African Union leaders refuse to extradite Sudan’s president, denounce international court

By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU , Associated Press
SIRTE, Libya – After bitter wrangling, Africa’s leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Sudan ‘launches attack on Chad’

Chad’s government has accused Sudan of launching a military attack, two days after the neighbours signed a reconciliation agreement in Qatar.

Darfur: Sudan rejects Darfur international conference

Sudan will not attend an international conference on Darfur attended by Britain, France and the United States, state minister for foreign affairs Ali Karti said on Saturday.

Sudan to release 24 Darfur detainees before talks

The Sudanese government will release 24 detainees involved in the Darfur conflict as a goodwill gesture before planned peace talks with rebels, the country’s justice minister said Saturday.

Darfur: former Sudanese child warrior speaks up

Written by Meaghan McAvoy

Dinner and a movie is so cliché.

On Feb. 14, an audience gathered at Miami University’s Hall Auditorium for a nontraditional Valentine’s Day evening.

Darfur’s main rebel group to meet Sudanese government officials in Qatar

A spokesman for Darfur’s chief mediator says a major rebel group and Sudanese government officials will meet in Qatar.

Sudan accuses Chad of supplying Darfur rebels

Chad accused of sending troops across their border to deliver supplies to Darfur rebel group

Humanitarian conditions in Darfur, two months before the rainy season

Darfur’s rainy season largely coincides with the traditional “hunger gap” between spring planting and fall harvest; so the loss of transport capacity, rebel violence along the Chad/Darfur border, humanitarian obstruction by Khartoum, pervasive insecurity throughout Darfur, and the failure of effective UNAMID deployment may make this rainy season the “perfect storm” of human destruction

Darfur rebel leader urges British PM to make efforts to stop violence before talks

A Darfur rebel leader urged the British Prime Minister to exert efforts in order to arrest against the civilians in the war-torn region of western Sudan before proposing to host the peace process.

Chadian army repulses rebel attack on eastern town

N’DJAMENA, Chad – Rebels attacked a town in eastern Chad on Tuesday but the army repulsed them after a four-hour battle, the prime minister said.