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	Sudan
		The Sudanese government appears unwilling to address the human rights crisis in the region and has not taken the steps necessary to curtail the activities of the Janjawid.
		The Government of Sudan has refused to cooperate with the investigations, and international support for ICC activities in Sudan is necessary if impunity is to be addressed.
		The crisis in Darfur, Western Sudan is horrific, and may well worsen if immediate action is not taken.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/sudan/index.do (706 words)

	Sudan (region) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sudan, from the Arabic bilâd as-sûdân "land of the Blacks," is a geographic region in West and Eastern Africa.
		The region is divided by the Cameroon Highlands in to eastern and western halves.
		To the east in Sudan are the Sudd flooded grasslands, and to the south the Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudan_(region) (195 words)

	2. Sudan Region. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		A ban on slave trading in the Turkish Sudan led to a slave boom in Karka and Shillukland.
		The turning point of the Mahdist revolution against Turco-Egyptian rule of the Sudan was marked by the defeat of the Egyptian force under British officer William Hicks at Shaykan.
		A series of EPIDEMICS affecting cattle and people plagued the region, beginning with rinderpest, which killed up to 90 percent of the cattle and spread to the Cape of Good Hope by 1897 and west to the Atlantic by 1892.
	www.bartleby.com /67/1524.html (359 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Red Cross plans airlift to Sudan region
		AL-FASHER, Sudan — The International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday it was mounting a major airlift of relief supplies to Sudan's troubled Darfur region, its largest such operation since the war in Iraq.
		Sudan's interior minister, meanwhile, said a cease-fire with rebel factions in Darfur was violated twice on the opening day of peace talks that aim to bring an end to the crisis.
		Sudan, which has long denied backing a scorched-earth policy by the Janjaweed to crush the revolt, insists it is working with the international community to ease the crisis and is moving to rein in the Arab militia.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002014691_sudan25.html (437 words)

	Place:Sudan - Genealogy
		It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest.
		This region was also known as the Nubian Kingdom and these civilizations flourished mainly along the Nile River from the first to the sixth cataracts.
		He led a nationalist revolt against Egyptian rule culminating in the fall of Khartoum (city), Sudan in 1885, in which the British General Gordon was killed, and during which a tribe in the region of Port Sudan, Sudan inspired Rudyard Kipling's poem Fuzzy Wuzzy.
	werelate.org /wiki/Place:Sudan (1408 words)

	Sudan (region) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sudan (region), vast geographical region of northern Africa, extending east to west across the continent.
		Sudan (country), republic in northeastern Africa, the largest country of the African continent.
		The anarchic state of affairs that developed after Gordon’s resignation culminated in 1882 in a revolution led by Muhammad Ahmad, who in 1881 had...
	encarta.msn.com /Sudan_(region).html (139 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Q&A: Sudan's Darfur conflict
		Sudan's government and the pro-government Arab militias are accused of war crimes against the region's fl African population, although the UN has stopped short of calling it genocide.
		The conflict began in the arid and impoverished region early in 2003 after a rebel group began attacking government targets, saying the region was being neglected by Khartoum.
		Sudan continues to resist strong western diplomatic pressure for the UN to take control of the peacekeeping mission.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm (1043 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Sudan at the crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Al- Helw, took over as SPLA commander of the Nuba Mountain region, after the death of the veteran SPLA commander Yusuf Kuwa, who was largely responsible for winning the mainly Muslim region over to the southern Sudanese- dominated SPLA.
		Sudan, suspected of harbouring terrorists and still classified by Washington as a state sponsoring terrorism, is fearful of a US punitive attack.
		The period of incubation for Al-Qa'eda was between 1992-96 in Sudan and the forum was the Popular Islamic Congress.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/569/re2.htm (1317 words)

	USATODAY.com - War crimes probe into Sudan's Darfur region begins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sudan has indicated it will not cooperate with the court, saying it intends to set up its own tribunal to prosecute crimes.
		The vast western region of Darfur is the scene of what the United Nations has called one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
		By launching an investigation "the prosecutor has stated he does not think the courts in Sudan have the intention or the ability to conduct prosecutions aimed at those with the most responsibility," he said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-06-06-sudan_x.htm (715 words)

	Press Releases: Sudan, Reconstruction in the Nuba mountains region of Sudan
		Reconstruction in the Nuba mountains region of Sudan
		Consequently, in several regions of the country, the population is facing chronic and severe food insecurity and malnutrition, especially among poor and vulnerable groups in rural areas.
		The Nuba Mountains Region covers an area of about 80,000 square kilometres with a population estimated at 1,025,772 according to the UN census of 1998.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6FACKE?OpenDocument (1463 words)

