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100 dead, rescuers trapped in Darfur disaster

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 05:45
Around 100 miners are estimated to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region and nine rescuers trying to free them are now trapped, a miner said on Friday. "Nine of the rescue team disappeared when the land collapsed around them yesterday (Thursday)," said the miner, who had visited the scene and asked to remain anonymous. On Monday the unlicensed desert gold mine began to collapse in Jebel Amir district, more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) northwest of the North Darfur state capital El Fasher.

100 dead, rescuers trapped in Darfur disaster

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 05:16
Around 100 miners are estimated to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region and nine rescuers trying to free them are now trapped, a miner said on Friday. "Nine of the rescue team disappeared when the land collapsed around them yesterday (Thursday)," said the miner, who had visited the scene and asked to remain anonymous. On Monday the unlicensed desert gold mine began to collapse in Jebel Amir district, more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) northwest of the North Darfur state capital El Fasher.

60 die in Darfur gold mine collapse: local official

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 11:45
More than 60 workers were killed when an unlicenced desert gold mine collapsed in an area of Sudan's Darfur where hundreds died in fighting over the precious commodity in January-February, the district chief said Thursday. It was not known how many people may still be missing after Monday's accident in Jebel Amir district, more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) northwest of the North Darfur state capital El Fasher. Production from unofficial gold mines has become a key revenue source for Sudan's cash-strapped government.

3 rebel 'commanders' killed in Darfur battle

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 15:32
Three rebel "commanders" have been killed in Sudan's southern Darfur, the insurgents and army both said on Tuesday after fighting continued in a region where the government has warned about insecurity. The commanders of the Sudan Liberation Army's Minni Minnawi faction died along with other insurgents in the battle at Hejair Tono, the official SUNA news agency quoted army spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad as saying. He identified the dead commanders by name and said the battle occurred south of the railway line which runs southeast from Nyala, Sudan's second city.

Paramilitaries 'mutiny' in Sudan's Darfur

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 14:00
Paramilitary forces in Sudan's troubled Darfur region have mutinied, the interior ministry said on Sunday. "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 state unit of the special police and were based in the capital El Geneina. str-it/kir

AFP Africa News Agenda

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 03:00
What's happening in Africa on Saturday: + French family returns home after hostage ordeal PARIS/YAOUNDE/LAGOS: A French family abducted while holidaying in Cameroon and taken to Nigeria returned home, a day after their two-month ordeal at the hands of Islamic extremists ended. Picture. Video. Graphic. (CAMEROON-NIGERIA-FRANCE-KIDNAP) -- OTHER ITEMS -- KHARTOUM: Tracking events in Darfur after a peacekeeper is shot dead by unidentified attackers in Muhagiriya, after the government said it regained control of the area from rebels. (SUDAN-UNREST-DARFUR)

Up to 18 dead in Darfur tribal dispute

April 9, 2013 11:35
Up to 18 people were killed during a tribal dispute in Darfur, community leaders said on Tuesday, after donor countries pledged about $1 billion to develop Sudan's war-ravaged western region. Trouble began last week in Darfur's Umm Dukhun district, on the Chad border, when a member of the Misseriya tribe shot a Salamat tribal member, international peacekeepers said. Musa al-Bashir, a Salamat leader, told AFP a "small difference" between two people escalated into clashes outside Umm Dukhun town. "Until yesterday the total killed from the Salamat side are 18," he said.

Demonstrations held across Sudan's troubled Darfur region against int’l donors' conference which begins tomorrow in Qatar

April 9, 2013 04:03
Demonstrations have taken place across Sudan's troubled Darfur region against an international donors' conference which begins tomorrow in the Gulf state of Qatar, a civil society activist said.Some of the 1.4 million people displaced by Darfur's decade-long conflict protested yesterday at their camps near North Darfur's state capital El Fasher, and in Kalma camp, South Darfur, said the activist, who asked not to be identified.‘They demonstrated because there is no security on the ground,’ the activist added, without saying how many people took part in the protests.Pro

Demos in Sudan's Darfur ahead of donors' meet

April 6, 2013 05:30
Demonstrations have taken place across Sudan's troubled Darfur region against an international donors' conference which begins on Sunday in the Gulf state of Qatar, a civil society activist said on Saturday. Some of the 1.4 million people displaced by Darfur's decade-long conflict protested on Friday at their camps near North Darfur's state capital El Fasher, and in Kalma camp, South Darfur, said the activist, who asked not to be identified.

Darfur recovery needs $6 billion: top official

February 17, 2013 08:18
The economic recovery of Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur needs an estimated $6 billion, the region's top official said on Sunday, appealing for international support 10 years after an insurrection began. Eltigani Seisi made the comments in an interview with AFP ahead of an April 7-8 donors' conference in Qatar. Analysts are sceptical that major funds will be forthcoming. "If the international community refrains from providing support then how could we be able to stabilise the situation on the ground?" Seisi said.
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