A British project, reportedly costing £100,000 (US$195,000)
to help turn Minni Arkou Minnawi's rebels into a political
party has been postponed after his men again went on the rampage.
Their latest depredations drove aid agencies, including Brita...
The United Nations-African Union 'hybrid force' consists of
two 'packages' - one 'light', one 'heavy' - and is in three phases.
Through the UN Mission in Sudan, which works largely in the South,
the US$21 million light package provides non-lethal, badl...
After formally accepting UN peacekeepers, Khartoum obstructs their deployment and steps up the war
Egypt's arrest of a Sudanese attempting to cross into
Israel on 17 January points to a new problem for Darfur refugees.
Nearly 300 Sudanese have crossed the border from Sinai in the
past year: most await their fate in Israeli gaols, but about 50
are w...
Fighting between Khartoum's soldiers and the Juba government presages a new crisis in the South
Successive regimes in Khartoum have sought local allies against
the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), especially since the
National Islamic Front seized power in 1989. The NIF's most effective
weapon has been the South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF),...
Like the Khartoum government's sponsorship of the Janjaweed
in Darfur, its use of militias in the South has a political purpose:
it wants instability in the South to block the holding of the
referendum, or the creation of so much chaos and discontent t...
Growing tensions between Khartoum and the Government of Southern
Sudan in Juba (see feature) may be linked to a new accommodation
on the management of oil. Sudan is pumping over 500,000 barrels
per day with a further 100,000 bpd under development.
Acc...
Four types of peacekeeping forces have been mooted for Darfur . . .
As the death rate of Darfur villagers soars, so does the confidence
of the regime killing them
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