In an interview with FRANCE 24, film star George Clooney said the Sudanese government was targeting civilian populations near its southern border in a repeat of tactics used in the war in Darfur.
Figures released recently showed the global arms trade was booming, but data on China was conspicuously lacking. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the Asian power's growing role in the arms business and its impact on global stability.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Sudan's defence minister in connection with crimes against civilians in Darfur, where he was the special envoy for President Omar al-Bashir (pictured) from 2003 to 2004.
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) on Monday refuted a Darfur rebel group's claim from earlier in the day that it had kidnapped 49 peacekeepers. UNAMID said the solders were "blocked" not kidnapped.
Darfur's rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said Monday they had detained 49 international peacekeepers for entering "an area controlled by JEM without permission". Sudan's military said 58 peacekeepers were seized.
The head of the joint African Union – United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur said Friday that resurgent violence was hampering his forces’ ability to monitor the troubled region.
Rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim (pictured) of the Justice and Equality Movement, one of Darfur's two main militant groups, was killed by the Sudanese army in west Wadbanda in North Kordofan, Sudan's official news agency said on Sunday.
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday requested a warrant to arrest Sudan's defence minister for crimes committed in Darfur. The UN says 300,000 people have died since the conflict began.
Three international peacekeepers were killed and six wounded late on Monday when their patrol came under attack in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. The joint UN-African UNAMID patrol was guarding a camp for displaced people.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Thurs., 21/4/2011: The Times' reporting from Misrata is extraordinary this morning. James Hider describes the bloody battle in the Libyan port city and the death of two photojournalists, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. Hider witnessed Hetherington's death, making his report particularly moving.
