The Sudanese government's announcement of a ceasefire in Darfur would not alone solve a crisis that has lasted nearly six years and left hundreds of thousands of people dead - but it offered a glimmer of hope, analysts said.

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- President Omar al-Bashir offered a ceasefire in Darfur on Wednesday and promised to disarm militias, a top rebel demand, in a new push by his government to show it is serious about ending the nearly 6-year-old conflict....

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced Wednesday an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Darfur region of western Sudan.

Humanitarian groups are using satellite images to scan track atrocities in Darfur.

The decision of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan's President over alleged war crimes in Darfur will only undermine existing efforts to bring peace to the region, the country's Vice-President has told the General Assembly's annual high-level debate.

The body of Late Private Losedi Boitumelo Monaisa of South African Battalion was yesterday flown home after a solemn farewell ceremony organized in her honour by her colleagues of the African Union-United Nations hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).

The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID) today conducted a training workshop for Sudanese police, national security and military intelligence officials in the war-torn region.

Fresh accusations of large-scale summary executions and arbitrary arrest have been levelled against Sudan's government over its reaction to an attack by Darfur rebels on Khartoum in May - charges the government has rejected.

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Sudan officials plan a behind-the-scenes lobbying effort at the United Nations this week to avert the prosecution of the country's longtime president on charges of genocide in Darfur....

Fresh fighting between Government and rebel forces in the north of Sudan's war-torn Darfur region has severely restricted the delivery of critical aid amid unconfirmed reports that thousands more people have been driven from their homes, the United Nations said today.