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ICC war crimes suspect killed in Darfur

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 04:46
Darfur rebel leader Saleh Jerbo, charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court, has been killed in the western Sudanese region, his defence team said. "The defence of Mr Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus hereby notifies the trial chamber, with great sadness... that Mr Jerbo died in North Darfur, Sudan on the afternoon of 19 April 2013, and was buried the same day," said an ICC document published late Tuesday.

Mutinous police back to base in Sudan's Darfur

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 16:46
Mutinous paramilitaries in Sudan's Darfur region returned to their base after a two-day absence and denied that they rebelled, official media said on Tuesday. "Our troops are not rebels but expressed a request in this way in order to get a solution," Omar Abdelfadl, who led the Central Reserve Police group which fled, was quoted as saying by the state SUNA news service.

Govt link denied in attack on Darfur peacekeepers

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 13:15
A deadly attack on peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region appears to have been planned and carried out by government-linked forces, local sources in the area said on Monday, but authorities denied such a connection. One Nigerian Blue Helmet was killed and two other peacekeepers were wounded in Friday's assault against a base of the African Union-UN Mission (UNAMID) near Muhagiriya town in southern Darfur. Two days earlier the Sudanese army announced it had regained control of the area from rebels.

Govt link seen in attack on Darfur peacekeepers

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 12:02
An attack which killed a peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur region last week appears to have been planned and carried out by government-linked forces, local sources in the area told AFP on Monday. One Nigerian Blue Helmet was killed and two other peacekeepers were wounded in Friday's assault against a base of the African Union-UN Mission (UNAMID) near Muhagiriya town in southern Darfur. Two days earlier the Sudanese government announced it had regained control of the area from rebels.

Govt link seen in attack on Darfur peacekeepers

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 12:01
An attack which killed a peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur region last week appears to have been planned and carried out by government-linked forces, local sources in the area told AFP on Monday. One Nigerian Blue Helmet was killed and two other peacekeepers were wounded in Friday's assault against a base of the African Union-UN Mission (UNAMID) near Muhagiriya town in southern Darfur. Two days earlier the Sudanese army announced it had regained control of the area from rebels.

Sudanese police mutiny as security deteriorates in Darfur

April 21, 2013 16:45
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A group of Sudanese policemen have staged a mutiny in Darfur, according to state news agency SUNA on Sunday, in a fresh sign of the deteriorating security situation in the vast western region. A "limited" number of officers broke away from their Central Reserve Police unit in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, after stealing four Land Cruisers, weapons and provisions, SUNA said, quoting the interior ministry.

Paramilitaries 'mutiny' in Sudan's Darfur

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 15:00
Paramilitary forces in Sudan's Darfur have mutinied, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as a United States diplomat expressed concern that security in the western region is worsening. "A small group from the Central Reserve Police started a mutiny," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SUNA news agency. It said the mutineers were from the West Darfur unit of the special police and were based in the state capital El Geneina near the Chadian border.

Paramilitaries 'mutiny' in Sudan's Darfur

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 14:30
Paramilitary forces in Sudan's Darfur have mutinied, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as a United States diplomat expressed concern that security in the western region is worsening. "A small group from the Central Reserve Police started a mutiny," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SUNA news agency. It said the mutineers were from the West Darfur unit of the special police and were based in the state capital El Geneina near the Chadian border.

Darfur security worsening: US diplomat

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 13:15
Security in Darfur is worsening and militias need to be disarmed, the US charge d'affaires to Sudan Joseph Stafford said on Sunday, condemning the recent attack which killed a peacekeeper. Stafford also expressed grave concern "about the reports of civilian casualties and deliberate targeting of civilians by militias in Muhagiriya and Labado", the region where the Nigerian peacekeeper died on Friday.

Darfur security worsening: US diplomat

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 12:16
Security in Darfur is worsening and militias need to be disarmed, the US charge d'affaires to Sudan said on Sunday, condemning the recent attack which killed a peacekeeper. Joseph Stafford also expressed grave concern "about the reports of civilian casualties and deliberate targeting of civilians by militias in Muhagiriya and Labado", the region where the Nigerian peacekeeper died on Friday.
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