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Wednesday, January 19, 2005

African Union criticises UN peace proposal for Sudan

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An Associated Press report today says Jan Pronk postponed talks Wednesday with rebel officials in southern Sudan until he can meet with the...

Darfur Mortality Update: January 18, 2005

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Note this excerpt from Dr Eric Reeves' latest report on current data for total mortality from violence, malnutrition, and disease: In D...
Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Darfur genocide investigation may land in the International Criminal Court that US opposes

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A report in the Wall Street Journal Jan 17 says that the Bush administration in its effort to help Darfur, may soon may be forced to choose ...

Islam is a religion of peace and mercy?

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Not in Sudan it isn't. Nowadays, my feelings are it's about time muslims did something about portraying Islam as a religion of peac...
Monday, January 17, 2005

Miranda Darling: Action needed on al-Qa'ida's hiding place

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One has to wonder why the international community and African Union are so slow in deploying security forces for Darfur. The Janjaweed wer...

UN braces for uncontrolled return of displaced into S. Sudan

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An Agence France-Presse report out of Rumbek, Sudan on Jan 16 explains how the UN is working with the SPLM rebels in the bombed-out souther...

UN site agreed for Sudan peacekeepers - Denmark to send 45 soldiers by March

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Agence France-Presse report Jan 12: UN peacekeepers to be sent to Sudan after a peace agreement between Khartoum and the SPLM will be base...
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Sunday, January 16, 2005

Brown: Let women lead Africa out of poverty

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Last summer, Desmond Tutu said women should rule the world because men have made a mess of it. And media mogul Ted Turner said women should...

Sudan's changing map - peace deal could spark more conflict

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There is no room for complacency as humanitarian situation in Darfur remains grim, warns Oxfam. Press reports today are pointing to trou...

Speech of President Omar Al-Bashir to OIC Foreign Ministers

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PRESS RELEASE: Thursday, June 27, 2002 TWENTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS KHARTOUM, 25-27 JUNE, 2002 ...
Saturday, January 15, 2005

Distrust clouds peace euphoria in Sudan rebel town

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A report out of Rumbek, Sudan via Reuters Jan 11 explains how, just days after euphoria greeted the signing of a peace deal to end 21 years ...
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Friday, January 14, 2005

Who is next in line to chair the African Union: is it likely to be the President of Sudan el Bashir?

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A report at Mmegi Online today Jan 14 says - quote: "The Chairman of the African Union is likely to be the President of Sudan, el Bas...

UN reports fresh attacks by armed militias in Darfur, Sudan

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A UN mission report yesterday says new attacks on NGOs occurred Jan 11. Kofi Annan warns in his latest report Jan 7 to the Security ...

Time for a no-fly zone over Darfur in Sudan?

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A report via Reuters Jan 13 says Sudan defends its use of military aircraft in Darfur . Bearing in mind that a UN resolution in Novembe...

US Ambassador Danforth says sanctions are still on the table

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Going by what US Ambassador John Danforth and others say in a Washington File report Jan 12 there is no mention of a no-fly zone for Darfur...

Sudan urges complete deployment of AU troops to Darfur

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An Associated Press report Jan 13 quotes Sudan's foreign minister Moustafa Osman Ismail Thursday as saying his government is awaiting t...

Chad-Sudan: A third rebel movement the NMRD has appeared in Darfur

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A report by IRIN Jan 13 says the main rebel groups in Darfur view the newly formed rebel group National Movement for Reform and Development ...

UNHCR stress that they have no plans to repatriate any refugees in the short term

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The above post that features a report from IRIN JUan 13 points out that Tine in Chad is the border settlement where the NMRD signed a deal ...

Sudan's tribal leaders and other groups to be included in political dialogue on Darfur

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Continuing on from the above post that features a report by IRIN Jan 13, here is an excerpt that hints at including other groups besides th...

For too long the Arab World has ignored areas adjacent to sub-Saharan Africa

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Mustafa El-Feki, in a piece at Al-Ahram Weekly Jan 13, 2005, titled New leaders, old ideas writes "there is no point in becoming excit...