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  1. Was für Idioten sind das eigentlich, die gegen?
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    Frage von Franky die NATO demosntrieren? Answer von a.ctiv-t.o.y… Wie es aussieht gibt es halt noch so welche. Naja: wo war die Nato, als in Darfur Menschen abgeschlachtet wurden, wo war sie in Ruanda? Ich finde die Nato keinesfalls immer neutral. Und... Full Article at Askmee.de

  2. Sudan: Somebody help: The forgotten population of Jebel Si in North Darfur is left without healthcare as MSF struggles to continue its medical activities in the region
    Humanitarian News 1 hour ago

    In the remote Jebel Si area of North Darfur, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) runs a hospital, five health posts, and a mobile clinic. These are the only health facilities in the area, and they serve a permanent population of... Full Article at Humanitarian News

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago
    Hawa Abdullah, 2, weighing 5.4kg, sits in the lap of his grandmother who now takes care of him after his mother who lives in Darfur was forced to send him to her for medical treatment as she was pregnant with another child and unable to make the long...

    Hawa Abdullah, 2, weighing 5.4kg, sits in the lap of his grandmother who now takes care of him after his mother who lives in Darfur was forced to send him to her for medical treatment as she was pregnant with another child and unable to make the long... View Photo »

  4. The members of the panel are unaware of any request by the JSMT or from UNAMID [The U.N. African Union Mission in Darfur] to the sanctions committee for permission to issue this document or to authorize the travel of Tek by air to Qatar
    SOURCE: Foreign Policy 3 weeks ago
  5. Old relationship still based on goodwill
    Shanghai Daily logo Shanghai Daily 2 hours ago

    While the West enjoys pointing a finger at China for its perceived inaction in stopping the war in Darfur, China actually has been an active mediator, said Professor Lu Jianxin of the PLA Nanjing Institute of International Relations. In 2003 when the... Full Article at Shanghai Daily

  6. Sudan restrictions hamper aid work in Darfur - MSF
    Reuters Mobile logo Reuters Mobile 2 hours ago

    (Reuters) - Government restrictions on Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have forced the group to suspend key medical activities in part of Sudan's Darfur region, leaving tens of thousands of people without health care, the aid agency said on Tuesday. The... Full Article at Reuters Mobile

  7. Sudan: 100,000 People Left Without Essential Healthcare in Jebel Si in North Darfur State
    Humanitarian News 2 hours ago

    "Humanitarian News" is now easier and faster to browse on mobile devices. Our friends at Macaroni Bros developed a beautiful mobile theme, automatically detecting if you use a computer, phone or tablet! [MSF] Geneva - As a result of increasing... Full Article at Humanitarian News

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago
    In this photo taken Monday, April 2, 2012 and released by the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Abdurrahim Ahmed Mohamed, 12, is seen at the Al Salam camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, Sudan. Abdurrahim lost his right hand...

    In this photo taken Monday, April 2, 2012 and released by the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Abdurrahim Ahmed Mohamed, 12, is seen at the Al Salam camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, Sudan. Abdurrahim lost his right hand... View Photo »

  9. There is a need for this issue to be in the front seat, it should not be in the back seat given the present situation and many crises in Sudan, but we should remain focused on the issue of humanitarian aid to the Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur
    SOURCE: Voice of America 3 weeks ago
  10. Living Darfur (Official Music Video)
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  11. Rwanda: UN Peacekeepers Start Training
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 3 hours ago

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  12. Sudan: 100,000 People Left Without Essential Healthcare in Jebel Si in North Darfur State
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 3 hours ago

    MSF is the sole health provider in the region. "With the reduction of our activities in Jebel Si, more than 100,000 people in the region are left entirely without healthcare," says Alberto Cristina, MSF's operational manager for Sudan. Over the past... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

  13. [Press Release] One Hundred Thousand People Without Essential Health Care in North Darfur
    Doctors Without Borders logo Doctors Without Borders 3 hours ago

    These are the only health facilities in the area, serving a permanent population of approximately 100,000 people, as well as about 10,000 seasonal nomads, all of whom are entirely dependent on MSF for health care and emergency assistance. MSF started... Full Article at Doctors Without Borders

