Full Coverage: North Africa

06/27/2007 The President of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir, has agreed to an initiative to tackle the problem of water shortage in the north-west.

06/26/2007 Aerosmith, U2, Christina Aguilera, R.E.M. ja Green Day tulkitsevat John Lennonin musiikkia Amnestyn ja Warnerin tupla-albumilla. Levyn tuotoilla tuetaan Amnestyn ihmisoikeustyötä Sudanin Darfurissa.

06/23/2007 Climate change is among the environmental factors causing conflict in Sudan, the UN Environment Programme says in a new report.

06/22/2007 During the week to honor and raise awareness about refugees, discover what the United States can do to help refugees in Africa, read a success story of refugees returning home, and learn more about what causes people to become refugees and the struggles they face.

06/22/2007 Nick Clooney, the journalist father of George Clooney, talks to newstatesman.com about the desperation of Darfur and George getting attacked by a tarantula.
Form: New Statesman

06/20/2007 YK joutuu uuden haasteen eteen Sudanin Darfurissa. Mittavaa rauhanturvaoperaatiota aiotaan hoitaa yhdistelmäjoukoilla, joihin kuuluu sinibarettien ohella jo maassa olevia Afrikan unionin (AU) sotilaita.

06/19/2007 For the second year in a row, Sudan tops the list of states most at risk of failure published by The Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine.

06/18/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (OneWorld) - Amid lingering doubts about Sudan's promises to cooperate with the world community, advocacy groups are reiterating calls for the immediate deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in the war-torn Darfur region.

06/17/2007 The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change, according to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
From Deccan Herald

06/15/2007 Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty International hyödyntää satelliitteja suojaamaan siviilejä Sudanin Darfurissa. Amnesty tarkkailee satelliittikameroilla 12:ta kylää, jotka ovat suurimmassa vaarassa janjaweed-joukkojen hyökkäykselle.

06/13/2007 The Sudanese government agreed Tuesday to accept a robust UN-African Union force to ensure protection for the people of Darfur. As many as 19,000 peacekeepers may be deployed shortly.

06/12/2007 YK:n lastenrahasto on ilahtunut tiedoista, että sudanilainen entinen kapinallisryhmä vapauttaa palveluksessaan olleita lapsisotilaita. Eilinen ilmoitus lasten luovuttamisesta on kuukausien neuvottelujen tulos UNICEF:in ja vapautusarmeijan välillä. Sopimus velvoittaa Sudanin vapautusarmeijan paljastamaan lasten sijainnin joukoissaan ja luovuttamaan heidät.

06/11/2007 Over the last several months violence in Darfur has escalated sharply, leaving many women and their children in increasingly desperate situations. The Helping Hands campaign is responding and needs help collecting over-the-counter medicine, children’s vitamins, school supplies, and much more.

06/08/2007 Intense political focus on Darfur that bears little relation to reality on the ground is hindering aid to 150,000 internally displaced people in eastern Chad, warns a leading medical charity.

06/07/2007 Amnesty International is using satellite technology to keep an eye on twelve vulnerable villages in Darfur. Until a strong peacekeeping force is on the ground, use your eyes to protect Darfur from the sky.

06/07/2007 Amnesty is using satellite cameras to monitor vulnerable villages in Darfur and inviting the public to monitor 12 villages and thus put the Sudanese Government on notice that these and other areas in the region are being watched around the clock.

06/07/2007 YK:n ja Afrikan Unionin suunnitelma yhteisten rauhanturvajoukkojen kokoamisesta Sudanin Darfuriin edistynyt. YK:n pääsihteeri Ban Ki-moon on toimittanut turvallisuusneuvostolle tarkistetun raportin operaatiosta, missä annetaan vastaukset AU:n lisäselvityspyyntöön.

06/05/2007 Southern Sudanese military and official sources say the threat from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels has eased in eastern Equatoria, but widespread fear remains, whole villages are abandoned and a key road from Uganda to the Southern Sudan capital Juba is still patrolled by Sudanese and Ugandan troops.

06/01/2007 The UN refugee agency has protested to the European Commission about the way boatloads of people from North Africa have recently been left stranded at sea, despite being in distress and at risk of death.