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A tractor-trailer and a truck carrying passengers crash head-on on a highway in Darfur, Sudan, causing 57 deaths and 20 injuries.
2020-05-22

Sudan's ruling military council agrees to hand over ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity in Darfur.
2020-02-11

Voting for a referendum begins in Darfur, Sudan. Voters will be asked during the three-day referendum to decide on the permanent administrative status of the region. The choices are for the creation of a Darfur Region composed of the States of Darfur, or the retention of the status quo states system. Darfur is currently divided into five states. Voters will decide this week whether the area should go back to being one region, as it was until 1994. However, there are fears of voter apathy and if the referendum will be credible.
2016-04-11

Tribal violence in Darfur, Sudan, kills at least 163 people and displaces 50,000 others.
2013-04-8

Fighting between rival Arab tribes in Sudan's Darfur region kills 51 people and injures 62 others.
2013-02-23

Yellow fever kills 32 people and sickens at least 50 more in the Darfur region of Sudan.
2012-11-1

Darfur is to be divided into smaller states by Sudan, causing rebels in the region to protest.
2011-03-8

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says the government will withdraw from peace talks with rebels from Darfur unless a deal is reached this week.
2010-12-30

3 Russian aircrew kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region are released.
2010-08-31

Sudanese forces announce they have gained control of a rebel held area in Darfur after killing more than 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement.
2010-05-15