	Darfur conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sudan was blamed for the attack, which was the second in the region in three days.
		The escalating tensions in the region led to the government of Chad declaring its hostility toward Sudan and calling for Chadian citizens to mobilise themselves against the "common enemy".
		Chad · Sudan · N'Djamena · Adré · Geneina · Abéché
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darfur_conflict (4311 words)

	African Studies Center \| Sudan Page
		It is a charitable organization for the relief of poverty and sickness and the rehabilitation of indigent or displaced peoples of the Sudan and its neighboring countries.
		The Sudan Studies Association (SSA) is an independent professional society founded in the United States in 1981.
		A private university in Sudan established in 1966, dedicated to educating women, strengthening women's roles in national and rural development, and achieving equity for women in Sudanese society Omdurman, Sudan.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/Sudan.html (1130 words)

	Genocide in Sudan -- In These Times
		But the end result was that the commission released an innocuous and meaningless statement that failed to condemn the government of Sudan for its role in orchestrating the vast human destruction in Darfur.
		The government of Sudan, dominated by the National Islamic Front, is relentlessly, deliberately destroying the African tribal peoples of the region.
		Sudan is aided by a large militia force comprising various Arab tribal peoples called the Janjaweed (“warriors on horseback”).
	www.inthesetimes.com /site/main/article/genocide_in_sudan (1964 words)

	CNN.com - Probe into Sudan genocide claims - Apr 22, 2004
		Violence in the country's oil-rich Darfur region has raged for more than a year, displacing as many as one million people inside Sudan and forcing over 110,000 into neighboring Chad, according to U. estimates.
		Many refugees fleeing the violence allege the militias are carrying out serious widespread abuses that amount to crimes against humanity, rape, arbitrary and racial killings as well as the destruction of homes and civilian areas.
		Earlier this month, Sudan's government and two main rebel groups signed a temporary cease-fire agreement to allow humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged western region of the country.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/africa/04/22/sudan.genocide (585 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. envoy says Sudan one of his toughest tasks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Bush administration's new envoy to Sudan said his mission to try to stop the genocide in Darfur will be a daunting assignment.
		John Prendergast, a Sudan specialist with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based organization that seeks to end conflicts, said U.S. leverage is limited because Sudan's intelligence chief, Maj. Gen.
		Sudan is Africa's third-largest oil producer and the third-largest supplier of oil to China, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council with the power to veto any sanctions.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-09-24-sudan-us-envoy_x.htm (898 words)

	The ICRC in Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		However, the conflict that began in early 2003 pitting government forces and Janjaweed militia against the rebel forces of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and Equality Movement in the western region of Darfur has necessitated the ICRC's biggest deployment worldwide.
		Sudan: small successes in camps where the outlook is bleak
		Sudan remains the ICRC's biggest operation worldwide, largely because of the ongoing conflict in the western province of Darfur.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/sudan?OpenDocument (1052 words)

	Sudan Web Links: Library and Links: Jeannette Rankin Library Program: U.S. Institute of Peace
		IGAD's web site provides a background information about the regional development organization based in Djibouti, its seven member states including Sudan, press releases, publications, and a special section on the Sudan peace process.
		Extensive database of news and analysis on Sudan, with articles contributed by OneWorld partners, searchable by keyword, topic, and region with additional criteria for narrowing the search.
		Documents for Sudan and Sudan-Uganda include the full text of 12 peace agreements, dating from the Agreement between the Governments of Sudan and Uganda (Dec. 8, 1999) to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in January 2005.
	www.usip.org /library/regions/sudan.html (1351 words)

	Sudan - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		Sudan's large oil deposits are central to the ongoing violence, as foreign governments and companies vie for lucrative concessions.
		The government of Sudan has refused the extension of the African Union’s (AU) mandate after September and rejected the UN resolution seeking the deployment of a UN force in Darfur.
		After the Sudan Liberation Army's unprecedented attack on an undefended camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur, UN Chief of Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland warned that the UN peacekeeping mission in Southern Sudan (UNMIS) may not be able to sustain its operations under escalating insecurity.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/sudanindex.htm (10453 words)

	Waveflux
		Peace talks on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region progressed at a snail's pace in Nigeria on Tuesday with the opposing camps considering a draft declaration of principles that has yet to be discussed face-to-face.
		Sudan, which has rejected trying its citizens in a foreign court, could announce the make-up of a tribunal to try people accused of war crimes in the troubled region of Darfur soon, a senior official said on Saturday.
		A large number of internally displaced persons in the western Sudanese region of Darfur are unlikely to return to their homes in the immediate future, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in his monthly report to the Security Council, which called for the strengthening of the African Union mission in Darfur.
	www.waveflux.net /archives/cat_sudan.php (8370 words)

