Full Coverage: Sudan

09/26/2006 "Olen käynyt monilla syrjäseuduilla Tansaniassa ja Keniassa, mutta missään ei ole ollut niin köyhää kuin Etelä-Sudanissa. Siellä ei ole mitään", kokenut kehitysyhteistyöntekijä Harri Porvali sanoo. Viime vuoden lopulla hän lähti Kirkon Ulkomaanavun lähettämänä tutkimaan uuden hankkeen mahdollisuuksia Mabanin alueella Etelä-Sudanissa.

09/22/2006 Amnesty International has warned the international community not to become complacent now that the African Union has proposed and Sudan has accepted an extension of the current peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

09/19/2006 Iraq and Darfur are the hot-button issues bringing regular people onto the streets and into the headlines this week while a renewed effort to "Make Poverty History" is gearing up to demand governments attack the root causes of strife and deprivation around the world.

09/19/2006 "We are currently reaching the limits of our assistance. We do not have access to people who are directly affected by the conflict," says a representative of one of the largest and most active aid organization operating health and refugee assistance centers in Darfur.

09/19/2006 Sadattuhannet ihmisoikeus- ja rauhanaktivistit eri puolilla maailmaa lähtivät sunnuntaina kaduille osoittamaan mieltään, koska kansainvälinen yhteisö ei ole onnistunut lopettamaan Sudanissa Darfurin alueella meneillään olevaa veristä etnistä konfliktia.

09/18/2006 NEW YORK, Sep 18 (OneWorld) - Human rights and peace activists in many parts of the world took to the streets Sunday protesting the international community's failure to stop the ongoing bloody ethnic conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.

09/15/2006 From Abuja to Vancouver, people around the world will take part in the Global Day for Darfur Sunday to show worldwide support for the Darfuri people and to put pressure on our governments to protect the civilians.

09/13/2006 Amnesty International has called on Russia, China, and Arab leaders to "work hard to get Sudan's consent for a UN peacekeeping force" before the peacekeepers currently in Darfur are forced to leave on September 30.

09/11/2006 Hundreds rallied outside the White House Saturday and 40 were arrested as they called on the Bush administration to use its influence to ensure peacekeepers can be deployed in Darfur. A major new report was also released comparing the current conflict and international response with the Rwanda genocide of 1994.

09/11/2006 Failure to act in Darfur, with or without Khartoum's consent, would serve only to further accommodate a genocide that has been gathering pace before our eyes, South Africa's Business Day newspaper tells the international community.

09/07/2006 Hundreds of activists from across the east coast and in Austin, Texas will make their mark of witness with red handprints Saturday to represent the victims of genocide in Rwanda and Darfur, calling on U.S. officials to do more to help ensure UN peacekeepers are sent to protect the people of Darfur.

09/05/2006 The African Union has been widely criticized for its limited capacity to protect millions of civilians caught in the crossfire of the conflict in Darfur, yet in some places their mere presence illustrates the crucial role its forces play in providing at least a sense of security. IRIN reports from Tawilla town.

09/05/2006 African Union troops will be allowed to stay in the country if their mandate is extended beyond September 30, Sudan's president said Monday, but a UN force, which would be much larger and better equipped, would not be allowed in the country.

09/01/2006 A UN peacekeeping force for Darfur was authorized Thursday. U.S. diplomacy is now needed more than ever to convince Khartoum to accept the troops, says Africa Action.