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Darfur / Sudan | Last Updated 18/11/2009 21:18:00
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 | BADEA DG arrives Congo | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Director-General of the Arab Bank for Economic Deve
lopment in Africa
(BADEA), Mr. Abdelaziz Khelef, Tuesday arrived in Brazzaville, capital of the Re
public of Congo,
on the invitation of the Government of Congo.
10/11/2009 full text... |
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| BADEA DG visits Burundi | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Director-General of the Arab Bank for Economic Deve
lopment in Africa (BADEA),
Mr. Abdelaziz Khelef, was due in Bujumbura Wednesday to attend the Great Lakes S
ummit being hosted by Burundi
4-5 Nov.
04/11/2009 full text... |
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| Kenya wants Sudan Peace Agreement implemented | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The full implementation of the South Sudan Comprehensive
Peace Agreement (CPA) will greatly boost efforts aimed at resolving the Darfur
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eace process, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Thursday told a special AU Peace and
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ecurity Council Summit, in Abuja, Nigeria.
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| Nigeria gets apology for diplomatic snub | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations, the African Union and the Sudanese g
overnment have apologised to Nigeria over last Sundayâ?s incident, in which an a
ircraft conveying Senate President David Mark to Sudan was prevented from landin
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28/10/2009 full text... |
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| Kibaki, Kiir hold talks ahead of AU Summit | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, at his Harambee House offi
ce here, on Tuesday held a consultative meeting with the First Vice President of
Sudan and President of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir.
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| BADEA approves US$61m to finance new projects | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the Arab Bank for Economic De
velopment in Africa
(BADEA) has approved the financing of a new batch of projects and technical assi
stance operations for the benefit of several African countries, for a total amou
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t of US$61.320 million.
26/10/2009 full text... |
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| Yar'Adua asked to order Al-Bashir's arrest or..... | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Four civil society organizations on Saturday asked Nige
rian President Umaru Yarâ?Adua to use his â?position and leadership to ensure t
he immediate arrest of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan", who is expected to at
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end the forthcoming African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting on Dar
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ur in Abuja, starting 29 October.
25/10/2009 full text... |
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| US welcomes Chad-Sudan talks | | Washington DC, US (PANA) - The US has welcomed the steps being taken by the gove
rnments of Chad and
Sudan to fully restore their bilateral relations, after a recent visit to Chad b
y a Sudanese government delegation.
19/10/2009 full text... |
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| ICC to begin Darfur war crimes trials | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to be
gin the trial of a Darfur rebel leader, accused of war crimes, in what is expect
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d to be the first such trial, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement here
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riday.
16/10/2009 full text... |
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| High-level SA delegation visits Al Bashir | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Minister of International Relatio
ns and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana Mashabane,
and Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane were due to pay a courtesy call o
n Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir at the
Republican Palace in Khartoum Tuesday.
15/09/2009 full text... |
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| UNAMID in fresh bid to tackle root-causes of Darfur conflict | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union/United Nations Hybrid force for Darf
ur (UNAMID) officials have
embarked on a comprehensive plan to boost efforts aimed at resolving the conflic
t in Darfur, by talking to local civil rights
organisations to spread the message of peace among the civilians in the vast reg
ion, officials said Monday.
14/09/2009 full text... |
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| UN worried about increasing LRA attacks in Southern Sudan | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary Ge
neral and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Ameerah Haq, has expr
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ssed grave concern about the increasing number of deaths due to the escalating a
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tacks by rebels of the Lordâ?s Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians - mostly
women and children - in Southern Sudanâ?s Western and Central Equatoria States.
12/09/2009 full text... |
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| Two UNAMID officials kidnapped in Darfur | | N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Two officials of the joint UN-African Union peacekeepin
g mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were kidnapped on Saturday in the City of Zalingei,
according to a UNAMID communiqué here.
30/08/2009 full text... |
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| Kadhafi sues for peace in Darfur | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader and current chairman of the African Union
(AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, has said that Darfur had become a "place of war, insecur
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ty, looting and piracy with the attendant refugees and displaced persons."
Speaking in Tripoli recently in a meeting with members of the Darfur Justice and
Equality Movement (JEM), Kadhafi said the problem in Darfur was one of the issu
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s, among the many conflicts in Africa, discussed at the special AU summit which
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as held in Libya on Monday.
25/08/2009 full text... |
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| 196 Gambian soldiers leave for Darfur | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - About 196 officers of the Gambian Armed Forces, led by C
ol. Serign Modou Njie, left here on Thursday for a peacekeeping mission in the S
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danese region of Darfur.
13/08/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt shows support for Sudan’s Bashir | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt has affirmed its support of Sudanese President Omar
al-Bashir, Secretary General of the ruling National Democratic Party Safwat Al S
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arif told the party’s youth.
02/08/2009 full text... |
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| UN chief frowns at Sudanese indecency trial | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A member of staff of the United Nations (UN) facing 40 l
ashes of the cane for “indecent dressing” has received the backing of UN Secreta
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y-General Ban Ki-Moon, who has vowed to protect the rights of all UN staff membe
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01/08/2009 full text... |
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| EU, AU urged to mediate in Chad-Sudan crisis | | N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The Monitoring Committee for Peace and Reconciliation i
n Chad has recommended that the European Union and African Union should carry ou
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high level mediation talks on the crisis between Chad and Sudan, according to a
memorandum made public in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, on Friday.
18/07/2009 full text... |
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| South African govt urged to take stand on Al-Bashir | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's official opposition Democratic
Alliance (DA) Tuesday challenged the Minister of International Relations, Maite
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koana-Mashabane, to state unequivocally whether or not South Africa will arrest
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udanese President Omar Al-Bashir should he visit South Africa.
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| Darfur peacekeeping force expands in strength | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations/African Union joint peacekeeping for
ce in Darfur (UNAMID) has reached 69 per cent of its required strength but needs
more efforts to complete the deployment of its air personnel, including helicopt
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rs and local staff, officials said Sunday.
13/07/2009 full text... |
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| BADEA approves US$55m for new development projects | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the Arab Bank for Economic De
velopment in Africa (BADEA) has approved financing totalling US$55.295 million f
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r new development projects, the bank said in a statement made available to PANA
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ere Monday
Out of the total amount, US$53.60 million will be for project loans while US$1.6
95 million was earmarked for technical assistance operations, it said.
29/06/2009 full text... |
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| 2010 WC/CAN: Ghana beat Sudan 2-0 | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Saturday beat Sudan 2-0 in their World Cup/Africa
n Cup of Nations Group D qualifying match played in Omdurman, Sudan, to tighten
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heir grip at the top of the table.
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| Darfur rebel leader pledges ceasefire | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Darfur’s main rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim has pledged
to end hostilities in the region, and sign the cessation of hostilities agreemen
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with the Sudanese government after nearly six years of fighting in the western
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egion.
