Africa News Update
Sudan: Osman urges strong Darfur stance
Sudanese human rights lawyer Saleh Mahmud Osman, winner of this year's Sakharov prize for human rights, has called on the European Union (EU) to take "a strong united stance" on the conflict in Darfur.
Read >Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Business in Africa Online
Sudan: Economy suffers as conflict takes centre stage
Nairobi (Kenya) - There are many positive developments taking place in the economy of Sudan. But, whenever the name of the country is mentioned, one will unconsciously recall the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and row over Southern peace deal. Unfortunately, the negative image of the country is overshadowing the positive economic gains.
Read >Wednesday, 05 December 2007
The Daily Nation (Kenya), by Magdi Ahmed Mofadal
Sudan: Hostility, mistrust await new UN force
Restoring peace in Darfur will need the participation of all actors, including the Arab tribes, a new report says. The report — Darfur’s New Security Reality, by the International Crisis Group (ICG) — examines the need to reformulate the peace process, with negotiations that are more inclusive and address the root cause of the conflict.
Read >Monday, 03 December 2007
East African (Kenya), by Zachary Ochieng
Sudan: Al-Bashir losing grip on unity government
Khartoum (Sudan) – The recent decision by South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir to withdraw from the coalition government in Sudan, formed in 2005 after more than 20 years of civil war, may threaten a fragile peace in the war-ravaged region.
Read > Friday, 30 November 2007
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), by Anthony Lodiong
Sudan: Darfur rebel factions struggle to unite
Nairobi (Kenya) – Disarray among Darfur's profusion of rebel groups and a peace talk boycott by key leaders of the insurgency have created barriers to resolving five years of conflict in the war-torn region. The lack of unity among the rebel groups has left open the door to continued ethnic bloodshed, despite the persistent efforts of international mediators to bring the groups together.
Read >Monday, 26 November 2007
Institue of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), by Daniel Ooko
Sudan: Drums of war worrying (editorial)
Sudan is walking on a tight rope demonstrated by the strident and belligerent exchanges between the National Congress Party led by President Omar el-Bashir and the Salva Kiir-led Southern Sudan Liberation Movement/Army.
Read >Thursday, 22 November 2007
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Sudan: UN, African Union call a break
It is now certain that the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) signed in Abuja in June 2006 has been trashed, but the lingering question is whether the fresh round of negotiations in Libya will lead to lasting peace. The ongoing tension between Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) also came at the wrong time, forcing Darfur negotiators to move with caution while learning from the mistakes of the peace agreement signed in Nairobi in 2005.
Read >Monday, 12 November 2007
East African (Kenya), by Fred Olucho
Sudan: China invests 6 billion dollars in country’s oil
Khartoum (Sudan) – The total amount of the Chinese investments in Sudan the field of petroleum have reached more than six billion dollars in Sudan in the past decade at around 14 oil projects, a Sudanese diplomat said.
Read >Tuesday, 06 November 2007
Sudan Tribune
Sudan: Echoes of Darfur, SPLM in Eastern Sudan conflict
Khartoum faces rebellion from virtually all parts of the country except the Arab north. And the reasons have been the same — marginalisation and discrimination. Successive Sudanese governments have consistently marginalised the Beja people, who inhabit Eastern Sudan. The Beja are nomadic herders living in northeastern Sudan, southern Egypt and northern Eritrea. The Eritrean civil war and the opening of Port Sudan led to an influx of people in the region, resulting in population displacement, increased competition for resources and grazing land and urbanisation.
Read >Monday, 29 October 2007
East African (Kenya), by Zachary Ochieng