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Mihad Hamid, a year old girl, whose mother had attempted to escape an attack from helicopter gunships and Janjaweed marauders on their village, Alliet, in October 2004. Mihad had been hit by a bullet, puncturing her lungs.

Credit: Brian Steidle

Mihad Hamid, a year old girl, whose mother had attempted to escape an attack from helicopter gunships and Janjaweed marauders on their village, Alliet, in October 2004. Mihad had been hit by a bullet, puncturing her lungs.

Further Reading:

	Sudan Update August, 2005
	When Humanity Fails May, 2005 Read why the entire staff of InterAct traveled to Idaho for Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire 's lecture.
	Genocide? March, 2005 As the US and the UN argue over the definition of the word and where it applies, a massive campaign to kill people in Sudan persists.
	Seditious Offensive May, 2004 What is really going on in Sudan?
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Sudan Timeline:

5-2010

	May 9: Two peacekeepers killed in Darfur Two Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed by gunmen in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, officials say.
	May 4: 'Attacks' hit Darfur peace talks Darfur rebels boycott peace talks, accusing Sudan's government of new attacks despite February deal.
	Pressure from US ensures Sudanese poll goes ahead, despite fraud Sudan voted recently in the first multi-party elections since 1986. The result maintains the status quo. The incumbent president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir (NCP), will remain in office with Salva Kiir (SPLM) continuing as first vice president and also president of the government of Southern Sudan. Kiir won 92.99 percent of the southern poll.
	May 1: Mutinous troops attack Sudan army At least eight people are killed as mutinous troops attack an army base in south Sudan over recent elections.

4-2010

	Apr 27: Sudan's Al-Bashir Wins in Result Set to Split Country Tristan McConnell, GlobalPost: "The election victory of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur, paves the way for Africa's largest country to split in two next year."
	Apr 26: Bashir Wins Sudan Election. Now What? Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor: "President Omar al-Bashir has won the first democratic Sudan election in 24 years, closing a chapter on his 22 years as the country's military ruler and potentially opening the way to new legitimacy as a democratically elected leader."
	Apr 22: Sudan delays landmark poll result The announcement of results in Sudan's landmark elections is delayed because of logistical problems, officials say.
	Apr 20: Sudan poll observer 'beaten up' An election observer tells the BBC he suspects one of his agents was kidnapped and beaten by security agents in south Sudan.
	Apr 18: Observers criticise Sudan polls Two leading observer missions say Sudan has fallen short of international standards in its recent controversial elections.
	Apr 17: EU monitors criticise Sudan poll EU observers say Sudan fell short of international standards in its controversial multi-party elections.
	Apr 16: Vote count begins for Sudan poll Vote counting starts in Sudan after the five-day landmark elections, which observers say are too early to judge.
	Apr 12: Uncertain start to Sudan's polls Sudan's first multi-party elections in 24 years go into their second day amid reports of confusion and disarray in many regions.
	Apr 11: Boycotts Mar Sudan Elections Tristan McConnell,GlobalPost: "Voters in Africa's largest country are going to the polls Sunday through Tuesday in Sudan’s first multi-party election in more than two decades, but a raft of last minute boycotts have undermined the credibility of the vote."
	Apr 8: Election boycott widens in Sudan One of Sudan's main opposition parties - Umma - joins the boycott of next week's presidential and parliamentary elections.
	Apr 4: 'No delay' for Sudanese elections Sudanese officials say this month's national polls will not be delayed, despite boycott threats.
	Apr 2: Sudan opposition quits elections Most of Sudan's main opposition parties say they will boycott presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections this month.
	Apr 1: US envoy holds Sudan crisis talks The US envoy to Sudan holds crisis talks in Khartoum after the main opposition candidate pulls out of April's presidential election.

3-2010

	Mar 30: Sudan ballots 'could be rigged' The main party in south Sudan says the printing of ballot papers on government presses could lead to fraud in next month's vote.
	Mar 23: Sudan 'will expel poll observers' Sudan's Omar al-Bashir threatens to expel foreign poll monitors over suggestions that next month's vote should be delayed.
	Mar 21: Darfur hostage describes ordeal The longest-held foreign hostage in Sudan's Darfur region says he was not mistreated, but faced a "daily struggle" to stay positive.
	Mar 18: Darfur rebel alliance makes peace Sudan signs a ceasefire with a Darfur rebel grouping, the second deal in recent weeks, leaving just one band of rebels holding out.
	Mar 15: Darfur rebel row jeopardises deal A deadline for Darfur rebels and Sudan's government to finalise a peace deal is unlikely to be met, amid a rebel split.
	French hostages 'freed in Darfur' Two French hostages seized in the Central African Republic in November have been freed, the French foreign minister says.

2-2010

	Feb 28: 'Breakthrough deal' on Sudan poll The main parties in Sudan reach a deal giving the south enough seats in parliament to block constitutional changes.
	Feb 24: Sudan and Darfur rebels sign deal A major rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region signs a framework ceasefire agreement with the Khartoum government.
	Feb 21: Key Darfur rebels sign up to deal A major rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region signs a framework ceasefire agreement with the government in Khartoum.
	Feb 9: ICC rejects Darfur rebel charges War crimes charges against a Darfur rebel leader are dropped by International Criminal Court judges.
	Feb 8: Chad leader in Sudan peace talks Chad's President Idriss Deby makes a surprise trip to Sudan - his first since 2004 - for talks on Darfur.
	Feb 3: Bashir may face genocide charges International judges reverse a ruling that there is insufficient proof to charge Sudan's president with genocide in Darfur.
	Feb 2: UN aiding rebels, says Sudan army Sudan's army says the UN has supplied rebels in Darfur with equipment - a claim dismissed as unfounded by the UN.

1-2010

	Jan 20: Sudan 'would accept separation' Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says he would accept north-south separation, if southerners vote for independence.
	Jan 15: South Sudan head snubs presidency South Sudan leader Salva Kiir is to seek re-election in that post rather than going for the national presidency, his party announces.
	Jan 8: South Sudan cattle raid kills 140 Dozens die in ethnic clashes in Southern Sudan, as aid agencies warn that the country faces a return to civil war.

12-2009

	Dec 21: Sudan security law 'poll threat' Reforms of Sudan's security laws do not go far enough and threaten the 2010 election, southern politicians say.
	Dec 16: Activist Groups Press for Sticks Against Khartoum Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service: "Despite major progress in recent days in forging an agreement over a 2011 referendum on independence for south Sudan, activist groups here are calling on President Barack Obama to impose tough new sanctions against the government in Khartoum."
	Dec 14: Sudan police tear-gas protesters Sudanese police fire tear gas at crowds protesting at the lack of democratic reform before crucial votes in the next two years.
	Dec 13: Sudan leaders hold crisis talks The leaders of Sudan and of its semi-autonomous southern region hold crucial talks to resolve a crisis in the peace process.
	Dec 7: South Sudan politicians arrested Several leaders of southern Sudan's main party are arrested at a rally in Khartoum, sparking angry protests in the south.
	Dec 6: Rwandan soldiers killed in Darfur Two more Rwandan peacekeepers die in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, taking deaths in attacks to five in two days.
	Dec 5: Rwanda peacekeepers die in Darfur Two Rwandan peacekeepers have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region, the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force says.

11-2009

Nov 2: South Sudan leader urges split
South Sudan's leader makes his strongest call yet for voters to back independence from the north in a referendum

10-2009

	Oct 30: Africa backs Darfur crimes court African leaders back a plan for a hybrid court in Darfur as part of efforts to resolve the region's bloody conflict.
	Oct 23: Darfur gunmen kidnap aid worker The Red Cross says one of its aid workers has been taken hostage by gunmen near the capital of western Darfur.
	Oct 19: No prize for African leadership Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim will not be awarding any African leaders his annual $5m for good governance this year.
	Oct 18: Kidnapped Darfur aid staff freed Two kidnapped aid workers are released after more than three months in captivity in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
	Oct 12: Sudanese to hang over US killing A Sudanese court upholds a death sentence against four Islamists who killed a US envoy in 2008.

9-2009

	Sep 30: Sudanese refugees 'raped in Chad' Sudanese women who have sought refuge in Chad face high levels of sexual violence, Amnesty International says.
	Sep 22: Scores die in south Sudan attack More than 100 people die in ethnic violence in southern Sudan, officials say - the latest in a spate of deadly attacks.
	Sep 21: Sudan's Darfur hit by new clashes Sudan's military confirms fighting between rebels and the army has taken place in Darfur, but gives no details of casualties.
	Sep 7: Sudan oil revenue 'discrepancy' Revenue from Sudan's oil may be being unfairly shared out threatening a north-south peace deal, Global Witness says.

8-2009

	Aug 12: Travel ban in Sudan trouser trial A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers is prevented from travelling abroad.
	Aug 4: Protests at Sudan woman's trial Police fire tear gas at supporters of a Sudanese woman charged with wearing "indecent clothing", as her trial is postponed.

7-2009

	July 31: Envoy queries Sudan terror status A senior US official has said there is no evidence to support keeping Sudan on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
	July 29: Sudanese woman 'faces 40 lashes' A Sudanese woman who is due to appear in court in Khartoum says she faces up to 40 lashes for wearing trousers.
	July 26: Darfuris 'face election hurdles' The UN peacekeeping chief warns that people in the conflict-hit Darfur region may be left out of next year's elections in Sudan.
	July 24: International Court Redraws Borders of Sudan Region Jurjen van de Pol and Moyiga Nduru, Bloomberg News: "The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague set new borders for Sudan's disputed central region of Abyei and left control of the Heglig oil field with the Sudanese government in Khartoum."
	July 7: Sudan rebels 'use Chad's camps' A BBC reporter in Chad sees armed Sudanese rebels openly driving through a camp for Darfur refugees.

6-2009

	June 29: US envoy to meet Darfur's rebels The US envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, is due to meet Darfur rebel leaders in Chad to revive the moribund peace process.
	June 24: What to Do About Darfur Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Review of Books: "The slaughter in Darfur has now lasted more than six years, longer than World War II, yet the 'Save Darfur' movement has stalled - even as the plight of many Darfuris may be worsening."
	June 8: Sudan's Bashir in Zimbabwe visit Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, indicted for war crimes, arrives in Zimbabwe for a conference, state radio reports.

