Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were on Sunday freed in Darfur, the Sudanese region gripped by civil war and a wave of kidnappings. The two were working for a French charity, Triangle Generation Humanitaire, when they were kidnapped in November 2009 in the Central African Republic, across the border from ...

The United States called Thursday for all Darfur rebel groups to play a role in talks on a peace agreement and said that people in the war-torn region needed to see concrete improvements in security. Sudan's government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the main rebel group in the parched western region, signed a cease-fire last month and ...

Sudan and Darfur's main rebel group signed a ceasefire agreement and a framework accord for a final peace deal on Tuesday, which will still need to be backed by other armed factions. Justice and Equality Movement leader Khalil Ibrahim said he and Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir signed the accord, which is due to take effect at midnight in Darfur ...

Sudan and Darfur's main rebel group were to sign a ceasefire and power-sharing agreement on Tuesday although a final peace deal still needs backing from other armed factions. Justice and Equality Movement leader Khalil Ibrahim and Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir were in Doha for the signing ceremony, along with the leaders of Qatar and Chad, who facilitated talks between ...