Tag Archives: Darfur
By Eric Reeves* To understand the surging violence in Darfur over the past year, a lengthy and highly authoritative “unofficial” report covering most of 2011, from former members of the UN Panel of Experts on Sudan (Darfur), is critically important. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Special Reports, Sudan
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Tagged Chad, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, IRIN, Khartoum, Radio Dabanga, Sudan, UNAMID, United Nations
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By Eric Reeves There is in Darfur no end in sight for conflict, murder, rape, assaults on displaced persons camps, agricultural and village destruction, brutal extortion schemes, and continuing violent human displacement. The primary targets of this mayhem overseen by … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, Darfur Peace Agreement, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, New England Journal of Medicine, Sudan, War in Darfur
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By Eric Reeves A number of very recent, highly credible, ground-based reports indicate that Khartoum’s regular Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia proxies have attacked the Kiir Adem area of Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State, South Sudan. What makes these … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, Sudan
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By Arab News By Alsir Sidahmed Cynics have asserted that if the Arab Spring is to be characterized by forces of political Islam taking over power and mismanaging it, then Sudan had its Arab Spring more than two decades ago. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ali Osman Taha, Arab Spring, Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, National Congress Party, South Sudan, Sudan
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It’s the beginning of the end for Sudan’s Omar Al Bashir, who said that he’s gracefully withdrawing from office after more than two decades in the presidential palace. He’ll be gone by 2015, he claims. Few will mourn his departure, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Meles Zenawi, Middle East, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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By Magdi el Gizouli The educated Sudanese used to take a certain pride in their passion for political debate. Whether at afternoon meal, funerals, weddings or the nightly binges of old Khartoum political prowess was a marker of prestige. The … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, Darfur, Khartoum, SAF, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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By Amir Idris Dr. Elwathig Kameir’s recent article titled, “Disintegration of the Sudanese State: the most likely scenario,” , February 10, 2013, raises provocative yet very timely questions about the future of the country. Indeed, the article opens up a … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Fordham University, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, South Kordofan, Sudan, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)
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By Mahmoud A. Suleiman This article comes against the backdrop of the tenth anniversary by 26 February 2003 when the two Darfuri rebel groups the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) had to take up arms … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Justice and Equality Movement, Khartoum, NCP, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Tutsi
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By Emily L. Hauser,thedailybeas Haaretz reported on Tuesday that Israel deported at least 1,000 Sudanese refugees to North Sudan via a third county, without informing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and despite the fact that “[Sudan] has … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Aharon Barak, Darfur, Eli Yishai, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Israel, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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WASHINGTON, February 27, 2013Statement Patrick Ventrell Acting Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC February 26, 2013 The United States is deeply concerned that, ten years after the outbreak of war in Darfur, the Darfuri people continue to suffer … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Press Releases, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Chad, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Sudan, Sudan People's Armed Forces, Sudanese government, United States, War in Darfur
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Sudanese authorities must halt the execution of a Darfuri activist whose sentence was changed from 10 years’ imprisonment to death, Amnesty International urged today amid fears he will be hanged this weekend. Bakri Moussa Mohammed, who has been involved in … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Amnesty International, Bakri Moussa Mohammed, capitalpunishment, Darfur, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, South Darfur, Sudan
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By Princeton Lyman When Sudanese President Omar Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed a series of agreements on September 27 in Addis Ababa, they signaled their governments’ commitment to peace and cooperation between their two countries. However, since … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged about sudan, abouth south sudan, Addis Ababa, Darfur, news about sudan, news for sudan, news from sudan, news in sudan, news of sudan, news on sudan, South Sudan, Sudan, United States, United States Institute of Peace
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By Anne Bartlett If the last year has taught us anything about Sudan, it is that there is already so much hot air in Khartoum that the Sudanese government does not feel in the slightest bit concerned about some more … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Sudan
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Tagged African Union, Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Khartoum, Sahel, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudanese government
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By Eric Reeves Three recent assessments missions to Blue Nile have powerfully expanded our view of the vast crisis in this desperate region, as well as of the better reported humanitarian crisis engineered by Khartoum in the Nuba Mountains of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan
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Tagged Aegis Trust, Blue Nile, Darfur, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Mukesh Kapila, Nile River, Nuba Mountain, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Seifulaziz Milas Sudan’s President, General Ahmed Al-Bashir and South Sudan’s President Silva Kiir met in Addis Ababa on 4th January for talks aimed at resolving their on-going conflict.But this has all happened before, and is likely to happen again, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Bashir, Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress, South Kordofan, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan news, sudanenes news
