September 18 - UN Security Council passes Resolution 1564, which calls for the creation of a "Commission of Inquiry" to determine whether genocide has occurred, and threatens possible sanction against the government of Sudan if it does not stop the violence.

September 9 - Secretary of States Colin Powell announces that the U.S. government has concluded that the ongoing violence in Darfur constitutes genocide.

August 31 – Peace talks set to resume after rebel leaders walked out on August 29 following accusations of ceasefire violations. 

August 30 – Nigerian troops leave for Darfur to aid the 150 strong Rwandan force in protecting ceasefire monitors. 

August 29 – UN Security Council resolution 1556 expired with no clearly defined UN strategy for imposing measures against Khartoum.  With division in the Security Council, it is questionable whether sanctions will be imposed at all.

August 19 - The Nigerian Senate (Nigeria is chairing the AU) approves plans to send up to 1,500 troops to Darfur, in addition to the 150 person force that is scheduled to arrive by the end of the month.

August 23 - Peace talks to be held between government of Sudan and rebel forces in Abjuba, Nigeria.

August 15 - 150 Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur to protect AU ceasefire monitor.

August 9 - Sudanese government rejects AU proposal for a peacekeeping mission, calling it 'colonialism'.

Updated September 27, 2004

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Reports
USAID Report on Sudan, USAID, May 7, 2004.
Darfur: "Too many people killed for no reason", Amnesty International, February 3, 2004

Op-Ed articles
Powell in Sudan, Washington Times, July 2, 2004.
Time for Action on Sudan, New York Times, June 18, 2004.
Act now in Sudan, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 2004.
U.S. to Help in Sudan Peace Agreement, AP Wire Report, May 12, 2004.
U.N. Official Blames Sudan for Violence, Colum Lynch, Washington Post, May 8, 2004.