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Darfur peace talks set to resumehttp://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=242521&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/ Mail and Guardian OnlineAfrican Union-mediated peace talks on the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region are set to open in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Friday, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's spokesperson said on Monday. Peace talks, which began in Abuja last August, were suspended in December to allow for more consultations among the parties concerned in the conflict, after the rebels in Darfur and the Khartoum government traded accusations of violating the ceasefire.
Hague court opens probe into crimes in Darfurhttp://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8706672 ReutersThe International Criminal Court launched a formal investigation on Monday into suspected war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, where tens of thousands of people have died since a rebel uprising began in early 2003. "The investigation will be impartial and independent, focusing on the individuals who bear the greatest criminal responsibility for crimes committed in Darfur," the ICC said in a statement, but did not name any suspects.
Key facts about conflict in Sudan's Darfur regionhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06530079.htm Reuters AlertNetThe International Criminal Court launched a formal investigation on Monday into suspected crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region. Here are some key facts about the conflict in Darfur.
Airlift to boost food-aid operation in Darfurhttp://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/6D4GAE?OpenDocument International Committee of the Red CrossTo bolster its efforts to bring much-needed food to residents in remote areas, the ICRC has launched a two-month airlift out of Khartoum. Several factors prompted this decision, chief among them dwindling supplies and the growing number of people dependent on food aid. The situation is aggravated by growing insecurity on the roads from Khartoum to Darfur, where attacks on aid convoys are increasing. In addition, the approaching rainy season, while welcomed by Darfur's farmers, poses serious logistical challenges as road conditions deteriorate, hampering the delivery of food aid.
June 5, 2005
30,000 children died in Africa yesterday http://www.sundayherald.com/50178Sunday Herald OnlineThe story of a nine-year-old girl living in Kalma refugee camp in south Darfur: "She has been a witness to an attack on her village by armed militiamen. She still remembers the terrified rush to flee across the desert on foot for days, thirsty, hungry, exhausted along with 500 other desperate families, leaving behind almost everything they owned - and many they loved. It was 10 months ago that Leila's young life was turned upside down. Turned from dream to nightmare, as the world looked on."
More than words on Darfur http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jun05/331004.aspMilwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial"President Bush made one of his rare comments on the continuing slaughter in Darfur in east Africa last week. But what he called the slaughter - 'genocide' - should speak volumes. Unfortunately, his administration and the rest of the world have not given the situation the attention that is required both by the word and by the awful reality it portrays."
June 4, 2005
A policy of rape http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/opinion/05kristof.html?New York Times Op-Ed"All countries have rapes, of course. But here in the refugee shantytowns of Darfur, the horrific stories that young women whisper are not of random criminality but of a systematic campaign of rape to terrorize civilians and drive them from 'Arab lands' - a policy of rape."
Sudan says U.S. stance changedhttp://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1004908.php/Sudan_says_U.S._stance_changed United Press InternationalSudanese President Omar Bashir said Saturday there was a "positive change" in the U.S. position on the troubled Darfur region. Sudan's Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail told reporters that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robeert Zoellick told him there was "improvement of conditions in Darfur" after the American envoy visited the region Friday.
Let's do the right thing in Darfur http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050604%2FCODARFUR04%2FTPComment&ord=1118129064043&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=trueThe Globe and Mail editorial"
Prime Minister is doing the right thing in Darfur, but to lead the international community, and to prove the cynics wrong, it will take more than money, impressive though Canadian generosity is. To do the right thing right, Canada is going to have to field a battalion or two of boots-on-the-ground soldiers, not just a platoon or two of logistics support."
Sudan says U.S. stance changedhttp://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/06040000aaa03d59.upi&Sys=rmmiller&Fid=NATIONAL&Type=News&Filter=National%20NewsKHARTOUM, Sudan, June 4 (UPI) -- Sudanese President Omar Bashir said Saturday there was a "positive change" in the U.S. position on the troubled Darfur region.
Bashir said on state-owned Um Durman TV the U.S. "shift confirms substantial improvement in the Darfur situation.
Bashir's comments came as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick met with Sudan's Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail in Khartoum on Darfur, the peace process in southern Sudan and bilateral relations.
Ismail told reporters that Zoellick told him there was "improvement of conditions in Darfur" after the American envoy visited the region Friday.
He said the two agreed for a Sudanese government delegation to visit Washington soon to discuss bilateral relations in more detail in order to restore relations between the two countries."
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