Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers Sunday during his first trip to Darfur after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes there. ...more

March 9, 2009

Rappers often refer to themselves and members of their posses as soldiers. ...more

October 7, 2008

President Bush challenged the United Nations on Tuesday to live up to its ideals by fighting terrorism and promoting freedom around the world while taking more vigorous action to end the killing in Sudan's Darfur region and pressure the Burmese government to lift its repression. ...more

September 24, 2008

Hijackers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region seized a jetliner carrying nearly 100 people, including local Darfur officials, and forced it to land at a World War II-era airfield in the heart of the Sahara Desert in neighboring Libya, officials said. ...more

August 27, 2008

Sudan's ruling party warned Sunday there will be more violence in Darfur if the country's president is indicted for crimes against humanity and genocide, while hundreds of people rallied in Khartoum to support the leader. ...more

July 14, 2008

About 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs launched a brazen attack on international peacekeepers in Darfur, killing seven in the deadliest strike against the under-equipped and understaffed mission since it deployed, the United Nations said Wednesday. ...more

July 10, 2008

Darfur rebels from western Sudan took their five-year struggle to the doorstep of their country's capital Saturday, engaging government forces in gunbattles on the outskirts of Khartoum. ...more

May 11, 2008

On ground haunted by one of the worst atrocities of modern times, President Bush pleaded with the global community Tuesday for decisive action to stop grisly ethnic violence now plaguing other African nations, such as Kenya and Sudan. ...more

February 20, 2008

Better Things To Do Regarding "He Said, He Said" (front page, Feb. 14): God help us. This country is fighting wars in two places in the world. The national debt is at an all-time high. We are told a recession is looming. Homes are being foreclosed on, and the economy is in the tank. ...more

February 16, 2008

President Bush will find violent conflicts threatening nearly every corner of Africa when he begins a six-day visit Saturday. The continent's turmoil and trouble, however, are not expected to be Topic A for the president. ...more

February 14, 2008