International Business News - Darfur http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The top U.N. envoy to Darfur is resigning to make room for a new full-time chief negotiator, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Envoy Jan Eliasson, a former Swedish foreign minister, said he would continue to work as a special adviser on Darfur, but that the situation was so serious that it was "extremely important" to take realistic action, state-run radio reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/report-un-envoy-to-darfur-to-resign.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:24:43 EDT U.N. agencies operating in Darfur warned Sunday that rising insecurity, a bad cereal harvest and the approaching rainy season will make for a particularly bad year for the population of the region. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/un-warns-of-bad-year-in-darfur.htm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:47:00 EDT Nearly 40 Darfur rebel suspects appeared in court Wednesday over their alleged roles in an attack near the capital last month that left 200 dead and shocked the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/darfur-rebels-on-trial-for-attack-near-khartoum.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:27:28 EDT The U.S. presidential envoy to Sudan's troubled Darfur region joined activists Tuesday in blaming the world for failing to protect residents of the African nation from widespread violence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74042-aptopix-britain-sudan-refugees.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/us-activists-decry-darfur-failure.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/us-activists-decry-darfur-failure.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:24:06 EDT Sudan's justice minister on Monday said Darfur rebels accused of an attack near Khartoum last month will stand trial on charges of terrorism. No one has been charged yet, but the minister, Abdel Basset Sabdarat, told The Associated Press the trials were due to begin this week. The prosecutor-general will determine who will be charged, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/darfur-rebels-face-terrorism-trial-for-attack.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:29:02 EDT U.N. aid flights to Darfur have to be trimmed because of a lack of funding, the World Food Program said Tuesday. The agency said it needs $20 million to restore full air services for the coming months. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/un-food-agency-cuts-back-on-darfur-aid-flights.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:51:23 EDT Refugees and aid workers in eastern Chad told U.N. Security Council members Friday that their biggest worries are insecurity and banditry, which have been on the rise in the area for months. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65415-mideast-sudan-darfur.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/sudan-presidents-meets-un-delegation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/sudan-presidents-meets-un-delegation.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:44:39 EDT The U.N. Security Council got a firsthand look Thursday at the worsening conflict in Darfur, which has killed up to 300,000 people and forced 2.5 million to flee their homes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/63946-sudan-un-international-court.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/xilinx-job-cuts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/xilinx-job-cuts.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:59:21 EDT The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court charges that "the whole state apparatus" of Sudan is implicated in crimes against humanity in the Darfur region, linking the government directly with the feared janjaweed militia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/prosecutor-links-sudan-government-to-darfur-crimes.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:45:02 EDT The joint U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur says a Ugandan member of the force has been fatally shot. The police officer is the first member of the mission slain since the troops deployed five months ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/first-un-peacekeeper-killed-in-darfur.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 14:04:39 EDT Dozens of men on horseback armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades ambushed Nigerian peacekeepers serving with the joint U.N.-African Union force in Darfur, though no casualties were reported, the U.N. said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/un-peacekeepers-ambushed-in-darfur.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 09:30:00 EDT Congress' two Muslim members urged the U.S. government on Wednesday to lead efforts to end the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/ellison-carson-urge-us-to-take-action-in-darfur.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 16:39:50 EDT The peacekeeping force in Darfur said Tuesday it was still trying to evacuate those wounded in airstrikes two days earlier that an aid group reported left 12 people dead, including six children. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/12-killed-in-air-strikes-in-north-darfur-aid-group-says.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 14:21:58 EDT An activist group will organize protests against Beijing Olympics sponsors that it says have failed to press China to help end fighting in Darfur. Dream for Darfur said 16 companies, including General Electric Co., Coca-Cola Co. and Microsoft Corp., have exhibited "moral cowardice." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42059-activism.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/activists-protest-some-beijing-olympics-sponsors.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/activists-protest-some-beijing-olympics-sponsors.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:02:32 EDT A Sudanese presidential aide challenged a new U.N. assessment that as many as 300,000 people have died in the Darfur conflict, saying Thursday that the figure was unfounded and meant to pressure the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/sudan-challenges-un-darfur-death-toll-as-unfounded.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:51:17 EDT The five-year conflict in Darfur may have left as many as 300,000 people dead a steep increase from the previous estimate of 200,000 according to U.N. officials. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/number-dead-darfur-could-reach-300-000.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:24:40 EDT U.S. and United Nations officials said Wednesday that peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan are limited by some of the factors feeding the conflict _ problems over access to land and water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/us-un-say-peacekeepers-need-water.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:28:50 EDT U.S. and United Nations officials say peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan are limited by some of the factors feeding the conflict _ problems over access to land and water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/us-un-say-darfur-force-needs-water.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:55:19 EDT The conflict in Darfur is deteriorating, with full deployment of a new peacekeeping force delayed until 2009 and no prospect of a political settlement for a war that has killed perhaps 300,000 people in five years, U.N. officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/un-warns-darfur-war-worsening-with-perhaps-300-000-dead.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:27:14 EDT The conflict in Darfur is getting worse, with full deployment of a new peacekeeping force delayed until 2009 and no prospect of a political settlement for a war that has killed perhaps 300,000 people in five years, U.N. officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/un-says-darfur-conflict-worsening-with-perhaps-300-000-dead.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:36:02 EDT