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Darfur 2009: conflict and hunger (Also Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic) South Sudan cattle raid kills 140; aid agencies warn that the country faces a return to war BBC News January 8, 2010 War in Sudan's Darfur is over, UN military commander says BBC News August 27, 2009
Much of the oil-rich region of Abyei was left in ashes after last year's clashes. Photo: AP A split ruling in Sudan's north-south border dispute: North gets oil-fields, South gets tribal areas Edmund Sanders Los Angeles Times July 23, 2009 Sudan rivals agree to avert war BBC News July 17, 2009
A woman holds her 6-month-old son, Abdul Rachman Salim, who is suffering from diarrhea and an eye infection, outside the Mercy Malaysia clinic in Zam Zam camp, in North Darfur. Aid agencies provide crucial services to 2.5 million displaced people in the region. Photo: Lynsey Addario/Los Angeles Times Camps in Darfur struggle with aid groups' exit Edmund Sanders Los Angeles Times March 17, 2009 See audio slideshow: Desperation grows in Darfur camps Lynsey Addario, Edmund Sanders and Bryan Chan Los Angeles Times March 17, 2009
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan offered a fiery and defiant response to the International Criminal Court a day after it ordered his arrest for atrocities committed in Darfur, telling a crowd of thousands in Khartoum that "we are not succumbing, we are not bending" to outside pressure. Photo: Philip Dhil/European Pressphoto Agency Sudan president Bashir defies International Criminal Court arrest order for alleged war crimes in Darfur Neil MacFarquhar and Marlise Simons New York Times March 5, 2009 Sudan expels 10 aid agencies including Oxfam, CARE, Mercy Corps in the wake of Bashir war crime indictment threatening aid to Darfur civilians IRIN March 5, 2009
The central town of Abyei, disputed between north and south Sudan, resembles a ghost town. The wasteland of burnt-out huts, smashed bottles and twisted metal remains one of the most prized and fought over pieces of land in Africa's largest country, as a few miles away lies some of Sudan's most lucrative oil fields and a pipeline that funnels oil to the Red Sea coast.. Photo: BBC Oil to ashes: once prosperous ghost town illustrates Sudan's shaky peace deal BBC News January 9, 2009
The oil-rich Sudanese state of Southern Kordofan may soon be the site of conflict. Photo: BBC Sudan buildup in oil-rich state indicates possible spill-over in fighting from Darfur Amber Henshaw BBC News December 7, 2008 |