5-2009

	May 29: Sudan army takes town from rebels Sudan's army says it has taken control of a town near Chad recently seized by rebels as a summit convenes to discuss the region's conflicts.
	May 26: Sudan convoy bombing 'killed 119' An air raid on a smuggling convoy travelling in the Sudanese desert killed 119 people in January, the country's defence minister says.
	May 18: Sudanese Rebel Leaders Face War Crimes Charges Colum Lynch, The Washington Post: "The International Criminal Court's pre-trial judges have summoned three Sudanese rebel leaders to appear before the Hague-based tribunal to face charges of ordering a deadly attack against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur more than 18 months ago, according to sources close to the court. It is the first time that Darfur's rebels have been charged with war crimes since the court opened its investigation into mass violence in Darfur in 2005. Until now, the court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has focused primarily on the Sudanese government's role in atrocities, issuing arrest warrants for Sudan's President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a top aide, and an allied militia leader."
	May 16: Sudan accuses Chad of air attack Sudan accuses Chad of carrying out air raids inside its territory, and says it is assessing how to respond.
	May 10: Chad claims victory in rebellion Chad has won a "decisive victory" over rebels in the east of the country, after two days of fighting, officials say.
	Farrow ends Darfur protest fast Mia Farrow ends her hunger strike to show solidarity with the people of Darfur in Sudan, because of "health concerns".
	May 9: Peacekeeper shot dead in Darfur An international peacekeeper is shot dead in Sudan's troubled Darfur region in an apparent bid to steal his car
	UN condemns rebel attacks in Chad The UN Security Council condemns an offensive by rebels fighting Chad's government, amid reports of high casualty numbers
	May 8: Sudan opens up to more aid groups Sudan says it will invite new aid groups to work in Darfur and allow those still operating there to expand their activities.

4-2009

	Apr 20: Darfur aid worker hostage 'ill' A French aid worker being held hostage in Sudan's Darfur region is sick, says her Canadian fellow captive.
	Apr 10: Aid Expulsion Heavy Blow to Darfur Women, Children Sarah el Deeb, The Associated Press: "With her health options limited, one woman in this Darfur refugee camp is considering a risky alternative: a traditional healer who promises his potion of holy water, charcoal and glue, touched by verses of the Quran, can cure her uterus inflammation."
	The war crimes indictment against Sudanese President Bashir On March 4, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, charging him with crimes against humanity and other war crimes. The ostensible basis for the charges is the ongoing conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur, which, according to the United Nations, has killed as many as 300,000 people and displaced 2.5 million more.
	Apr 8: Chad: Fighting Violence Against Women - but How? IRIN News: "Awa was killed by her husband last November in Guelendeng, 150 km south of the Chad capital N'djamena. Her death was the tipping point for the town's women, who, appalled by the rampant violence they face, have decided to fight for their rights."
	Chad manhunt for French soldier A manhunt is launched for a "deranged" French foreign legionnaire who killed two comrades and a Togolese UN peacekeeper in Chad.
	Apr 6: Gunmen seize Darfur aid workers Gunmen kidnap two foreign aid workers in Darfur and are reportedly demanding a ransom for their release.
	Apr 1: Sudan leader on Mecca pilgrimage Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir visits Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the fifth state he has visited since his indictment on war crimes.

3-2009

	Mar 25: UN: One Million in Sudan Won't Get Food Aid The Associated Press: "More than one million people in Darfur will not get their food rations starting in May if Sudan and the United Nations can't fill gaps left by the expulsion of more than a dozen foreign aid groups, a joint U.N.-Sudanese assessment team said Tuesday. Even if other relief organizations in the region help, those are 'Band-Aid solutions, not long-term solutions,' John Holmes, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official, said. Sudan expelled 13 foreign aid organizations and closed three local ones this month after the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur."
	Sudan's leader arrives in Egypt Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrives in Egypt on his second trip abroad since the war crimes warrant against him.
	Mar 24: Relief worker shot dead in Darfur A Sudanese worker with a Canadian aid agency is shot dead in the Darfur region of Sudan.
	Mar 18: Clinton's warning to Sudan leader The US secretary of state says Sudan's president will be held responsible for "every single death" in Darfur's refugee camps.
	Mar 16: EU peacekeeping handover in Chad European peacekeepers in Chad hand over operations to a larger UN force at a ceremony in the eastern town of Abeche.
	Mar 15: Seized Darfur aid workers freed Three foreign aid workers abducted in the Darfur region of Sudan on Wednesday are freed and in good health.
	Mar 8: Sudan Islamist leader 'released' Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi has been released from prison, his family say, two months after he was arrested.
	UN fails to agree on Sudan action The UN Security Council reaches no agreement on a call for Sudan to reverse a decision to expel aid agencies from Darfur
	Mar 6: Mbeki named to heal Bashir rift The African Union appoints South Africa's ex-leader Thabo Mbeki to chair a committee to investigate human rights violations in Darfur.
	Mar 5: Bashir vows to defy Darfur charge Sudan's president vows not to "kneel" to the West, as he furiously defies the war crimes court's indictment against him.
	Sudan Ousts Aid Groups After Court Pursues President Stephanie McCrummen and Colum Lynch, The Washington Post: "Reacting swiftly to the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the government of Sudan on Wednesday expelled at least 10 foreign aid groups that provide food, water, medical care and other assistance to more than a million displaced people in the western Darfur region, according to UN officials and aid workers."
	Mar 4: Darfuri reaction to Bashir arrest warrant
	Tense Sudan awaits court decision The International Criminal Court is to announce whether it will indict Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir over alleged war crimes in Darfur.

2-2009

	Feb 17: Darfur rebel group signs accord Sudan's most active rebel group signs a deal paving the way for broader peace talks to end the six-year conflict in Darfur.
	Feb 2: Sudan warns Darfur peacekeepers Sudan urges peacekeepers to leave the rebel-held Darfur town of Muhajiriya, amid fears an attack is imminent.

1-2009

	Jan 16: Fears grow for Sudanese Islamist The family of Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi say he is in solitary confinement and are worried for his health.
	Jan 15: Bashir 'war crimes' call arrest Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi is arrested after saying President Omar al-Bashir should face war crimes charges.
	Jan 14: US to 'sound Darfur crisis alarm' The next US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, says she will "sound the alarm" about the situation in Sudan's Darfur region.

12-2008

Dec 17: "Thousands Made Slaves" in Darfur
BBC News: "Strong evidence has emerged of children and adults being used as slaves in Sudan's Darfur region, a study says. Kidnapped men have been forced to work on farmland controlled by Janjaweed militias, the Darfur Consortium says. Eyewitnesses also say the Sudanese army has been involved in abducting women and children to be sex slaves and domestic staff for troops in Khartoum."

Dec 14: Thousands flee after Sudan clash
Thousands of people flee the disputed Sudanese oil town of Abyei after fighting which left one person dead, an official says.

11-2008

	Nov 20: ICC seeks rebel arrests in Darfur The International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks the arrest of Darfur rebel commanders for killing peacekeepers.
	Nov 18: Sudan Police Detain 63 Journalists Agence France-Presse: "Sudanese police on Monday detained an unprecedented 63 journalists for several hours and instructed them to go to court for protesting against draconian censorship, reporters and a lawyer said."
	Nov 13: Arrests at Sudan censorship march Police in Sudan arrest more than 60 journalists during a protest against media censorship, witnesses say.
	Nov 12: Sudan declares Darfur ceasefire Sudan's president announces new measures to tackle the crisis in Darfur, as he faces mounting international pressure.

10-2008

	Oct 17: Bashir war crimes charges delayed Judges at the ICC ask for more evidence before deciding whether to indict Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes.
	Oct 13: Darfur militia leader in custody A Sudanese militia leader wanted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes in Darfur is in custody, a minister confirms
	Oct 8: Kenya dismisses tanks 'evidence' A Kenyan minister denies BBC reports that tanks seized by pirates were bound for South Sudan.
	Oct 7: Darfur ambush kills peacekeeper A peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur region has been killed in an ambush by dozens of armed bandits, a UN official says.
	Oct 3: Bashir warning on Darfur charges Sudan's leader says attempts to indict him for war crimes could derail Darfur peace efforts and destabilise the region.

9-2008

	Sep 28: Vow to pursue Sudan over 'crimes' The International Criminal Court's prosecutor tells the BBC he will not bow to pressure to drop charges against Sudan's leader.
	Sep 14: Sudanese army 'bombing N Darfur' Darfur rebels claim government forces have launched more ground and air attacks on villages in North Darfur.
	Sep 7: Sudan army 'attacks Darfur towns' Sudan army 'attacks Darfur towns' Sudanese troops launch air and ground attacks on two Darfur towns, several rebel group say.
	Sep 8: UN to suspend food aid in Darfur The UN's World Food Programme says it will halt food aid distribution in parts of Darfur because of attacks.
	Sep 2: Editor to defy Sudan's paper ban The editor of one of two banned Sudanese newspapers says he will continue to publish.

8-2008

	Aug 28: Hijacked Sudanese welcomed home Crowds of people welcome home to Sudan the passengers and crew hijacked on a plane diverted to Libya.
	Aug 26: Sudan 'kills refugees in Darfur' Sudanese troops open fire in a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 dead, rebels say.
	Aug 12: UN helicopter fired on in Darfur A United Nations-African Union helicopter comes under fire in the Darfur, the peacekeeping mission says.
	Aug 9: Deal agreed on Sudan oil region A deal is reached in Sudan over the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, where many have been displaced in fighting.

7-2008

	July 29: UN split over Darfur peace force South Africa and Libya link war crimes allegations against Sudan's president to the renewal of a Darfur peacekeeping mandate.
	July 28: Darfur force 'failing civilians' The African-UN mission in Sudan's Darfur region is failing to provide adequate protection to civilians, aid agencies claim.
	July 23: Sudan president defiant in Darfur Sudan's president defies accusations from the International Criminal Court during a rare visit to Darfur.
	July 21: Sudan leader considers Arab plan President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan discusses an Arab League plan to defuse the row over accusations of war crimes.
	July 15: Sudan angered by genocide claims Sudan's government responds angrily after violence and genocide allegations are made against the nation's leader.
	July 14: Sudanese President Charged With Darfur War Crimes Peter Walker, for The Guardian UK: "The international criminal court (ICC) today filed 10 charges of war crimes against Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, for allegedly masterminding a campaign of murder, rape and mass deportation in Darfur. Evidence presented by prosecutors showed Bashir 'masterminded and implemented a plan to destroy in substantial part' three tribal groups in Darfur because of their ethnicity, ICC said in a statement."
	July 1: New Darfur peace envoy is named The UN and AU appoint Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole as their new Darfur peace envoy.

