No refugeFear stalks Darfur camps as violence begins to take hold Dec 4, 2007
Mike Thomson BBC News, El Fashir, Northern Darfur. Aid workers are finding it hard to get to camps like Abu Shouk. (BBC News -- Africa)
Displaced in DarfurWhat do you want to know about life in war-torn western Sudan? Oct 25, 2007
The BBC's Amber Henshaw is at the Abu Shouk camp, for internally displaced people, on the outskirts of El Fashir in north Darfur, and will be putting your questions to some of the camp's residents on Thursday ... ABU SHOUK CAMP, NEAR EL FASHIR, NORTH DARFUR ... She has now enrolled in El Fashir University where she is studying English. (BBC News)
Sudan: Peacekeeper Killings are War Crimes Oct 2, 2007
A Nigerian commander who was kidnapped outside the AMIS compound in Al Fashir has been missing since December 2006. The attack on Sunday took place as preparations are underway for the deployment of UNAMID and a new round of peace talks in Tripoli, Libya, on October 27. (AlertNet)
UN chief: Darfur talks to resume soon Sep 6, 2007
FASHIR, Sudan, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday that the peace negotiations between the Sudanese government and rebel movements in the western Sudanese region of Darfur would resume soon. Ban made the announcement at a meeting in Fashir, the capital city of North Darfur State, with governor of the state Osman Mohammed Yousef Kibr and other senior officials of the state government ... Ban arrived in Fashir earlier Wednesday on the first visit of a... (Xinhuanet, China)
UN chief kicks off visit in Sudan Sep 4, 2007
During his one day visit in Darfur, the UN secretary general will inspect Abushok, the biggest refugee camp on the outskirts of Fashir, North Darfur state to get acquainted with the situations of some 90 thousand displaced people living there. This will be the first visit of a UN secretary general in a refugee camp in Darfur. (Xinhuanet, China)
Congolese mourn 'Rumba king' Aug 24, 2007
Ibrahim Abdalla Nour, El Fashir, Sudan. I remember listening to Madilu's music from an early age and like most people, despite not understanding the language at all, I enjoyed. (BBC News -- Africa)
UN to send peacekeepers to Darfur Aug 1, 2007
"One of the anecdotes that is often used by scholars trying to make that point is that when the train from Khartoum arrives in Al Fashir, the capital of Darfur, Darfuris say, 'There's the train from Sudan,' to suggest that they themselves see themselves somewhat differently from the Sudanese," he said. "There's never really been that assimilation and integration into the Sudan for the people of Darfur.". (ABC Online)
SUDAN: Unrecognised IDPs complain of falling through the cracks Jul 21, 2007
"They moved to Al Salam from Zamzam [another IDP camp on the outskirts of El Fashir] because of administrative problems caused by some international NGOs interested in a new camp," the governor alleged. "There is no justification, logic or reason to open a new camp," he continued. (AlertNet)
China's special envoy visits Sudan's Darfur May 24, 2007
In Fashir, the capital city of North Darfur State, the Chinese special envoy visited Abu Shok, the biggest refugee camp in the state, where he inspected a distribution of rice and oil for the refugees. Officials concerned told the Chinese official that the distribution was carried out once a month in the camp and each refugee can attain a daily quota of some 500 grams of foods, half of which were provided by the Sudanese government while the other half were provided by international relief... (People's Daily Online, China)
Progress achieved despite flaws in Darfur in past year May 6, 2007
"The ball is now on the court of the (rebel) factions which have not signed the DPA, " Minawi told Xinhua in Fashir, capital of North Darfur State, adding that this year would be "decisive" for the implementation of the peace agreement. After signing the DPA, Minawi was sworn in at a magnificent ceremony in Khartoum in August last year as the senior presidential assistant and the chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA). (Xinhuanet, China)
Special envoy of Chinese gov't visits Sudan's Darfur Apr 8, 2007
In Fashir, the capital city of the North Darfur state, the Chinese envoy visited Abu Shok, the biggest camp for the internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in the state, where administrative officials stressed that life of some 50,000 IDPs in the camp were "stable and natural". They said that the Sudanese government provided one half of the foods needed by the IDPs while international organizations provided the other half, adding that most of the IDPs wanted to return to their homelands only after... (Xinhuanet, China)
The ICC "Application" Concerning International Crimes in Darfur Feb 28, 2007
The turning point in the counterinsurgency strategy occurred after the attack against the Al Fashir airport in April 2003 with unprecedented losses for the Government ... After the attack on Al Fashir, Ahmad Harun was appointed Minister of State for the Interior of the Government of the Sudan and tasked to head the Darfur Security desk. (Sudan Tribune)
News - ICRC deplores Darfur situation Feb 22, 2007
As well as Gereida, Mr Kellenberger visited Nyala and Al Fashir in south and north Darfur and Juba in southern Sudan. There were several reasons for this, his third visit to Sudan since 2004. (AlertNet)
