Vol 48 No 10 | SUDAN Africa's mission undermined 11th May 2007 A weak hybrid force of African Union and United Nations troops with little or no reconnaissance or intelligence capacity looks the most probable outcome of the negotiations on...
Vol 48 No 10 | SUDAN Caught in the act 11th May 2007 An Amnesty report claims that Russia and China are supplying arms to Sudan for use against Darfur civilians Pressure for a no-fly zone in Darfur and tougher United Nations' sanctions on Khartoum will increase after Amnesty International's report on 7 May detailing the regime's flouting of...
Vol 48 No 7 | SUDANBRITAIN Deadly collaboration 30th March 2007 As British Premier Tony Blair calls for a 'no fly zone' against the Sudanese regime, his government is flying victims of that regime's murderous policy in Darfur back...
Vol 48 No 6 | SUDAN The thirsty wait for water 16th March 2007 Over 25,000 displaced people from Darfur have signed a petition calling for United Nations' peackeepers to come and protect them. They call for an end to violence, the...
Vol 48 No 5 | SUDAN First steps 2nd March 2007 The International Criminal Court has laid the main responsibility for war crimes in Darfur on the Khartoum regime. The ICC Prosecutor's Application says 'The majority of civilian deaths...
Vol 48 No 5 | SUDAN Southern front 2nd March 2007 On 15 February, heavily armed People's Defence Forces massed in the Nuba capital, Kadugli, shouting slogans against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. SPLM Governor Ismail Khamis Jalab accused...
Vol 48 No 4 | SUDAN The commanders confer 16th February 2007 Darfur's rebel commanders are to meet and hammer out a common position ahead of a new round of peace talks The Darfur rebel commanders' conference may have taken weeks to become reality but it is increasingly seen as a necessary stage if peace is to return to the...
Vol 48 No 4 | SUDAN Who counts in the Darfur rebellion? 16th February 2007 Adam Bakhit: a Zaghawa of the Wogi clan, he stood against Minni Arkou Minnawi for the Sudan Liberation Movement leadership during the 2005 Haskanita conference. He returned to...
Vol 48 No 3 | SUDANBRITAIN Minni on the rampage 2nd February 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 2 | SUDAN Packaging the peacekeepers 19th January 2007 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...