Print 6 May 2013 ? The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack on a United Nations convoy in Abyei, during which a top tribal chief and a peacekeeper from the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) were killed amid growing ethnic tensions. On 4 May, an attack by ethnic Misseriya pastoralist tribesmen on [...]
By Luka Biong Deng* It seemed the moderates within Sudan’s ruling NCP eventually prevailed over the hardliners, allowing for president Omar el-Bashir’s visit to Juba to go ahead. This is a positive sign. However, the visit was also necessitated by other factors. These included the diplomatic embarrassment of Bashir’s failure to attend the inauguration ceremony [...]
Photo: Tim McKulka/UN Photo Juba/Khartoum — South Sudan on Monday expressed “strong optimism” about the possibility of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) coming together to “unanimously” endorse a peace proposal aiming at addressing a long standing dispute over the border region of Abyei. “There is strong consensus building up around the proposal. [...]
Give the parties six weeks for final solution: panel Despite months of protracted negotiations, mediated by the African Union (A.U.), Sudan and South Sudan appear no closer to a comprehensive resolution on issues left unresolved after the south seceded from the North last year. A primary issue is the status of Abyei — a 10,000 [...]
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan claimed Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes caused an explosion and fire at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum, killing two people. Minister of Information Ahmed Belal Osman told reporters that four aircraft hit the Yarmouk Complex, setting off a huge blast that rocked the capital before dawn. “Four planes coming [...]
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan claimed Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes caused an explosion and fire at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum, killing two people. Minister of Information Ahmed Belal Osman told reporters that four aircraft hit the Yarmouk Complex, setting off a huge blast that rocked the capital before dawn. “Four planes coming [...]
Photo: Tim McKulka/UN Photo Juba — South Africa on Sunday pledged its resolve to support a peace proposal by the African Union High Level Implementation (AUHIP) which aims to end the long-running dispute between Sudan and South Sudan over the region of Abyei, a leading member of South Sudan‘s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) [...]
NCP Rules out Possibility of Imposing Sanctions on Sudan in Relation to Extremist Marxists Khartoum- National Congress Party (NCP) said there is no possibility the United Nations Security Council will impose new sanctions on Sudan in the case government does not agree to reopen dialogue with extremist Marxists. Official Spokesman of the NCP Professor Badr [...]
Photo: UN Photo/Tim McKulka Juba — A senior South Sudan official has reiterated his party’s objection to Khartoum’s proposed inclusion of the Misseriya ethnic in a vote on the future of Abyei, or the regions division. Minister of water resources and irrigation, Paul Mayom Akec, made the remarks at a consultative community meeting on Wednesday. [...]
October 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday indicated Sudan’s preference for a political agreement over the disputed Abyei’s area, stressing that a referendum might bring war between the two sides. People displaced by fighting in Abyei wait for assistance and aid supplies in the village of Agok May 18, 2008. (Reuters/file) Al-Obeid [...]
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