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Freed aid worker: My mock executions ordeal at hands of Darfur gang

19.10.09

An Irish aid worker held captive for almost four months in Sudan revealed today that her abductors staged mock assassinations by shooting around her... more

Michael Essien proud of World Cup qualification

07.09.09

Michael Essien is revelling in the "fantastic feeling" of qualifying for the World Cup finals ... more

Angelina Jolie appeals for Iraqi aid on UN mission

24.07.09

Actress Angelina Jolie has appealed for aid to an estimated 1.6 million civilians who remain uprooted in their Iraqi homeland... more

Student jailed for trying to fight British in Afghanistan

18.06.09

A gap-year student who vowed to battle British soldiers with a Koran in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other has been jailed... more

Luton doctor spearheads fight against Sudan leader

20.03.09

A Luton doctor is in Darfur working for a rebel group fighting to overthrow the Sudanese government, it emerged... more

Luton doctor spearheads fight against Sudan leader

20.03.09

A Luton doctor is in Darfur working for a rebel group fighting to overthrow the Sudanese government, it emerged... more

Aid agencies 'must go back to Darfur'

11.03.09

The violence in Darfur and inaction in the face of its worsening humanitarian crisis are "not acceptable", President Barack Obama said... more

Wanted man Bashir expels aid agencies from Darfur

05.03.09

Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by an international court on war crimes charges, danced and waved a cane defiantly in front of thousands of supporters... more

Sudan president is accused of crimes against humanity

04.03.09

The International Criminal Court have issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur... more

Battle lines are drawn up as recession bolsters corruption

13.01.09

Legal analysis: More cases of corruption are likely as a result of the recession, according to the Director of Public Prosecutions... more

Battle lines are drawn up as recession bolsters corruption

13.01.09

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Embassies owe Ł1.5million in parking fines

09.12.08

Foreign diplomats have racked up Ł1.5million in unpaid parking fines in central London in the past four years, Westminster council has revealed... more

Edmonds ends White Nile's hunt for oil and turns farmer

05.12.08

One of the more extraordinary stock-market stories of recent years ends as ex-England cricketer Phil Edmonds stops his search for oil in Sudan and instead says he is trying his hand at farming in Africa... more

CDs of the week

26.09.08

Will Young brings out a fourth album, James Morrison carves out his own white soul niche and Travis write some of their best tunes.... more

ULRIKA JONSSON: Let another woman breast-feed my baby? No way!

27.08.08

Kate Garraway shared her views on 'cross-feeding' and wet-nursing. Her article provoked a huge response - including a dispatch from mother-of-four Ulrika Jonsson.... more

Kate Garraway: Would you let another woman breast-feed your baby?

25.08.08

It's a deliberately provocative picture. And here TV's Kate Garraway asks an equally provocative question... Would you let another woman breast-feed your baby?... more

World joins China for Olympic launch

08.08.08

With a heart-stopping burst of fire, what we once called the Bamboo Curtain was raised on the most ambitious Olympics in history... more

Comment: Dazzled by the Beijing Games

08.08.08

The biggest festival of sport on earth begins tonight with the start of the Beijing Olympics... more

Bush to tell of 'concerns' on human rights

06.08.08

George W Bush will express "deep concerns" about the state of human rights in China before he arrives in Beijing for the start of the Olympic Games... more

Deng lands new Ł40m Bulls deal

30.07.08

British star has Luol Deng has signed a six-year deal with the Chicago Bulls worth £40million... more

Darfur refugee camp exhibit in Trafalgar Square

06.06.08

Trafalgar Square is to be transformed into a refugee camp to highlight the plight of millions of people displaced from war-torn Darfur... more

Lost in the East at Tate Britain

30.05.08

What a pity the British Orientalists — on show at Tate Britain from next week — shied away from the sex and sadism that other European painters revelled in.... more

CDs of the week

09.05.08

Neil Diamond has found a rougher edge, Moby has finally discovered himself again and Emmanuel Jal lives to tell the tale.... more

Documenting Dafur

10.04.08

The Devil Came on Horseback tells the moving story of Brian Steidle, a captain who left the US Marines to become a military observer in Darfur.... more

Comment: torch protest

03.04.08

Celebrities taking part in this weekend's Olympic torch procession in London are expected to take advantage of the opportunity to protest at China's treatment of Tibet ahead of the Beijing Games... more

Holly strips off for shower photoshoot - but it's all for a good cause

21.03.08

Holly Willoughby has never failed to attract attention and now she is sure to gain a few more admirers. Holly has stripped off for a good cause though - by calling on the public to taking showers in just three minutes in a bid to save water ... more

House where Carlos the Jackal first struck faces the bulldozer

12.02.08

One cold December evening in 1973 a swarthy young man with a scarf wrapped round his face knocked on the front door of 48 Queen's Grove, an imposing mock-Georgian house in St John's Wood... more

Muslim Live 8 will aid Darfur victims

21.08.07

A Muslim version of Live 8 to tackle the crisis in Darfur is to be held at London's Wembley Stadium on October 21.... more

Race and rivalry in a schoolyard

14.08.07

A terrific National Youth Theatre ensemble give performances that rival those of professional actors on the London stage for emotional truth, spontaneity and naturalness in White Boy.... more

Meaning is lost during the journey

26.10.06

Container follows a gloomy transvestite and a young woman through an unnamed city, a landfill site and a deserted hospital. Quite what the film is saying is hard to discern, says Derek Malcolm.... more