Tag: Darfur
ICC Ends Banda Darfur War Crimes Case
The International Criminal Court (ICC) terminated its case against Sudanese rebel commander Abdallah Banda on July 23 and vacated his outstanding arrest warrant.The charges concerned Banda's alleged role in the September 2007 attack on an African Union peacekeeping base at Haskanita in North Darfur, which killed 12 peacekeepers. He faced…
Drone Strike Raises Chad — Sudan Border Tensions
A drone from Sudan reportedly struck Bamina in eastern Chad on July 21, injuring two children and burning vehicles and shops, according to a local Chadian official quoted by Sudan Tribune.The official said two locations were hit about seven kilometres inside Chad. He did not accuse either side in Sudan’s…
Sudan Rejects Renewed US Chemical Weapons Claim
Sudan's army-aligned government has rejected US allegations that the Sudanese Armed Forces used chemical weapons in the civil war, telling the UN Security Council that Washington has provided no evidence to Khartoum or the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.Chargé d'affaires Ammar Mohamed Mahmoud invoked the 1998 US destruction…
El Obeid Exposes Sudan’s Missing Peace Strategy
El Obeid, the capital of Sudan's North Kordofan state, is home to approximately half a million people, including more than 100,000 displaced by the civil war. It links Darfur, held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to army-controlled central and eastern Sudan, and has faced intensifying RSF pressure in recent…
