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Sudan

CBC stories (May 2004 - May 2006)

Last Updated January 11, 2011

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2006

Darfur peace talks continue (May 3, 2006)

Darfur peace talks to continue (May 2, 2006)

MPs debate Canada's role in Darfur

Militants given 48 hours more to accept Darfur peace proposal (April 30, 2006)

UN human rights chief to visit Sudan (April 29, 2006)

UN agency cuts Darfur refugees' rations (April 28, 2006)

Troops quash rebel attack on capital of Chad (April 13, 2006)

MPs call for aid for Darfur (April 6, 2006)

NATO proposes UN role in Darfur (March 20, 2006)

Chadians fleeing to Darfur to escape violence (Feb. 28, 2006)

2005

Canadian soldiers likely bound for Sudan (May 6, 2005)

Donor nations pledge $4.5 billion for Sudan (April 12, 2005)

Darfur war crimes to be tried in UN court (March 31, 2005)

Sudan arrests 15 for Darfur violence (March 28, 2005)

UN peacekeepers headed to Sudan, but not Darfur (March 24, 2005)

UN pulls staff from western Sudan (March 16, 2005)

Darfur deaths in the hundreds of thousands: UN (March 14, 2005)

Putin OKs Russian troops for Sudan (Feb. 3, 2005)

Sudan's mass killings not genocide: UN report (Feb. 1, 2005)

Sudan accused of bombing civilians in Darfur (Jan. 26, 2005)

Annan expects action following Darfur report (Jan. 25, 2005)

'Intense violence' looms in Sudan: envoy (Jan. 12, 2005)

All sides in Darfur conflict told to respect truce (Jan. 5, 2005)

2004

Ceasefire signed in southern Sudan war (Dec. 31, 2004)

Children's charity pulls out of Darfur over killings (Dec. 21, 2004)

Fighting continues in Darfur despite ceasefire pledge, African Union says (Dec. 19, 2004)

Two UN aid workers killed in Sudan (Dec. 13, 2004)

Nigerian reinforcements arrive in Darfur (Oct. 28, 2004)

70,000 have died in Darfur camps: WHO (Oct. 15, 2004)

Sudan official to U.S.: Send troops to Darfur (Oct. 6, 2004)

Martin criticizes slow response to disaster in Sudan (Sept. 22, 2004)

Sudan dismisses threat of UN sanctions (Sept. 19, 2004)

UN renews threats against Sudan (Sept. 18, 2004)

Darfur peace talks break down (Sept. 15, 2004)

Sudan rejects U.S. 'genocide' designation (Sept. 10, 2004)

Atrocities in Sudan 'genocide': Powell (Sept. 9, 2004)

Canada to give $20 million for Sudan: report (Sept. 8, 2004)

Send more monitors to Sudan: UN report (Sept. 1, 2004)

Dallaire rages at lack of action on Sudan (Sept. 1, 2004)

UN deadline for Sudan expires (Aug. 30, 2004)

Sudan militias operating openly, rights group says (Aug. 27, 2004)

Sudan rejects troop offer (Aug. 23, 2004)

Rwandan troops arrive in Sudan's Darfur region (Aug. 15, 2004)

UN report blames gov't for Darfur crisis (Aug. 6, 2004)

100,000 Sudanese protest UN resolution on Darfur (Aug. 4, 2004)

UN aid arriving in Darfur (Aug. 2, 2004)

U.S. softens Sudan resolution (July 29, 2004)

European Union hints at sanctions for Sudan (July 26, 2004)

Darfur militia raping girls as young as 8: report (July 19, 2004)

Sudan peace talks collapse (July 17, 2004)

African Union sending military force to Darfur (July 5, 2004)

Darfur crisis to top African summit agenda (July 4, 2004)

Sudan agrees to control violence (July 3, 2004)

Stop militias, Annan tells Sudan president (July 2, 2004)

Annan promises protection for Sudan refugees (July 1, 2004)

Powell tells Sudan to end ethnic cleansing in Darfur (June 30, 2004)

Sudan rivals reopen peace talks (June 27, 2004)

Aid sought for Sudan crisis (June 3, 2004)

Malnutrition, diarrhea, dehydration stalking Sudanese refugees in Chad (May 19, 2004)

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Quick Facts

Population: 39,148,162

Capital: Khartoum

President: Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir

Ethnic groups: 52 per cent black, 39 per cent Arab, six per cent Beja (nomadic tribesmen), four per cent foreigners and others

Major religions: Sunni Muslim in the north, indigenous beliefs, mostly Christian in the south and Khartoum

Location: bordered by the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya and Uganda

Area total: 2,505,810 sq. km (the largest country on the continent)

Life Expectancy:58.13 years

Resources: petroleum, copper, zinc, tungsten, silver, gold, cotton, peanuts, millet, wheat, sugar cane, cassava, mangos, bananas, papaya, sweet potatoes, sesame, sheep

Industries: textiles, cement, sugar, shoes, pharmaceuticals, light truck assembly

Trading partners: China, Japan, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, India, UK, Germany, Indonesia, Australia

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