Full Coverage: Sudan
November 2007
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11/30/2007
Roughly 3,000 Sudanese living in a camp in northwestern Kenya will be able to return to their homes by late December, despite government-rebel tensions over the implementation of a peace agreement signed in 2005.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: A Sudanese woman forced to flee her home due to violence. © Refugees International
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11/29/2007
Poverty, a young Sudanese man born during this country's civil war, rose far beyond his name by studying hard, developing marketable skills as a carpenter, and inspiring community youth through sports and HIV/AIDS awareness programs.
Read moreFrom: Mercy Corps Image: Poverty Tabaan (in black t-shirt) helped Mercy Corps reach hundreds of youth in southern Sudan. © Matt Streng / Mercy Corps
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11/29/2007
Population 6 million.
Read more400,000 dead. 2.5 million displaced. 4 million reliant on aid. What will you do? Tricycle Theatre, London, 2 December Related: [United Kingdom] Image: Day for darfur
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11/29/2007
Although aid workers say his fate is "vital to the ongoing [peace] process," a top player in Uganda's main rebel movement has not been heard from for several weeks.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Uganda] Image: Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) deputy leader, Vincent Otti. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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11/27/2007
Arab tribes may incite renewed violence in Darfur and neighboring regions as they are demanding their interests be met before the arrival of a peacekeeping mission next year, warns an organization monitoring the situation.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: New Arab insurgency threatens Darfur, 2007 © Sven Torfinn
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11/19/2007
Last week's meeting between the leaders of the United States and South Sudan signaled a change in U.S. priorities, potentially undermining the established but fragile peace agreement between North and South Sudan, warns an influential Africa lobby group.
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11/17/2007
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (OneWorld) - Three prominent media figures came together recently to share their accounts of Southern Sudan and its "Lost Boys" -- the thousands of young, male refugees who fled vast distances to avoid conflict in their home region.
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11/16/2007
The Sudanese government is seeking to close camps in Darfur that house thousands of displaced people pending the arrival of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission, says a Darfuri human rights activist.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Image: An estimated 2.5 million people, including this woman, have also been driven from their homes due to the fighting in Darfur. © Refugees International
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11/09/2007
The president of the autonomous region of South Sudan has said his administration will boycott the country's "Government of National Unity" until the north commits to the 2005 peace agreement that ended the country's twenty-year civil war.
Read moreFrom: allAfrica.com Image: President Omar el-Bashir, head of the Khartoum government, based in the north. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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11/08/2007
The governor of South Darfur ordered the UN humanitarian director to leave the state, which has been the scene of recent fighting and where the United Nations plays a key role in coordinating aid to almost 1 million people, the UN said on Wednesday.
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11/07/2007
The commander of the Darfur peacekeeping force has warned that, though partial deployment is expected by the end of the year, peace will not be established immediately and it will be some time before displaced people can return home.
Read moreFrom: allAfrica.com Image: African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. © Derk Segaar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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11/05/2007
At a recent road race in New York, winners bowed their heads in silence upon receipt of their medals, sending the message to China that the genocide in Sudan must be stopped now. Imagine if the same happened on the world stage in Beijing next year.
Read moreFrom: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Related: [United States] [China] Image: The two medal winners. © Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
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11/01/2007
A women's peacebuilding group offers several suggestions to Darfur negotiators, including, among other things: invite the right players.
Read moreFrom: Initiative for Inclusive Security Image: 2 million Sudanese, including this girl, have been displaced by the conflict in Darfur. © Gerald Martone / International Rescue Committee
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