4-2008

	Apr 11: China says relay 'to go smoothly' China tries to reassure Olympic officials that the protest-hit torch relay, now in Argentina, will go smoothly.
	Apr 10: Sudan: Militia Attacks Threaten Crucial CensusMilitia attacks on travelers in disputed areas dividing northern and southern Sudan may reflect a Sudanese government attempt to skew a crucial census registration, Human Rights Watch said today.
	Olympic President Makes Rare Rebuke of China Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times, reports: "The president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, offered a rare rebuke to the Chinese government on Thursday, calling on the authorities to respect its 'moral engagement' to improve human rights and to provide the news media with greater access to the country ahead of the Beijing Games."
	Olympic Torch Protests Overwhelm San Francisco Truthout's Matt Renner reports, "A day-long mass gathering intended to protest the running of the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch ended anticlimactically when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to cancel the downtown closing ceremony and instead hold the ceremony at the airport."

3-2008

	Mar 24: Sudan rejects Darfur rape charges Sudan's army rejects charges in a UN report it was implicated in the rape of Darfur women last month.
	Mar 19: Central African Republic: Chadian Army Attacks, Burns Border Villages The Chadian army has launched numerous cross-border raids on villages in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) in recent weeks, killing civilians, burning villages, and stealing cattle, Human Rights Watch said today.
	Mar 16: Chad rebels dismiss peace accord Chadian rebels dismiss a peace deal between Sudan and Chad aimed at ending hostilities between the two countries.
	Mar 14: Sudan and Chad strike peace deal Chad and Sudan's presidents sign a deal in Senegal to halt five years of hostilities between the two countries.
	Mar 13: Chad rebels 'cross from Sudan' Heavily armed rebels have crossed into Chad from Sudan say officials, a month after a failed coup attempt.
	Mar 10: Sudan seeks cash for nomad deaths Sudan demands $40,000 compensation for four Arab nomads killed trying to retrieve the body of a French peacekeeper.
	Mar 5: Slave rescue bid resumes in Sudan At least seven South Sudanese are freed from Arab abductors as an operation to rescue them resumes.
	French lead European Union force to Chad/Sudan border The European Union mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR) is set to begin operations by March 15, with between 400 and 600 troops on the ground. Deployment of the 3,700-strong force could be completed by June, having begun late in January but then delayed by a rebel attack on the Chadian capital N’Djamena early in February.

2-2008

	Feb 27: In Sudan, Another Conflict Could Eclipse Darfur Scott Baldauf, writing for The Christian Science Monitor, reports from Khartoum, Sudan, "Darfur is the more recognizable conflict, but another, arguably more explosive, battle is brewing in Sudan."
	Campaign demands Darfur arrests A campaign is launched to push for the immediate arrest of two men accused of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region.
	Feb 25: Thousands of Darfuris 'desperate' The UN warns that up to 58,000 people in Darfur are suffering after bombing in the Sudanese region.
	Feb 24: Chinese Darfur envoy visits Sudan A Chinese envoy arrives in Sudan, for a five-day visit that will include a trip to the troubled Darfur region.
	Feb 20: Darfur bombing is 'unacceptable' The UN chief expresses extreme concern after a Sudan army offensive in the west of Darfur.
	Feb 19: Sudan warned over Darfur bombing The UN humanitarian chief calls for restraint in Sudan's Darfur region after a refugee camp was bombed.
	Feb 15: Bush defends US record on Darfur US President George W Bush defends his decision not to intervene in Darfur's "genocide", in a BBC interview.
	Feb 14: China says it regrets Steven Spielberg's decision to resign as an Olympics adviser over the Darfur conflict.
	Feb 13: Spielberg in Darfur snub to China US filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser at the Olympics over China's role in Darfur.
	Feb 10: Refugees flee from Darfur to Chad At least 4,000 refugees flee from Sudan to Chad after attacks on Darfur villages, according to the UN.

1-2008

	Jan 23: Darfur banditry 'may cut rations' An upsurge in banditry in war-torn Darfur is threatening food supplies to the Sudanese region, the UN warns.
	Jan 15: Sudan 'bombing rebels in Darfur' Sudanese warplanes have been bombing rebel positions in West Darfur, rebel commanders say.
	Jan 10: Sudan denies Darfur attack on UN Sudan denies its forces attacked peacekeepers in Darfur, after condemnation by the UN and the US.
	Jan 2: Sudan condemns US diplomat attack Sudan condemns the fatal shooting of a US diplomat and his driver in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
	Jan 1: US diplomat shot in Sudan attack A US diplomat is wounded and his Sudanese driver killed in an attack in the capital Khartoum, reports say.
	UN takes over Darfur peace force The United Nations takes control of the peacekeeping mission for Darfur in Sudan after months of negotiations.

12-2007

	Dec 31: UN to begin Darfur peace mission The new United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur in Sudan is due to start its operations.
	Dec 27: Southerners to take Sudan posts Former rebels are to be sworn in as Sudanese ministers, after clashes reportedly leave 100 dead.
	Dec 25: US Special Envoy to Sudan Resigns Matthew Lee, writing for The Associated Press, reports that "President Bush's special envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, resigned Friday and was replaced by a former US diplomat to the United Nations amid questions about the administration's policies toward the vast African nation."
	Dec 14: Darfur Camp Breakups Intensify Women's Danger Dominique Soguel, Women's eNews, says, "Peacekeepers heading to Darfur in January may be too late for women who are in the camps for displaced people. Aid groups say that Sudan's wave of camp breakups is cutting off their access to food, medical care and protection from rape and trafficking."
	Dec 12: Sudanese peace deal back on track Sudan's former southern rebels are to rejoin a national coalition in an apparent end to the political crisis.
	Dec 11: Sudan rebels 'attack oil field' A Darfur rebel group says it has attacked and taken over a Chinese-run oil field in central Sudan.
	Dec 6: UN to press Sudan on Darfur force UN chief Ban Ki-moon sends envoys to persuade Sudan to take non-African troops in a Darfur peace force.
	Dec 3: Teddy row teacher to be released A British teacher jailed in Sudan after allowing a teddy bear to be named Muhammad is pardoned.
	Dec 2: Darfur Mission "Behind Schedule" The Associated Press reports: "The European Union peacekeeping force supposed to protect refugees from the Darfur conflict could be delayed for two more months because it still lacks helicopters and hospital facilities, the Irish government and army announced."

11-2007

	Nov 28: Pupil defends Sudan row teacher A Sudanese pupil of a British woman arrested for alleged blasphemy says it was his idea to call a teddy Muhammad.
	Nov 27: Warning of Darfur Arab rebellion Arab groups in Sudan's Darfur region could start their own rebellion, a leading think-tank says.
	Nov 25: Darfur rebels spurn Chinese force A Darfur rebel group says that China's peacekeepers should leave the region as 135 Chinese engineers arrive.
	Nov 22: Sudanese 'to disarm Darfur camp' Aid agencies fear an outbreak of bloodshed as Sudanese police threaten to disarm a Darfur refugee camp.
	Nov 19: South Sudan fears return to war South Sudan's ex-rebels strongly criticise President al-Bashir, after he threatens to rearm northern militias.
	Nov 15: Darfur mission may fail, warns UN The UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur could fail unless countries provide vital equipment, a top official says.
	Rift Valley Fever deaths in Sudan Rift Valley Fever kills nearly 100 people in Sudan since reports of an outbreak surfaced a week ago, the UN says.
	Nov 14: Ceasefire Fails to Quell Darfur Violence IRIN News reports, "A unilateral ceasefire announced by Khartoum in late October has failed to improve security in Darfur, where armed groups continue to do battle, according to humanitarian and civil society officials."
	Ministers win Darfur court appeal Ministers win an appeal against a court ruling that could have widened the grounds for being given asylum.
	Nov 13: Sudan death sentences 'not safe' Amnesty International says ten Darfuris facing death for the murder of a journalist confessed under torture.
	Nov 12: Sudan politicians on coup charges Opposition politicians detained since July for allegedly planning a coup against President Bashir are charged.
	Nov 11: Ten to die over Sudan beheading Ten Darfuris face the death penalty over last year's murder of Sudan journalist Mohammed Taha.
	Nov 9: Sudan defends expulsion of UN man The Sudanese government defends the expulsion of the head of the UN humanitarian operation in South Darfur.
	Nov 8: UN official expelled from Darfur The UN humanitarian director in south Darfur has been ordered to leave the region by the state governor.
	Nov 4: Peace Lures Wildlife Back to South Sudan The Associated Press reports: "The hippos had fled to other islands in the White Nile, driven away by one of the few forces that can dislodge a large herd of these fierce beasts - an even larger herd of elephants. And there they were: some 50 elephants, massive black figures peacefully grazing on their newly reclaimed territory on the Nile island of Opekoloe."
	Sudanese sides 'recommit to deal' A US envoy says north and south Sudan have agreed to fully implement a peace deal after friction over delays.

