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•  Sudanese Human Rights Quarterly Issue No 27
•  The Sudanese Human Rights Quarterly No 26
•  Weaknesses of IGAD mediation in Sudan peace process

 

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•  Political : major cities
•  Political : detailed administrative map
•  Political : Geographic map
•  Environment : Vegetation
•  Oil : main concessions
•  Economy : Sudan at a glance
•  Oil : Sudanese main pipeline
•  Humanitarian : UNHCR planning map
•  Humanitarian : Population distribution map
•  Humanitarian : Refugees abroad by district of origin
•  Humanitarian : internally displaced people
•  Sudan and neighbouring countries
•  Sudan oilfields map

 

Sudan SPLM discussed asking Bashir to step down: report Sudan President, Omar al-Bashir, left, and first vice president, and President of southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, right, stand in Juba during the second anniversary celebration of the signing of Peace agreement, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 (AFP) January 4, 2009 (PARIS) – The southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) contemplated urging president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to step down in the event of the issuance of an arrest warrant, a newspaper reported today. The London based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat quoting unidentified SPLM officials said a meeting was held to discuss options should Al-Bashir be formally charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In mid-July the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo filed 10 charges against Al-Bashir: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder and accused (...) Read the full article...

4 January 2009 - Sudan Unity State deny any attempt on the life of Machar’s wife

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A farmer weeds a field in southern Sudan of sorghum grown for seed. (photo FAO)

3 January 2009 - U.S. firm to invest in agriculture in South Sudan

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2 January 2009 - Sudan president calls on political parties to ready for elections

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Speaker James Wani stands beside the President of Southern Sudan Government, Salva Kiir Mayadrit at Kator cathedral Juba.

2 January 2009 - Detained SPLA general released in Juba

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A general view shows members of the Sudanese National Assembly holding an emergency meeting in Khartoum, July 2008.

31 December 2008 - Sudanese parliament adjourns its session until next February

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31 December 2008 - Machar’s wife escapes assassination attempt in South Sudan

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Monday 5 January 2009

• Chinese envoy flies to Sudan next Tuesday as ICC decision nears
  
  January 3, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Chinese special envoy to Sudan Liu Guijin will arrive in Sudan next Tuesday on a four day visit, state media reported today. Liu Guijin, China’s special envoy on (...)
• ICC judges return from recess as world awaits decision on Bashir warrant
  
  January 4, 2009 (THE HAGUE) – On Monday the Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) return from a month long judicial recess as the international community braces for their decision on (...)
• Sudan’s Salva Kiir arrives to Washington
  
  January 4, 2008 (WASHINGTON) – The First Vice President of the Republic and head of southern Sudan government has arrived today to Washington in a three day visit two weeks before the end of Bush (...)
• Darfur rebel leader slams double standards of Arab, Islamic countries
  
  January 4, 2009 (PARIS) — Abdel Wahid Al-Nur, the leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement, condemned the killing of civilians in both Gaza and Israel, and appealed to the warring parties to (...)
• South Sudan steps up inter-state community reconciliation conferences
  
  By James Gatdet Dak January 4, 2009 (JUBA) – The regional Government of Southern Sudan has directed relevant authorities in the region to resume intensive inter and intra-state community peace (...)
• Ethiopia confirms opposition leader is jail over plea for pardon controversy
  
  January 4, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has confirmed the arrest of an opposition leader saying she had give a delay to confirm that it had been released after plea for pardon she filed. Last (...)
• Sudan SPLM discussed asking Bashir to step down: report
  
  January 4, 2009 (PARIS) – The southern Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) contemplated urging president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to step down in the event of the issuance of an arrest warrant, (...)
• Red Cross inaugurates rehabilitation center for disabled in South Sudan
  
  January 4, 2008 (KHARTOUM/JUBA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will inaugurate tomorrow the first center for physical rehabilitation for disabled people in southern Sudan. (...)