11/06/2009 full text... |
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| BADEA gives DR Congo US$6m loan for school project | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA
) has given a US$6 million loan to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to hel
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finance the rehabilitation of a primary school project in the country, a BADEA
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tatement said Tuesday.
09/06/2009 full text... |
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| Gaddafi declares commitment to settle Chad-Sudan conflict | | Sabrata, Libya (PANA - The Libyan revolutionary leader and incumbent chairman
of the Community for the Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Mouammar Gaddafi, has
committed himself to finding a lasting solution to the problem between Chad and
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udan, the Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamat Fakki, said on Friday.
30/05/2009 full text... |
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| Tunisia thrashes Sudan 4-0 in soccer friendly | | Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's national soccer team thrashed the Sudan 4-0 in
a friendly played Thursday in Rades, near Tunis, as part of preparations for th
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forth-coming round of matches in the joint 2010 CAN/World Cup qualifiers.
29/05/2009 full text... |
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| Omar el-Bashir: CICC renews call for justice in Africa | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 2,500 civil society groups, under the banner of the
‘Coalition for the International Criminal Court’ (CICC), on Sunday called on Af
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ican states “to renew their long-standing commitment to justice” by honoring th
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arrest warrant issued against the Sudanese President, Omar el-Bashir, the coali
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ion said in a communiqué, received by PANA here.
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| Darfur peacekeepers urge ceasefire over Chad-Sudan fighting | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The fighting near the Chadian-Sudanese border must urg
ently stop and the two countries must adhere to an accord they signed recently t
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end hostilities against each other, the joint United Nations, African Union chi
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f, Rodolphe Adada said here.
21/05/2009 full text... |
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| Chad destroys 7 rebel bases inside Sudan | | N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Chad's Acting Defence Minister, Adoum Younousmi, on Mon
day declared that the Chadian army had destroyed seven rebel bases located some
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0-40 kilometres inside Sudan, noting that the operation was conducted pursuant t
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his country's right to chase rebels.
18/05/2009 full text... |
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| HRW challenges AU on ICC warrant against Omar al-Bashir | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday urged UN Security Counc
il “to challenge those in the African Union who claim that peace efforts in Suda
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are being undermined by the ICC warrant to arrest President Omar al-Bashir,” th
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rights body said in a communique.
12/05/2009 full text... |
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| Chad threatens to cut relations with Sudan | | N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Chadian President Idriss Deby has threatened to severe
diplomatic relations
with Sudan, accusing Khartoum of supporting the attacks in the eastern part of h
is country this
weekend.
10/05/2009 full text... |
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| UN chief hails Chad-Sudan talks | | New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcome the peace tal
ks
between Chad and Sudan aimed at normalising their bilateral relations and urged
both countries to
make every effort to ease tensions.
04/05/2009 full text... |
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| Al-Bashir arrives in Addis Ababa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (PANA) - Despite an arrest warrant issued by the Internat
ional Criminal Court (ICC) against him, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has ar
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ived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the head of a Sudanese
delegation to discuss joint cooperation with high level Ethiopian officials.
21/04/2009 full text... |
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| Rights groups urge Africa to cooperate with ICC over Darfur | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Rights groups, numbering 2,500 from some 150 countries a
cross the globe and under the banner of ‘the Coalition for the International Cri
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inal Court (CICC)’, have solicited support from African states as the Internatio
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al Criminal Court (ICC) seeks to obtain justice for the victims of Darfur crisis
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” the coalition said in a statement received by PANA Wednesday.
25/03/2009 full text... |
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| 1 killed in ambush of 6 Darfur peacekeepers | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Armed gunmen in Sudan’s Darfur region have attacked sold
iers of the United Nations/African Union’s Joint Peacekeeping
force (UNAMID), killing one peacekeeper, the mission said in a statement.
18/03/2009 full text... |
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| Egypt shows more support for el-Bashir | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak
continued his campaign of support for his embattled Sudanese
counterpart Omar el-Bashir over the weekend, sending a message
of solidarity to the Sudanese leader, the official MENA news
agency reported.
15/03/2009 full text... |
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| Sudanese embassy denounces el-Bashir arrest warrant | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Sudanese embassy in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday den
ounced the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) again
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t Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bashir, saying the decision was "unfai
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and undermined Sudan's sovereignty".
05/03/2009 full text... |
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| US supports al-Bashir's indictment | | New York, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed its support for the decisi
on of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague to
indict President Omar al-Bashir and issue a warrant for his arrest over alleged
war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's western Darfur region.
05/03/2009 full text... |
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| Massive Sudanese support for President al-Bashir despite ICC decision | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was cheered on by peo
ple who lined the streets of the country's largest city of Omdurman Wednesday, s
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ortly after the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague
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o issue a warrant for his arrest over charges of war crimes and crimes against h
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manity.
04/03/2009 full text... |
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| Senegalese troops bolster Darfur peacekeeping force | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An additional 150 Senegalese peacekeepers
arrived Wednesday in El Fasher, North Darfur, to bring the total number of
members in the Senegalese infantry battalion in the troubled region to 834,
force commanders said.
25/02/2009 full text... |
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| Sudanese President seeks Egypt’s help | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is looking to
Egypt for help in delaying the plan to issue an arrest warrant for him
by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his government's
actions in the troubled Darfur region.
24/02/2009 full text... |
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| UN happy with peace moves in Darfur | | New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed an
agreement signed on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, between the Sudanese government
and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
18/02/2009 full text... |
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| UN happy with peace moves in Darfur | | New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed an agreement
signed on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, between the Sudanese government and the Justi
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e and Equality Movement (JEM).
18/02/2009 full text... |
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| Champions League: Atraco fc 0, El Merreikh 0 | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's football club Atraco was eliminated
from the CAF Champions League on Sunday, after it played goalless in Kigali
with Sudanese club El Merreikh, in the second leg tie of the
competition's preliminary round.
16/02/2009 full text... |
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| UN chief insists Sudanese leader must face war crime charges | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has
asked the Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir to cooperate fully with the Internat
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onal Criminal Court (ICC) decision on the war crimes charges on Darfur and urged
him to immediately guarantee civilian protection in Darfur..
02/02/2009 full text... |
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| Sudan scoffs at ICC | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A Sudanese envoy, Mr Akuei Malwal, said
here on Sunday that his government would ratify and implement
all African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) resolutions to end the
crisis in the country's Western Darfur region, but will defy current
attempts by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest President Omar el-Bashir.
01/02/2009 full text... |
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| AU Commission top official supports negotiated peace in Darfur | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) will press for a
negotiated peace settlement in the troubled Darfur region in western
Sudan, rather than back the warrants of arrest slapped on the Sudanese
President Hassan el-Bashir and others accused by the International
Criminal
Court (ICC), the AU Commission (AUC) Deputy Chairperson, Mr Erastus
Mwencha, said in an exclusive interview with PANA here Friday.
