Darfur activists to prod 4 more mutual fund firms
7525
Expanding their criticism of US mutual fund holdings tied to Sudan's regime, activists today plan to target four more companies in hopes they will follow the lead of Fidelity Investments and sell their stakes of companies that do business there.
589576
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Sept. 25 -- The African Union will add 4,000 troops to its Darfur peacekeeping mission, bolstering the 7,000 poorly funded and under-equipped A.U. forces currently monitoring a battered cease-fire.
14700
The African Union has agreed to expand its peacekeeping force in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region. The move comes as the Sudanese government begins peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, with Darfur&#39;s two rebels groups.
571300
Four Canadian mutual fund firms have found themselves on the hot seat with the Ontario Securities Commission after an investigation into alleged trading violations in the industry.
247502
Sudan is to accept the deployment of more African peacekeepers for the cantonment of the rebels in Darfur, Sudanese Agriculture Minister Majzoub al-Khalifa said Wednesday, as
764953
The United Nations and the United States expressed concern that it could take until early next year to deploy a 4,000-strong African Union force to Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region and called for much speedier action.
619640
Support is growing at the UN for a joint bid by four influential countries to increase the number of members of the Security Council.
330537
The United Nations continues to receive reports of clashes throughout the Sudanese region of Darfur, where as many as 4,000 people are believed to have been forced from their villages
615112
African leaders lobbied the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money on Wednesday to solve a cash crunch but were told a new round of funding was likely to be delayed by several months.
158301
The fourth round of the African Union sponsored peace talks on Darfur to find a solution to the 22-months old crisis resumed in Abuja yesterday amidst continued violence in the Sudanese region.
359559
UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
738408
More peacekeepers are needed in Sudan's Darfur region to protect refugees, a top UN envoy says.
678697
After spending three years and $2  million, Eric Meyer has got the go-ahead from a gaggle of  lawyers, regulators and -- crucially -- four different Sharia  scholars to market the first hedge fund for Islamic investors.
66058
UK charities launch an appeal to save lives among the 4.5m people at risk in Darfur and neighbouring countries.
214718
ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  on Wednesday to solve a cash crunch but were told a new round  of funding was likely to be delayed by several months.
76285
NAIROBI, Oct 21  -- The African Union is to increase from 465 to 3,320 the number of personnel monitoring a shaky ceasefire in Sudan&#39;s war-ravaged western Darfur region, the pan-African body said in a statement on Thursday.
577948
CNN's coverage of two presidential debates this week, one of which elicited strong condemnations of the violence in Sudan, was co-sponsored by a Boston-based mutual fund firm that has invested in companies that do business in the African country.