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Darfur Women Learn English

Women in a refugee camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur receive English classes conducted by volunteer teachers and facilitated by the UN...

Peace in North Darfur

People from El Sereif, North Darfur, cheer during a cultural and sports event organized by UNAMID (The UN/African Union Mission in Darfur) as part...
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US Aid Worker Released After 105 Days in Darfur

A Christian relief organization says its aid worker kidnapped in May in Sudan's Darfur region was freed Monday. Samaritan’s Purse relief worker Flavia Wagner...
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Peace Club Launched for Every Darfur Secondary School

A club for youth to exchange ideas on peace, to be established in all schools of secondary and above levels in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur...
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Bloggers Create Fundraising Tool For Runners to Help Rebuild School In Darfur

Bloggers are combining physical fitness with the desire to help others in a new internet tool called Train for Humanity. Their initial pilot project...
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Clooney Group Makes Donation for Darfur

George Clooney and other Hollywood stars have donated half a million dollars to the World Food Programme in Darfur, following warnings that cash shortages...

Working Together to Avoid Another Darfur

"On the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert herders and farmers with a bitter history of fighting over dwindling resources are now working together...

Mandela and The Elders Head to Darfur

South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu will lead a group of elder statesmen later this month to visit Darfur. This is to be the...

Chad Backs Darfur Peace Talks

Chad offered its support on Friday for UN-led efforts to bring peace to neighbouring Sudan's troubled Darfur region by hosting a conference for rebel...
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Ice Cream for Darfur

Who would have thought that by eating ice cream you could help change the world? But today you can. Taggarts Ice Cream Parlor, a local...

Largest Peacekeeping Force Committed for Darfur

"The UN Security Council has voted to send peacekeepers to the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan, after months of wrangling. Up to 26,000 troops...

Water Hope for Darfur

Boston University researchers have discovered a massive underground lake in the arid Darfur region of Sudan. By digging 1000 wells they hope to quell...

Teenagers Use Internet to Raise $300K for Darfur

"In a campaign to raise money for the people of Darfur, two high school students, using social networking sites Facebook and MySpace, have raised...
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Jolie-Pitt Foundation Donates $1M in Darfur

Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt have donated $1 million towards the humanitarian effort assisting millions of people affected by the crisis...

Food Rations Increase in Darfur Thanks to Recent Donations to UN

Food rations that were recently reduced by half for more than 3 million people in Sudan will be increased to 84 per cent of...

‘Green’ Stove Dedicated to my Grandma Will Feed 1000s in Haiti

When InStove first started out, their “green” stoves were written off as “patio furniture.” Years later, these multi-purpose, biomass cook stoves are feeding thousands of...
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Ten Most Generous Celebrities Selected by ‘Why I Give’

Giving is not about riches. Many people, who are wealthy with millions, if not billions, of dollars in bank accounts, use their money for...
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Sudan Government, Rebels Sign Truce

A major Sudanese rebel group in Darfur has signed a cease-fire agreement with Sudan's government following negotiations in neighboring Chad. A statement from...
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Peacekeepers Help Celebrate UN Day on Organization’s 64th Birthday

Peacekeepers deployed in operations around the world joined in celebrations Saturday marking United Nations Day on the world body's 64th birthday. On...
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George Clooney Visits Peacekeepers in Sudan as New UN Ambassador (Video)

Follow George Clooney as he visits refugee camps and uplifts UN peacekeepers in his new role as UN Peace Ambassador. CBS's Harry Smith interviews...