Khartoum Travel News

The Assistant-Secretary-General told the Council that a number of groups in Darfur, including the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and SLA/AW continue to express concern over the holding of national elections, slated for April 2010, before a peace agreement...

An armed group from the restive region of Darfur said today they are targeting French aid workers to force French government to change its policy. A Darfur based gunmen kidnapped two French aid workers on Sunday evening in the northeast...

The UN says Khartoum is violating agreements by blocking the patrols. And a diplomat told the BBC that the government and rebel groups are getting ready to renew hostilities...In August, the outgoing head of the peacekeeping force said the war...

Qatari-hosted talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels due to begin on Monday in Doha have again been postponed, a mediator said on Sunday, amid a lingering split in rebel ranks. Instead, civil society members, including representatives of the diaspora,...

In addition to participating in the UN peacekeeping symposium in Beijing, Mr. Le Roy plans to meet with members of the Chinese Defense Ministry and Foreign Affairs Ministry to discuss the vast Asian nation’s contribution to the world body’s peacekeeping...

The hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur took over from a smaller AU mission in January 2008. Sudan had been opposed in a first time to the deployment of a UN force but accepted it stipulating to have a majority of...

Two French aid workers have been abducted by a group of unknown armed men in northeast of Central Africa, French government confirmed Monday and urged a quick release. Some 20 gunmen kidnapped them on Sunday evening in the town of...

Ghazi Salah Al-Deen, Sudanese Presidential adviser and the visiting US envoy to Sudan Scott Gration discussed today the CPA implementation and Doha peace process to settle Darfur conflict. Mr. Gration will continue to push for a compromise between the two...

The Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC) is attending a Nov 18-26 meeting of the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to discuss the Burmese military government’s alleged crimes against humanity, war crimes and other human...