GenevaLunch » Darfur http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no UN worker kidnapped in Darfurhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/08/un-worker-kidnapped-in-darfur/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/08/un-worker-kidnapped-in-darfur/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:49:48 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=48349 GenevaLunch.com A civilian employee of the UN peacekeeping mission to Darfur has been abducted by armed men in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The kidnapping ocurred just hours after a UN Security Council mission arrived in the area, 7 October. Sudanese armed forces began a hunt for the kidnapped man. Armed men entered the residence [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/08/un-worker-kidnapped-in-darfur/feed/ 1 ICRC worker kidnapped in Chadhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/11/icrc-worker-kidnapped-in-chad/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/11/icrc-worker-kidnapped-in-chad/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:57:45 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31398 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A French agronomist working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Chad was abducted Tuesday 10 November near village of Kawa, eastern Chad, where ICRC has a primary health care assistance programme. The ICRC says Laurent Maurice was taken by several armed men, but does not know their [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/11/icrc-worker-kidnapped-in-chad/feed/ 0 Human Rights Council to reopen debate on Gaza war reporthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/15/human-rights-council-to-reopen-debate-on-gaza-war-report/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/15/human-rights-council-to-reopen-debate-on-gaza-war-report/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:45:57 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29868 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva will reopen a debate Thursday 15 October on the conduct of both sides in last winter’s brief war in Gaza, Palestine, between Israel and Hamas, the Gaza strip’s political authority. A report by former South African judge Richard Goldstone suggests both armed groups may [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/15/human-rights-council-to-reopen-debate-on-gaza-war-report/feed/ 1 Sudan lifts some restrictions on humanitarian aidhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/sudan-lifts-some-restrictions-on-humanitarian-aid/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/sudan-lifts-some-restrictions-on-humanitarian-aid/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 07:16:50 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=16780 GenevaLunch.com The government of Sudan says it will allow new aid organizations into the country to work in the Darfur region and that existing organizations can expand their activities in the area.  The government expelled 13 NGOs and restricted access to Darfur after the International Criminal Court’s indictment of Sudan’s president in March. Some 4.7 million [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/08/sudan-lifts-some-restrictions-on-humanitarian-aid/feed/ 0 Aid groups’ departure from Sudan: 1 million soon without basic needshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/25/aid-groups-departure-from-sudan-1-million-soon-without-basic-needs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/25/aid-groups-departure-from-sudan-1-million-soon-without-basic-needs/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:12:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=14275 GenevaLunch.com John Holmes, the United Nations’ chief humanitarian coordinator said Monday that a joint UN-Sudan assessment shows that one million people are likely to soon be without shelter or food and water in the near future, due to the expulsion of several aid groups, following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Sudan’s [...]

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