"Oil for food" in Sudan proposed
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An oil-for-food programme in Sudan could end the conflict in Darfur, says a prominent judge.
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LEAL, Sudan -- On this parched and dusty African plain, China's largest energy company is pumping crude oil, sending it 1,000 miles upcountry through a Chinese-made pipeline to the Red Sea, where tankers wait to ferry it to China's industrial cities. Chinese laborers based in a camp of prefabricated sheds work the wells and lay highways across the flats to ...
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The US has provided airlifts and pledged $300 million to support African troops in west Sudan. By Abraham McLaughlin - staff writer and Duncan Woodside - contributor.
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The United States distributed a draft UN resolution Wednesday that threatens consideration of sanctions on Sudan&#39;s oil industry if Khartoum fails to stem violence
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It was January when a small Baghdad newspaper got a big scoop. Editor's Note: this is the final story in a series of articles about the U.N. Oil-for-Food program.
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The U.N. World Food Program suspended food convoys to the Darfur region in western Sudan after rebel forces attacked the market town of Ghubaysh and the government retaliated, U.N. humanitarian officials said.
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J   an Egeland , the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, had a dual purpose for his visit to Washington this week. He told U.S. officials that American relief and food assistance has saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Congo. But he also said there was a global trend of declining support for humanitarian efforts around the world.
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Failures in U.N. management of the Iraq oil-for-food program may have permitted excess payments of hundreds of millions of dollars to governments and companies, according to 55 internal audits of the humanitarian program. The excess payments were made even as then-President Saddam Hussein was stealing billions from the program.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair today urged the government of Sudan to adopt a five-point plan designed to help end the slaughter in Darfur and ease the humanitarian crisis there.
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ADIKASHI, Eritrea  - Tired of living on handouts,  Eritrean refugee Hansu Hagos dreams of being able to feed  herself by growing millet, maize, sorghum and wheat.
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The United States has drafted a new UN resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop abuses in Darfur and accept an expanded African Union monitoring force with more powers.
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The dicey issue of power and wealth sharing is to be discussed Wednesday in the second round of Darfur peace talks as the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the troubled region try to resolve the crisis.
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The United States distributed a draft U.N. resolution Wednesday that threatens consideration of sanctions on Sudan's oil industry if Khartoum fails to stem violence in the Darfur region of Sudan or blocks the deployment of thousands of African monitors.
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The UN Security Council failed to reach agreement last night on a US-sponsored resolution on Sudan. The draft resolution threatens oil sanctions against the Sudanese government over the conflict in Darfur.
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Sudanese President Omar el-Beshir has promised "total cooperation" with a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Italy's prime minister has told the UN chief, officials said Saturday. via XtraMSN Real Estate
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The United States has resubmitted a draft UN Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Sudan&#39;s oil industry. The re-write is designed to win broader backing for the measure, which drew strong opposition when it was circulated last week.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  on Saturday he will propose an incentive package for Sudan as  part of a new initiative to end the crisis in war-torn Darfur  and get U.N. peacekeeping troops on the ground.