30/01/2009 full text... |
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| Fresh fighting erupts in Darfur, situation remains tense | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Fresh fighting erupted in Darfur early Monday with repo
rts of heavy fighting near the United Nations Joint Peacekeeping Force for Darfu
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(UNAMID), which confirmed reports of heavy shelling, mortar fire and sounds of
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et fighters around the region.
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| African states bolster Darfur peacekeeping force | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - African states will contribute additional troops to the
United Nations, African Union Hybrid force in Darfur (UNAMID) in the coming mon
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hs, with an advance party expected from Tanzania, the force said Wednesday.
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| Darfur lawmakers demonstrate outside UNAMID against ICC verdict | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The State Legislative Council in South Darfur held a pe
aceful demonstration Tuesday outside UNAMID's sector headquarters in Nyala, the
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tate capital, against a possible International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictment
of Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir.
20/01/2009 full text... |
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| 'Brace up for the ICC decision on al-Bashir' | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor
Luis Moreno-Ocampo has issued a warning to the world to prepare
itself,
"sooner rather than later", for the decision of the ICC Judges on the
indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan.
04/12/2008 full text... |
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| Al-Bashir declares Darfur ceasefire | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashirn Wednesday
announced an immediate ceasefire in the country's western Darfur
region, where five years of fighting between government and rebel
forces have left 300,000 dead and forced over 2.5 million others out
of their homes, according to the Sudanese news agency.
12/11/2008 full text... |
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| 23 Darfuris sent back to Sudan by Egypt | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A Darfur human rights organisation said Egyptian authoriti
es deported 23 Sudanese from the troubled Darfur region back to their home count
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y after they were arrested in the Sinai Peninsula.
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| Egypt sends aid to Sudanese military | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Egyptian government has donated two
electricity generators, 50 tons of tents and kitchen equipment to
Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIUs), as part of efforts by Cairo to
support the Sudanese military, Egyptian officials said.
31/10/2008 full text... |
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| US concerned about abduction of workers in Sudan | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday expressed deep
concern for the well-being of nine Chinese and Sudanese workers
reportedly kidnapped on 18 October in South Kordofan State and
demanded their immediate freedom and without harm.
22/10/2008 full text... |
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| US assists Sudan in mine clearance | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in
the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
(PM/WRA) has awarded a US$200,200
grant to the Sudanese Integrated Mine Action Service (SIMAS) for
humanitarian mine action and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)
training in Southern Sudan, the department said in a
statement obtained by PANA here Wednesday.
15/10/2008 full text... |
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| BADEA board approves 6 new projects for African countries | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the Arab Bank for
Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has approved financing for six
new development projects and technical assistance operations for the
benefit of several African countries, to the tune of US$38.29 million.
08/10/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan's Bashir in Ghana for ACP summit | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
arrived in Accra on Wednesday to join other leaders and heads of
governments attending the 6th biennial summit of Africa, Caribbean and
Pacific (ACP) states, the Ghana News Agency reported.
02/10/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan to cease attacks against ex-rebel faction | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese officials have agreed on a military ceasefire
with members of a former rebel group led by Minni Minawi ending a series of atta
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ks targeting the bases of troops loyal to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) le
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der.
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| UNHCR resettles 300,000 former refugees in South Sudan | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - More than half of around 500,000 Sudanese who ha
d taken refuge in seven neighbouring
countries for two decades have returned to their homeland, thanks to the Compreh
ensive Peace Agreement signed in January 2005
between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army
(SPLM/A).
19/09/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan calls for sanctions against Darfur rebels | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudanese authorities Friday expressed disappointment ove
r the Darfur rebel's refusal to join the latest Arab League initiative to broker
a political settlement for the war-scarred region and called for international c
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ndemnation.
12/09/2008 full text... |
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| Kagame threatens to withdraw Rwandan troops from Darfur | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame declared that he did not r
ule out the possibility of withdrawing his country's 3,000 men contingent in Dar
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ur, western Sudan, if legal proceedings are instituted against Rwandan General E
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manuel Karenzi Karake.
02/09/2008 full text... |
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| UNAMID condemns use of force in Darfur IDP camp attack | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations/African Union Hybrid Peacekeeping fo
rce for Darfur (UNAMID) has condemned what it considered as excessive use of for
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e by the Sudanese military during an armed attack at a camp for internally displ
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ced people, which killed 64 people.
26/08/2008 full text... |
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| Hijacked Sudanese plane lands in Libya | | Koufra, Libya (PANA) - A Sudanese plane, hijacked during a flight from Nyala, in
Darfur, to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, landed Tuesday at the Koufra airport
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south-east of Libya, aviation officials told PANA.
26/08/2008 full text... |
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| Sudanese military raid victims shun airlift to safety | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Victims of Sudanese military police raids in a displace
d persons camp in Darfur have resisted efforts to airlift them to safety because
they are afraid of being arrested, a day after government forces raided Kalma ca
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p, killing about 49 people.
26/08/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan court sentences 8 more Darfur rebels to death | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's special counter-terrorism court has
sentenced to death eight more Darfur rebels, including a senior
confidant of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil
Ibrahim, over the attack on Omdurman in May this year.
18/08/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan sentences 20 Darfur rebels to death by hanging | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Twelve Darfur rebels have been sentenced to death by ha
nging, a day after eight others were ordered to face the gallows over an armed a
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tack in a Khartoum suburb, which diluted the government's aura of invincibility.
31/07/2008 full text... |
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| South Sudanese President wants El-Bashir's indictment delayed | | Entebbe, Uganda (PANA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is pleading with th
e International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the indictment of Sudanese Preside
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t Omar El-Bashir until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the country’s sout
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he leads has been implemented and a peaceful settlement in Darfur reached.
23/07/2008 full text... |
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| Nigerian experts disagree on charges against El-Bashir | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian foreign affairs and legal analysts
have expressed different views on the war crime charges against
President Omar El-Bashir
of Sudan by the International Criminal Court (ICC), over his role in
the killings in Darfur in Sudan's western region.
17/07/2008 full text... |
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| AU widens Sudan's chances against ICC indictment | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has offered Sudan a survival chan
ce against the issuance of an arrest warrant by recommending that states caught
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p in such circumstances are better off lobbying
diplomatically, PANA reports.
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| Kenyans back El-Bashir's indictment | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir should
appear the International Criminal Court (ICC)
to state his role in the killing of thousands of innocent civilians in
the volatile Darfur region, according to Kenyans interviewed
by PANA on the indictment.
16/07/2008 full text... |
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| Al-Bashir's prosecution, bold step for justice, peace in Sudan, says | | Africa Action
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Africa Action, a Washington-based
organisation, Tuesday applauded the International Criminal Court’s call to
prosecute Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for crimes against humanity and
genocide against civilians in Darfur, saying the pending issuance of an ICC
warrant for Bashir could provide the UN Security Council with vital leverage on
Khartoum.
