Millions 'still at risk in Darfur' - UN attacks Sudan for breaking rape pledge

Scotsman report July 31 says Sudanese police and soldiers continue to rape helpless civilians in Darfur despite government promises to stop them and punish those responsible, according to a UN report.

Victims and witnesses are routinely threatened and sometimes even charged with crimes if they come forward with allegations of rape, the report said. Authorities also intimidate humanitarian groups investigating the claims.
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Millions 'still at risk in Darfur'

Scotsman report July 30 says the lives of millions of people displaced by the conflict in Darfur are "hanging in the balance", aid workers warned, with the situation little improved from a year ago.
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South Sudan's new leader



Photo: Deputy leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Salva Kiir presides over a leadership meeting in New Site village in Southern Sudan August 1, 2005. Officials of the former rebel SPLM began meeting on Monday to decide the future of the group after its leader John Garang died in a helicopter crash. The meeting of 21 leaders from the political wing and military command of the SPLM/A was chaired by the deputy leader and Garang's probable replacement Kiir. (Reuters/Radu Sigheti)

UPDATE: Former rebel group SPLM named Salva Kiir to succeed its leader John Garang.
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Darfur rebel says Garang's death was not an accident



Photo: A picture taken in April 1986 in southern Sudan shows Colonel John Garang, then leader of the Sudanese People's Liberation Front. The helicopter crash that killed Sudanese First Vice President and southern leader John Garang was not an accident, Darfur rebel leader Abdel Wahed Mohammed Ahmed Nur said. 'John Garang's death is a big loss for the new Sudan forces and for all the Sudanese people,' said the leader of the main rebel group in Sudan's western Darfur, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army. (AFP/File)

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