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Sudanese government troops ignore an African Union deadline to cease fighting in the war-torn Darfur region. About 70,000 people have since died in Darfur since February of 2003, when rebels began attacking Arab government targets, claiming that the region was being neglected.. |
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The Sudanese army and police forces have surrounded several refugee camps in the war-torn region of Darfur in Sudan. The United Nations reports that they are denying access to humanitarian groups. |
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The UN announces that the Darfur death toll has reached 70,000. David Nabarro, head of the World Health Organisation's health crisis group, said up to 10,000 people were still dying in refugee camps each month. |
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The US Secretary of State Colin Powell declares that genocide has taken place in Sudan's Darfur region. |
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A new United Nations Security Councilreport says Sudan has not disarmed Arab militias or stopped attacks against civilians in the strife-torn Darfur region. It calls for more foreign troops in Sudan, but does not recommend any sanctions against Khartoum, as had been threatened in an earlier UN reso ... |
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The Sudanese cabinet condemns the 30-day deadline for action on Darfur as set by the UNSC. Instead, it says it will implement the 90-day programme agreed upon earlier with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. |
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France deploys 200 troops along the border between Chad and Sudan to prevent the Arab Janjaweed militia from spreading the Darfur region violence. In the past, the Janjaweed has pursued refugees over the border, and observers say militias may soon attack refugee camps in Chad for food. |
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell warns Sudan to accept the new UN resolution and dedicate the next 30 days to controlling the marauding Arab Janjaweed militia that has driven a million people from their homes and killed 30,000 more. |
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The Sudanese government in Khartoum rejects a UN Security Council resolution threatening to impose sanctions in 30 days if Sudan does not prosecute and disarm militias in the Darfur region. |
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The US Senate and House of Representatives pass a joint resolution declaring the armed conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur to be genocide and calling on the Bush administration to lead an international effort to put a stop to it. |
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Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail warns Washington not to spark an Iraq-style crisis over the civil war in the Darfur region of Sudan. |
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Following U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Sudan, Kofi Annan received a first-hand look at the crisis engulfing Sudan's Darfur region. |
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Refugees at a camp in eastern Chad tell visiting Kofi Annan of "gross and systematic" abuses of human rights by the Janjaweed. |
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Kofi Annan arrives in Khartoum for a three-day visit to Sudan and Chad. He talks with Sudanese Government officials and United States Secretary of State Colin Powell about the situation in Darfur and the obstacles faced by humanitarian workers in distributing aid. |
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President Omar al-Bashir issued a decree ordering the disarmament of all militias in Darfur, and instructing government forces "to control and pursue all outlaw groups, including rebels and Janjaweed." |
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UNHCR relocates nearly 90,000 people to safer camps inside Chad. |
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After an estimated 2,000,000 deaths in the bloody Sudanese Civil War, a historic agreement is signed between the Islamic government and Christian SLM rebels. Protocols on power-sharing, sharing of oil revenues, and separate monetary systems in the north and south are established. The agreement does ... |
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Expressing grave concern regarding human rights abuses, the UNSC issues a presidential statement calling on Khartoum to neutralize and disarm the Janjaweed. |
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The "Janjaweed" militia attacks a village south of Nyala town in Sudan killing and injuring dozens of civilians in what has been described as "ethnic cleansing" operations executed by the Sudanese government and its militia. |
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Following their visit, Morris and other senior UN officials conclude the Darfur situation to be one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. They estimated the number of displaced persons to be above one million. |
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After briefing the UNSC, Mr. Egeland says a coordinated, "scorched-earth" campaign of ethnic cleansing by Janjaweed militias against Darfur’s black African population is taking place. The Council issues a presidential statement expressing its concern about the humanitarian situation and calling for ... |
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UNHCR personnel begin to relocate refugees to the first safe camp away from the border, in the town of Farchana. Its capacity is only 9,000 to 12,000 people. |
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees unveils a plan to construct safe camps in Chad away from the border with Sudan, where militias continue to conduct attacks on Darfur region refugees. Almost 100,000 refugees are now in Chad. |
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Tom Eric Vraalsen announces that humanitarian efforts in Darfur Sudan come to a near stand still because of the authorities who are denying access. |
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Arab Janjaweed militias burn villages and murder and rape of civilians, prompting at least 10,000 new refugees to stream into Chad. |
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