May 8, 2012
Carnage & Crisis Aversion in the Sudan By Nile Bowie Following the United Nations’ recent approval of Resolution 2046 threatening the nations of Sudan and South Sudan with sanctions [1], the success of international attempts at conflict aversion in the region appear to be in question. Hostilities between the two nations have [...]
Tags: China National Petroleum Corporation, Greater Nile Oil Pipeline, Juba, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan, United Nations
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April 26, 2012
Still image from the Human Rights Watch video Sudan: Blue Nile. © 2012 Human Rights Watch RELATED MATERIALS: UN, AU: Urge End to Sudanese Abuses in S. Kordofan Sudan: Political Repression Intensifies MORE COVERAGE: Download Human Rights Watch footage from Blue Nile The fighting in Blue Nile has turned its people into refugees, [...]
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March 24, 2012
George Clooney on a visit to the Zamzam refugee camp in north Darfur in 2008. Photograph: Sherren Zorba/AP George Clooney’s satellite spies reveal secrets of Sudan‘s bloody army Actor and activist funds a hi-tech project that is tracking troops and warning civilians of attacks ) Paul Harris in Cambridge, Massachusetts guardian.co.uk, Saturday 24 March 2012 12.24 GMT Article [...]
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March 19, 2012
The actor George Clooney was arrested at a planned protest for Sudan in Washington DC on 16 March. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters George Clooney isn’t helping Sudan Clooney’s well-meaning activism for the Nuba mountain people is rooted in a political culture that does not care for nuance Nesrine Malik guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 March 2012 12.48 GMT Article [...]
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January 21, 2012
Sudan admits to taking some South Sudanese oil destined for export as compensation until an agreement [AFP] South Sudan has said it ordered the halt of oil production that provides some 98 percent of its revenue, amid a deepening dispute with the Sudanese government over pipeline fees. Sudan admits to taking some South Sudanese oil destined for export as compensation until an agreement, [...]
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December 25, 2011
The United Nations says the Darfur conflict has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises [EPA] Sudan’s army has killed a key rebel leader from the western Darfur region, three days after anti-government forces said they had begun advancing on the capital Khartoum. “The Sudanese army announce that they killed Khalil Ibrahim in fighting [...]
Tags: Darfur, JEM, Justice and Equality Movement, Khalil Ibrahim, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Sudan People's Armed Forces
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September 28, 2011
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva) Sudan: Thousands More Flee Air Strikes in Blue Nile State Pumla Rulashe 27 September 2011 Assosa, Ethiopia — A fresh wave of air strikes in Sudan’s Blue Nile State since last Wednesday has sent increasing numbers of refugees fleeing into Ethiopia, with some 1,500 pouring [...]
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July 28, 2011
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors Security Council Should Press for an Immediate End to Attacks JULY 27, 2011 Residents, fleeing fighting in Sudan‘s Southern Kordofan state, gather outside UNMIS sector headquarters in Kadugli town on June 9, 2011. © 2011 Reuters DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES: Southern Kordofan Joint NGO Letter to all UNSC Members – July [...]
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July 3, 2011
AP Enterprise: US millions fund world’s newest army, South Sudan’s, despite worries of abuses By Associated Press, Published: July 2 JUBA, Sudan — Only six years ago the Sudan People’s Liberation Army was a ragtag group of guerrilla fighters battling a bloody civil war with Sudan’s north. Next weekend, when the south breaks away and becomes the [...]
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July 3, 2011
most Al Jazeera material can be obtained on line via live streaming. There seems to be a problem depending on which server you re using and some inherent problem here and in New Zealand. George Ikners ikners.com link (clickable) to article and video http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/sudanthebreakup/2011/06/2011623122146319770.html Sudan was the giant of Africa which once represented [...]
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June 26, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya – Eleven people died after a militia group allegedly allied to the northern Sudanese government attacked a southern town, an official said Saturday, as violence in the contested areas between north and South Sudan continued to escalate ahead of the South’s independence next month. A Southern Sudanese County Commissioner Domenic Deng said that [...]
