Africa News Update
Sudan: Police clamp down on youth protesters amid reports of student death
Khartoum (Sudan) - Hundreds of young Sudanese demonstrators have been beaten and dozens arrested by security forces during sporadic protests in the capital Khartoum and other towns, in the first day of anti-government protests planned by youth inspired by the events in Tunisia and Egypt. Read >
Monday, 31 January 2011
Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
Sudan: UN Panel on Sudan referendum satisfied with polling
New York (USA)— The United Nations panel tasked with monitoring the referendum on the future status of Southern Sudan today welcomed yesterday's conclusion of polling, saying the process was well organized and enabled the people of the region to express their will freely. Read >
Monday, 17 January 2011
UN News Services (USA)
Sudan: Will an independent South trigger more secession? (analysis)
Nairobi (Kenya) - As Southern Sudan prepares to vote in the secession referendum on January 9, the question on the lips of most observers is whether a vote for secession would spur more secessionist tendencies on the continent. Read >
Monday, 10 January 2011
The East African (Kenya), by Zachary Ochieng
Sudan: Countdown begins to a free South
Juba (Sudan) — Millions of Southern Sudanese on Sunday turned up in large numbers to vote in a referendum that could see the region become Africa’s youngest state. Read >
Monday, 10 January 2011
The Nation (Kenya)
Sudan: Referendum may be only the beginning
Washington (US) — Amid growing certainty that the much-anticipated weeklong referendum on independence for south Sudan will indeed begin Sunday as scheduled, U.S. officials and independent experts are warning that the situation in both the north and the south is likely to remain very fragile for some time to come. Read >
Friday, 07 January 2011
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Sudan: Carter and Annan to lead foreign observers' delegation
Juba (Sudan) — Jimmy Carter, the ex-American president, and Koffi Annan, former UN Secretary General, are due to lead the Carter Center's international observation delegation set for the 9 January self-determination referendum in southern Sudan. Read >
Tuesday, 04 January 2011
The Sudan Tribune(Sudan)
Sudan: New year with new state (opinion)
On January 9th, 2011, the people of South Sudan will cast their ballots for a referendum. The general consensus is that they are going to vote overwhelmingly for the independence of South Sudan. Therefore, the month of January is going to be marked in commemoration of independence of the new nation of South Sudan. Ironically though, January is also the month Old Sudan is celebrating its supposedly independence. Read >
Tuesday, 04 January 2011
Sudan Tribune (Sudan), by Steve Paterno*
Sudan: UN peacekeeping chief warns of risks in disputed oil-rich Abyei
New York (USA) - The peace process that ended two decades of war between northern and southern Sudan, culminating in next month's referendum on independence for the country's south, risks unravelling unless both sides reach agreement on the disputed oil-rich Abyei region, the United Nations peacekeeping chief warned today. Read >
Friday, 17 December 2010
UN News Service
Sudan: Warplanes have effectively bombed South, UN Confirms
Khartoum (Sudan) — A UN investigation team confirmed Monday that warplanes from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had carried out attacks against some locations in Southern Sudan near the joint border this month. Read >
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Sudan Tribune (Sudan)