Advocates call for clear-cut US policy to help ease refugee suffering in Darfur

WASHINGTON — Human rights groups working to end the dying in Darfur fear for the survival of 2.5 million people huddled in refugee camps if the Obama administration doesn’t put on record its plans to bring security to them.

Advocates for Darfur worry that US policy lacks clarity and risks efforts to ease suffering

WASHINGTON — Human rights groups working to end the dying in Darfur fear that the Obama administration’s failure to put on record its plans to bring security to the 2.5 million people huddled in camps threatens their survival.

Doctors group finds rape common against Darfur women, urges international warrants

NEW YORK — A survey of dozens of women who fled violence in Darfur found that a third of them reported or showed signs of rape, and revealed a widespread fear of sexual violence in their refugee camp in Chad, a human rights group reported Sunday.

Former Sudanese president known for imposing Islamic law dies at age of 79

KHARTOUM, Sudan — A former Sudanese president known for imposing Islamic law in the country died Saturday at the age of 79, the official news agency said.

Almost 250 people killed in 2 days of clashes between Arab tribes in western Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Fighting between rival Arab tribes in western Sudan’s oil-rich Kordofan region killed almost 250 people over two days earlier this week, including 75 policemen, Sudan’s interior minister said.

Hundreds killed in Sudan nomadic clashes

NAIROBI/KHARTOUM - A week of clashes between nomadic tribes in central Sudan has killed almost 250 people, among them police officers, Sudan’s interior minister has said.

Over 60 killed, hundreds displaced in Darfur violence

KHARTOUM - At least 20 Sudanese soldiers and 43 insurgents have been killed in fighting in the restive Darfur region, as rebels fought a pitched battle with the security forces before being crushed, leaving more than 300 people homeless, officials said Monday.

Sudan says US aid organizations will be considered to replace groups expelled from Darfur

KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese government said Thursday that it would consider applications from American aid organizations to replace more than a dozen groups that were expelled from Darfur earlier this year.

21 killed in Sudan bus-truck crash

KHARTOUM - Twenty-one people were killed Sunday when the passenger bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck near the Sudanese capital, officials said.

Sudan hangs nine men for beheading journalist

NAIROBI/KHARTOUM - Nine men from the restive Sudanese province of Darfur have been hanged for the beheading of a prominent newspaper editor, media reports said Tuesday.

Sudan frees Islamist opposition leader

NAIROBI/KHARTOUM - Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi was freed after two months of imprisonment, news reports said Monday.