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| Sudanese envoy says International Court ``playing with fire'' | | New York, US (PANA) - Sudan's UN Ambassador, Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, said Frid
ay here that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis More
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o-Ocampo was ``playing with fire'' in his intention to seek genocide charges aga
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nst the Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.
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| CEN-SAD condemns attack against UNAMID | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The secretariat of the Community of the
Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) has condemned
the 8 July attack against a patrol team of the UN/AU Mission in
Darfur
(UNAMID), which left seven soldiers dead and 22 others
wounded.
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| US assures new joint mediator for Darfur of support | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States has assured of its support
for the new Joint United Nations/African Union Chief Mediator for
Darfur, Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Djibrill Yipene Bassole
``We are fully committed to the success of the mediator and will
continue to provide support to the Darfur political process to achieve
an inclusive
peace agreement,'' according to a statement from the US State
Department, made available to PANA here.
02/07/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan's Bashir sacks aviation chief after series of air disasters | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir Monday sacked the Dir
ector General of the Civil Aviation Authority, Major Abu-Bakr Jaafar Ahmed, foll
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wing the spate of air accidents, the third of which killed four people, 72 hours
after a Saturday crash that also killed nine people.
30/06/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan sends joint battalion to oil-rich Abyei region | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese authorities have sent a joint
battalion of 600 soldiers to the oil-rich
Abyei region in compliance with last month's peace accord, which ended
nearly nine months of hostilities
between Khartoum and its southern peace partners.
20/06/2008 full text... |
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| AU hails Sudanese deal on disputed Abyei | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Commission of the African Union
(AU) Wednesday welcomed the signing of a deal between the governments
of Sudan and Southern Sudan to enable displaced persons in the
disputed oil-rich Abyei area to return to their homes.
11/06/2008 full text... |
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| AU hails Sudanese deal on disputed Abyei | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Commission of the African Union
(AU) Wednesday welcomed the signing of a deal between the governments
of Sudan and Southern Sudan to enable displaced persons in the
disputed oil-rich Abyei area to return to their homes.
11/06/2008 full text... |
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| BREAKING NEWS: 100 feared dead in Sudan's air crash | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 100 passengers were feared dead after a Sudan A
irways Airbus plane crashed and burst into flames while landing during a bad wea
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her at the airport in the capital city of Khartoum Tuesday, airport officials sa
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| WFP to cut air service for aid workers in Sudan | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme said
on Tuesday that the ability of 14,000 aid workers to
travel to Darfur and other parts of Sudan will be
reduced with immediate effect, due to a lack of funding
for the Humanitarian Air Service.
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| `Over 200 die in attack on Omdurman' | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Saturday's rebel attack on the Sudanese city
of Omdurman left over 200 people dead, the Sudanese News Agency, SUNA,
quoted the country's Defence Minister, Gen. Abdul Rahim Hussein as
telling parliament Tuesday.
14/05/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan detains 100 suspected rebels | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- The Sudanese government has
arrested more than 100 suspected supporters of a
Darfur rebel group which attacked capital, Khartoum
and its suburbs on Saturday, the Human Rights Watch
(HWR) said in a report Tuesday.
13/05/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan to continue crackdown on rebels | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Sudanese government will
continue its crackdown against suspected rebels who
staged attacks around the capital, Khartoum, in a bid
to oust the government of President Omar Bashir, a
senior presidential aide told PANA Tuesday.
13/05/2008 full text... |
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| Arab League seeks joint action with AU on Darfur | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Ministerial Council of the Arab League has
called on the League's Secretary-General to immediately contact the AU
Commission Chairperson in an effort to launch a joint Arab League-AU
action to help advance the Darfur peace process and stability in the
region.
12/05/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan rebel attack: Security Council holds emergency | | meeting
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An emergency meeting of Sudan
National Security Council, chaired by President Omar
Al-Bashir, with First Vice - President Salva Kiir in
attendance, Sunday noon directed the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs to adopt the required measures
regarding "the terrorist sabotage attempt."
The meeting also instructed the ministries of interior
and justice to "pursue the rebel leaders who
participated in the latest incidents inside Sudan and
internationally."
Meanwhile, the Sudan Armed Forces Sunday killed Jamal
Hassan Jala-Eddin, the commander of the rebel Justice
and Equality Movement, Sudan National News Agency
(SUNA) said, quoting an authorised source of the Sudan
Armed Forces.
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| BADEA signs 4 loan agreements | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA
) Monday in Cairo, capital of Egypt, signed four loan agreements with Burkina Fa
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o, Burundi, Kenya and Mali, totalling US$ 30.9 million to finance development pr
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jects in those countries.
29/04/2008 full text... |
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| UNAMID condemns killing of WFP driver in Darfur | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - UNAMID Sunday reacted to the murder of Mohammed Makki
El Rasheed, a truck driver working for United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
,
stating that it was "deeply shocked and profoundly disturbed" by the "cold-bloo
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ed murder."
Makki's killers also injured a security guard accompanying him after he had retu
rned to repair his vehicle that had broken down between North and South Darfur w
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ile on a police-escorted WFP convoy carrying food relief on 21 April.
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| Rights groups launch "Justice for Darfur" campaign | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Rights groups numbering more than 2,000 and under the ba
nner "Global NGO Coalition on International Criminal Court (CICC)" Friday launch
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d a campaign dubbed "Justice For Darfur", and called for the immediate arrest an
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trial of two Sudanese government officials for crimes committed in the region.
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| Adada, Minnawi hold fruitful Darfur talks | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Minni Minnawi, Senior Assistant to the Sudanese Preside
nt and SLM/A leader, and Rodolphe Adada, Joint Special Representative of the UN/
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U Mission in Darfur on Tuesday discussed the UN mission's role in the implementa
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ion of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA).
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| UNAMID intensifies political dialogue with Sudan government | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Mission i
n Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, has held a series of high-level talks with Sudanese of
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icials during the last two days to coordinate activities and maintain the moment
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m of processes that aim at creating a stable atmosphere conducive of meaningful
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eace talks and better security on the ground.
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| School enrolment soars in southern Sudan | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Some 1.3 million children in southern Sudan are expected t
o start classes this year, compared to just 340,000 in 2005, thanks to an initia
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ive supported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to boost school enr
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lment and strengthen the education system.
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| Rights' NGOs seek end to impunity in Darfur | | Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) - A group of civil society NGOs, meeting in
Dakar ahead of the 11th summit of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), has urged the Pan-Islamic organisation to "recognise
the sub-regional character of the Darfur conflict" and to end
the impunity and lawlessness in Sudan's western province.
11/03/2008 full text... |
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| Adada discusses deployment of UNAMID with Netherlands Minister | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations (UN)-African Union (AU) Joint Speci
al Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, has expressed his apprec
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ation to the Netherlands government for its political, financial and material su
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port to the joint UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
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| SPLM must lead in demanding CPA's full implementation, says Kiir | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The First Vice President of Sudan, Salva
Kiir, has underscored the necessity for the Sudan People's Liberation
Movement
(SPLM) to demand the "full implementation" of the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA), signed 9 January 2005 in Sudan, according to the
Juba-based
Citizen newspaper.
