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Sudan army blocks UN peacekeepers from massacre site in Darfur
EL FASHER (8 Sep.) - The Sudanese army yesterday prevented United Nations peacekeepers from reaching a highland town in Darfur where a massacre took place last Thursday, 2 September. The commanding... full story
Gunmen loot 50 cows within S. Darfur capital
NYALA (8 Sep.) - A group of six armed men using a Land Cruiser vehicle without plates looted more than fifty milk cows from within the city of Nyala yesterday evening. The cows were in the... full story
Man admits to Radio Darfur participating in attack on Hamadiya Camp
ZALINGEI (8 Sep.) - A man admitted to Radio Darfur/Dabanga that he took part in the attack on Hamadiya Camp in Zalingei last Friday night. He carried out the attack along with 13 other individuals,... full story
Darfur refugee children in Chad given chance to take exam
CAMP DJABAL (8 Sep.) - Literacy exams began at Camp Djabal and Goz Amir for Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad on Sunday with the participation of 58 students. Those who pass are expected to be absorbed... full story
Government panel: border guards, PDF threat to Darfur security
NYALA (8 Sep.) - A military commission in Darfur said those government-backed militias are a security threat in the region. The commission was tasked with formulating a technical strategy for... full story
Three camp leaders wanted for arrest were slain in Darfur night assault
ZALINGEI (7 Sep.) - Gunmen last Friday killed three out of five camp leaders whom they had demanded be handed over to the government. The residents of Hamidiya Camp for internally displaced (IDPs)... full story
Fur tribal leader refuses S. Darfur governor’s plea to leave rebellion
JEBEL MARRA (7 Sep.) - A Fur tribal leader has refused an invitation by the government of Sudan to leave the rebellion. The Shartai Suliman Hassaballa, the shartai of Dar Yara in South Darfur State,... full story
Popular Defence Force had role in attack on Darfur camp: sources
ZALINGEI (6 Sep.) - Leaders of the Popular Defence Force in Zalingei participated in the events in Hamadiya last Friday to Saturday night, sources said, pointing to Nur Aldaan Abdel Wahab and Faki... full story
Merchant loses big in brazen robbery in South Darfur capitol
NYALA (6 Sep.) - Abdullah Al Warath Al Amin, one of the senior traders in Nyala, admitted that he had lost five million pounds in an armed robbery. The attack took place at his shop adjacent to... full story
Boy drowns after heavy rains on Kassab Camp, N. Darfur
KASSAB CAMP (6 Sep.) - A boy died by drowning in Kassab Camp in North Darfur on Saturday. Several houses collapsed in the camp after heavy rains that fell on the region. A source said that dozens... full story