U.N. Official Calls Violence in Darfur 'Horrific'
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Atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan are occurring daily at a "horrific" level, the top U.N. human rights official said yesterday, adding that countries in the region were "in denial" about the situation.
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The United Nations has condemned &quot;in the strongest terms&quot; rebel attacks in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region. Clashes in south Darfur were reported to have left a number of people dead, while in the north they forced the evacuation of aid workers.
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United Nations chief Kofi Annan on  Tuesday demanded that the world body's human rights watchdog,  meeting in special session on Sudan's Darfur, send a clear  message that the "nightmare" of violence had to stop.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday Darfur was close to a catastrophe, as the United States sought to rebuke Sudan for trying to scare off potential U.N. troop contributors.
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Sudan's blood-soaked Darfur region could be headed toward disaster with warlords on the loose and the government no longer in full control of its forces, the United Nations' top Sudan official warned.
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A senior United Nations official said here Monday that the situation in the western Sudanese regionof Darfur is still troublesome.
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A Sudanese Cabinet minister slammed the latest UN report on Darfur, accusing the world body Saturday of overlooking violence committed
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UNITED NATIONS/N'DJAMENA  - U.N. Secretary General  Kofi Annan called for immediate action on Wednesday to end what  he termed a near hell on earth in Sudan's western Darfur  region.
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A Sudanese government minister denied new U.N. estimates that as many as 10,000 displaced people are dying from disease and violence each month in Darfur, saying Tuesday that the numbers were mistaken and insisting the health situation in the region was "normal."
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The U.N. secretary-general warned that violence against women has reached "hideous" levels in some countries trying to recover from conflict, and the U.N. Security Council demanded an end to impunity for rape and other sexual abuse.
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The top U.N. humanitarian official accused Sudan on Wednesday of deliberately hindering relief aid in Darfur, attacking villages and arming brutal militia to combat rebels and bandits.
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The violence ravaging Darfur was the world's worst human rights abuse in 2006, the US says in an annual report.
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MORNIE, Sudan - A U.S. aid chief got a firsthand look at the anger among Darfur's beleaguered population Friday, when residents of a refugee camp beat up a government worker who tried to stop them from complaining to the visiting diplomat...
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Fighting in Darfur is escalating and the Sudanese region could face a new upsurge in violence despite efforts by the U.N. Security Council and others, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region  faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" without rapid action to  improve the security situation and allow aid flow to those in  need, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency said on Friday.
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Sudan's U.N. ambassador accused the United Nations on Friday of relying on fabricated data from non-governmental groups in reporting widespread rights abuses in Darfur, though he acknowledged that violations have occurred in the region.
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The British government on Thursday condemned the upsurge of violence in Darfur, and called on rebels and the Sudanese government to stop fighting.