	Sudan on the Internet
		"Sudan’s peace process is entering its final, most difficult phase and it is essential that the United States make a clear commitment to its bilateral relationship with Sudan and remain closely involved in the post-agreement process.
		Sudan Liberation Movement and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLM/A) In Arabic and English.
		Sudan Archaeological Society in Berlin/ Die Sudan-archaologische Gesellschaft zu Berlin E.V. Based at Humboldt-Universitat, describes their projects, has tips for travelers to the Sudan, table of contents of its bulletin, photographs of wall paintings, temples, many links to other Sudan archaeology web sites, and an annotated bibliography of publications on the Sudan.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/sudan.html (8374 words)

	Sudan crisis - Amnesty International
		Even as the government of Sudan resists the deployment of international peacekeepers in Darfur, it has launched a new military offensive in the region.
		It is the absolute minimum of what is required to protect the people of Darfur and must be replaced, as soon as possible, with a strong UN peacekeeping force.
		Sudan: Civilians in Darfur held hostage to deadlock between Sudan and the UN (11/9/06)
	web.amnesty.org /pages/sdn-index-eng (599 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Crisis Zone: Darfur, Sudan
		UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour says, "The government of Sudan and militias aligned with them, some still actively supported by them, continue to be responsible for the most serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law." She says the "atrocities" qualify as crimes because of their nature and scale.
		The UN chief in Sudan says the government is unlikely to let UN peacekeepers in the country anytime soon.
		In a unanimous vote, both houses of the U.S. Congress declare that "the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide." The resolution passes 422-0 in the House of Representatives and passes without dissent in the Senate.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/sudan/darfur.html (4606 words)

	Sudan - Council on Foreign Relations
		Sudan continues to refuse a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur.
		Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan
		An impotent UN Security Council and an ineffective African Union peacekeeping force have failed to alleviate the misery in Sudan's western Darfur region, where over a hundred thousand have been killed and millions of refugees are threatening security across the region.
	www.cfr.org /region/197/sudan.html (518 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		Despite the arrival of international troops and ongoing peace talks, the crisis in the African nation of Sudan remains as severe as ever.
		A campaign of what the United Nations describes as "ethnic cleansing" by Arab militias against non-Arab villagers has created a climate of terror across the huge Darfur region in Sudan's west.
		Tens of thousands are estimated to have died and more than 2 million people have been displaced by a civil war which has created widespread famine.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2004/sudan (180 words)

	Middle East Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		US claims Sudan slow to grant its envoy visa while restricting diplomats’ movement, Khartoum dismisses charges.
		JEM rebels seize town of Hamrat al-Sheikh in North Kordofan province, sparking deadly clashes with Sudan’s army.
		Famished residents welcome halt in Sudanese rebel attacks on food convoys in Darfur region.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/sudan (404 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - World: About 200,000 killed in Darfur region: U.S. professors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Between 170,000 and 255,000 people have died in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region since 2003, said a new study that insists the death toll is often underreported.
		But the actual number of people who have died could be as high as 400,000, said one of the study's author's John Hagan, a sociology and law professor at Northwestern University in Illinois.
		There is much uncertainty in estimating the death toll in Darfur because of difficulties obtaining accurate body counts in the conflict-ridden region, said the study, which was published Friday in the journal Science.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/World/2006/09/15/1847853-ap.html (613 words)

	allAfrica.com: Sudan
		Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan today to "lock in progress" made so far to end the crisis in the country's strife-torn Darfur region and observe first-hand the situation on the ground ahead of the deployment of a massive joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation.
		Sudan has again appealed to the international community for help on behalf of thousands of its citizens devastated by historic floods since July.
		The visit to Sudan by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will focus on the search for lasting peace in the Darfur region and encourage progress on the north-south peace deal, a senior humanitarian worker said.
	allafrica.com /sudan (969 words)

	Sudan
		Andrew S. Natsios, hosted "Ask the White House", Wednesday, April 18, 2007, to discuss the crisis in Darfur and efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region.
		We welcome progress between the parties to the Juba peace negotiations toward agreement on general principles of accountability and reconciliation, a critical part of the peace process.
		At least one conflict – and frequently more – has raged in the region continuously since 1960.
	www.state.gov /p/af/ci/su (469 words)

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