18/01/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan decides five-day working week | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Workers in Sudan will work five days a week
from 26 January, according to a government decision that declared
every Saturday work free along with Friday, which is strictly observed
as a work-free day in the Islamic Republic of Sudan.
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| Sudan celebrates peace agreement on 3rd anniversary | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan is celebrating the third anniversary of
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) Monday (today) in Wau, Southern Sudan, against the background of
the difficulties encountered in the process of achieving peace between
Khartoum and Southern Sudanese.
14/01/2008 full text... |
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| SPLA general confirms total withdrawal of troops from oil-rich areas in | | southern Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The people of Southern Sudan have expressed
satisfaction over the total withdrawal of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) from
oil-rich areas in the south in fulfilment of a demand issued last October
by southern ministers before they rejoined the government of National unity
(GoNU) in Khartoum.
12/01/2008 full text... |
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| Sudan marks 3rd anniversary of Comprehensive Agreement | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Though the people of Sudan this week
celebrated the third anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA)
between the North and South without public fanfare, English language
dailies in Khartoum have played up the importance of the agreement in
their editorials.
11/01/2008 full text... |
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| UNAMID convoy ambushed in West Darfur | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A UNAMID supplies convoy was attacked Monday
night, on its way from Um Baru to Tine in Western Darfur, according to
a statement issued
here Tuesday by the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
08/01/2008 full text... |
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| Twenty dead as fighting resumes in Sudan | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Resumed fighting between Mesairiah Arabian tribe and
the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) near Abyie area In Sudan, Frida
y
led to the death of twenty people, the PANA reports.
06/01/2008 full text... |
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| UNAMID takes over from AMIS in Darfur | | Alfashir, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur
(UNAMID) Monday, 31 December, 2007, formally took over from the African
Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) in a brief but colourful ceremony held
here.
31/12/2007 full text... |
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| Pagan Amum elevated as SPLM rejoins government | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Pagan Amum, General Secretary of the Sudan People's
Liberation Movement (SPLM), has been appointed Cabinet Affairs Minister
while Foreign Minister Dr Lam Akul has been dropped in the new cabinet
ministers sworn in on Thursday as the SPLM ended a two-month boycott of the
government.
27/12/2007 full text... |
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| SPLA maltreats journalists in Southern Sudan | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of
Southern Sudan has maltreated a team of journalists who arrived in the south
to cover the visit of some officials of the ruling National Congress Party
to the area, the journalists union said on Wednesday.
26/12/2007 full text... |
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| SPLA attacks tribesmen, killing 16 | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Mesairiah Tribesmen – from the biggest
Arabian Tribe in the west of Sudan – have been attacked by military forces
of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army ( SPLA ), killing 16 persons and
wounding 20 others, sources close to the tribe told PANA Tuesday.
25/12/2007 full text... |
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| Konare visits Darfur to thank AU forces | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The AU Commission chairperson Alpha Omar Konare is
in Darfur, Sudan, to thank the African Union forces who had been involved
in peace-keeping operation in that region.
25/12/2007 full text... |
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| AMIS transition to UNAMID reviewed | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The AU-UN Joint Special Representative and AMIS Head of
Mission, Mr.Rodolphe Adada and the Assistant to Sudanese President on Darfur, D
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. Nafie Ali Nafie, Monday reviewed the preparations for the transition of author
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ty from the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to UNAMID.
17/12/2007 full text... |
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| Two Egyptians arrested at Sudan book fair | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Two Egyptians have been arrested in Sudan for their partic
ipation at the Sudan book fair, the PANA quoted the Arabic Network for Human Rig
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ts Information (HRinfo) as reporting.
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| SPLM to end boycott of government | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has
decided to end its boycott of the government in Khartoum after a marathon
meeting in Khartoum on Tuesday night.
12/12/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan prepares for polls | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities have dispatched 36 electoral o
fficers to the 12 southern states to organise elections there, PANA reports from
here Monday.
10/12/2007 full text... |
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| Sudanese government snubs Rice | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has
snubbed US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, turning down a proposal for
a meeting in Addis Ababa where she had discussions with leaders of Great
Lakes Region and other African officials to resolve issues about trouble
spots on the continent.
06/12/2007 full text... |
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| Arab League donates US$ 1 million to AMIS | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The League of Arab States has
donated US$ 1 million to the African Union Mission in
Sudan (AMIS) to settle the arrears owed to the Sudanese
representatives on the AU Cease-Fire Commission (CFC).
06/12/2007 full text... |
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| Burkinabe soldier dies in Darfur | | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkinabe Army Captain, sent to Sudan as p
art of the UN/AU peace-keeping mission in that country,
has died, official sources told PANA here.
05/12/2007 full text... |
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| Teddy bear row school closed for security reasons | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Unity Girls High School in Khartoum, which was
thrust onto the world media limelight following the arrest and sentencing of
a British school teacher, for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear after
Muhammad, has been closed down for security reasons.
04/12/2007 full text... |
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| Kiir sacks two senior SPLM leaders | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese First Vice President and Chairman of Sudan
People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), Salva Kiir, has removed two officials
of the Movement from their positions in the Federal government at Khartoum.
04/12/2007 full text... |
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| Condemned Mauritanian freed in Sudan after presidential visit | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mohamed Ould Abdallahi, a Mauritanian
whose death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment, was
released from a Khartoum jail at the request of the Mauritanian
President, who Monday rounded off a three-day visit to
Sudan, an official source told PANA here Tuesday.
04/12/2007 full text... |
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| Two British Islamic Council officials visit Gillian in jail | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Two British moslems, Lord Nazir Ahmed of the British Lo
rds Council (Labour Party) and Paron Saieeda Warsi of the Conservative Party, ar
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ived here Saturday to discuss with Sudanese authorities the case of the British
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eacher (Miss Gillian Gibbons), jailed for 'insulting' Prophet Mohammed.
03/12/2007 full text... |
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| AU/UN Joint Special Rep, Sudanese Govt meet on hybrid force | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Rodolphe Adada, AU/UN Joint Special Representative (JS
R) and head of the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS),
Sunday met with the Chairman of the Sudanese government's technical committee
for the implementation of the UN/AU Hybrid Operation,
Dr. Mutrif Sidiq, to review outstanding issues concerning the smooth operation
of UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
03/12/2007 full text... |
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| SPLM leader identifies roadblocks to peace | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior official of the Sudan People's Liberation Move
ment (SPLM) has once again reiterated the movement's demands to push forward the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which formally ended the bloody civil war in
the country.
02/12/2007 full text... |
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| SPLM leader identifies roadblocks to peace | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A senior official of the Sudan People's Liberation
Movement (SPLM) has once again reiterated their demands to push forward the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement which formally ended the bloody civil war in
the country.
