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African leaders fail to break Darfur impasse
Sunday 9 April 2006 18:25
April 9, 2006 (ABUJA) — Intensive talks involving two African heads of state who tried to bring the warring parties from Sudan’s Darfur region closer to a peace agreement failed to produce any tangible results, participants said on Sunday.
Peace talks between the Sudanese government and two rebel groups have been going on for almost two years and the current round, the seventh, has dragged on in a small hotel on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital since November 29.
Meanwhile in Darfur, (...)
EU’s Solana says onfident of Sudan unity
Sunday 9 October 2005 03:30
Oct 8, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — The European Union foreign policy chief said he was confident Sudan was executing a southern peace deal after his first meeting with a new coalition government on Saturday.
Javier Solana met First Vice President Salva Kiir, successor to John Garang was killed in a helicopter crash three weeks after taking office following the January peace deal.
Some analysts had feared Kiir, previously a secessionist, would reject Garang’s vision of a unified Sudan, a charge Kiir (...)
Sudanese president sees separation of South Sudan possible
Friday 1 April 2005 12:22
CAIRO, April 1, 2005 (KUNA) — Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir said it was possible that the southern part of his country would decide to separate by the end of the current transition, but underlined his confidence that residents of the south would favor to remain united with Sudan.
SPLM leader John Garang (left) shakes hands with Sudanese president Omar El Bashir (right), in the presence of Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki (centre) Wednesday April 2, 2003 .
Bashir told the Cairo-based (...)
SPLM delegation to arrive in Khartoum Wednesday
Wednesday 30 March 2005 00:30
KHARTOUM, March 29, 2005 (Xinhua) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) will send a delegation to Khartoum on Wednesday prior to implementation of a peace agreement it signed with the government in January, the Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, the 100-member delegation headed by SPLM’s Secretary General James Wani will arrive in Khartoum from Tripoli on a special Libyan plane.
The delegation will participate in joint committees with the (...)
Sudan VP commends AU’s role in post-conflict reconstruction
Sunday 27 March 2005 00:52
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Mar 26, 2005 (PANA) — Sudan’s First Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha has commended the African Union (AU) Ministerial Committee for the role it was playing in his country’s post-conflict reconstruction efforts. Sudanese VP with the SPLM leader.
In a news release obtained here Saturday, Taha thanked the ministerial committee for supporting the ongoing efforts of the Sudanese government to realise peace and stability in the largest African country. Receiving (...)
Freed prisoners captured during southern war arrives in Khartoum
Sunday 27 March 2005 00:03
By MOHAMED OSMAN, Associated Press Writer KHARTOUM, Sudan, Mar 26, 2005 (AP) — The first batch of Sudanese soldiers released since this African country’s 21-year southern civil war ended in January arrived in Khartoum on Saturday and more are expected to return within the next day.
The first group of military prisoners of war, who were held by SPLM, disembark from a plane when they arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, March 26, 2005. (AP).
The Sudanese army said 76 ex-prisoners (...)
First batch of government troops freed by Sudan rebels arrive in Khartoum
Saturday 26 March 2005 19:06
KHARTOUM, March 26 (AFP) — A first batch of Sudanese government soldiers formerly held as prisoners of war by the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement arrived in Khartoum Saturday amid shouts of joy, witnesses said.
Ahmed Gamil Al-A’aje Ahmed Rajab, right, a teacher and popular defence member, is received by a member of his family when he arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, March 26, 2005. Gamil arrived with 76 others as the first group of prisoners of war, who were held by SPLM (...)
Sudanese VP makes telephone call to SPLM leader over peace accord
Thursday 24 March 2005 02:14
Garang salutes Taha at the UN Security Council session in Nairobi last November.
KHARTOUM, Mar 23, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — Sudanese First Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha made Wednesday a telephone call with Chairman of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) John Garang on which Garang asserted that the movement is going forward in the arrangement of peace.
Garang affirmed during the telephone call that the SPLM delegation will arrive in Khartoum on the 28 of March to participate (...)
US circulates 3 Sudan resolutions on peackeepers, sanctions and punishment
Wednesday 23 March 2005 11:46
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23, 2005 (AP) — The United States circulated three Sudan resolutions Tuesday in hopes of breaking a deadlock in the U.N. Security Council and moving quickly to impose sanctions and deploy peacekeepers.
By breaking up the single resolution it has been pushing since mid-February, Washington would set aside the divisive issue of where to punish perpetrators of atrocities.
The council has been under mounting international (...)
Sudan government, ex-rebels ask Japan to help bankroll peace
Thursday 17 March 2005 13:27
TOKYO, March 17 (AFP) — Japan, which is considering sending peacekeepers to Sudan, could also make a key contribution to reconstruction of the war-torn nation by aid and investment, Sudan’s government and an ex-rebel envoy said Thursday during a visit to Tokyo.
"We look at Japan as a donor and as an investor," Pagan Amun Okiech, a senior member of the ex-rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, told AFP.
"Sudan is in need of support of the international community to recover. Sudan will (...)
