UN Points at Rebels for Darfur Aid Workers' Deaths
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The United Nations said on Wednesday initial indications suggested one of the rebel groups in Sudan's western Darfur region was involved in the killing of two employees of a British charity this week.
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The world should hold Darfur rebels accountable for breaking their promises to end violence in the region of western Sudan, the U.N. envoy to Khartoum said on Thursday.
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A U.N. envoy and Britain blamed Sudanese rebels for renewed fighting in the crisis-ridden state of Darfur, and the World Food Program pulled its staff from the region Thursday because of the lack of security.
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Khartoum - The United Nations special envoy to Sudan on Wednesday blamed ethnic minority rebels in Darfur for the deaths earlier this month of two humanitarian aid workers in the war-torn region.
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About 70,000 displaced people are thought to have died in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region since March, mainly from disease and malnutrition, a UN official says.
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The UN Security Council said it would hold a meeting on the tense situation in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region next Monday following the ambush killing of two Rwandan peacekeepers there.
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Rebels released six Sudanese aid workers early Wednesday in Darfur, four days after they went missing during a trip to register refugees fleeing a brutal campaign of killings in the war-ravaged region, a U.N. official said.
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The United Nations urged warring  groups in Darfur on Thursday to lay down their weapons during  the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to let relief workers operate  in Sudan's battered west.
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About 70,000 people are thought to have died since March in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, the UN says.
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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.
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A total of 70,000 people are estimated  to have died as a result of the conflict in Sudan's western  Darfur region, with hundreds still dying every day, a top U.N.  official said on Friday.
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Sudan&#39;s government is likely to grant some autonomy to the violence-wracked Darfur region, but the rebels should help to end the world&#39;s worst humanitarian crisis, UN High Commissioner for Refu-gees Ruud Lubbers said.
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Sudan on Saturday questioned UN estimates that up to 70,000 people have died from hunger and disease in its remote Darfur region since a rebellion began 20 months ago.
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U.N. and U.S. officials accused rebels Wednesday of sparking the latest violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, actions that violated a cease-fire deal and prevented aid from reaching thousands of refugees.
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Sudan on Saturday questioned U.N.  estimates that up to 70,000 people have died from hunger and  disease in its remote Darfur region since a rebellion began 20  months ago.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - The United Nations has condemned a rebel attack in Darfur province, saying it violates a cease-fire agreement and jeopardises the lives of tens of thousands of people who will not receive aid because of the fighting.
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The UN plans to launch an aid operation to help refugees who have arrived in eastern Central African Republic after fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Darfur, an official said Thursday.