01/12/2007 full text... |
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| Sudanese protestors say Gibbons should be "shot" | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Thousands of Muslims have marched through the main
streets of Khartoum after Friday prayers to demand stiffer punishment for a
British teacher, Gillian Gibbons, who has been jailed 15 days for insulting
Islam.
01/12/2007 full text... |
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| Obstacles in implementing Sudan's CPA worry PSC | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Failure to address outstanding issues
in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation
Movement/Army (SPLM/A) could jeopardize the significant progress
achieved so far, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African
Union (AU) has warned.
30/11/2007 full text... |
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| Refugees in southern Darfur reject Chinese and Bangladeshi peacekeepers | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Refugees in Kalma camp, the biggest in south
Darfur, on Thursday went on a demonstration against the arrival of military
engineers from China and Bangladesh as part of the UN hybrid force
Sources said hundreds of refugees who went on the march were supporting a
rebel leader, Abdulwahid Nour, who is in exile in France. Nour talked to his
people from a cell phone through the loudspeakers at the camp.
29/11/2007 full text... |
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| Bashir and Kiir to meet on Saturday | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir will on Saturday
meet his First Vice Presidnet Selva Kiir as efforts continue to put the
tottering peace process back on track, sources said in Khartoum on
Wednesday.
28/11/2007 full text... |
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| CIA ''bugged'' Sudanese Ministers' phones | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) bugged t
he telephone discussions of Ministers in Sudan at the height of the Darfur crisi
s
in 2004, according to a Sudanese newspaper, Tribune.
28/11/2007 full text... |
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| UNAMID boss, South Darfur State Gov meet on security at IDP camp | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The AU/UN Joint Special Representative and Head of the
UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Mr. Rodolphe Adada, Sunday met with
the Governor of South Darfur state, Mr. Ali Mahmoud in Nyala, to review the secu
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ity situation at the Kalma camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
26/11/2007 full text... |
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| AU special envoy goads Darfur parties toward peace | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - African Union (AU) Special Envoy to Darfur,
Salim Ahmed Salim, has urged all parties to the Darfur crisis to come on board f
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r peace talks to succeed, saying there is also need for a greater coalition of r
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bel movements so they can present a strong position to the Sudanese government.
16/11/2007 full text... |
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| AU/UN special envoys to meet regional partners in Asmara on Darfur | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - African Union and United Nations Special Envoys for
Darfur, Salim Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliasson, will meet representatives of
regional partners of the Darfur peace process in Asmara, Eritrea, on
Wednesday to take stock of the on-going process and discuss the way forward,
a press communiqué from the Joint AU-UN Mediation Support Team said.
13/11/2007 full text... |
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| UN, AU officials seek consensus among rebel groups before next round | | of Darfur talks
Darfur, Sudan (PANA) – United Nations and African Union officials have been
meeting various rebel groups in Darfur throughout November to build
consensus ahead of the third round of peace talks taking place in the Libyan
city of Sirte, the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) information
office in Darfur said on Monday
It said UN and AU officials had been holding consultations and workshops
with and among rebel groups before the third round of talks in which "full
talks" were scheduled to take place early December.
12/11/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan defends expulsion of UN official | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Government said here Saturday the UN Human
itarian Director, Mr. Wael Al-haj Ibrahim, was ordered to leave Darfur because
he was discouraging civilians displaced from the region from returning to thei
r villages.
10/11/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan sets up committee on release of Guantanamo Bay detainees | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan has set up a committee made up of
representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and allied organs to
complete a number of technical processes with the US Administration prior to
a final agreement for the release of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo.
06/11/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan affirms commitment to peace | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Sudanese government on Tuesday affirmed its
commitment to the pursuit of peace in the former rebel Southern region and
Darfur saying it was the only opportunity to replace war with economic
prosperity.
06/11/2007 full text... |
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| Mbeki to hold talks with El Bashir in Cape Town | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South
Africa and Omar El Bashir of Sudan will from Tuesday hold discussions
on the peace efforts in the Sudan and bilateral political, economic
and trade issues between the two countries at Tuynhuys in Cape Town.
05/11/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan's El Bashir visits northern Burundi | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar El Bashir was due
to visit the country's industrial and agricultural stronghold in the
north of the country on the second day of his working visit Sunday, an
official source reported here.
04/11/2007 full text... |
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| Arab League to assist Darfur people | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Arab League rose from their
meeting here Tuesday and declared they will assist the
people of Darfur, in cash and kind, to cushion their sufferings
in that war-torn region.
31/10/2007 full text... |
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| Second phase of negotiations on Darfur peace talks held behind closed doors | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - The second phase of negotiations for peace in Darfur
started on Monday in Sirte with the envoys of the United Nations (UN) and
the
African Union (AU) to Sudan, Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim
respectively, meeting
behind closed doors with with the Sudanese delegation led by Deputy Sudanese
President, Nafie Ali Nafie.
29/10/2007 full text... |
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| UN awards contracts for UNAMID camps | | New York, UN (PANA) - The UN has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract for t
he construction of camps and other facilities in the region to facilitate the qu
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ck deployment of the 26,000-strong UNAMID, the AU/UN hybrid peacekeeping mission
in Sudan's western Darfur region, according to a UN official.
29/10/2007 full text... |
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| West threatens sanctions against Darfur rebel movements | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - The Western representatives at the
peace conference on Darfur which began Saturday in Sirte,
Libya, have threatened to impose sanctions against any
rebel leader who might hinder current efforts at restoring
peace in the Sudanese region.
28/10/2007 full text... |
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| Ban stresses dialogue for Darfur peace | | New York, UN (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says only political
dialogue and inclusive consultations would ensure "a viable, sustainable and
comprehensive solution to the crisis in Darfur".
27/10/2007 full text... |
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| Khartoum declares unilateral ceasefire in Darfur | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Saturday unilaterally
declared a ceasefire in Darfur as peace talks, backed by the United Nations
and African Union to end the bloody fighting in the province, got underway
in Sirte, central Libya.
27/10/2007 full text... |
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| Darfur peace talks open in Libya | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - Talks aimed at ending the lingering crisis in
Sudan's western Darfur region were billed to open here Saturday
between the Sudanese government and the rebel movements who were not
signatories to the Abuja peace accord.
27/10/2007 full text... |
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| US President's special envoy in Tripoli | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US President's special envoy
in the Sudan, Andrew Natsios, arrived here late Thursday to
attend the peace talks on the Sudanese Western region of
Darfur which begins Saturday in Sirte, Central Libya.
26/10/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan's Salih Mahamoud Osman wins Sakharov Prize | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Sudanese lawyer and human rights activist
Salih Mahmoud Osman, has been named winner of the 2007 Andrei Sakharav Prize
for
freedom of expression and thought during Thursday's European Parliament
plenary sitting in Strasbourg, France.
