in Darfur ‘must change’, urges UN official

12 june 2018 - 05:58:39

New York, US (PANA) - The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur “must change” in accordance with the shifting realities on the ground, the [...] Full text...

‘Durable solutions’ needed for durable peace in Darfur, UN envoy tells Security Council

10 may 2018 - 22:09:52

New York, US (PANA) - The overall security situation in Sudan’s Darfur region “remains calm”, despite continuing low-level skirmishes, a top United Nations envoy said [...] Full text...

Bashir says peace achieved in Darfur

31 march 2018 - 10:40:57

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) — President Omar Bashir of Sudan has declared that peace and stability have been achieved in Darfur region and will be reached [...] Full text...

UN envoy urges hold-out armed groups to sign accord for durable peace in Darfur

15 march 2018 - 06:37:02

New York, UN (PANA) - While the security situation in Sudan’s Darfur region remained stable, the causes of the conflict – and their related consequences [...] Full text...

UN Security Council stresses need for 'sustainable solutions' for millions displaced in Darfur

01 february 2018 - 05:36:45

New York, US (PANA) – Despite improvements in the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur, continued challenges remain, the United Nations Security Council has said, [...] Full text...

Displacement slows in Darfur but returns remain difficult - Lacroix

11 january 2018 - 06:40:41

New York, US (PANA) – Despite some recent voluntary returns among those displaced in Sudan's Darfur region, lack of security, services and sustainable livelihoods in [...] Full text...

UN report urges Sudan to address plight of millions of IPDs in Darfur

22 november 2017 - 05:10:44

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations human rights office has called on the Government of Sudan to pursue effective, transparent and durable policies to [...] Full text...

UNAMID calls for collaborative approach to Darfur weapons collection in IDP camps

04 november 2017 - 15:21:42

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN African Union Peace keeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has again called on the Sudanese government to avoid forceful entries [...] Full text...

Darfur UN peacekeepers hand over 11 sites to Sudan Government

22 october 2017 - 17:44:13

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMD) has handed over 11 team sites across Sudan's Darfur region to the [...] Full text...

Sudan: 5 persons killed, many injured in clashes over Bashir's visit to IDP Camp in Darfur

23 september 2017 - 10:30:15

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Two more persons were killed on Saturday in a displaced persons camp in Darfur which Sudanese President Omar Bashir visited on [...] Full text...

Sudan: AU-UN mission in Darfur urges restraint after clashes at camp for displaced persons

22 september 2017 - 15:31:08

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Friday urged “the utmost restraint” by all parties after clashes between [...] Full text...

Sudan: Bashir in Kalema IDP camp, pledges to resolve challenges facing them

22 september 2017 - 14:09:23

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – President Omar Bashir of Sudan on Friday paid visited the largest camp for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur, the [...] Full text...

US: Arms proliferation continues in Darfur, but area largely calm - UN official

15 september 2017 - 06:40:51

New York, US (PANA) – The situation in Darfur, in Sudan, has been largely calm in recent months, but there is continued violence fuelled by [...] Full text...

Sudan: Khartoum welcomes reduction in number of UNAMID personnel

01 july 2017 - 14:05:50

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has welcomed a resolution by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) cutting down the number of military and [...] Full text...

Sudan: US charge d'affaires in Khartoum visits North Darfur State

21 june 2017 - 11:26:16

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America in Khartoum, Steven Koutsis, has concluded a four-day visit to North Darfur [...] Full text...

US: Security Council briefed on proposal to reduce number of AU-UN troops in Darfur

15 june 2017 - 03:22:30

New York, US (PANA) – The African Union (AU) and the United Nations are proposing 44 per cent and 30 per cent reductions in their [...] Full text...

US: ICC prosecutor slams ‘pervading toxic culture of impunity’ in Darfur conflict

09 june 2017 - 06:06:07

New York, US (PANA) – The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has reiterated her call for States to arrest and surrender the suspects of [...] Full text...

Sudan: EU, Troika call on Sudanese gov't, rebel forces to renegotiate peace

01 june 2017 - 15:29:03

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A group of leading western countries have called on the Sudanese government and the rebels in Darfur to return to stop [...] Full text...

Sudan: Government forces beat back Darfur rebels

21 may 2017 - 18:40:51

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday repulsed attacks by Darfur rebels entering North [...] Full text...

Sudan: Joint UN-Sudan mission visits Sortony IDP site, North Darfur

09 may 2017 - 17:45:10

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) in Sudan, Ms. Marta Ruedas, and the Commissioner General of Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid [...] Full text...

Sudan: Eight persons killed, 18 wounded in tribal clashes

09 may 2017 - 12:02:32

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least eight persons were killed and 18 others injured in clashes between Salamat and Habbaniyah Arab tribes in South Darfur [...] Full text...

US: Sudan, AU, UN discuss Darfur exit strategy

04 april 2017 - 20:14:49

New York, US (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the United Nations are actively discussing with the Government of Sudan how best to configure [...] Full text...

Sudan: Army officer killed, others wounded in fighting with outlaws in Darfur

17 february 2017 - 14:51:31

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An officer of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Lt. Abdulla al-Tayeb Abdulla, was killed and many others, including a Lieutenant Colonel, [...] Full text...

Sudan: Three policemen killed, two wounded by unidentified gunmen in North Darfur

18 november 2016 - 11:58:33

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Three policemen have been shot dead and two others wounded on Thursday in the first attack of its kind in many [...] Full text...

US: Amnesty Int'l to launch new report on Darfur war crimes 29 September

26 september 2016 - 14:49:12

New York, US (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, will on 29 September in New York, US, launch a new report exposing war crimes [...] Full text...

Sudan: Sudanese celebrate implementation of Doha peace deal for Darfur

07 september 2016 - 17:49:26

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Chad, Central African Republic and Qatar heads of state were among leaders who attended a gathering in Darfur on Wednesday at [...] Full text...

Sudan: Partners launch initiative to strengthen peace, dialogue in Darfur

03 august 2016 - 09:10:45

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU), United Nations and their local partners have launched an initiative that seeks peace in Darfur through working [...] Full text...