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Sudan bombs Darfur school and market, 13 killed
Reuters - 5/5/2008
Aid groups and witnesses have confirmed that the Sudanese army bombed a school in North Darfur on Sunday, killing 13 people, including 7 children. Last week as well as this week, the government has denied committing such attacks. However,UNAMID peace keeping forces last week confirmed rebel reports of aerial bomb attacks in North Darfur and West Darfur.

Security Council Voices Reluctance to Act on Zimbabwe
New York Times - 4/30/2008

Sudan bombs Darfur school and market, 13 killed
Reuters - 4/29/2008
Aid groups and witnesses have confirmed that the Sudanese army bombed a school in North Darfur on Sunday, killing 13 people, including 7 children. Last week as well as this week, the government has denied committing such attacks. However,UNAMID peace keeping forces last week confirmed rebel reports of aerial bomb attacks in North Darfur and West Darfur.

China recalls Zimbabwe arms amid election crisis
Reuters - 4/24/2008
A Chinese ship delivering arms to the abusive Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe has been forced to return to China after protests by African dock workers who refused to unload the arms and transport them to Zimbabwe. African groups and government officials in African, American, and Europe pushed for the ship to go back to China amidst fears that the 77 tons of ammunition would be used by Mugabe to harm the people of Zimbabwe as the country suffers from post-election violence. Mugabe and his government have refused to release results from elections held on March 29th.

UN Says Darfur Death Toll Now 300,000
Reuters Video - 4/23/2008
John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, reported to the Security Council that the 2006 Darfur death toll of 200,000 dead is now up to 300,000 or more.

Dockworkers Called on to Stop Chinese Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe
Voice of America - 4/21/2008
China is attempting to deliver weapons cargo to the abusive Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe during a heated election crisis in the country. The Chinese ship carrying weapons delivery for Zimbabwe left its anchorage outside the South African port of Durban on Friday after a court granted activists a temporary order preventing the weapons from being shipped to Zimbabwe through Durban, South Africa. The ship, An Yue Jiang, is carrying some three million rounds of small arms ammunition, 3,500 mortars and mortar tubes and 1,500 rocket propelled grenades. The Chinese ship is now being tracked but there is little information on where it was planning to dock. Sources allege that the ship was headed for Mozambique or Angola. The International Transport Workers Federation ITWF is rallying its labor bodies in Africa to not allow the Chinese arms ship to dock. The ITWF has already prevented the ship from docking in Maputo, Mozambique. Labor bodies in Angola are now lobbying to prohibit the ship form docking in Luanda, Angola.

Darfur violence may be worse, despite U.N. efforts
Reuters - 4/4/2008
Despite 7 UN resolutions related to the conflict in Darfur,countless women and children continue to suffer mass atrocities related to rape, murder, and forced displacment. The situtaion seems to be getting worse as the UN-AU peacekeeping force continue to face set backs towards full deployment.

China Sneaks Bombers Into Sudan
The Strategy Page - 4/1/2008
New satellite photos reveal that the Sudanese Air Force has recently received A-5S bomber planes and F-7 fighter jets from China’s Nanhang Aircraft Company. Exports of these A-5 bombers go back to the 1980s and were also exported from China to other abusive states such as N.Korea and Burma. However, the new photos apparently reveal that Sudan has obtained new bomber planes from China as recently as a few years ago, thus discrediting China’s claim that it has not exported such weapons to Sudan.

China Delivers More Advanced Weapons to Sudan
UPI and Sudan Tribune - 3/29/2008
New satellite photos reveal that the Sudanese Air Force has recently received A-5S bomber planes and F-7 fighter jets from China’s Nanhang Aircraft Company. Exports of these A-5 bombers go back to the 1980s, however, the new photos apparently reveal that Sudan has obtained newer bombers from China as recently as a few years ago, thus discrediting China’s claim that it has not exported such weapons to Sudan.

Investing in Tragedy: China's Money, Arms and Politics in Sudan
Huffington Post - 3/26/2008
"Last week the Chinese foreign ministry dismissed the findings of a new Human Rights First report that identified China as the single largest provider of small arms to Sudan, promising the world that its arms sales are "always highly prudent." If $55 million in small arms sales to a country orchestrating mass atrocities in Darfur constitutes prudence, one must really question China's intended effect." Read More

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