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16 April 2008 –The prospect of negotiating a political solution to the Darfur crisis has become ever more remote as both the Sudanese Government and rebels appear determined to pursue a military solution, according to a…

14 April 2008 –The United Nations and African Union envoys spearheading international efforts to resolve the five-year conflict wracking Darfur will tomorrow begin a four-day visit to Sudan to hold consultations with the…

10 April 2008 -- "The Secretary-General is very troubled by the 9 April attack on United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) police personnel outside of the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons near El…

El Fasher, N. Darfur / 10 April 2008 – One UNAMID police officer was injured and two vehicles hijacked when four unidentified gunmen attacked a UNAMID Police Patrol Wednesday afternoon only 2 kms north of the Internally…

8 Apriil 2008 -- Joint Special Representative of the UN / AU Mission in Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, held a series of high-level talks with Sudanese officials, in the course of the last two days, to coordinate activities and…

1 April 2008 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by reports of continued movement of rebel groups across the Chadian/Sudanese border and by the possibility that these groups may launch cross-border attacks. The…

4 April 2008 -- Four years ago this week, the Security Council first took up the issue of Darfur. The situation remains grim today, as then, if not worse. Violence targeting civilians, including women and girls, continues at…

28 March 2008 - The UN/AU Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, received in Khartoum, on Friday, a delegation from the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC), currently visiting Sudan.The delegation…

25 March 2008 - A UNAMID armoured vehicle and a passenger bus collided near Nyala , South Darfur, at 0930 hours, today. Initial reports suggest that one passenger and four pedestrians were killed, while another seventeen…

20 March 2008 -- El Fasher, SUDAN – Following the recent violence and continuing tension in West Darfur, UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Henry Anyidoho traveled to Silea in West Darfur to personally assess the…