SUDAN WATCH

Oct 21 UN Secretary-General calls for international action . World has just weeks to save Darfur says UNHCR Oct 21. Further important updat...

In an article at Fredericksburg 21 Aug 2005, John Prendergast, a leading Sudan expert who travels frequently to Darfur, is quoted as saying:...

Oct 10 UN report says U.S. Ambassador John Bolton blocked a U.N. envoy on Monday from briefing the Security Council on grave human rights v...

Today's report from Addis Ababa says African Union will seek UN Security Council action on Darfur security. Excerpt: Before the AU...

Sudan Tribune report from Khartoum today claims fighting is feared in Abyei . Note, the report says Abyei is oil-rich. - - - UPDATE Oct 11...

Don't miss Walking the talk on misery in Darfur , Nicholas Kristof's latest piece for the New York Times on Darfur, highlighting the...

Hold on to your hats, we are about to witness African politics in action: "The [AU] council has been convened urgently ... because of t...

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Oct 10 urged the international community to keep up the pressure on both the Sudan government and rebel g...

According to Reuters Oct 9, experts say Asmara's goal is rather to force the issue higher up the agenda of world powers it suspects are...

"18 African Union personnel including military observers, civilian police, a U.S. representative and a Justice and Equality Movement (r...

A sandstorm sweeps by the temporary housing used by displaced Sudanese people, just across the border from Darfur. Photo courtesy World Pres...

The ambush of the AU patrol on Saturday 8 Oct 2005 happened near Khor Abeche, South Darfur where Arab militias wiped out a rebel base earlie...

News from Russia reports two African Union peacekeeping soldiers from Nigeria were killed in an ambush Saturday Oct 8 in Darfur, a senior A...

The UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in his report to the Security Council 12 September 2005, explains: "In Darfur, the humanitarian c...

In an article for the Guardian Oct 7 entitled "Darfur wasn't genocide and Sudan is not a terrorist state" Jonathan Steele in ...

If you wish to contribute a blog entry for Spotlight on Darfur 2, please contact Eddie Beaver at Live From The FDNF in time for 16 October ...

On October 6, 2005, millions will fast from a meal or luxury good and donate the money saved to relief efforts in Darfur. In honour of Darfu...

The London-based newspaper The Tablet reported 1 Oct 2005 that the Catholic Archbishop of Khartoum, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, said that nine year...

Following the African Union's recent statement on the security situation in Darfur, the AU reports Oct 6 it has photographic evidence o...

Contrary to what Jan Egeland told the press Sep 28 that UN relief operations in Darfur could all end tomorrow , AP confirms the UN said Wedn...