Five Turkish engineers were kidnapped on 9 September 2011 in North Darfur and remain in detention.

One morning I visited the special court in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.

The latest fighting in North Darfur has routed 25,000 people from their homes.

"The morale in the government army in North Darfur has gone down," it continued.

And whatever respite from violence that was achieved over the last several months has steadily unraveled in recent days, particularly here in North Darfur.

Hassan argued that the three men could not get a fair trial because the governor of North Darfur had publicly referred to Salopek as a criminal.

The authority is based in Al-Fashir in North Darfur.

Kutum is a town in the Sudanese state of North Darfur.

Despite the Peace Agreement concluded in early January, large parts of North Darfur were deliberately bombarded recently by the Sudanese air force.

Few people in North Darfur were surprised by the violence in Tawila on Nov. 22.