Amid recent clashes in Sudan and deadlocked peace talks, the UN said "the Sudanese government is "severely" restricting movements by peacekeepers in Darfur." Peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the UN Security Council that hundreds of visas are being ...

The Northern Sudanese military seized the disputed border town of Abyei over the weekend just weeks ahead of the planned southern declaration of independence.  U.N. peacekeepers stationed in the town have reported that that gunmen are looting and engaging ...