Annan: Violence Intensifying in Darfur
In a grim report on the 20-month conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) says violence intensified in October and there are strong indications of war crimes "on a large and systematic scale."
Associated Press 11/4/2004

Oxfam: Civilian populations held captive as security deteriorates in Darfur
More than a hundred thousand people are essentially being held captive by armed militias in West Darfur, international aid agency Oxfam reports today.
Oxfam International 11/4/2004

Security Situation Deteriorating In Darfur (Sudan)
UN agencies and humanitarian groups are warning that the security situation in the conflict-ridden Darfur region of Sudan is deteriorating amid reports that government forces may be forcing displaced people (DP) to return to their homes.
OneWorld US 11/4/2004

U.S. Official: Sudan Darfur Deaths May Reach 300,000
The death toll in Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur region could rise six-fold by the end of the year — hitting 300,000 — because of worsening food shortages among refugees, a senior U.S. aid official said Monday.
Associated Press  10/4/2004

Sudan: U.S. Declares Darfur Situation 'Genocide'
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Thursday declared that the past 18 months of attacks by government forces and Arab militias on black African farmers in the western region of Darfur amounted to "genocide" and pledged to push hard at the U.N. Security Council for tough measures against Khartoum to stop it.
Inter Press Service 9/15/2004

Death Rates in Sudan's Darfur Rising, WHO Says
Between 6,000 and 10,000 people are dying from disease and violence each month in Sudan's Darfur region as heavy rains and a marauding militia hinder U.N. efforts to respond to one of Africa's worst humanitarian crises, according to a survey of mortality rates by the United Nations' World Health Organization.
Washington Post 9/15/2004

U.N.: Up to 10,000 Dying a Month in Darfur Camps
Up to 10,000 people, many of them children, are dying each month from disease and violence in Darfur camps, despite the international aid effort in the vast and arid region, the World Health Organization (news - web sites) said Monday.
Reuters 9/15/2004

Sudan: Death Rate Among Internally Displaced Soars in Darfur
The high mortality rates documented by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the past few weeks in camps of internally displaced people in the Darfur region of western Sudan are comparable to those seen in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, said an expert from the United Nations agency.
Inter Press Service 9/14/2004

UN and US warn that huge death toll in Sudan's Darfur crisis is now inevitable
A humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions is now inevitable in western Sudan's Darfur region and up to one million people could die if aid cannot be delivered there swiftly, international officials warned.
Agence France Presse 6/3/2004

'Crimes Against Humanity' in Sudan, Charge UN, Rights Group
Sudan's government is guilty of "ethnic cleansing" and crimes against humanity, charges a new report released Friday by Human Rights Watch that accuses government-backed Arab militias of systematic attacks on black Sudanese peasants and government forces of starving black Sudanese to death in concentration camps.
OneWorld US  5/7/2004

Sudan: Government Commits ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Darfur
The Sudanese government is responsible for “ethnic cleansing” and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
Human Rights Watch 5/7/2004

Sudan: After the War, the Food Crisis
With violence still continuing, a food crisis now threatens more than a million people displaced by the armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
Inter Press Service 5/5/2004

Sudan 'atrocity' report withheld
Human rights campaigners are outraged that a United Nations report alleging grave abuses in western Sudan is being withheld from a UN debate on the issue.
BBC 4/22/2004

Sudan Clashes Force Thousands From Home
At least 50,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks because of militia attacks and fighting between Sudanese government and rebel forces in southern Sudan, the United Nations said Sunday.
Associated Press 4/21/2004

Report: Darfur Destroyed - Ethnic Cleansing by Government and Militia Forces in Western Sudan
The government of Sudan is responsible for “ethnic cleansing” and crimes against humanity in Darfur, one of the world’s poorest and most inaccessible regions, on Sudan’s western border with Chad, according to this report released today by Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch