Tag: Thabo Mbeki
Sudan’s Letter Rejecting AU Proposal On Abyei Issue
Photo: Isaac Billy/UN Photo Government of Sudan‘s response to the AUHIP on “Possible Options of the Final Status of the Abyel Area” – Proposal on the Referendum presented to the Addis Ababa Summit, 23rd-25th September 2012: Introduction 1. On Saturday 22 September 2012, the President of the Republic of Sudan received the letter of H.E. [...]
Sudan, South Sudan talks make little headway on deal
By Peter Martell (AFP) – 9 hours ago ADDIS ABABA — Frantic efforts to broker a deal on festering disputes between Sudan and South Sudan made little headway Tuesday, the third day of a presidential summit in the Ethiopian capital. The mood was initially optimistic when the leaders began talks Sunday — in what was [...]
Slow progress in Sudan, S. Sudan crisis talks
By Peter Martell (AFP) – 2 days ago ADDIS ABABA — The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan failed to strike a deal Monday in ongoing talks, despite growing pressure to settle festering disputes that have brought them to the brink of renewed conflict. Former civil war foes President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and his [...]
Sudan, S.Sudan leaders meet for deal on conflict issues
By Peter Martell (AFP) – 2 days ago ADDIS ABABA — The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan met for a second day Monday as pressure mounts to settle festering disputes that have brought the rivals to the brink of renewed conflict. Former civil war foes President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and his Southern counterpart [...]
African Union urges Sudan, S. Sudan leaders to reach deal
By Peter Martell (AFP) – 21 hours ago ADDIS ABABA — Sudan and South Sudan‘s leaders will meet Sunday as international pressure mounts to settle long-running bitter disputes that have brought the former civil war foes to the brink of renewed conflict. The rival delegations have held dragging talks that began several months before South [...]
Khartoum, Juba continue talks in Ethiopia
The two Sudans on Friday continued with negotiations to end an impasse over several issues that arose with the cessation of the south. The talks are being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the auspices of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), chaired by former South African President, Thabo Mbeki. Information from the [...]
African team to help Khartoum and Juba over disputed areas
September 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — An African Union Good Offices team has launched an initiative aiming to support Khartoum and Juba in their negotiations to reach an agreement over the border contested zones. The stalled process over boundary demarcation is hampering the implementation of security arrangements between the two country and threaten to hamper the [...]
Sudan, South Sudan delegations resume talks in Addis Ababa
September 4, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese and South Sudanese delegates launched on Tuesday the last round of talks on the thorny outstanding issues, which the two parties are discussing since more than a year. Chief African Union mediator and former South African president, Thabo Mbeki speaks with media after his meeting with Sudanese President Omar [...]
S. Sudan shrugs off gloom to celebrate year of freedom
By Hannah McNeish (AFP) – 6 days ago JUBA — South Sudan has put aside dire warnings over the stability and economic viability of the fledgling nation, the world’s newest, to celebrate its first year of independence. Crowds took to the streets of the capital Juba on Monday, with people crammed into cars driving around [...]
Quiet independence day for South Sudanese in Sudan
Dancing and singing, South Sudanese on Monday put aside dire warnings over the stability and economic viability of their fledgling nation, the world’s newest, to celebrate its first year of independence. Celebrations began at midnight as crowds took to the streets of the capital Juba, with people crammed into cars driving around the city and [...]
