Vol 46 No 25 | SUDAN Another front, another deal 16th December 2005 As anger grows in the east, rebel groups are due to talk to the Khartoum regime next month On 15 January, Libya is to host talks between Khartoum's Islamist government and rebels grouped in the Eastern Front organisation. Last month, the Front attended a workshop at... Vol 46 No 21 | SUDAN Gunmen or soldiers? 21st October 2005 Two big threats hang over the new regional government of Southern Sudan The new administration in Southern Sudan is not receiving the promised oil money from the National Congress-dominated government in Khartoum. At the same time, the stability of the... Vol 46 No 21 | SUDAN Fighting the battle of Jericho 21st October 2005 Khartoum is starving the South of its oil revenue. January's Comprehensive Peace Agreement allocated to the Government of South Sudan half of the revenue from oil produced in... Vol 46 No 21 | SUDANUGANDA Khartoum's game 21st October 2005 Despite energetic denials, Khartoum continues to help Kony and the LRA In the early hours of 11 October, an Antonov flew over Western Equatoria, Southern Sudan, an unmistakable sound for civilians used to government bombing. Twice last month an... Vol 46 No 20 | SUDAN In the driving seat 7th October 2005 Khartoum's Islamists are confident of dominating the Government of National Unity The list of appointments to the new Government of National Unity (GNU) confirms that it is not much concerned about national unity. The National Islamic Front/National Congress Party... Vol 46 No 20 | SUDAN Bad marriage vows 7th October 2005 Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the National Congress Party (NCP) aka National Islamic Front (NIF) gets 52 per cent of ministers in the Government of National Unity, the... Vol 46 No 19 | SUDAN Control 23rd September 2005 The aid which keeps nearly three million displaced people in Darfur alive and which is critical to tens of thousands of returning Southerners is threatened by a new... Vol 46 No 17 | SUDAN Military manoeuvres 26th August 2005 Garang's death means that changes he imposed on the SPLM have been reversed Only days after the death of the Southern Sudanese leader, John Garang de Mabior, some senior officials of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army were quietly commenting... Vol 46 No 17 | SUDAN Who is Salva? 26th August 2005 Salva Kiir Mayardit's 19 August appointment of Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon as Vice-President of Southern Sudan signals continuity and reconciliation. After John Garang's death on 30 July, Salva... Vol 46 No 17 | SUDANAFRICA Death by plane 26th August 2005 Sudanese Vice-President John Garang's death in a helicopter crash on 30 July (see Feature) highlights the danger of African travel, especially in vast roadless countries such as Congo-Kinshasa... Vol 46 No 16 | SUDAN Without Garang 5th August 2005 The sudden death of Southern leader John Garang has brought riots and new fears for the future The death of the man who led Southern Sudan in its war with the Khartoum government for 22 years has stunned the country. Three weeks previously as part... Vol 46 No 16 | SUDAN Garang's last journey 5th August 2005 A little girl runs along a path, pulling a monkey on a length of twine, a gift from one of her uncles. The girl is Atong, aged eight,... Vol 46 No 15 | SUDAN Freedom unfledged 22nd July 2005 Garang's mass welcome in Khartoum shocked the NIF - but doesn't guarantee his success As a million and a half cheering people rushed to see John Garang de Mabior's triumphant return to Khartoum after 22 years at war, the National Islamic Front... Vol 46 No 15 | SUDAN Pressure points 22nd July 2005 The Islamist government is under unprecedented pressure but is skilled at bouncing back Forced to accept a non-Muslim, Southern rebel as First Vice-President and a draft constitution that promises the democracy it cannot risk, the Islamist government is under unprecedented pressure.... Vol 46 No 11 | SUDANUNITED NATIONS Watch this space 27th May 2005 We hear Jan Pronk, the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Sudan since June, seeks another job. The Netherlands' former International Development Minister (65) hoped for a... Vol 46 No 10 | SUDAN Seizing the day in the South 13th May 2005 To succeed, the new government must be more than a triumphant army The Government of South Sudan (GOSS) is waiting to be born. Its formidable task is to build a country from scratch and according to January's Comprehensive Peace Agreement... Vol 46 No 10 | SUDAN Running the South 13th May 2005 As the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement negotiates for a new Government of South Sudan and a power-sharing role in a new national government, its own leadership is opaque... Vol 46 No 10 | SUDAN From the ground up 13th May 2005 Along the old front line in Western Equatoria, the bush and the birds had taken over. Now people are beginning to return, some selling bananas by the roadside.... Vol 46 No 8 | SUDAN Crime and no punishment 15th April 2005 Western governments send Khartoum officials for trial one week and promise them aid the next The bizarre spectacle of Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha glad-handing Western politicians at the International Donors' Conference in Oslo on 11-12 April highlighted the confusion among European and... Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN East of the border 18th February 2005 SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates its affinity with Chad The Sudan Liberation Army appears to have a new leader. SLA members say that 'democratic consultations' are under way but the money is on the Chief of Staff,... Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN Who's who on Darfur? 18th February 2005 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... Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN Every single day 18th February 2005 As the killings continue, at last the UN considers sanctions, peacekeepers and prosecutions January's United Nations International Commission of Inquiry report on Darfur may not have concluded genocide was taking place but still may have shamed world decision-makers into action. Describing... Vol 46 No 3 | SUDANBRITAIN Who's spooking who? 4th February 2005 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... Vol 46 No 2 | SUDAN Joy in the South, silence in the North 21st January 2005 The peace deal shores up the regime but raises doubts about the eventual plan for Southern independence At long last, Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has been signed, in Kenya's National Stadium on 9 January. Yet the participants have very different aims: the regime wants... Vol 46 No 2 | SUDAN West of the border 21st January 2005 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... Vol 46 No 2 | SUDAN Capital concerns 21st January 2005 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,... Displaying 26 results from 2005 (out of 605 total). Previous2006200520042003200220012000199919981997Next
Vol 46 No 21 | SUDAN Gunmen or soldiers? 21st October 2005 Two big threats hang over the new regional government of Southern Sudan The new administration in Southern Sudan is not receiving the promised oil money from the National Congress-dominated government in Khartoum. At the same time, the stability of the...
