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February 27 , 2008

Boiling Over 27/02-2008 11:44 (The New Republic)

A terrible consequence of the Darfur Peace Agreement, signed in May 2006 and resulting chiefly in dividing the anti-Khartoum rebel movement, is that it has allowed too many influential people to speak euphemistically about the crisis that's taking place in western Sudan and eastern Chad.

China gestures 27/02-2008 11:33 (Washington Times)

On Sunday, China's envoy to Darfur, Liu Guijin, urged greater cooperation on the part of Sudanese officials, who have refused to allow more than half of a 26,000-member, U.N.-sanctioned peacekeeping force into the region.

Balkan Ghosts 27/02-2008 11:31 (The New Republic)

Nine years later, and 2,000 miles to the south, another group--the people of Darfur--are waiting (still!) for the West to come to their rescue. During the four-plus years since the Sudanese regime unleashed a genocide in its country's western corner, the violence has ebbed and flowed.

Darfur Advocates Urged Not to Quit 5 Years On 27/02-2008 11:30 (Christian Post)

It's a dark anniversary Tuesday for Darfurians, who entered their sixth year of deadly conflict amid a recent upsurge of violence.

Session shows nation's pain 27/02-2008 11:28 (Cincinnati Enquirer)

The gruesome image of a charred body included in a video presentation about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan reminded Ibrahim Hamid of the fate of his home village.

Chad holds secret talks with rebels 27/02-2008 01:43 (Yahoo News USA)

UNITED NATIONS - Chad's foreign minister said Tuesday the government is holding secret discussions with rebel groups who support peace and national reconciliation following a coup attempt earlier this month.

Dark anniversary for Darfur 26/02-2008 19:15 (Xtra News)

KHARTOUM (AFP) - The deadly conflict in Darfur entered its sixth year on Tuesday with no solution in sight as Khartoum continued to resist the full deployment of a peacekeeping force amid a fresh wave of bombings.

Bush's Legacy to Darfur 26/02-2008 14:25 (Washington Post)

Andrew Natsios' illustrates in stark terms much of what has been wrong with U.S. policy since the Darfur genocide began to unfold in 2003. He unwittingly highlights three crucial ingredients of U.

Austrian Peacekeepers Head to Chad 26/02-2008 14:05 (The New York Times)

Filed at 1:48 p.m. ET VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- A contingent of about 50 Austrian troops headed to Chad early Tuesday to take part in a European Union peacekeeping mission, the Defense Ministry said.

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Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Center for Justice and Peace Studies

Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Coalition for Darfur

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conscience International

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Leaders Network (DLN)

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

East Africa Law Society

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Forum of African Affairs (FOAA)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)