10-2007

	Oct 30: Darfur camp eviction 'fabricated' Sudan rejects UN reports about the forced removal of people from a refugee camp in soutern Darfur.
	Oct 27: Rebel snub threatens Darfur talks Peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's Darfur conflict are set to open in Libya, but key rebel groups will not be there.
	Oct 25: Rebels tell China 'leave Sudan' Darfur rebels seize oil workers from a Chinese-run facility in Sudan as the UN threatens some rebels with sanctions.
	Oct 24: Talks for Darfur 'must go ahead' Sudan says Darfur peace talks at the weekend must not be held to ransom by rebel boycotts.
	Oct 19: Chad rebels battle army in east There is heavy fighting in eastern Chad two days after a state of emergency was declared.
	Oct 18: Sudan rivals try to resolve split South Sudan's leader is meeting the president to seek to resolve a crisis threatening to tear the country apart.
	Oct 17: In Southern Darfur, Signs of Another Massacre Jeffrey Gettleman, reporting for The New York Times, writes, "African Union and United Nations officials are looking into reports of a new massacre in Darfur, in which witnesses said Sudanese government troops and their allied militias had killed more than 30 civilians, slitting the throats of several men praying at a mosque and shooting a 5-year-old boy in the back as he tried to run away."
	Sudan's president in crisis bid Sudan's president reshuffles his cabinet to try to resolve a political crisis with ex-rebels in the south.
	Oct 16: With the Lost Boys in Southern Sudan (Part 2) David Morse, writing for TomDispatch.com, continues with Part 2 of his report on the lost boys of Southern Sudan.
	Oct 15: With the Lost Boys in Southern Sudan (Part 1) David Morse, writing for TomDispatch.com, says: "To the extent that the media spotlight is ever directed at Africa, it has focused on Darfur, in western Sudan, where several hundred thousand people have died in ethnic violence since 2003. Just next door, beyond the glare of the spotlight, however, is South Sudan, where an estimated 2.2 million people were killed in two decades of bitter internecine fighting. There, a fragile, three-year-old peace agreement is rapidly coming apart. A new conflagration in South Sudan would engulf Darfur, dwarf the carnage that has taken place so far in the region, and launch sub-Saharan Africa into the age of energy wars."
	Darfur rebels seek pre-talks deal Several Darfur rebel groups meet to agree a joint position ahead of peace talks with Sudan's government.
	Oct 14: South Sudanese to press demands Officials of south Sudan's former rebel movement are to meet the president, with the 2005 peace plan in crisis.
	Oct 12: Talks call after walkout in Sudan The party of Sudan's president calls for talks with former southern rebels who have withdrawn from government.
	Oct 9: UK warns Darfur rebels on boycott The UK warns Darfur rebels they could be excluded from the Sudan peace process if they boycott talks in Libya.
	Oct 8: Thousands Forced to Flee Darfur Town Alfred de Montesquiou, of The Associated Press, reports: "a Darfur town has been burnt to the ground since it came under the control of Sudanese troops this week, the UN said yesterday. Observers who inspected the town of Haskanita say 15,000 civilians have fled since the army moved in. The North Darfur town of Haskanita, 'which is currently under the control of the government, was completely burned down, except for a few buildings,' the UN mission to Sudan said in a statement."
	UN heads into razed Darfur town UN observers go back into the Darfur town that was burned and looted under Sudanese government control.
	Oct 7: US 'fears for Sudan peace treaty' The US envoy to Sudan expresses deep concern for the 2005 peace deal that ended the 20-year civil war.
	Oct 4: Australia in African refugee ban Australia's government announces a freeze on the resettlement of refugees from Africa, including Darfur.
	Oct 3: Sudan pledges $300m to aid Darfur Sudan's government pledges $300m to "help rebuild and repair" Darfur, according to a group of visiting statesmen.
	Oct 2: 'Elders' in landmark Darfur visit Archbishop Tutu leads a delegation of influential ex-statesmen to Sudan's Darfur province to boost peace efforts.
	Oct 1: Darfur Peace Talks Threatened By Attack Rebel forces stormed a small African Union base in northern Darfur and killed at least 10 peacekeepers, leaving behind charred armored vehicles and bombed out barracks in an unprecedented attack on the beleaguered mission that threatened upcoming peace talks.
	Darfur Raid Kills Ten African Peacekeepers The Associated Press reports, "Rebel forces stormed a small African Union base in northern Darfur and killed 10 peacekeepers in an unprecedented attack on the beleaguered mission that threatened peace talks set for October."
	Another Disaster Brews in Darfur Edmund Sanders, of The Los Angeles Times, reports: "women wait as long as three days for water, using jerrycans to save their places in perpetual lines that snake around pumps. A year ago, residents could fill a 5-gallon plastic can in a few minutes, but lately the flow is so slow it takes half an hour. 'The water is running out,' said a breathless Mariam Ahmed Mohammed, 35, sweating at the pump with an infant strapped to her back. 'As soon as I fill one jerrycan, I put another at the back of the line.' Water isn't the only endangered resource. Forests were chopped down long ago, and the roots were dug up for firewood. Thousands of displaced families are living atop prime agricultural land, preventing nearby farmers from growing food."
	Outrage at Darfur troop killings The UN Secretary General leads condemnation of a deadly attack on an African Union base in Darfur.

9-2007

	Sep 30: Darfur attack kills peacekeepers An attack on an African Union army base in Darfur kills 12 soldiers, as a peace mission heads to Sudan.
	Sep 26: New CAR Chad force 'not neutral' An aid worker in Chad warns that the new peacekeeping force may contain too many French troops to be seen as neutral.
	Sep 25: New force to head to Chad and CAR The UN Security Council is set to back a French plan to send UN and EU forces to protect refugees from Darfur.
	Sep 24: Darfur attacks risk aid pullout Oxfam warns it will pull out of Darfur if the situation gets any more dangerous, after attacks on aid workers.
	Sep 22: Doubts remain over Darfur force Talks on Darfur at the UN end with disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers in the Sudanese region.
	Sep 20: Colo. To Send Message To Sudan By Removing $$ Colorado plans to move $42 million in state pension funds as part of an effort to send a message to Sudan that the killings in Darfur must stop.
	Sep 17: 'Elders' in landmark Darfur visit Archbishop Desmond Tutu will lead a delegation of influential elder statesmen to Sudan in the latest initiative to bring peace to Darfur.
	Sep 16: Be prepared for betrayal, UN Darfur force warned The former commander of the failed UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda yesterday warned the newly appointed head of a similar force in Darfur that he faced "long odds" against success and predicted he would be betrayed by the very officials and governments meant to be backing the mission.
	Brown in Darfur peacekeeping vow UK PM Gordon Brown says he wants Darfur's UN-African Union peacekeeping force in place within months.
	Sep 14: Sudan truce pledge as talks loom Sudan's president says he is ready to call a ceasefire with rebels ahead of peace talks on Darfur next month.
	Sep 5: UN chief visits troubled Darfur UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits Sudan's Darfur region, where the world's biggest peace force is to be deployed.
	Sep 4: Ban support for Sudan peace deal UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon travels to south Sudan, to show support for a north south peace deal.
	Sep 1: Malnutrition A Growing Concern In Darfur Malnutrition is increasing in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region along with lawlessness and the number of people fleeing their homes, a senior U.N. official said Friday.

8-2007

	Aug 31: Brown and Sarkozy Unite in Push for Peace in Darfur Agence France-Presse reports, "Ramping up the pressure on Sudan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have united to boost peace efforts in Darfur, warning Khartoum of sanctions if it got in the way."
	Aug 30: UN warns of 'armed' Darfur camps The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator says the refugee camps in Darfur are militarised and dangerous.
	Aug 29: Sudan launches flood aid appeal Sudan and the UN launch an appeal to raise $20m to help more than 400,000 people hit by recent flooding.
	Aug 27: AU envoy urges Darfur peace push African Union envoy Salim Ahmed Salim is in the Sudanese region of Darfur for talks with tribal leaders.
	Aug 26: Sudan lets expelled EU envoy stay Sudan says an EU envoy who was ordered to leave will now be allowed to remain until his term ends.
	Aug 24: Khartoum 'defying Darfur embargo' Sudan's government is accused of deploying weapons to Darfur in defiance of a UN arms embargo.
	Aug 21: U.N. Report Gives Gruesome Details On Darfur Rapes The U.N. has released a report that reveals gruesome details about the rapes of dozens of women in Darfur last year. The report alleges Sudanese fighters subjected about 50 women to multiple rapes and other violence during one attack in late December. Victims were sexually assaulted in front of each other, beaten with sticks and forced to cook for their attackers. Investigators say children were beaten and abducted during that attack.
	Aug 20: Israel to Block New Refugees From Darfur Ellen Knickmeyer reports for The Washington Post, "Israel closed the door Sunday on a surge of asylum-seekers from Sudan's Darfur region and from other African countries, the largest influx of non-Jewish refugees in the modern history of the Jewish state."
	Aug 17: Making Genocide in Darfur Personal Ty Burr for The Boston Globe reviews the film, "The Devil Came on Horseback." He says the documentary focusing on the human-rights crisis in Darfur is also a personal look into why people are not responding to it: "It's also about our response to the human-rights crisis in Darfur - not just the West as a whole, but you and me and the guy down the hall."
	Aug 16: Sudan lifts a rebel's travel ban Sudan is to allow a sick Darfur rebel chief on its wanted list to travel to Kenya for treatment, the UN says.
	Aug 15: Darfur Needs Most Efficient, Trained Troops Immediately The nationalities of troops should not impede the urgent establishment of the most effective peacekeeping force possible for Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today in letters to the chairman of the African Union Commission and to the United Nations under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations. The new African Union-United Nations hybrid peacekeeping force must have military and civilian components, including police, that are experienced, well-trained and well-equipped if it is to deliver on its promise to protect civilians in Darfur
	Aug 13: Darfur force 'to be all-African' Africa will provide all of the 26,000 peacekeepers for Sudan's Darfur region, the African Union head says.
	Aug 8: African troops pledged for Darfur African and Asian countries promise troops for a proposed UN-backed peacekeeping force in Darfur.
	Aug 7: Geopolitical concerns behind United Nations intervention in Darfur Most of the efforts in pushing through the resolution appear to have come from French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who have both used the Darfur issue since taking office to boost their humanitarian credentials. It has also enabled them to assure President George Bush of their support. Speaking at the UN after the resolution was passed, Brown personally thanked Bush “for his leadership on Darfur.”
	Mia Farrow Offers to Be Held in Sudan Mia Farrow has offered to give up her freedom so that an ailing Darfur rebel leader can get safe passage out of a hospital, according to a letter the actress wrote to Sudan's president and posted on her Web site.
	Aug 5: Darfur rebels seek unity in talks Dozens of Darfur rebel leaders hold talks to find common ground for negotiations with Sudan's government.
	Aug 6: Darfur's rebel groups reach deal Most of Darfur's rebel groups agree on a common position and want "final" talks with Sudan's government soon.
	Aug 4: Darfur rebels seek unity in talks Dozens of Darfur rebel leaders hold talks to find common ground for negotiations with Sudan's government.
	Aug 3: Key Darfur rebel to boycott talks A Sudan rebel leader says he will boycott talks on Darfur to find common ground between warring factions.
	Aug 1: UN Approves Peacekeepers for Darfur John Sullivan of The New York Times reports, "The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously yesterday to authorize the deployment of up to 26,000 peacekeepers to try to stop the violence in Darfur, in western Sudan, where some 200,000 people have been killed in four years of conflict."

7-2007

	July 28: UN body criticises Sudan abuses The UN Human Rights Committee criticises Sudan for what it says are widespread and systematic abuses.
	July 26: Fleeing Darfur to Die in Sinai Rue89's Pierre Haski sees the Darfur refugees shot by the Egyptians as they attempted to enter Israel as a symbol of much that is wrong with the world today, while Jeffery Sachs, writing for Pakistan's The Daily Times, argues that without development there can be no peace.
	July 25: UN Darfur resolution watered down A draft Security Council resolution on deploying a new force in Darfur will not now threaten sanctions.
	July 23: A Godsend for Darfur, or a Curse? The New York Times's Lydia Polgreen says, "The announcement by researchers at Boston University last week that a vast underground lake the size of Lake Erie had been discovered beneath the barren soil of northern Darfur, a blood-soaked but otherwise parched land racked by war for the past four years, was greeted by rapturous hopes. Could this, at last, bring deliverance from a cataclysmic conflict that has killed at least 200,000 people and pushed more than 2.5 million from their homes?"
	July 17: Opposition to Darfur resolution A draft UN Security Council resolution on deploying a large peacekeeping force in Darfur runs into trouble.
	July 15: Libya hosts Darfur crisis talks The African Union and the United Nations will chair talks in Libya to seek a blueprint for peace in Darfur.
	July 14: Sudan 'resumes bombing in Darfur' Sudan's government is once more bombing the troubled western region of Darfur, a US envoy says.