Vol 46 No 21 | SUDAN Fighting the battle of Jericho 21st October 2005 Khartoum is starving the South of its oil revenue. January's Comprehensive Peace Agreement allocated to the Government of South Sudan half of the revenue from oil produced in...
Vol 46 No 21 | SUDANUGANDA Khartoum's game 21st October 2005 Despite energetic denials, Khartoum continues to help Kony and the LRA In the early hours of 11 October, an Antonov flew over Western Equatoria, Southern Sudan, an unmistakable sound for civilians used to government bombing. Twice last month an...
Vol 46 No 20 | SUDAN In the driving seat 7th October 2005 Khartoum's Islamists are confident of dominating the Government of National Unity The list of appointments to the new Government of National Unity (GNU) confirms that it is not much concerned about national unity. The National Islamic Front/National Congress Party...
Vol 46 No 20 | SUDAN Bad marriage vows 7th October 2005 Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the National Congress Party (NCP) aka National Islamic Front (NIF) gets 52 per cent of ministers in the Government of National Unity, the...
Vol 46 No 19 | SUDAN Control 23rd September 2005 The aid which keeps nearly three million displaced people in Darfur alive and which is critical to tens of thousands of returning Southerners is threatened by a new...
Vol 46 No 17 | SUDAN Military manoeuvres 26th August 2005 Garang's death means that changes he imposed on the SPLM have been reversed Only days after the death of the Southern Sudanese leader, John Garang de Mabior, some senior officials of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army were quietly commenting...
Vol 46 No 17 | SUDAN Who is Salva? 26th August 2005 Salva Kiir Mayardit's 19 August appointment of Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon as Vice-President of Southern Sudan signals continuity and reconciliation. After John Garang's death on 30 July, Salva...
Vol 46 No 17 | SUDANAFRICA Death by plane 26th August 2005 Sudanese Vice-President John Garang's death in a helicopter crash on 30 July (see Feature) highlights the danger of African travel, especially in vast roadless countries such as Congo-Kinshasa...
Vol 46 No 16 | SUDAN Without Garang 5th August 2005 The sudden death of Southern leader John Garang has brought riots and new fears for the future The death of the man who led Southern Sudan in its war with the Khartoum government for 22 years has stunned the country. Three weeks previously as part...
Vol 46 No 16 | SUDAN Garang's last journey 5th August 2005 A little girl runs along a path, pulling a monkey on a length of twine, a gift from one of her uncles. The girl is Atong, aged eight,...
Vol 46 No 15 | SUDAN Freedom unfledged 22nd July 2005 Garang's mass welcome in Khartoum shocked the NIF - but doesn't guarantee his success As a million and a half cheering people rushed to see John Garang de Mabior's triumphant return to Khartoum after 22 years at war, the National Islamic Front...
Vol 46 No 15 | SUDAN Pressure points 22nd July 2005 The Islamist government is under unprecedented pressure but is skilled at bouncing back Forced to accept a non-Muslim, Southern rebel as First Vice-President and a draft constitution that promises the democracy it cannot risk, the Islamist government is under unprecedented pressure....
Vol 46 No 11 | SUDANUNITED NATIONS Watch this space 27th May 2005 We hear Jan Pronk, the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Sudan since June, seeks another job. The Netherlands' former International Development Minister (65) hoped for a...
Vol 46 No 10 | SUDAN Seizing the day in the South 13th May 2005 To succeed, the new government must be more than a triumphant army The Government of South Sudan (GOSS) is waiting to be born. Its formidable task is to build a country from scratch and according to January's Comprehensive Peace Agreement...
Vol 46 No 10 | SUDAN Running the South 13th May 2005 As the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement negotiates for a new Government of South Sudan and a power-sharing role in a new national government, its own leadership is opaque...
Vol 46 No 10 | SUDAN From the ground up 13th May 2005 Along the old front line in Western Equatoria, the bush and the birds had taken over. Now people are beginning to return, some selling bananas by the roadside....
Vol 46 No 8 | SUDAN Crime and no punishment 15th April 2005 Western governments send Khartoum officials for trial one week and promise them aid the next The bizarre spectacle of Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha glad-handing Western politicians at the International Donors' Conference in Oslo on 11-12 April highlighted the confusion among European and...
Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN East of the border 18th February 2005 SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates its affinity with Chad The Sudan Liberation Army appears to have a new leader. SLA members say that 'democratic consultations' are under way but the money is on the Chief of Staff,...
Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN Who's who on Darfur? 18th February 2005 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...
Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN Every single day 18th February 2005 As the killings continue, at last the UN considers sanctions, peacekeepers and prosecutions January's United Nations International Commission of Inquiry report on Darfur may not have concluded genocide was taking place but still may have shamed world decision-makers into action. Describing...
Vol 46 No 3 | SUDANBRITAIN Who's spooking who? 4th February 2005 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...
Vol 46 No 2 | SUDAN Joy in the South, silence in the North 21st January 2005 The peace deal shores up the regime but raises doubts about the eventual plan for Southern independence At long last, Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has been signed, in Kenya's National Stadium on 9 January. Yet the participants have very different aims: the regime wants...
Vol 46 No 2 | SUDAN West of the border 21st January 2005 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...
Vol 46 No 2 | SUDAN Capital concerns 21st January 2005 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,...