Sudan

• Vol 47 No 18
•  8th September 2006

Gosh again

As the Sudan government gears up for a massive new military offensive in Darfur, its intelligence chief Salah Abdullah 'Gosh' has again held secret talks in Britain, apparently about the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers. He met United States Assi...

• Vol 47 No 17
•  25th August 2006

The real rebels

Western and African diplomats lose the plot as a new opposition alliance emerges

• Vol 47 No 17
•  25th August 2006

Troubled talks

The UN Security Council and aid agencies are taking a more pragmatic approach to the talks between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in South Sudan's capital Juba, despite initial scepticism over South Sudan Vice-President Riek M...

• Vol 47 No 17
•  25th August 2006

The forces in Darfur's war

• Vol 47 No 16
•  4th August 2006

After Darfur's deal

The Western-backed peace agreement has led to more fighting, much to Khartoum's delight

• Vol 47 No 15
•  21st July 2006

Opening broadside

The LRA's insistence on sharing political power and wealth is threatening the peace process

• Vol 47 No 15
•  21st July 2006

Pressure mounts to end neglect of the North

When Yoweri Kaguta Museveni seized power in 1986, one of his aims was to end Uganda's political, ethnic and religious fragmentation. That he succeeded only partially was clear at February's elections, in which he took his western homeland and most of the ...

• Vol 47 No 15
•  21st July 2006

Khartoum's veto

A United Nations-backed conference in Brussels on 18-19 July brought in delegations from over 70 countries and raised about US$200 million for peacekeeping and humanitarian work in Darfur but failed again to persuade Khartoum's Islamist leaders to accept ...

• Vol 47 No 11
•  26th May 2006

Taping the LRA

South Sudan tries to bring Uganda's rebels to peace but not to justice

• Vol 47 No 11
•  26th May 2006

Southern discomfort

The new Government of Southern Sudan has to reconcile the rivalries of its many peoples, exacerbated for decades by Khartoum regimes. The mandatory disarmament is proving tricky – especially when it comes to disarming the Khartoum-backed Lou Nuer militias...