6-2007

	June 29: Sudan rape laws 'need overhaul' Sudan must overhaul its legal system to stop mass rape in the war-torn Darfur region, a report says.
	June 27: Sudan official dies in car crash A close political adviser to Sudan's president, Majzoub al-Khalifa, dies in a car accident.
	June 25: France seeks 'firm' Darfur action French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls on the world to be "firm" with Sudan if it refuses to co-operate over Darfur.
	June 17: UN, Sudan to discuss Darfur plan UN Security Council envoys are to meet Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to discuss deploying troops in Darfur.
	June 12: Sudan Is Secret Partner of US Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq - an example of how the United States has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime even while condemning its role in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur.
	June 7: UN: Press Khartoum to Arrest Darfur Suspects The United Nations Security Council should reiterate Khartoum's binding legal obligation to execute arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Human Rights Watch said today. Later today the ICC prosecutor is briefing the Security Council on the progress of his investigations in Darfur.
	Mahdi Covers Native Sudan With Passionate Purpose Nadra Mahdi is part of a surge of young Sudanese female journalists covering the country's struggles. Assignments take her from Darfur in the west to desertification in the east to city streets where female tea-sellers fight to subsist.
	June 1: Darfur Refugees Flee in 125-Mile Trek Hundreds of women and children fled by foot and on donkeys from Darfur to the neighboring Central African Republic after their town was attacked by planes and helicopters. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees was rushing aid to the 1,500 refugees who made the grueling 125-mile journey over 10 days.

5-2007

	How US sanctions in Sudan will work The Bush administration this week added 30 companies and three individuals in Sudan to its blacklist, citing the goal of pressuring the Sudanese government to halt the violence that plagues the Darfur region. By itself, the action isn't expected to force any policy shift in Khartoum. But financial experts say the move is more than mere symbolism. Financial sanctions, even if imposed by the US alone, can send a powerful signal.
	May 30: UN resists US on new Sudan sanctions The U.S. demand for new U.N. sanctions against Sudan faces an uphill struggle, not least because Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he wants more time for diplomacy to help end the four-year conflict in Darfur.
	South Sudan lawmakers probe tribal violence in E. Equatoria Southern Sudan parliament has set up a panel to probe the killing of 53 people in tribal violence near the border with Kenya. The legislators also urged disarming of gunmen in order to reduce intra-tribal violence.
	Sudan: G8 to examine proposed Darfur humanitarian corridor The Group of Eight most industrialised nations are prepared to consider a French proposal to create "humanitarian corridors" in Darfur, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday.
	Sudan president appoints ex-eastern rebels to government posts Three former rebel leaders from eastern Sudan were appointed on Wednesday to senior posts in the Khartoum government, as called for by a peace deal signed last year, a government official said.
	May 29: US to toughen sanctions on Sudan US President George W Bush is set to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over the four-year conflict in Darfur.
	May 24: Darfur and Chad in Crisis Appeal UK charities have launched an emergency appeal to save lives in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic. The Disasters Emergency Committee says 4.5 million people are affected by the conflict in the region, while looming rain threatens to bring further misery.
	May 19: Sudan accused on Darfur killings Sudanese security forces took part in the killing of some 100 people in its war-torn Darfur region, the UN says.
	May 18: Olympic boycott calls 'will fail' China warns its critics that attempts to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics over its Sudan policy will fail.
	May 10: China appoints envoy for Darfur China appoints an Africa envoy to focus on Darfur after criticism over its role in the Sudanese region.
	May 8: China, Russia deny weapons breach China and Russia deny claims by Amnesty that they are supplying arms to Sudan for use against Darfur civilians.
	May 4: Sudan and Chad agree border force Sudan and Chad agreed to co-operate with the AU and UN to stabilise Darfur and the neighbouring region of Chad.
	May 3: Sudan 'will defy Darfur warrants' Sudan is not obliged to hand over two war crimes suspects to the International Criminal Court, the foreign minister says.
	May 2: ICC issues Darfur arrest warrants The International Criminal Court orders the arrest of a Sudanese minister and a militia leader accused of war crimes.

4-2007

	April 30: Around the World, Protesters Call for Action on Darfur Protests took place around the world on Sunday to demand that world leaders act to prevent further bloodshed in Darfur on the fourth anniversary of the conflict's start.
	Sudan ready for new Darfur talks Sudan's government says it will meet Darfur rebels for talks, but an air raid reportedly targets a rebel meeting.
	April 29: World rallies for Darfur action Protests urging intervention to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region are taking place around the world.
	April 26: Row as Sudan blocks 'GM' food aid The UN criticises Sudan for holding up to 100,000 tonnes of aid meant for Darfur, saying it is genetically modified.
	April 24:US gives Sudan Darfur 'ultimatum' The US says it expects Sudan to allow a strengthened UN peace keeping force into Darfur within weeks.
	April 20: UN accuses Sudan over weapons Sudan has used disguised aircraft to fly weapons into Darfur in violation of UN resolutions, the UN alleges.
	April 16: Oxfam appeals for aid for Darfur A British NGO appeals for aid for Darfur as a senior US official warns that Sudan is obstructing assistance.
	April 13: 'Last chance' for Darfur troops A senior US official is in Sudan urging UN troops for Darfur in fresh efforts to ease the crisis in the war-torn region.
	April 12: Bush Under Fire for Delaying Action on Darfur The Bush administration came under intense fire in Congress on Wednesday after a senior official revealed that the president had again delayed imposing sanctions against Sudan over its handling of the conflict in Darfur.
	April 9: China calls for change on Darfur Sudan's key ally China urges it to be flexible on the plan to send UN peacekeepers to its war-torn Darfur region.
	April 6: Sudanese soldiers accused of rape Rape is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, a United Nations report says
	April 4: Darfur asylum seekers win appeals Home Office plans to send failed asylum seekers back to Darfur are blocked by senior judges.
	April 3: AU chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare on Monday condemns Sunday's attacks on AU peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region "in the strongest possible terms."
	Sudan to probe recent clash between police, former Darfur rebels Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday ordered an investigation into a recent clash between police and a former Darfur rebel faction that left 11 people dead and more than 15 others injured.
	April 2: UN chief says time not right for tougher sanctions against Sudan Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the United States and Britain on Monday to hold off on a push for tougher sanctions against Sudan, saying he needed more time to persuade the country to accept the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur.

3-2007

	March 30: Chad: Will a UN Presence on the Darfur Border Protect Civilians? Facing a standoff with the Sudanese government over ways to stop attacks against civilians in Darfur, the United Nations Security Council sees an opportunity in eastern Chad to project force to Darfur's border in the name of protecting civilians in Chad from additional ethnically motivated attacks. While such protection is laudable and necessary, the realities of deploying the multidimensional presence proposed by the UN Secretary-General may in fact pose unacceptable risks to civilians�and may arrive too late to protect those most at risk.
	March 27: Senate Passes Bill To Divest Sudan Investments The Senate on Monday approved a bill that would require state divestment of companies that do business in the Sudan. The bill (House Bill 1184) passed on a vote of 33-1. It now goes back to the House for consideration of amendments. The lone vote against the measure was cast by Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, who called the measure nothing more than a "social litmus test."
	March 25: UN: Humanitarian Efforts At Risk In Darfur European leaders called Sunday for new international sanctions on Sudan over its treatment of civilians in Darfur, where the new U.N. humanitarian chief warned that humanitarian efforts were at risk of collapse.
	Europeans Urge New Sanctions On Sudan European leaders called Sunday for new international sanctions against Sudan over its treatment of civilians in Darfur, where the new U.N. humanitarian chief warned that efforts to help refugees were at risk of collapse.
	Three killed in attack in Sudan's Darfur Three people were killed and 15 others were wounded in an attack by armed Arab tribesmen in a village in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said in a statement on Sunday.
	Sudan: Government denies bombing Chad Sudan government has denied accusations of bombing two Chadian villages on the Chadian side of their shared border for two days, causing an unspecified number of deaths.
	UN envoy barred from Darfur camp The UN's new humanitarian chief John Holmes is turned away from a camp for those fleeing the four-year conflict.
	March 21: Probe of Darfur 'slavery' starts Lawyers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur have begun probing reports of slavery during the conflict, the BBC learns.
	March 20: Sudan Darfur camps 'almost full' Some camps for those displaced by the fighting in Darfur are full and have to turn away new arrivals, the UN says.
	March 16: Chad and Sudan Indulge in a Vicarious War Through Rebels "Some highlight the racial and ethnic nature of the conflict, but that's not the main reason for it. The heart of it is repression of a rebellion," writes Nouvel Observateur reporter Sara Daniel, just back from Chad and Darfur. Also, editorialist Jean-Marcel Bouguereau asks whether 200,000 dead is not enough.
	March 15: Senate committee approves Sudan divestment bill A measure that would require state divestment of companies that do business in the Sudan unanimously passed a Colorado state Senate committee.
	March 12: Report condemns Sudan over Darfur A UN team accuses Sudan of directing atrocities in Darfur, and condemns the world for a "pathetic" response.
	March 9: Sudan's al-Bashir replies on African-UN force for Darfur region Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has replied to repeated UN requests for a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, but it was not known whether he had approved the deployment, a UN spokesperson said Friday.
	Ethiopia: Two New UN Repatriation Corridors to Be OpenedThe United Nations refugee agency is set to open two new repatriation corridors from western Ethiopia to south Sudan to pave the way home for thousands of Sudanese who fled two decades of civil war that uprooted some 4.5 million people overall.
	Analysis: Sudan to hold own Darfur trials Sudan has announced it will try three of its citizens on charges relating to crimes in Darfur, in an apparent bid to defuse the challenge created by the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to name Sudanese officials as part of its investigation into war crimes in the region.
	March 8: Sudan 'paralysing' aid to Darfur Sudan's government is paralysing aid operations in the conflict-torn Darfur region, US envoy says.
	Sudan: Militia in Darfur Surround Camp for Displaced People Hundreds of Arab militia in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region recently surrounded a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) after abducting two civilians from inside the camp, forcing the temporary suspension of humanitarian work there, the United Nations mission to the impoverished country said today.
	UNMS Condemns The Killing of Two Peacekeepers In Sudan The United Nations Mission in Sudan on Wednesday condemned the killing of two African Union peacekeepers in Gereida, west of Darfur.
	March 4: Sudan welcomes LRA rebels, but only for talks Bashir threatened in January to "get rid of the LRA from Sudan" and the rebels have refused to resume talks in the southern Sudanese capital, Juba, unless a venue outside Sudan can be found, saying they fear for their safety. Kampala rejects the request as a time-wasting tactic.
	Shadow of Darfur's killers follows refugees into wilderness of Chad The terrain is some of the most unforgiving on Earth - endless sands, scorching winds, no vegetation, no shade. This is eastern Chad, a remote corner of an unstable country, locked in conflict with itself and with neighbouring Sudan.
	March 3: Sudan president: No handover of citizens to international court ...Sudan's president said again on Saturday that his country would not hand over for trial any citizen sought by international courts for crimes against humanity. “(The) Sudanese judiciary is honest and qualified to try any Sudanese” who commit crimes against humanity, President Omar al-Bashir was quoted as saying by the official SUNA news agency. “The government will not hand over any citizen for trial outside the country.”
	Senator: Divest from Sudan Florida's pension fund could have to sell holdings in some companies that do business in Sudan under a bill designed to add pressure on the African nation's government to end an ongoing genocide. The state has about $140 million in holdings in about 12 foreign companies that are on a list of what activists say have "the most problematic operations in Sudan."
	US envoy arrives in Sudan for talks on Darfur The U.S. envoy for the Sudan, Andrew Natsios, arrived here Friday for talks on the Darfur crisis, which a government official has described as the major source of Sudan’s political problems. Natsios made no statement on arrival in Khartoum on Friday night, but the official Sudan News Agency said he would meet senior government officials and visit Darfur as well as Juba, the southern capital, during his seven-day trip.
	Sudan denounces UN Ki-Moon statement over Darfur air strikes The Sudanese army has censured UN secretary general statement condemning Darfur air strikes. The army said that its mission is to protect civilians in the area against rebel attacks.
	Sudan :AU peacekeeper attacked in Darfur Armed men attacked the home of an African Union peacekeeper in Darfur's main town of el-Fasher, causing deep concern over the safety of the 7,000-strong mission in western Sudan, an AU spokesman said on Friday.