Sunday 4 January 2009

• Sudan says no intention to announce emergency law
  
  January 3, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government today denied reports that it will impose emergency law following the issuance of an arrest warrant for president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir by the (...)
• Qatar postpones Afro Arab meeting on Darfur
  
  January 3, 2009 (CAIRO) – Qatar has postponed a ministerial meeting scheduled to take place tomorrow in Doha to discuss African and Arab efforts to solve Darfur conflict, the Arab league said. (...)
• Sudan Unity State deny any attempt on the life of Machar’s wife
  
  January 3, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Unity State today firmly denied that a government official in South Sudan escaped an assassination attempt while visiting the region. State minister of energy (...)
• Sudan VP Kiir to arrive in Washington ahead of meeting with Bush
  
  January 3, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit, who also serves as the president of semi-autonomous Southern Sudan and the chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation (...)
• Darfur JEM says deal with Kordofanese KAD still under discussion
  
  January 3, 2009 (LONDON) — The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) retracted from a statement it had issued two day ago about a political and military cooperation agreement with the Kordofan (...)
• Sudan parliament speaker calls for war crimes trials against Israelis
  
  January 3, 2008 (BEIRUT) – Arab countries must work together to bring Israeli war criminals to trial, said the Speaker of the National Assembly, ruling National Congress Party member Ahmed Ibrahim (...)
• Ethiopia begins effective withdrawal of troops from Somalia
  
  January 3, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Ethiopian troops have begun withdrawal from Somalia and the ongoing operation will be fully completed within days, the foreign ministry said today. The (...)
• Ugandan rebels attack Congo army near Sudan
  
  January 3, 2009 (KINSHASA) — The Lord’s Resistance Army rebels attacked the positions of the Congolese troops in the Garamba National Park the northeast of the country, near the Sudanese border, (...)

Saturday 3 January 2009

• U.S. firm to invest in agriculture in South Sudan
  
  January 2, 2009 (WASHINGTON) — A privately held U.S. investment firm entered into an agricultural investment with a company controlled by the son of a South Sudanese general. A farmer weeds a (...)
• Commissioner of Juba appeals for calm after celebratory gunfire, murders
  
  By Isaac Vuni January 2, 2009 (JUBA) — The Commissioner of Juba County, Pious Subek, appealed to residents in Juba city to remain calm following unauthorized random shootings by soldiers (...)
• South Sudan to enact child adoption policy
  
  By James Gatdet Dak January 2, 2009 (JUBA) – The semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) resolved to workout a policy that would legalize child adoption by non-biological parent(s) in (...)
• Ugandan rebels move to Central African Republic - Congo
  
  January 2, 2009 (KINSHASA) — Fierce attacks by the Ugandan, Congolese and southern Sudanese troops pushed the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to move toward Central African Republic, Congo’s (...)
• Sudan earmarks $123 million in medical supplies for Gaza
  
  January 1, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s Doctors Union, a pro government syndicate, will send a relief convoy to embattled Gaza at the cost of 270 million Sudanese pounds (US$123 million), reported a (...)
• Ethiopia re-arrests opposition leader, US embassy expresses concern
  
  By Tesfa-alem Tekle January 2, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — The federal police of Ethiopia re-arrested opposition leader, Birtukan Mideksa, one year after she was released on pardon from a life term she (...)
• Sudan, Darfur rebels slam UNICEF statement on use of children in war
  
  January 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese government and rebel Justice and Equality Movement have dismissed statements made by former UNICEF representative about the use of children in the ongoing (...)

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PRESS-RELEASES
(3 latest)

•   18 December 2008
  Humanitarian Action in Darfur Weekly Bulletin No. 45
•   17 December 2008
  Sudan: rights activists continue to face multiple risks
•   14 December 2008
  USSP Position on the South-South Dialogue

 

DOCUMENTS
(3 latest)

•   18 November 2008
  Resolutions of Dinka Malual and Messiriya Grassroots Peace Conference,
•   17 November 2008
  Resolutions of South- South Sudan dialogue conference
•   1 August 2008
  TEXT- UN resolution 1828 on Darfur peacekeeping force