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By Seifulaziz Milas Sudan’s President, General Ahmed Al-Bashir and South Sudan’s President Silva Kiir met in Addis Ababa on 4th January for talks aimed at resolving their on-going conflict.But this has all happened before, and is likely to happen again, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Bashir, Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress, South Kordofan, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Eric Reeves On January 29, 2013 a development conference, designed to promote international investment in Sudan, will be held in Berlin, Germany—sponsored by the German government with very little other European or U.S. support. This lack of support forced … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Mukesh Kapila, Nuba, Nuba Mountain, South Sudan, Sudan
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Officials say South Sudan and Sudan have failed to reach an agreement on security arrangements and oil exports after several days of talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The two sides were negotiating the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Associated Press, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Juba, Khartoum, List of countries by oil exports, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Keith Somerville There are no final or totally verifiable figures for the numbers of elephants slaughtered for their ivory in 2012. However, reports from Cameroon, DR Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic suggest a massive and continuing … read more »
Posted in Article, Cameroon, DR Congo, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged CITES, Darfur, Garamba National Park, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LRA, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Intolerable human insecurity and threats to humanitarian operations in Darfur remain largely invisible; an overview in three parts: South Darfur By Eric Reeves January 11, 2013 -In assessing human security in West Darfur (December 27, 2012, http://www.sudanreeves.org/?p=3684), I began by … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Darfur, darfur news, Fatou Bensouda, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Sudan news, UNAMID, United Nations Security Council
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Khartoum – Three peacekeepers shot dead by one of their comrades in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region were all Ethiopian, a source familiar with the incident told AFP on Saturday. The shooter, who subsequently killed himself, was also from the East … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African Union, African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Agence France-Presse, Darfur, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Sudan, UNAMID, West Darfur
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By Mahmoud A. Suleiman As part of the Continuing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Darfur and hateful racist approach against all international norms and humanity rights conventions, the National Congress Party (NCP) regime and its militias carried another massacre in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, IndepthAfrica, National Congress, National Intelligence and Security Service, NCP, NISS, Omar al-Bashir, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan
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By Anne Bartlett If the dragging of student bodies from a water-filled ditch this week served to illustrate anything, it showed that the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) is not worth the paper it is written on. It … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Fashir, Darfur, Darfuri, Doha, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Indepth Africa Magazine, Khartoum, Middle East, Qatar, Sudan
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By Magdi El Gizouli Four students were found dead Friday in a feeder irrigation canal of an experimental farm next to the main campus of the University of Gezira. The students drowned to death; their bodies carried no marks of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Darfuri, Friday, Gezira University, IndepthAfrica, Liberation and Justice Movement, National Congress Party, Rift Valley Institute, Sudan
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Tanks, armoured vehicles and troops were seen advancing past the international airport and towards government buildings along one of the main boulevards in the capital, Khartoum, in the early hours of Thursday morning. It was not clear if they were … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thursday
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By Adeeb Yousif The Darfur conflict and genocide of nine years has been was widely publicized: the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, widespread sexual assaults, and the displacement of millions from their homes to camps with limited … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Internally displaced person, Khartoum, Politics of Sudan, Sudan, World Health Organization, Yellow fever, Zalingei
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By Emily Cooper,independent (GETTY IMAGES) Darfur and the DRC are two of the most dangerous places on earth, with armed factions fighting for control of territory and regular violent clashes. But far more dangerous than … read more »
Posted in Article, Health, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Getty Images, Health care, IndepthAfrica, North Sudan, SouthSudan, Sudan, sudanese news, Warrap, World Vision
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By Anne Bartlett, opinion Einstein once quipped that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Given this point, one might suggest that recent agreements on borders, security and peace in … read more »
Sudanese refugees from the Nuba Mountains are being registered by Israel’s Interior Ministry as South Sudanese, making it difficult for them to find and keep work, pay for rent, bills, or food, and subjecting them to potential arrest and deportation. By Natasha … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, Israel, Nuba Mountain, Refugee, SouthSudan, Sudan, tel aviv
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November 8, 2012 by benim
Osman Naway Jalila Khmais Koko is a Nuba woman activist detained eight months ago for calling for peace and helping her peoples fleeing the war in Nuba Mountains to safe places such as the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Jalila’s humble house … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Nuba, Nuba Mountain, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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