SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates
its affinity with Chad
The United Nations International Commission of Inquiry's report
into the atrocities in Darfur names 51 individuals it recommends
for prosecution at the International Criminal Court. The file
has been sealed, to be opened only by a 'competent prosecutor...
As the killings continue, at last the UN considers sanctions,
peacekeepers and prosecutions
Reports that British intelligence is training Sudan government
spies raise awkward questions about policy following the 1 February
release of a 244-page United Nations report detailing the involvement
of Khartoum's security services in crimes against h...
The peace deal shores up the regime but raises doubts about
the eventual plan for Southern independence
While accelerating its military build up in Darfur, the National
Islamic Front government signed a peace deal on 7 January with
the mysterious new rebel group, the National Movement for Reform
and Development. The first noticeable action of the NMRD la...
The temporary capital of Southern Sudan will be Rumbek, home
to the South's first secondary school and, since its recapture
by the Sudan People's Liberation Army in 1997, the base for the
larger international relief agencies and their key intermediary
...
The NIF keeps killing; the West offers aid and debt relief
After declaring the Islamic African Relief Agency and five
senior officials 'Specially Designated Global Terrorists' on 13
October, the United States may now ask the United Nations Sanctions
Committee to include IARA on its 'asset freeze list'.
As Western governments fumble for a policy, the NIF keeps up the dissembling
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