2-2007

	Feb 28: Darfur and the International Criminal Court Le Monde considers how the ICC's new findings fit in with other international strategies to end the killing in Darfur.
	World Court's Big Move on Darfur After 20 months and more than 100 formal witness statements and visits to 17 countries, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday indicted a high-ranking Sudanese interior minister and a janjaweed militia leader on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the ongoing crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The four-year-old crisis in Darfur has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced more than 2 million.
	Feb 24: Sudan leader accuses US on Darfur Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accuses the US and the West of exaggerating the conflict in Darfur.
	Feb 15: Sudan: UN Team cancels trip after Khartoum imposes conditions The six-member team, set up last December by the UN Human Rights Council after fierce debate between countries defending Khartoum and others accusing Sudan of war crimes in Darfur, said it would pursue its work without entering the country.
	Uganda’s LRA denies attacks in Sudan’s Western Equatoria The Ugandan rebels denied reports that their forces had attacked Western Equatoria population. Instead they said that LRA troops were in reconnaissance patrols near the DRC border.
	Sudan, Chad, CAR to meet on Darfur Thursday The leaders of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic are likely to meet in France on Thursday for talks on Darfur, a source close to French President Jacques Chirac said on Wednesday, Reuters informs.
	Feb 14: LA Pension Funds To Be Divested From Companies With Ties To Sudan About $27 million from three Los Angeles pension fund accounts will soon be divested from companies that do business with the Sudanese government, under a motion approved Wednesday by the City Council.
	Indonesian firm to acquire oil blocks in Sudan Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina said it hopes to acquire two or three oil blocks already operational in Sudan to increase its oil production this year.
	US Colorado lawmakers approve ban on investments in Sudan Colorado lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday barring state pension funds from investing in companies that do business in Sudan, a move sponsors say is the strongest of its kind taken by a U.S. state has taken against Sudanese leaders.
	Feb 9: Iraq and Darfur: the politics of war crimes The international response to two cases of mass killing—the civil war in the Darfur region of Sudan and the US-led occupation of Iraq—demonstrate the sheer hypocrisy of the claims by the major capitalist powers and the United Nations to defend human rights and uphold international law.
	Feb 8: Letter to US Treasury Secretary on Blocking Oil Payments to Sudan In a letter sent today to the US Secretary of the Treasury, Henry M. Paulson, Human Rights Watch welcomed the Treasury Department's proposed use of its regulatory authority to block transfers by US commercial banks of oil payments to the government of Sudan.
	Feb 6: Hu's offer to help Sudan adds to mixed messages CHINA'S President, Hu Jintao, nearing the end of his state visits to eight African countries, is struggling to juggle different messages about his country's growing grip on the developing world.
	Feb 5: Sudan lifts ban on leading newspaper Sudan-ese authorities lifted a ban on an independent Arabic daily imposed after it violated a decree not to report on the case of a murdered journalist, its editor said yesterday.
	Feb 3: Chinese leader boosts Sudan ties China's President Hu Jintao agrees more economic deals in Sudan, which China protects from UN sanctions.

1-2007

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	Jan 29: Darfur dominating Africa summit A joint force must deploy urgently to end violence in Sudan's Darfur region, the UN chief tells African leaders.
	Jan 27: Majority Of State Lawmakers Back Sudan Divestment A majority of state lawmakers have agreed to back a proposal requiring public pension plans to not own stock in companies doing business in Sudan.
	Jan 24: Chad arrests Sudan plane hijacker A hijacker who seized control of a Sudanese passenger jet is arrested after diverting the plane to Chad.
	Jan 22: Sudanese planes 'bombing Darfur' Darfur rebels say Sudanese aircraft have bombed northern areas of the province, in breach of a ceasefire.
	Jan 14: Disputes over Chad rebel attack Rebels in Chad say they have attacked government forces in the north, capturing the town of Ounianga Kebir.
	Jan 13: Sudan leader 'a liar' Darfur rebels have branded Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir a liar, after his claims last week that the government had secured a ceasefire in the country's war-torn western region.
	LRA committed to talks but not in Sudan Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels are still committed to peace talks to end a 20-year war but nothing Khartoum can say or do will lure them back to negotiations in south Sudan, a representative said on Saturday.
	Clooney premiers personal documentary film on war torn Sudan "I will remember forever how the people there were hanging from such a thin thread and there were so many ways for them to die and yet they were optimistic, " ContactMusic quoted him, as saying in a satellite TV interview.
	Jan 10: Cease-Fire Agreement Offers a Moment of Opportunity for Political Settlement in Worsening Darfur Crisis The Save Darfur Coalition welcomes the agreement reached today by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that his government and rebel groups will cease hostilities for a period of 60 days while they work towards a lasting peace.
	Jan 9: Row over 'faltering' Sudan peace Sudan's president and vice-president have a public row during a ceremony to mark two years of peace in the south.
	South Sudan pilots new currency Sudan adopts a new currency as the second anniversary of the north-south deal is marked, south Sudan's VP says.
	Jan 8: US envoy in new Darfur peace push Senior US politician Bill Richardson holds talks with Sudan's president over war-torn Darfur.
	Chad/Sudan: Hundreds of Villagers Killed in Raids and Communal Violence Chadian and Sudanese militias and other armed groups are committing serious human rights abuses against civilians in eastern Chad, and the Chadian government must do more to protect civilians from such abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The UN Security Council will meet on January 10 to discuss deployment of an international security force to eastern Chad and the northern Central African Republic.
	Jan 5: Sudan to probe UN sex abuse claim Sudan says it will launch its own probe into claims that UN peacekeepers in the south have abused children.

12-2006

	Dec 27: Sudan 'backs UN plan on Darfur' Sudan's President Bashir tells the UN he supports its plans for a UN-African Union force in Darfur.
	Dec 25: Darfur force expansion on agenda Sudanese officials are to meet next week to discuss how to incorporate UN troops into the current AU force in Darfur.
	Dec 23: Sudan 'to accept UN Darfur force' UN chief Kofi Annan says he believes Sudan will approve the deployment of a joint UN-African Union force in Darfur.
	Dec 20: Darfur: Genocide Without Borders As anarchy spreads, rampaging militias bring death and carnage to refugees in neighbouring Chad.
	Dec 18: Ex-diplomats urge Sudan sanctions Former foreign ministers call for tough sanctions on Sudan unless it accepts an effective international peacekeeping force.
	Dec 16: Clooney speaks of Darfur horrors Actor George Clooney urges intervention in Darfur, telling the BBC he believes ethnic cleansing is taking place.
	Dec 12: UN body 'must investigate' Darfur The UN Human Rights Council should send investigators to Sudan's Darfur region, UN chief Kofi Annan urges.
	Dec 11: Women Demand End to Darfur Rapes International stateswomen have made a joint call for an end to rape and sexual violence in Sudan's conflict-torn region of Darfur.
	Dec 10: Gunmen 'kill 20 Darfur civilians' At least 20 civilians have been killed in an attack in the Darfur region of western Sudan, the AU and UN say.
	Dec 9: Sudan's leader lashes out at UN Sudan's president accuses the international community of supporting rebel groups in Darfur.
	Dec 7: UN Chief: Darfur Is in Free Fall The conflict in Darfur has spread to two neighboring countries and is now in "free fall," with six million people facing the prospect of going without food or protection, the outgoing UN humanitarian chief said Tuesday.
	Dec 6: UN pulls staff from Darfur town The UN evacuates all non-essential staff from El Fasher in North Darfur because of the risk of armed clashes.
	Dec 3: Chad rebels capture eastern town Chadian rebels capture the town of Guereda on the country's eastern border with Sudan.

