Darfur Media Report

Peace Talks

Empty Seats Add to Worry on Eve of Darfur Talks
New York Times, United States - 28 minutes ago
The United Nations and African Union have billed this peace conference as a make-or-break moment for Darfur, the desiccated region of western Sudan that has ...

One of the gravest threats to Darfur is Sudan's other war Guardian Unlimited
Failures to keep a peace in the scarcely reported north-south conflict send a terrible signal as talks begin in Libya.


UN Efforts

UN urgently seeking helicopters for Darfur force
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
At least 10 AU troops were killed last month in an assault on their base in Darfur -- Sudan's arid western region the size of France where international ..



US Efforts

US mulls Sudan sanctions over peacekeepers delay
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
By Claudia Parsons UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The United States will consider further sanctions against Sudan if it continues "dragging its feet" ...



The Oil Industry Role in the Conflict

Sudanese oil field attack threatens peace talks Christian Science Monitor
After launching a deadly attack on a Sudanese oil field earlier this week, a Darfur rebel group is promising to target oil fields across the country. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), an Islamist rebel group in Darfur, hopes to drive out foreign oil companies, which the group says are funding government violence in Darfur…

Sudan rebels 'hold China oil men'
BBC News - UK
The Canadians and the Iraqi both worked on the oilfield run by the Chinese-led consortium, the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company in Sudan's Defra ...

From Darfur to Shanghai Salon.com
Continuing its relentless march toward the magical summit of $100, the price of a barrel of oil hit an intra-day high of $92.22 on Friday. Meanwhile, in Shanghai, demand for a piece of PetroChina's IPO is so intense that the entire rest of the stock market is being squeezed…


Other

Bin Laden calls for jihad in Arabia and Sudan: Web
Washington Post - United States
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden called for a holy war against foreign forces in Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula, in an audio recording posted on the ...


Germany arrests 'spy for Sudan'
BBC News - UK
German authorities have arrested a Sudanese man on suspicion of spying on dissidents living abroad. The 39-year-old is alleged to have given the Sudanese ...

Sudan survivors answer your questions
BBC News, UK - 10 hours ago
Four-and-a-half years of fighting between Sudan's government, pro-government Arab militias and rebel groups in the western Sudanese region of Darfur has ...

Key players in the Darfur conflict Guardian Unlimited