UN begins Sudan security mission
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A UN envoy has arrived for a close look at the government&#39;s efforts to improve security and rein in Arab militia accused of months of atrocities in Darfur, preparing an assessment that could determine whether Sudan will be slapped
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U.N. Security Council members landed  in Khartoum on Sunday looking for assurances for speedy  deployment of at least 20,000 U.N. and African Union police and  troops to Sudan&#39;s violent Darfur region.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to act quickly to protect civilians in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which failed to stem nearly five years of conflict in western Sudan.
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region but troops will not be deployed without   consent from the Khartoum government.
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized an African force to protect Somalia's government against an increasingly powerful Islamic militia, hoping to restore peace and avert a broader conflict in the region.
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Armed men opened fire on a  U.N./African Union supply convoy in Sudan's war-torn Darfur  region, the first attack on the newly formed joint peacekeeping  mission, officials said on Tuesday.
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United Nations officials report security breaches in internally displaced people and refugee camps in Sudan&#39;s embattled Darfur region and neighboring Chad.
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U.N. Security Council members landed in Khartoum on Sunday looking for assurances for speedy deployment of at least 20,000 U.N. and African Union police and troops to Sudan's violent Darfur region.
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Sudanese troops shot at a "clearly marked" United Nations convoy in Darfur, apparently mistaking it for a group of rebels in the first attack against the peacekeeping mission since it began this month, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 18 -- The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Saturday threatening possible sanctions against Sudan and establishing a U.N. commission of inquiry to investigate atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, and to determine whether Sudanese authorities and militias are responsible for committing genocide there.
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Envoys from the United Nations and African Union began a mission to revive peace talks in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur amid fresh reports of violence.
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Sudan is ready for any action that the United Nations might take over the situation in the west region of Darfur, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismail said on Sunday.
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The senior United Nations envoy to Sudan today began his last mission to the war-torn Darfur region ahead of next week&#39;s meeting of the Security Council, which will decide whether the Government is making good on commitments to restore security and disarm
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is supporting African Union efforts to bolster its monitoring and protection presence in Sudan&#39;s trouble Darfur region.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Saturday adopted a resolution threatening to &quot;consider&quot; sanctions against Sudan and establishing a UN commission of inquiry to investigate atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, and to determine whether Sudanese
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The U.N. Security Council will  recommend that the world body fund a joint African Union-U.N.  peacekeeping mission for Darfur, after receiving assurances it  would be controlled by the U.N, envoys said on Sunday.