11-2006

	Nov 27: AU Meeting Should Back Protection Force for Civilians in Darfur and Chad The African Union's Peace and Security Council should unanimously support a robust international protection force with the capacity to protect civilians in Darfur and along the Sudan-Chad border, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to council members before they gather on Wednesday in the Nigerian capital Abuja to discuss Darfur.
	Chadian Government Should Mediate, Not Inflame Local Tensions Chadian Arabs are among the victims of an escalating cycle of violence in southeast Chad near the border with Darfur, and Chadian officials should cease support to armed groups responsible for abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.
	Nov 24: World Court Says Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Darfur The International Criminal Court has found sufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators of some of the worst atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region, and the probe offers "reasonable grounds to believe" that crimes against humanity were committed, chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the annual meeting of the court's member states in The Hague.
	Rebels 'enter key Chadian city' Rebel fighters are reported to have entered the key eastern Chadian city of Abeche, following clashes with troops.
	Nov 23: Sudan's Darfur 'close to abyss' UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland accuses Sudan of fuelling the conflict in the western Darfur region.
	Nov 22: In War-Torn Sudan, Women Wage Peace When the farming tribes of Darfur took up arms more than two years ago against what they saw as a neglectful Arab-dominated government, Samia Ahmed Nihar's brothers, uncles, and male cousins joined the struggle. But as a lecturer in development studies at Khartoum University in Sudan's capital, Ms. Nihar, a mother of two, took on a different role.
	No deal in Africa's Darfur talks African leaders end a meeting in Libya without announcing a breakthrough over the violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
	Nov 19: Sudan 'begins new Darfur attacks' The Sudanese government and the Janjaweed militia launch new attacks in Darfur, the African Union says.
	Nov 18: Sudan accepts UN 'help' in Darfur Sudan welcomes UN support for African peacekeepers in Darfur but denies the UN will take command.
	Nov 16: Oil Strengthens the Sudanese Government From Khartoum, Tanguy Berthemet explains how new oil wealth and new allies have allowed the Sudanese government to thumb its nose at the UN.
	Nov 14: Ethnic Cleansing Spreads to Eastern Chad The fires of ethnic cleansing in Darfur are now raging in eastern Chad. More than 20 villages have been systematically set on fire here in the last 10 days. Monday, Chad's president declared a state of emergency. And now some are asking whether this area has become a second Darfur.
	Move for hybrid force in Darfur UN chief Kofi Annan calls high-level talks to try and end a peacekeeping crisis after more violence in Sudan's Darfur.
	Nov 6: Sudan: Press Under Pressure Harassment of Media Undermines Implementation of Peace Agreement The Sudanese government is engaged in an increasingly blatant effort to muzzle and intimidate Sudan's independent press, Human Rights Watch said today.
	Nov 3: Darfur militias 'kill children' Militias backing Sudan's government are accused of killing at least 63 people, including 27 children.

10-2006

	Oct 30: One of Chad's top army officers is shot dead in clashes with rebels seeking to oust President Deby.
	Oct 28: UN envoy Pronk to return to Sudan The UN confirms Jan Pronk in his role as Kofi Annan's envoy to Sudan despite being expelled from the country.
	Oct 25: Sudan 'is arming rebels' in Chad Sudan's government is arming rebels in Chad, says the government as security is tightened in the capital, N'Djamena.
	Oct 23: Grim New Turn May Harden Darfur Conflict In Darfur for the first time in more than two years, rebels fighting the government for more autonomy are making brazen, direct and successful attacks on soldiers, and are declaring that all previous cease-fires are no longer in effect. The latest peace agreement, signed in May and heavily backed by the United States but approved by only one rebel faction and the Sudanese government, is in disarray.
	UN envoy prepares to leave Sudan UN envoy to Sudan Jan Pronk is expected to leave following Khartoum's decision to order his expulsion.
	Expel UN envoy, Sudan army says Sudan's military says UN special envoy to Sudan Jan Pronk should be expelled over his comments on Darfur.
	Oct 18: Sudan 'backs' Janjaweed fighters A former militia member tells the BBC Sudanese ministers gave direct orders for his unit's activities in Darfur.
	Oct 17: UK, US Envoys Employ Quiet Diplomacy in Khartoum The US special envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, arrived on Friday for a week-long visit, but his meetings have been closed to all media as he tries to avert a confrontation with Khartoum over UN troops in Darfur.
	Oct 15: East Sudan rebels sign peace deal Sudan's government signs a peace deal with two rebel groups from the east of the country.
	Oct 14: US envoy in peace bid for Darfur A US envoy arrives in Sudan for a trip expected to take him to Darfur as America imposes tougher sanctions.
	Oct 9: Hundreds have been killed in attacks in Darfur, with apparent government backing, a UN report says.
	Oct 8: A plan to support Darfur by cutting investment in Sudanese companies is bearing fruit in the US.
	Oct 7: Sudan denies 'threat' over Darfur Sudan's government denies warning African and Arab countries not to send peacekeepers to Darfur.
	Oct 6: Sudan's Darfur threat condemned UN members criticize a Sudanese warning against sending troops to Darfur, but fail to agree on a response.

9-2006

	Sept 29: Top UN officials say the world body should stop trying to persuade Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in Darfur.
	Sept 25: Appeasement Driven by Oil: The Bush Administration and Darfur David Morse writes, "The Bush administration is now in the habit of hurling the charge of 'appeasement' at critics of its Iraq war. Anyone who has followed the president's stance toward Sudan closely will appreciate the deep irony."
	Sept 23: The US says Sudan is failing in its responsibility to protect its own citizens in Darfur and warns time is running out.
	Sept 21: Sudanese officials welcome the African Union's decision to extend its Darfur mandate until the end of the year.
	Sept 20: Sudan's leader reiterates his opposition to UN troops in Darfur as African leaders decide on their mission's future.
	Sept 18: Global Protests Call for UN Intervention in Darfur Demonstrators around the world staged a day of action Sunday to highlight the war in Darfur, a region of western Sudan where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 2 million have been driven from their homes. As the African Union prepares to abandon its troubled peace mission to Darfur, the region is descending ever more steeply into war as a new flood of civilians flee their burned and bombed-out villages for sprawling refugee camps.
	Sept 17: Africa Action: The Tale of Two Genocides: The Failed US Response to Rwanda and Darfur Two years after the anniversary of the Bush administration's acknowledgement that the slaughter in Darfur constitutes genocide, the killing continues. Africa Action, the oldest Africa advocacy organization in the US, documents the differences between the reaction of the American public and US policymakers, and chronicles the deadly inadequacy of their response.
	A global day of action begins calling for peace in Darfur, but Sudan's government says protesters are being "misled".
	Sept 16: The Sudan government must live up to its obligations in the troubled Darfur region, Tony Blair says.
	Sept 14: Archbishop Tutu calls for sanctions on Sudan unless it agrees to UN peacekeepers in Darfur.
	Sept 11: 30 Arrested Calling For Action on Dafur Protesters marched yesterday on the White House, demanding that the president press for UN peacekeepers who could halt the continuing attacks in the country's Darfur region.
	Sept 10:US journalist Paul Salopek, arrested in the Darfur region of Sudan on spying charges, is released after 35 days.
	Sept 9: In Darfur, Terror From the Air Yagoub Mustafa, 45, could not easily mimic the 'whoop whoop whoop, boom! boom! boom!' of two helicopter gunships that fired rockets into the huts in his Darfur village...But the horror he experienced that July afternoon, while he crouched low under a tree with his sobbing sons, daughters and nephews pressed against him, was more easily expressed: Mustafa thought they all were going to die.
	Sept 5: Darfur: The Sudanese Government's Economic Calculus Pierre Prier suggests the Darfur conflict is more a war of the poor over scarce resources than an ethnic conflict.
	Sept 4: Sudan says AU peacekeepers must leave Darfur by the end of September, as it builds up troops in the region.
	Sudan says AU can stay in Darfur but not under UN Sudan said on Monday it would allow African troops to remain in Darfur only under African Union control and accused Washington of attempting "regime change" in Khartoum by trying to bring in a U.N. force.

8-2006

	August 31: UN Votes to Create Darfur Force The UN Security Council on Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region, despite the Khartoum government's strong opposition.
	August 30: Darfur: UN Troops ASAP, Say Rights Workers Amid fears that escalating violence could unleash another round of humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan's Darfur region, rights advocacy groups are urging the world community to take immediate steps to protect civilians.
	August 29: A senior US diplomat extends her stay in Sudan in the hope that the president will agree to UN forces for Darfur. Senior US diplomat Jendayi Frazer has met Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir after extending her stay in Sudan.
	August 28: Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels start leaving their bases in the DR Congo as demanded by a peace deal. The truce, signed on Saturday, has a ceasefire coming into effect on Tuesday and gives rebels three weeks to move into assembly points in southern Sudan.
	August 26: The US warns of a military build-up in Darfur as it sends an envoy in a bid to persuade Sudan to accept a UN force.
	August 24:An aid agency in the Sudanese region of Darfur warns of a sharp rise in sexual attacks on displaced women.
	August 20: The African Union says two of its peacekeepers have been killed in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.

7-2006

	July 25: US President Bush is to meet the Darfur rebel leader who signed May's peace deal in Washington, Minni Minnawi.
	July 18: New Warnings of Darfur Genocide "If we lose the last internationals who are following the situation - in the camps, around the camps, who are giving at least a minimum protection to these refugees ..." Pekka Haavisto told the BBC, "then we are very close to the possible scenarios of genocide, or Rwanda scenarios, if you don't have any organized international force on the ground."
	July 17: Darfur: Donors Must Urgently Boost Civilian Protection International donors meeting in Brussels on July 18 to pledge support to the African Union's peacekeeping force in Sudan should provide increased and urgent assistance for the protection of civilians in Darfur, where killings and rapes have escalated in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today.
	July 15:Historic peace talks between Uganda's northern rebels and the government start in Sudan.
	July 13: A Dying Deal in Darfur "Most Darfurians cannot return home because the government still supports the Janjaweed militias, who continue to rape and pillage across Darfur and eastern Chad.... The specific security guarantee every Darfurian talks about is a United Nations force that will ensure the Janjaweed disarm, and that will protect refugees and help them return home," writes John Prendergast.
	Uganda's northern rebels reject a Ugandan offer of amnesty ahead of peace talks in Sudan next week.
	July 7: Fighting in Sudan's Darfur region has increased since May's peace deal was signed, a senior UN official says.
	Uganda's northern rebels reject a Ugandan offer of amnesty ahead of peace talks in Sudan next week.
	July 4: Darfur rebels carry out an attack outside their home region, on a town about 400km from Sudan's capital, Khartoum.

6-2006

	June 29: Darfur Crisis: Testimonies From Eastern Chad
	June 27: Chinese Key to Peace in Darfur Michael Chetrit and Mahor Chiche, of Urgence Darfour France, argue that getting China to agree to putting a UN force in Darfur is the only answer to peace, while Le Monde exhorts China to pay more attention to Africans as it increases its already impressive penetration of the continent.
	June 25: Sudan hits the UN with an operations ban, accusing it of giving a helicopter lift to a rebel leader.
	June 23: African Union: Send More Troops to Protect Darfur Civilians :Leaders Must Tell Senegal to Prosecute or Extradite Habré
	June 21: Chad: Armed Groups Maraud Along Sudan Border : Civilians at Risk as Sudan, Chad Back Irregular Forces
	June 12: Chadian President Idriss Deby accuses Sudan of fomenting unrest in his country and the region.
	June 7: Fear and Mistrust as People of Darfur Turn Against Peacekeepers Analysts say the Darfur force should be doubled in size, with the power to protect returning refugees and to disarm militia. Yet the western nations that sponsor Amis have made an increase all but impossible by holding back funding. Some soldiers have not been paid for three months.

1-2006

	Jan 9: Millions of Sudanese still live in fear of violence, a year after a deal ended 21 years of war in the south, aid agencies say.
	Jan 8: An African Union peacekeeper dies and 10 others are injured in Darfur, blamed on Chad by Sudan's government.

