Jun 11th, 2008 · Banditry has become so prevalent on Darfur's roads that carjackers operate openly. Their targets are aid workers and peacekeepers, but the real victims are the displaced Darfuris living in camps who are receiving less food as a result of the crimes.
Jun 5th, 2008 · Members of the U.N. Security Council are in Darfur on Thursday for a first-hand look at the conflict there. Five years of fighting have killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.
Jun 4th, 2008 · Five years after the U.S. used the term "genocide" to describe the situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur, conditions remain dire. And a three-year-old peace deal that had inspired some hope may be breaking down.
May 30th, 2008 · More than 200,000 people have been killed in the four-year-old conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. Recently, a joint force of United Nations and African Union peacekeepers honored their dead. The ceremony comes at a time when the nature of violence has grown more complicated in Darfur.
May 24th, 2008 · Sudan's government is touting its defeat of 1,000 poorly supplied Darfur rebels earlier this month as a major military defeat. President Omar al-Bashir recieved international praise for quelling the attack on the capital, Khartoum. But local Sudanese still have lingering questions on how the rebel forces got as far as they did.
May 8th, 2008 · Softball player Jessica Mendoza won a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Olympics in China this year provide a great platform to discuss Human Rights, she says, but could the simple word "Darfur" cause her to lose a medal?
Apr 8th, 2008 · Sudan's government rarely allows journalists into the Darfur region to cover the brutal conflict, so many try to access Darfur from neighboring Chad. To do so, they use interpreters or fixers -- one of whom has written a book about providing the service for Western reporters.
Mar 20th, 2008 · Shareholder activists continue to target the government of Sudan for its actions in Darfur, and a number of states have responded by passing Sudan divestment laws. But the attempt at financial pressure isn't gaining much traction in the mutual fund industry.