Thursday, October 11, 2007

Chronology

By Alfred de Montesquiou
Associated Press
Monday, October 1, 2007; Page A15

HASKANITA, Sudan, Sept. 30 -- Rebel forces stormed a small African Union base in northern Darfur and killed at least 10 peacekeepers, leaving behind charred armored vehicles and bombed-out barracks in an unprecedented attack on the beleaguered mission.

By Craig Timberg
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, October 2, 2007; Page A09

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 1 -- Senegal threatened Monday to withdraw its more than 500 troops from Darfur, moving the African Union's beleaguered peacekeeping mission closer to collapse after a spectacular militia attack over the weekend left 10 A.U. soldiers dead and dozens more missing or wounded.

By Alfred de Montesquiou
Associated Press
Thursday, October 4, 2007; Page A20


KABKABIYA, Sudan, Oct. 3 -- Former president Jimmy Carter confronted Sudanese security officials Wednesday during a visit to the western region of Darfur, shouting, "You don't have the power to stop me!" at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict.

"You can't go. It's not on the program!" the local security chief, who gave only his first name as Omar, yelled at Carter, who is in Darfur as part of a delegation of international figures known as "the Elders.

By Alfred de Montesquiou
Associated Press
Monday, October 8, 2007; Page A18

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 7 -- A Darfur town under the control of Sudanese government troops has been razed, the United Nations said Sunday. The destruction of the town in western Sudan was in apparent retaliation for a suspected rebel attack on a nearby African Union peacekeeping base a week ago.

By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 10, 2007; Page A11


UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 9 -- Even as nearly two dozen countries are signing up to send thousands of peacekeepers to Darfur, a U.N.-backed force deploying there still lacks crucial equipment, a shortfall that could threaten the viability of the mission, according to senior U.N. officials.

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