25/10/2007 full text... |
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| Kadhafi confers with Sudanese President El-Bechir | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, current chair
of the
Sahel-Saharan States Community (CEN-SAD), on Thursday received Sudanese
President Omar Hassan El-Bechir, who is in Sirte, central Libya, to attend
Saturday's talks on the Darfur crisis.
25/10/2007 full text... |
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| NGO wants US to protect Darfur citizens | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An International Non-Governmental
Organisation, Africa Action, Thursday called on the United States
of America to "redouble its diplomatic efforts to secure the immediate
deployment of a UN-led peace-keeping force to protect the people of
Darfur".
25/10/2007 full text... |
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| Rwanda deploys fresh troops to Darfur | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Some 200 Rwandan troops have been deployed to Sudan’s we
stern Darfur region, at the start of a process to replace a battalion serving un
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er the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), military sources told PANA here.
23/10/2007 full text... |
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| French Secretary of State Yade expected in Khartoum on Sunday | | Paris, France (PANA) - French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and
Human
Rights, Rama Yade would pay a three-day visit to Sudan from 21-23 October to
discuss with Sudanese officials the situation in Darfur and the
implementation of the North/South peace accord, official sources told PANA
on Saturday.
21/10/2007 full text... |
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| 'Ex-rebels violating Sudanese peace accord' | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir has accused
the former rebel Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) of violating a
peace accord which ended the protracted civil war in the South, saying
its sustained military spending was worrying.
16/10/2007 full text... |
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| 'Situation in Darfur exaggerated' | | Paris, France (PANA) - The chairman of the Federation of African
Workers in France (FEATF), Sidi Gučye, has said the portrayal of the
humanitarian situation in the Sudan's western Darfur region "did not
match the realities (on the ground)".
12/10/2007 full text... |
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| Nigeria begins troops deployment to Darfur | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian has begun the rotation of its three
battalions in Sudan's western Darfur region and the deployment of an
additional battalion in the trouble spot, according to Nigerian Army
Spokesman, Col. Solomon Giwa-Amu.
09/10/2007 full text... |
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| Nigeria to increase number of troops in Darfur | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In spite of losing seven soldiers in a recent
rebel attack in Sudan's western Darfur region, Nigeria plans to raise
the strength of its troops in the region from three to four
battalions, Nigerian Army Spokesman, Col. Solomon Giwa-Amu, said here.
07/10/2007 full text... |
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| Nigeria to send fresh troops to Darfur | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria will replace its entire three
battalions of troops deployed to Sudan's western Darfur region under
the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission, between now and December,
according to Nigerian Army Spokesman, Col. Solomon Giwa-Amu.
05/10/2007 full text... |
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| Nigerian Senate summons Sudanese envoy over Darfur killings | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Angered at the death of seven Nigerian
soldiers serving in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) at the
weekend, Nigeria's upper Senate has summoned the Sudanese Ambassador
to Nigeria to explain the circumstances leading to the death of the
African peace keepers.
03/10/2007 full text... |
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| Wade threatens to pull Senegalese troops out of Darfur | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade on Monday
threatened to withdraw his country's contingent serving with the
peacekeeping
mission of the African Union in Darfur (AMIS), north-west of Sudan,
following the death of a Senegalese in a rebel attack at the weekend.
02/10/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan, DR Congo border closed on Ebola fears | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Sudan has closed its border with the Eastern
Province of DR Congo on fears that the Ebola virus would spread to their
country following the reported outbreak of the disease in the region.
01/10/2007 full text... |
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| 'Disarmament only solution to Darfur crisis' | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Force Commander of the UN-AU Hybrid Force in
Sudan, Nigerian General Martin Luther Agwai, has said the only way out
of the Darfur crisis will be the eventual disarmament of the warring
factions.
23/09/2007 full text... |
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| Darfur talks end in disagreement | | New York, UN (PANA) - The UN and Sudan have
deadlocked on whether there are enough qualified
African troops to deploy as peace keepers in the troubled Darfur region.
22/09/2007 full text... |
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| Darfur talks end in disagreement | | New York, UN (PANA) - The UN and Sudan have
deadlocked on whether there are enough qualified
African troops to deploy as peace keepers in the troubled Darfur region.
22/09/2007 full text... |
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| South Sudan's ex-rebels to lay down weapons | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Sudan's liberation army has started
collecting weapons and disarming its former rebels and child soldiers
with the support of the United Nations as part the UN's security
strategy for a more peaceful Sudan, the UN said here Monday.
17/09/2007 full text... |
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| Kenya to end asylum for Sudanese refugees | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudanese refugees in Kenya will have
restricted access to educational facilities in the various refugee
camps in Kenya ahead of the expiry of their asylum status within the
next two years, a joint team of experts said here.
12/09/2007 full text... |
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| Darfur lawyer, Osman, nominated for Andrei Sakharov Prize | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A lawyer from Sudan's Western Darfur region, Safif Ma
hmoud Osman, has been nominated for the Andrei Sakharov Prize for freedom of tho
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ght, due to be awarded by the European Parliament in October, an official source
has disclosed here.
12/09/2007 full text... |
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| Kenyan envoy appeals for UN help in Sudan peace pact | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA0 - Kenya's Special envoy to Sudan
peace process Daniel arap Moi Friday appealed to the
United Nations to help bolster the implementation of
the landmark peace accord, which ended the 21-year war
in the Southern part of the country.
07/09/2007 full text... |
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| Darfur peace talks to restart in Libya 27 Oct. | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Peace negotiations for
the restive Darfur region of western Sudan will start
once again 27 Oct. 2007 in Libya under the
leadership of the special envoys of the African Union
(AU) and the UN, it was officially announced here
Friday.
07/09/2007 full text... |
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| Pakistani named UN envoy to Sudan | | New York, UN (PANA) - A Pakistani diplomat, Ashraf Qazi, has been
appointed the Special Representative of UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon to Sudan's western Darfur region, UN spokesperson Michele
Montas said here.
05/09/2007 full text... |
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| Chinguitel receives 8,000 subscribes on first day | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mobile telephone operator,
"Chinguitel" recorded 8,000 subscribers and 15,000 min calls a few
hours following the official launch of its activities on Thursday in
Mauritania, its director general, Khaled Hassen Ibrahim, announced
here Friday.
24/08/2007 full text... |
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| Rights groups want human rights enforced in Darfur | | Paris, France (PANA) – The International Federation of Human Rights
Leagues (IFHR) and its affiliated organisation, Sudan Organisation
Against Torture (SOAT), called Thursday for the implantation of a
major human rights component within the United Nations/African Union
hybrid force set for deployment soon in Darfur.
02/08/2007 full text... |
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| Southern Sudan sets 30 July as "Martyrs Day" | | Juba, Sudan (PANA) - Southern Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayadirt has
declared 30 July as a national day for the remembrance of war heroes in the
semi-autonomous region of Sudan, as part of activities commemorating
the tragic death of founding leader John Garang.
