They came in 30 trucks, some 2000 of them - armed Sudanese rebels - killing soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Darfur. News report:
Nine Nigerians died when Sudanese rebel forces briefly overran an African Union base in Darfur late Saturday, army spokesman Col. Solomon Giwa Amu said. One Malian, one Senegalese and one Botswanian in [...]
Posted by
CareTaker on August 9, 2007
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Africa,
Editor's Pick,
Sudan
Via All African Bazaar:
Ashok Gadgil, a 56-year-old Mumbai native, wanted to do something to help the displaced persons and refugees from Darfur. He had been approached by USAID about a cooking fuel project for the Darfurians that did not seem promising and decided to approach the problem of improving the cooking technology in that part [...]
Posted by
CareTaker on July 21, 2007
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Sudan,
Vibes from the Loft
2007 AfricanLoft Cyber Essay
Submission #7
Title: Rant - Darfur: Genocide or Conflict?
Word Count: 660
Author: Taiye
Blog: : http://www.twinstaiye.blogspot.com
Excerpt:
The insurgency and [...]
Posted by
CareTaker on June 30, 2007
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CAR,
Chad,
China,
Editor's Pick,
Opinion,
Sudan
Bill, an African American expatriate in Germany and author of Jewels of the Jungle - an Afrophile blog - offers some “beyond-superficial” analysis of events in Darfur (Sudan), Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR). In conformity with his style, the post comes with an array of useful links to several relevant information sources as [...]
Posted by
Drima on June 27, 2007
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Feature,
Life & Culture,
People,
Politics,
Sudan
Introduction
Darfur in the minds of different people constitutes and means different things. This is due to the fact that we, the general public around the world are getting exposed to a tirade of conflicting views and information. As that continues, so will our polarization. Therefore, the long and seemingly endless debates will keep stretching and [...]
Posted by
Ugo Daniels on June 19, 2007
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Africa,
Science,
Sudan
On 14th June, 2007, afrol News reported that a US science organization has developed a system to enable human rights groups to access high-resolution satellite images and monitor the activity of military groups in Sudan’s western region, Darfur. Researchers from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will analyze the satellite images [...]
Posted by
CareTaker on May 28, 2007
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Africa,
China,
Feature,
Opinion
By Imnakoya
Culled from Grandiose Parlor, original posted on November 4th, 2006.
“Our meeting today will go down in history; China will forever be a good friend, good partner, good brother of Africa.” The Chinese President Hu Jintao says during the opening ceremony of the three-day China-Africa summit (Nov. 4 - 6) - a much publicized event [...]