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June 26, 2011
Sudan was the giant of Africa which once represented the greatest hope for peaceful coexistence between Arab and African, Muslim and Christian. That hope is all but gone. Sudan: History of a broken land goes straight to the heart of the problem, confronting key characters in Sudan’s modern history and also hearing the tragic stories [...]
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June 20, 2011
North and South Sudan sign pact over Abyei Pact provides for demilitarisation of disputed Abyei region, says Thabo Mbeki. Looting and burning of businesses in Abyei has ebbed and flowed since the January referendum [EPA/UNMIS] North and south Sudan have signed an agreement to demilitarise the disputed Abyei region and allow in Ethiopian peacekeeping forces, former South [...]
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June 19, 2011
Half a million displaced as Khartoum moves to crush Sudan‘s Nuba people Fierce fighting raises fears the country’s 22-year civil war will be reignited as the government turns on the north’s Africans, sidelined in the south’s peace dea New fighting has increased the chances that a north-south war will reignite, ending hopes of peaceful [...]
Tags: African Union, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Kaduqli, Nuba peoples, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United Nations Mission in Sudan
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June 9, 2011
Sudan: As South Split Looms, Abuses Grow in Darfur World Should Stay Focused on Need for Justice and Reforms JUNE 6, 2011 Displaced woman, Ashia Suleiman Abbackar, with her two children Fatna, 2, and Shadia, 7, in their hut in a displaced persons settlement in Tawilla, North Darfur, after fleeing violence in their village in [...]
Tags: Darfur, Human Rights Watch, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, Politics of Sudan, South Darfur, Sudan, United Nations Security Council
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May 19, 2011
Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
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May 9, 2011
After bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace by Gareth Porter, May 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations [...]
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May 3, 2011
At the end of the day is what some people think is a fairly overused saying, but sometimes it covers the situation. Whatever you may think of Bin Laden and Afghanistan you really need to work out what their position was that led to their actions. It would take a fairly obstinate person to disregard [...]
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April 29, 2011
Could uprisings spread from northern Africa to south of the Sahara? The prevalence of unfair electoral systems plus huge numbers of angry young people with mobile phones should make African autocrats increasingly uncomfortable Share12 Comments (4) Greg Mills guardian.co.uk, Friday 29 April 2011 13.56 BST Article history Teodoro Obiang, president of Equatorial Guinea, speaks at [...]
Tags: Africa, Aid and Development, Business and Economy, Economic Development, Guardian.co.uk, North Africa, Sahara, Sub-Saharan Africa
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April 28, 2011
Women have played a very major role in what has been called the Arab Spring. This article brings together several strands of actions undertaken by women in the movement to rid the Arab world of the shackles of the imperial project that has led to the setting up of so many dictators and corrupt regimes. [...]
Tags: Arab people, Arab world, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic fundamentalism, middle east, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union, Women in Arab societies, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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April 26, 2011
You really do need to treat reports in the New York Times with care. At times the foreign news sections are little more than US State Department tools. George Ikners [...]
Tags: Abyei, Africa, Jonglei, Kampala, Nile, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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April 23, 2011
Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring Through protesting, organising, blogging and hunger-striking, women have taken a central role, but it remains to be seen whether their rights will improve Share252 Xan Rice in Benghazi, Katherine Marsh in Damascus, Tom Finn in Sana’a, Harriet Sherwood in Tripoli, Angelique Chrisafis and [...]
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April 11, 2011
Sudan says found proof of Israeli strike Share this inShare 4diggs Email Print Related News Israel and Hamas look to end Gaza flare-up Sun, Apr 10 2011 Gaza-Israel violence rages, five militants killed Sat, Apr 9 2011 Israel says killed Hamas man involved in soldier kidnap Sat, Apr 9 2011 Israel kills Hamas commander in [...]
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