By Peter Heinlein United Nations 18 April 2007 A United Nations report is accusing Sudan of flying weapons and heavy military equipment into Darfur in violation of Security Council resolutions. Correspondent Peter Heinlein at the U.N. tells us furthe...
By Noel King Khartoum 18 April 2007 Sudan's traditional society paired with a strict Islamic government means that HIV and AIDS are not often discussed in the public arena. Now, in an effort to stem the spread of the disease, the government is partne...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 17 April 2007 Sudan has agreed to the first large deployment of U.N. peacekeepers and equipment in Darfur to bolster a beleaguered African Union force. But as VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from U.N. headquarters, weste...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 February 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Sudan for two days of meetings with his Sudanese counterpart and other officials. The talks are expected to cover the situation in Darfur, Iran's controversial nuc...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has accused Sudan's president of breaking a promise to allow a human rights mission to visit Darfur. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports. Ban Ki-m...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 February 2007 French President Jacques Chirac is urging Sudan to accept more peacekeepers in its troubled Darfur region, while also pushing for a meeting between Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and other African leaders at...
By Jim Fry Washington, DC 13 February 2007 watch Sudan UN report The Sudanese government Monday said it would deny visas to a U.N. human rights mission due to arrive this week to investigate alleged abuses in Darfur. The team leader says it is in Su...
By Noel King Khartoum 13 January 2007 The international community is continuing its push for a political solution to the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. The European Union's special representative to Sudan says efforts are under way to sign holdout...
By Noel King Khartoum 11 January 2007 The interim U.N. envoy to Sudan is appealing for a cessation of hostilities in the Darfur region, saying only a political solution can resolve the crisis, which has claimed hundreds-of-thousands of lives. Noel Ki...
By Noel King Khartoum 10 January 2007 The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, has wrapped up a four-day trip to Sudan as head of a delegation from U.S.-based advocacy group, the Save Darfur Coalition. Richardson did not accomp...