Sudan announces names of 112 Sudanese POWs to be released
Wednesday 16 March 2005 21:43
KHARTOUM, March 16 (AFP) — A Sudanese government body said on Wednesday it had made arrangements for the return of 112 government soldiers held as prisoners of war by the southern rebel movement during the civil war in southern Sudan.
Ahmed al-Mufti, chairman of the Committee for Eradication of the Abduction of Women and Children (CEAWAC), said the POWs would be released within two weeks.
"CEAWAC has made the necessary arrangements for the return of the POWs included in the list in a (...)
Former rebel SPLM delegation arrival adjourned
Wednesday 16 March 2005 16:42
KHARTOUM, Mar 16, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — Sudan People’s Liberation Movement postponed indefinitely the arrival of its delegation in Khartoum scheduled for yesterday March 15, 2005.
James Moi, a leading SPLM member and chairman of the high committee for reception of the delegation told SUNA (Sudan News Agency) that the delegation comprises 70 leading cadres specializing in military, legal, and political fields.
Moi blamed organizational matters for the delegation’s delay, adding that the (...)
Govt, SPM to present draft constitution to pan-Sudanese panel
Tuesday 15 March 2005 00:55
KHARTOUM, Mar 14, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — Meanwhile, the drafting committee of the new transitional constitution, in which both the government and the SPLM are represented, has completed the translation of the English copy of the agreed draft constitution into Arabic which will be, according to the committee, presented to pan-Sudanese committee next week.
SPLM’s member of the committee, Luka Biond Deng, to al-Ray al-Amm daily newsapaper yesterday that the eight-member committee - four from (...)
SPLM delegation expected in Khartoum tomorrow
Monday 14 March 2005 13:12
SPLM leader John Garang gestures before a documents signing ceremony between a Sudanese government official, Nhial Deng seen behind him on November 19, 2004 during the UN SC special session on Sudan in Nairobi. (AP).
KHARTOUM, Mar 14, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement 5SPLM° has invited all political forces, parties and civil society organizations to the participate in the forthcoming reception of the SPLM delegation in Khartoum.
The invitation was sent out by (...)
Sudan’s FM to meet exiled opposition leader in Saudi Arabia
Saturday 12 March 2005 22:01
KHARTOUM, March 12 (AFP) — Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said he would travel to Saudi Arabia Sunday to meet exiled opposition chief Mohamed Osman al-Marghani for talks aimed at reintegrating the opposition into Sudanese politics. Mohamed Osman al-Marghani, president of the National Democratic Allaince .
Ismail said he would meet with Marghani, the head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), during his two-day visit to discuss a resumption of negotiations (...)
Sudan reconstruction fundraiser targets $7.8 billion
Thursday 10 March 2005 05:03
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 9, 2005 (PANA) — An international donor pledging conference slated for 11-12 April in Oslo, Norway is aimed at raising 7.8 billion US dollars to reconstruct war-ravaged southern Sudan, an official of the Khartoum government said here Wednesday.
The government-led Joint National Transition Team (JNTT), formed in accordance with the Wealth-Sharing Protocol signed by the government and ex-rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, set the US$7.8 billion target.
The Oslo (...)
Recovery plan to consolidate Sudan’s peace deal launched in Kenya
Thursday 10 March 2005 01:52
NAIROBI, Mar 9, 2005 (Xinhua) — A six-year recovery and development plan for Sudan was launched here Wednesday, marking the end of a one-year preparation for the post-war era.
The three volume document, dubbed the "Framework for Sustained Peace, Development and Poverty Eradication in Sudan," is the outcome of the Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) organized by the United Nations and the World Bank.
The document was endorsed by delegations of the Khartoum government and the Sudan People’s (...)
SPLM delegation to arrive Khartoum next week
Tuesday 8 March 2005 01:30
KHARTOUM, Mar 7, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — Sudanese government announced that the SPLM delegation headed by Nhial Deng will arrive Khartoum on the 15th of this month, the acting Minister of information Abdulbasit Sabdarat told reporters Sunday. SPLM leader John Garang gestures before a documents signing ceremony between a Sudanese government official and Nhial Deng seen behind him on November 19, 2004 during the UN SC special session on Sudan in Nairobi. (AP).
Sabdarat said that in a (...)
SPLM delegation expected in Khartoum
Sunday 6 March 2005 19:15
KHARTOUM, March 6 (AFP) — A 70-strong group of former southern rebels will pay the first official visit to the Sudanese capital Khartoum since the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement with the government in January.
The delegation, from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, will arrive on March 15, led by Nyal Deng, and will stay for a week before going on to Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, Sudan’s information minister said on Sunday.
Abdel Basit Sabdarat told reporters that (...)
German Defense mininster: Ready to send 50 observers o Sudan
Sunday 6 March 2005 00:03
BERLIN, Mar 5, 2005 (AP) — Germany’s top defense official said in comments released Saturday that the country is considering sending 50 military observes to a planned United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Sudan .
The U.N. Security Council is considering a resolution drafted by the United States to send peacekeepers to help monitor a peace deal between the government and rebels in southern Sudan - an agreement that ended Africa’s longest-running conflict after 21 years. U.N. (...)
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