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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports paramilitary attacks in Darfur, Sudan, left 89 civilians dead in 10 days.
2025-08-22

Amnesty International say dozens of children in Darfur are among more than 200 people estimated to have been killed by Sudan government chemical weapons since January.
2016-09-28

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

Members of the U.N. Security Council arrive in the Darfur region of Sudan prior to the referendum on independence from Sudan and receive a hostile welcome from pro-government forces.
2010-10-7

Two UNAMID peacekeepers are abducted by armed men in Nyala in the Darfur region of Sudan.
2010-08-14

The head of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions in the Darfur region of Sudan calls for the immediate lifting of restrictions on their movements.
2010-07-6

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the main Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, sign a ceasefire deal.
2010-02-23