Full Coverage: North Africa

09/28/2007 Abdelbagi Jibril compares South Africa's economic and trade relations with China and the Arab Gulf states and its defence of the Khartoum regime with its indifference towards the tragedy of the people of Darfur, which, he argues, is tantamount to the genocide of Africans.
From: Pambazuka News

09/26/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (OneWorld) - International donors' apathy towards African flood victims is worrying numerous UN agencies involved in humanitarian relief operations.

09/26/2007 Suomalaisten joukkojen lähettämisessä Darfuriin ei ole kysymys siitä, millaista YK-politiikkaa Suomen pitäisi harjoittaa, huomauttaa kansanedustaja Anni Sinnemäki.

09/25/2007 Mosquito elimination techniques, sewing, and pottery making are some of the skills Sudanese refugees, displaced by the ongoing conflict in Darfur, learn from Mercy Corps technicians working in the region.

09/21/2007 On this year's International Day of Peace the majority of news streams in from Africa, and it is not all bad.

09/14/2007 Un impegno per il cessate il fuoco unilaterale nel Darfur fin dall'inizio dei negoziati al quale il presidente del Sudan ha risposto annunciando la "disponibilità del suo governo" chiedendo però che "coinvolga anche i ribelli che finora non hanno accettato le trattative". E' quanto emerge dalla conferenza stampa al termine del colloqui tra il Presidente del Consiglio, Romano Prodi, e il presidente sudanese, Omar El Bashir. Un incontro al centro dell'attenzione internazionale anche per le critiche sollevate da diverse parti al governo italiano per essere il primo di un paese occidentale ad ospitare il dittatore sudanese considerato responsabile delle violenze nel Darfur attraverso il sostegno alle milizie Janjaweed. Per domenica 16 settembre la "Save Darfur Coalition" ha indetto la "Giornata per il Darfur" con manifestazioni e azioni a favore della regione sudanese dove le violenze nell’arco di quattro anni hanno provocato non meno di 200mila morti e due milioni e mezzo di sfollati.

09/14/2007 Tell your Congressional representatives -- and thousands of other activists -- what you think about the crisis in Darfur through the "24 Hours for Darfur" online campaign.

09/13/2007 Despite the upcoming peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups, the government has bombed a rebel-held town in Darfur, eliciting forceful retaliation from certain militant factions.

09/12/2007 Rich Stazinski argues that, in endemic and high conflict regions like Darfur, “lasting peace demands [justice], and victims deserve nothing less.”

09/07/2007 As UN forces prepare to buttress the struggling African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, a regional expert warns that diplomatic efforts must remain paramount if a lasting peace is to be achieved.
From: Pambazuka News

09/06/2007 Nick Anderson spent a month in Darfur as a youth ambassador for a humanitarian relief organization. His short movie speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of hunger, conflict, flooding, and scarce resources.

09/06/2007 The decline in press freedom since Morocco's King Mohammed succeeded his father is criticised by a leading media freedom group.

09/06/2007 Saif al-Islamin mukaan Libyaan pitää saada lehdistönvapaus, riippumattomat tuomioistuimet ja vapaa kansalaisyhteiskunta.