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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

African Union extends Darfur mandate

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The African Union said Wednesday it will extend the mandate of peacekeeping forces in Darfur through the end of the year. - AP 20 Sep 2006....
Monday, September 18, 2006

Water firm awarded $203 mln contract for Port Sudan

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From the Sudan Tribune Sept 17, 2006 (DUBAI, UAE) Metito, the international water desalination and wastewater treatment specialist, today a...
Sunday, September 17, 2006

"African Union Plus"

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Guardian, Jonathan Steele, 18 Sep 2006: President may withdraw deadline for African Union peacekeepers to leave Sudan is expected to withdra...

Sudan's Bashir to attend UN Darfur meeting in New York

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A breakthrough. Sudan's President Bashir to attend UN Darfur meeting - Reuters 17 Sep 2006: Sudanese President al-Bashir will attend a...

Op-eds by Blair, Tutu, Annan - UK Blair urges EU unity on Darfur: "If Darfur is not to be another Rwanda, we must act, and now, to avert catastrophe"

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Today, on the first anniversary of the adoption by the UN of a policy called the Responsibility to Protect, a global day of action is takin...
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Global Day for Darfur - A Prayer

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In a statement today, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said "as we pray for Darfur today, we are all under judgment in how...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006

UK Blair to propose new initiative on Darfur crisis

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Reuters via Gulf Times 16 Sep 2006: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday he will propose an incentive package for Sudan as part...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Water shortages hit Darfur - Water will become Sudan's most precious resource

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Life is short. Taking a break. Can't stomach reading any more news of calls for war and death that gives thieves, terrorists, killers a...
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UN's Annan spearheading conspiracy against Sudan

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A senior Sudanese lawmaker Tuesday accused UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan of spearheading a conspiracy against the country over a plan to d...
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Chinese official calls for joint US-China oil fields

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Sept 11, 2006 (HANGZHOU, China) - Dow Jones report via ST. Excerpt: A senior Chinese official for energy policy said China and the U.S. sh...

Sudan's land issues: Many nomadic groups occupy pastures belonging to displaced communities - Concerns of Arab nomads remain largely unaddressed

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IRIN report 11 Sep 2006 - Rebel divisions hamper Darfur peace - via ST. Excerpt: "...Even if the remaining rebel groups signed the DP...

Military analyst in Pretoria: "When a situation reaches an end-state, as it has in Darfur, the UN can take over"

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Sep 11 2006 Africa's Mail & Guardian (hat tip POTP ). Excerpt: "The major contributors - South Africa, Nigeria and Rwanda - ha...

Fighting and banditry cuts off 355,000 people in North Darfur from food aid

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Quoting figures released 11 Sept 2006, WFP's Oshidari said that insecurity has cut off 355,000 people from food aid in August - all of t...

Annan demands Sudanese govt to halt offensive, warning it would suffer "opprobrium and disgrace" if it does not

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said plenty of blame for Darfur's current plight rested with the Sudanese government, demanding that it ...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Sudan's Darfur military action illegal -Annan

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Sep 11 2006 Reuters report by Evelyn Leopold tells us Russia and China, which abstained on the UN resolution, said they favoured a UN force...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Plan B would be to do everything possible to get the AU to stay and strengthen it

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From today's Sunday Times - Plea for help as Darfur peers into abyss : "Everyone is doing what they can to put in place Plan A -- a...

Chad govt forces, FUC rebels clash in the east

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"There were clashes today," FUC rebel spokesman, Abdoulaye Abdelkarim, told Reuters by telephone: He said a force of more than 2,...

Sudan's VP Taha says an interference of international forces is not justified - Consultations underway on possible extension of AU mission in Darfur

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Sep 10 2006 (China) Xinhua news report excerpt: The Sudanese government and the African Union (AU) were holding intensive consultations on ...

Libya's Gaddafi says Sudan's Darfur is a "conflict for oil control" among major Western oil companies

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Libyan leader Col Gaddafi said Africa stood ready to increase the number of AU peacekeepers in Darfur, adding that countries such as Egypt, ...

Libya's Gaddafi calls for dialogue and negotiation for power-sharing in Africa, instead of the use of arms

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Some new gems from Libyan leader Col Gaddafi. I look forward to reading what he says on Africa and Sudan, along with any news from Jan Pron...