Deadline looms in Sudan crisis
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Four days from a United Nations deadline to disarm and punish those responsible for killing an estimated 30,000 people during
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - The Sudanese government has  failed to comply with a deadline to stop fighting in Darfur, an  African Union spokesman said Sunday, describing fresh  helicopter strikes against a village in South Darfur state.
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The international community must  keep pressure on Sudan over a humanitarian crisis in the Darfur  region, but it is too early to say whether sanctions should be  imposed,  Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday.
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Battles continued Saturday in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, as a deadline set by the African Union (AU) for an end to hostilities expired, AU officials said.
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ABUJA, nigeriaâAs the UN ultimatum for Sudan to disarm murderous militias ticked down to today&#39;s deadline, peace talks resumed between the Sudanese government and the rebel groups who accuse it of backing the militia attacks.
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THE crisis in Darfur is now affecting at least two million people as violence and insecurity in the war-torn region of Sudan intensify, the United Nations warned last night.
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Britain warned that the situation in the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur was at a crucial phase, with just 12 days to go before the mandate of an African Union peacekeeping force expires.
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Sudan&#39;s government and southern rebel negotiators raced against the clock to agree on the final chapters of a peace deal on Friday and clear the way for a comprehensive pact to end Africa&#39;s longest-running civil war.
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A brief timeline of important events in the crisis in western Sudan.
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The government of Sudan and rebel groups in the nation&#39;s troubled Darfur region, under political pressure from a looming United Nations Security Council meeting in Kenya this week (Nov.
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In disregard of looming UN Aug. 30 deadline to end fighting in the western Darfur region, the Sudanese government seeks to restore order there through the African Union (AU)-brokered peace talks with the rebel
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The Sudanese government, which was given 30 days by the UN to rein in Arab militiamen or face penalties, appealed yesterday to the Security Council to make a âreasonable decision.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 24  (IPS) - The European Union is beginning to take action over  the human rights crisis in Darfur  ahead of the Aug. 29 United  Nations deadline to the Sudanese government.
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The African Union issued a 24-hour  deadline to the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on Friday  to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region  over the last two weeks.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw urged Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir to heed growing international calls for swift action on the crisis in the war-torn region of Darfur as a United Nations deadline for Khartoum to comply or face sanctions approaches.
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The African Union (AU) has issued a 24-hour deadline to the Sudanese Government and Darfur rebels to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region over the past two weeks.
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As the month-end deadline nears for Sudan to disarm the mostly Arab pro-government militias in Darfur, the United Nations and Western powers are in a dilemma over how far to go to stop the killing in an African country.