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  1. Hawa Abdullah, 2, weighing 5.4kg, sits in the lap of his grandmother who now takes care of him after his mother who lives in Darfur was forced to send him to her for medical treatment as she was pregnant with another child and unable to make the long journey, at a walk-in feeding...
  2. In this photo taken Monday, April 2, 2012 and released by the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Abdurrahim Ahmed Mohamed, 12, is seen at the Al Salam camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, Sudan. Abdurrahim lost his right hand and the sight of his left eye when...
  3. In this photo taken Monday, April 2, 2012 and released by the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ismael Ibrahim Omar, 20, is seen at the Al Salam camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, Sudan. Omar lost his right hand when an unexploded ordnance (UXO) went off in...
  4. Arab leaders pose for a group picture before the opening of their annual summit in Khartoum, 28 March 2006. Leaders from the 22-member Arab League met today in a summit focused on the mounting chaos in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but several of the most influential leaders...
  5. Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure (L) walks with France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner hands in hands, upon his arrival at Bamako's airport 07 June 2007, in Mali. Kouchner, who arrived today at the start of his first visit to Africa since his appointment last month, is to hold...
  6. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: Actor George Clooney (C) shakes hands with Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper (R) March 15, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC. Clooney had meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the current situations in Darfur, Sudan.
  7. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: Actor George Clooney (R) speaks to the media as Co-founder of Enough Project John Prendergast (L) listens March 15, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC. Clooney and Prendergast had meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the current situations in...
  8. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: Actor George Clooney leaves after he spoke to the media March 15, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC. Clooney had meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the current situations in Darfur, Sudan.
  9. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: Actor George Clooney speaks to the media March 15, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC. Clooney had meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the current situations in Darfur, Sudan.

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Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning "home of the Fur") is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. It is divided into three federal states within Sudan: Gharb Darfur (West Darfur), Janub Darfur (South Darfur), and Shamal Darfur (North Darfur). It is currently in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. The members of the panel are unaware of any request by the JSMT or from UNAMID [The U.N. African Union Mission in Darfur] to the sanctions committee for permission to issue this document or to authorize the travel of Tek by air to Qatar
    SOURCE: Foreign Policy 3 weeks ago
  2. There is a need for this issue to be in the front seat, it should not be in the back seat given the present situation and many crises in Sudan, but we should remain focused on the issue of humanitarian aid to the Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur
    SOURCE: Voice of America 3 weeks ago
  3. The government of Sudan was saying they would only go back to negotiations if the security issue is resolved, meaning that we in South Sudan admit that we are supporting rebellion in South Kordofan, in Blue Nile and Darfur - something we are not doing
    SOURCE: Voice of America 3 weeks ago
  4. When the referendum in South Sudan was in doubt, it threatened to reignite a conflict that had killed millions, but with determined diplomacy, including by some people in this room, South Sudan became the world’s newest nation, and our diplomacy continues, because in Darfur, in Abyei, in southern Kordof...
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: CNSNews.com 4 weeks ago
  5. In Darfur, Abyei, South Kordofan and the Blue Nile, the killing of innocents must come to an end
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: International Business Times 4 weeks ago
  6. We tell the president of insects Salva Kiir, your forces left through force and did not withdraw from Heglig and our men entered it by force and your aggression is continuing in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan and rebels in the two areas [Blue Nile and South Kordofan] are from your forces
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  7. The petition provides the African Union and the broader international community the opportunity to closely examine the most recent atrocities committed by the Sudanese government against its own people ... Dismayingly, these atrocities are nothing new; rather, they are the latest iteration in a pattern ...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  8. I've been honored to be able to lend my celebrity to help wherever I can, especially on behalf of the United Nations, but in the case of Darfur it's been the greatest failure of my life.
    SOURCE: Time Magazine 2 months ago
  9. The south has all of its oil and the north has the pipelines and refineries ... For years, the north has been taking the oil and keeping most of the profits, buying bombs and rockets and using them on Darfur, the Blue Nile, Abyei and the Nuba Mountains.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 months ago
  10. All the same factors that existed in Darfur are unfolding today in the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile ... It’s just a different region with the same issues with the central government, and the same targeting on the base of people’s identity that we saw in Darfur.
    SOURCE: France 24 2 months ago
  11. The bill comes at a critical moment: With a humanitarian crisis rapidly unfolding in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, continued unrest in Darfur and Abyei, and instability widespread throughout the country, immediate attention that addresses both the dire fallout and the root causes of these issues is esse...
    SOURCE: International Business Times 2 months ago
  12. The government of Sudan, led by Omar Al-Bashir, Ahmed Haroun and defense minister Hussein, the same three men who orchestrated the atrocities in Darfur, have turned their bombs on the Nuban people. Now, these are not military targets. These are innocent men, women and children. That is a fact.
    SOURCE: Yahoo! News Blogs 2 months ago
  13. Awareness doesn't solve the issue, more people just know about it ... When the genocides in Darfur were happening, awareness made the (United Nations) come up with all these bills to help but they never went anywhere because people couldn't agree.
    SOURCE: The Lakeland Ledger 2 months ago
  14. And why are some Africa experts, human rights groups and even actress-turned-Save Darfur activist Mia Farrow grumbling about it, while others in elite Washington circles are praising it as an unmatched accomplishment?
    SOURCE: Yahoo! News Blogs 2 months ago
  15. The role played by those three men in the ongoing violent attacks in South Kordofan and Blue Nile is reminiscent of their role in the Darfur conflict. This is an unbearable example of the threat to peace and security which can emanate from the failure to address accountability
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  16. national, state and local security entities and through the recruitment, arming and funding of the police forces and the Militia/Janjaweed in Darfur.
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor 2 months ago

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