9-2005

	September 22: Sudan's post-war national unity government is sworn in, part of a deal signed with former southern rebels.
	September 21: Southerners fail to acquire the crucial energy ministry as Sudan's first post-war unity government is announced.
	September 16: The latest round of peace talks for the Sudanese region of Darfur begins in Nigeria, without a major rebel faction.
	September 7: Sudan: Detainees Suffer Arbitrary Arrest, Execution

8-2005

	August 31:Bandits hit vital aid convoys in Darfur -UNICEF
	Witnessing Genocide In Sudan
	August 25: Sudan's army and rebels accuse each other of staging attacks in Darfur, days after peacekeepers said security had improved.
	The UN refugee chief is due to start a 10-day trip to Sudan and Chad, including a visit to the war-torn region of Darfur.
	August 15: An inside look at life in Darfur's largest camp - CARE International is piping clean fresh water to residents of Kalma
	August 14: A Uganda journalist is charged with sedition after his radio show speculates on the death of John Garang.
	August 12: Salva Kiir, the new vice-president of Sudan, tells the BBC he is firmly opposed to independence for the south.
	A team is set up to investigate the death of Sudan's vice-president, former rebel leader John Garang.
	Sudan's ex-rebel leader John Garang, who died weeks after becoming vice-president, is being laid to rest.
	Ugandan Leader Hints at Foul Play in Ex-Rebel's Air Crash
	Sudan's new southern chief calls on church leaders to help stop violence that has left more than 130 people dead.
	Riots continue after John Garang's death despite a curfew in Sudan's capital, with reprisal attacks on southerners.
	Rioting breaks out in Khartoum following the death of Sudan's vice-president, former rebel leader John Garang.

7-2005

	July 20: Oil money and US pension funds flood Sudan despite Darfur genocide Despite its status as a state sponsor of terrorism and the conflict in Darfur that Washington has called genocide that keeps U.S. businesses and most international aid out, Sudan will be awash in revenues: oil money. More surprisingly, Sudan will also be counting on investments from some Americans - those whose pension plans invest in companies active in Sudan, mostly in the oil sector. John Prendergast, an advisor with the International Crisis Group, said the money coming into the country from oil or other investments is going into the country's "war machine" and coming out the other side in Darfur or in repressing the Sudanese people.
	The AU peacekeeping commander in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region says security there has improved significantly.
	U.S. military to assist with Darfur deployment

6-2005

	June 28:More money needed for Darfur
	June 24:Rebels in north-eastern Sudan say government warplanes have dropped bombs on their forces.
	June 21:Clashes break out south of Sudan's main port in the north-east, with heavy casualties reported.
	June 14: A special war crimes court is to open, with charges against 160 Sudanese from Darfur, a minister says.
	June 8:Anti-Rape Device Must Be Banned, Say Women
	On patrol with African Union troops in Darfur
	June 7:Uncover your eyes
	June 6:The International Criminal Court announces its biggest investigation, into alleged war crimes in Darfur.
	June 5:Nicholas Kristof \| A Policy of Rape
	June 1: Sudan's biggest opposition party says it will boycott the power-sharing government due to take office in July.

5-2005

	May 31:Day 141 of Bush's Silence
	State-led murder and rape of villagers in Darfur uncovered
	MSF officials held over Darfur report
	May 29:UN Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for rapid action in Darfur, after he makes a "heart-wrenching" visit there.
	May 27:Donors pledge nearly $300 million for Darfur force
	May 24:Sudanese security forces surround an illegal settlement in Khartoum and arrest scores of southerners.
	May 22:The CIA and Sudan Genocide
	Almost a third of deaths in South Africa are caused by Aids, according to a leaked report.
	The Mournful Math of Darfur: The Dead Don't Add Up
	May 3:US backs off genocide charge in Darfur
	Repeating Clinton's Mistakes: U.S. Response to the Crisis in Darfur
	Day 113 of the President's Silence
	May 1:Sudan Becomes US Ally in 'War on Terror'

4-2005

	April 28:The African Union agrees to more than double the number of its peace monitors in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur.
	The acting head of the UN refugee agency, Wendy Chamberlin, is to visit conflict-torn Darfur in Sudan.
	April 18:Neutrality on Genocide
	April 14: Darfur Eclipsed by Peace in Southern Sudan
	April 12:The US pledges some $850m (£449) to help rebuild southern Sudan after years of war, so the donor target of $2.6bn is passed.
	April 10: The UN and African Union condemn a village rampage by militiamen in Sudan's Darfur region.
	April 1: UN Votes to Send Any Sudan War Crime Suspects to World Court

3-2005

	The UN votes to send some 10,000 peacekeepers to southern Sudan but remains deadlocked on Darfur.
	Nigeria proposes an African-run tribunal to hear cases of alleged war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region.
	Sudan gets worried after a US congressional report mentions that the Americans carried out nuclear tests there.

2-2005

	Feb 28:Conflict over Sudan on United Nations Security Council
	Feb 22:The Secret Genocide Archive
	Feb 18:Belgium's foreign minister, visiting DR Congo, is criticized for casting doubt on President Kabila's nationality.
	Feb 15:A draft US resolution at the UN could send 10,000 peacekeepers to Sudan and impose sanctions
	Feb 6:Darfur - Why U.N. Won't Call It Genocide
	Khartoum agrees to stop flying Antonov planes over Darfur amid claims they are used for bombing raids
	Feb 1:The UN calls for alleged war criminals in Sudan's Darfur region to face trial but finds no genocide

1-2005

	Up to 17 people are killed in clashes between police and demonstrators in eastern Sudan.
	Jan 29:The UN Sudan envoy says government forces are running intensive military operations in west Darfur
	The Sudan government signs the second peace deal in a month, this time with the NDA umbrella group.
	The world has shown "callous disregard" for the 70,000 killed in Sudan's Darfur conflict, a human rights group says.
	Jan 1:Sudan signs a permanent truce with southern rebels towards ending one of Africa's longest civil wars.

12-2004

	Dec 26:President Bush signs a bill letting him impose sanctions on Sudan in protest at the violence in Darfur.
	Dec 22:Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres expresses shock at the killing of one of its local staff in Sudan's Darfur region.
	Dec 21:UK-based charity Save the Children pulls out of Sudan's troubled Darfur region after the killing of its aid workers.
	Dec 20:The African Union suspends flights to monitor a ceasefire in Darfur after one of its helicopters comes under fire.

11-2004

	Sudan orders the country directors of Oxfam and Save the Children to leave the country within 48 hours.
	Nov 19:Mounting evidence of US destabilisation of Sudan
	Nov 15:A BBC team finds new evidence of mass ethnic killings and rape in Darfur, adding to fears of genocide.
	Nov 11: Secretary of State Colin Powell says he will pursue with Sudan an assault by security forces on a refugee camp

10-2004

	A UN panel is given three months to establish whether genocide is taking place in Darfur in western Sudan.
	Oct 1:Sudan's government agrees to the deployment of some 3,500 extra African troops in war-torn Darfur.

9-2004

	Sep 19:The UN Security Council approves a resolution threatening sanctions against Sudan if violence continues in the western region of Darfur.
	Sep 17:UN chief Kofi Annan calls on the Security Council to act now to end the violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
	Sep 11:Sudan has categorically rejected a statement by US Secretary of State Colin Powell in which he described the killings in Darfur as genocide.
	At least 3,000 people have fled more violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur province in the past few days, the UN says.

8-2004

	Aug27:A Libyan plane is hijacked and forced to land in Sudan, apparently by Eritrean asylum seekers.
	Aug16:There has been an upsurge of Sudanese refugees fleeing across the border into Chad following reports of renewed violence in the Darfur region.
	Rwandan troops have arrived in Sudan to help protect African Union (AU) ceasefire monitors in the war-ravaged western region of Darfur.
	Aug10: The United Nations has warned of a serious shortfall of funds to combat locust swarms in north-west Africa as the insects spread to Chad.
	Aug7: Ebola outbreak is halted in Sudan. Health officials say an outbreak of the virus that killed seven in southern Sudan is over.

7-2004

	Sudan's army says the UN resolution on the conflict in Darfur is "a declaration of war" and promises to fight.
	Sudan dismisses a new UN Security Council resolution that says Khartoum must halt atrocities in Darfur in 30 days.
	Aid workers return to Chad camps. Relief agencies resume work in two camps for refugees from Sudan's Darfur region, after violence forced them out.
	Sudan has cast doubts on the authenticity of documents which allegedly show that the government is backing Arab militias in Darfur
	Rape 'a weapon' in Sudan war. Pro-government militias in Darfur are using mass rape to punish non-Arab groups, says a human rights group.
	Thousands face new risk in Sudan. Some 10,000 refugees could die from disease in Darfur this month alone, the UN warns.

6-2004

	A group of 16 aid workers in the troubled Darfur region are released by rebels, the UN confirms.
	Some 300,000 people will die in war-torn western Sudan, even if aid is delivered now, aid officials say.

5-2004

	Darfur News Archive
	Sudan 'looking to Darfur peace.' The signing of a peace deal with southern rebels will now also help end conflict in Darfur, the vice-president says
	At least 45 Sudanese have reportedly been killed by pro-government militias in the troubled western Darfur region.
	Two reports have accused the Sudanese government and Arab militia of massive abuses in western Darfur region.

4-2004

	Chadian troops have deployed on their border after a clash with Sudan forces.
	Remember Rwanda, but Take Action in Sudan : Samantha Power
	The Genocide Next Door

1-2006

Peacekeeper killed in Darfur
The Science Daily - 1/08/2006

AU Fears Spread of Darfur Conflict
Voice of America - 1/11/2006

Arms flow to Sudan's Darfur despite embargo -UN
Reuters - 1/11/2006

Sudan wants to try Darfur crimes
Sunday Times - 1/11/2006

Chad demands Sudan disarm rebels
Independent Online - 1/10/2006

Nations must oppose Darfur genocide
Oakland Tribune - 1/10/2006

Editorial: Two Africas / The progress and despair of a continent
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1/09/2006

AU says may hand over Darfur mission to UN
Reuters – 1/12/2006

Genocide continues to rage in Darfur
Miami Herald - 1/12/2006

ANALYSIS-Disquiet at possible Sudan chair of African Union
Reuters - 1/12/2006

UN experts call for sanctions on Darfur leaders
Reuters - 1/12/2006

On Anniversary of Genocide Convention, U.S. Approaches Moment of Truth on Darfur
Africa Action – 1/12/2006

Call For High Level UN Envoy for Darfur
Voice of America – 1/12/2006

UN Refugee Chief Warns Darfur Could De-stabilize Region
Voice of America – 1/12/2006

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