01/08/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan welcomes Moi as new peace mediator | | Juba, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed the appointment of former Kenyan
President Daniel Moi as a regional peace envoy, saying his latest
roadmap to end the deadlock in the implementation of the north-south
peace accord would succeed.
01/08/2007 full text... |
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| Mauritanian President meets Sudanese envoy | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed
Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has met with Sudanese international cooperation
minister Tidjany Saleh Fadil, who came here Monday as a special envoy
of President Omar El Bachir, the Mauritanian News Agency reported
Tuesday.
31/07/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan seeks Nigeria's assistance over Darfur | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Sudan has said it will require the assistance
of Nigeria as soon as the UN Security Council adopts the resolution on
the funding of the hybrid peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan's
western Darfur region.
27/07/2007 full text... |
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| Libyan secretary lauds outcome of Darfur conference | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan secretary for the African Union
(AU) Affairs, Ali Triki, has hailed the outcome of the second
international conference on Darfur, hosted by Libya, saying the
meeting led to clear decisions on the lingering Darfur crisis.
17/07/2007 full text... |
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| Sarkozy warns Sudanese govt, rebels | | Paris, France (PANA) - French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, has warned that the international community
will insist on the cooperation of the Sudanese
government and the rebel groups, in the settlement
of crisis in Sudan's western region of Darfur.
25/06/2007 full text... |
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| France pledges 10 million-Euro support for AMIS | | Paris, France (PANA) – French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, announced here Monday that Paris would
support the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) with
10 million Euros, toward ending the war in that
country's western region of Darfur.
25/06/2007 full text... |
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| Kenya to train Southern Sudan prisons staff | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Prisons Service has agreed to train
some 800 prisons staff for the Southern Sudan government, Vice
President Moody Awori announced here Thursday after signing a
memorandum of understanding to that effect with Southern Sudanese
Minister for Home Affairs, Paul Mayom.
22/06/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan, AU, UN agree on Hybrid Operation in Darfur | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After painstaking tripartite
negotiations, the United Nations, the African Union and the
Government of Sudan Tuesday reached a mutual understanding on having
a Hybrid Peacekeeping Operation in the troubled Darfur region of
western Sudan.
12/06/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan envoy blasts U.S. over sanctions | | New York, US (PANA) - Sudan's ambassador to the U.S., John Ukec on
Thursday said that new sanctions imposed by the Bush administration
on his country would "only cause more troubles and complicate
issues".
01/06/2007 full text... |
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| Bush slaps Sudan with new sanctions | | New York, US (PANA) - U.S. President George Bush Tuesday imposed new
economic sanctions against Sudan and called on the UN to also take
further steps to end violence in crisis prone Darfur.
29/05/2007 full text... |
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| CAR accuses Sudan of backing rebellion against President Bozize | | Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Central African Republic's
Foreign Affairs Minister, Come Zoumara, late Friday here summoned the
Sudanese ambassador, Hassane Sayed Souleymane, to express to him Bangui's
"dissatisfaction and strongest protest" about Khartoum's role the
country's woes.
26/05/2007 full text... |
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| French, African artistes sing for Darfur | | Paris, France (PANA) – Several international artistes including France's
Francis Lalanne and Congo's Sinda Makelele and Mimi Mavitiku have jointly
produced a three-minute pop video in which they urge the UN to protect
the people Sudan's western region of Darfur.
25/05/2007 full text... |
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| Burundi army gets Sudanese donation | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Burundian army,
Thursday, took delivery of medical supplies,
hospital equipment and computer items donated
by Sudan, military sources said here.
24/05/2007 full text... |
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| Konare appoints new AMIS Force Commander | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission
Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare has appointed Nigerian General Martin
Luther Agwai as new Force Commander of the African Union Mission in
Sudan (AMIS), the Commission announced here Thursday.
24/05/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan's Al-Bechir makes private visit to Morocco | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou welcomed
Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Al-Bechir, upon arrival at Mohamed V
international airport Wednesday in Casablanca for a one-week private
visit to Morocco, government sources said here.
16/05/2007 full text... |
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| UN warns Khartoum to stop Darfur bombings | | New York, UN (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has called on
the government in Sudan to stop aerial bombardments in Darfur, saying
"it is causing death and destruction in the troubled region in the
past three weeks".
10/05/2007 full text... |
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| AU, UN name chief of peacekeeping mission in Darfur | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union
(AU) Commission and the UN Secretary-General have appointed Congolese
diplomat Rodolphe Adada as Special Representative of the two
organizations for the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan.
09/05/2007 full text... |
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| Libya, Chad, Egypt seek regional solution to Darfur crisis | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The tripartite summit here Tuesday on the
situation in Sudan's Darfur, which brought together Libyan revolutionary
leader Moammar Kadhafi, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his Chadian
counterpart Idriss Déby, underscored the need to manage crisis at a
regional level.
08/05/2007 full text... |
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| UN welcomes Sudan-Chad peace pact | | New York, UN (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
has welcomed the peace agreement signed by Sudanese
President Omar El-Beshir and his Chadian counterpart
Idriss Deby, 3 May in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
07/05/2007 full text... |
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| Sarkozy calls for trial of people behind Darfur crisis | | Paris, France (PANA) – Union for the Majority (UMP) candidate in the
French presidential race slated for Sunday, Nicolas Sarkozy, late
Wednesday here said Sudanese leaders indicted by the International
Criminal Court (ICC) must be tried for their alleged role in the Darfur
region crisis.
04/05/2007 full text... |
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| France's future president to address Darfur crisis | | Paris, France (PANA) - France's future president due to be elected Sunday
at the end of the run-off pitting Socialist candidate Segolčne Royal and
the Union for the Majority (UMP) leader, Nicolas Sarkozy, will address
the crisis in the Sudan's western region of Darfur, which is facing a
serious security and humanitarian crisis, a source in Paris told PANA
Wednesday.
02/05/2007 full text... |
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| AI says ethnic cleansing “underway” in Sudan's Darfur | | Port,Louis Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian section of human rights lobby
Amnesty International (AI) Wednesday intensified its campaign on Sudan's
Darfur province after it issued an alert saying "ethnic cleansing is
underway" in the restive region.
25/04/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan accepts UN heavy support package | | New York, UN (PANA) - Ahead of Monday's crucial meeting between the
African Union (AU) and United Nations in New York, the Sudanese
government has accepted the UN heavy support package for AU
peacekeepers in war-ravished Darfur.
16/04/2007 full text... |
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| Konare deplores violence between Sudan and Chad | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - AU Commission President Alpha Oumar
Konare has expressed "serious concern" over border clashes between
government forces of Sudan and Chad on 11 April in the Khour Baranga
area of western Darfur in Sudan, that left several casualties on both
sides.
13/04/2007 full text... |
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| UN, AU, Sudan to discuss Darfur peace mission | | New York, UN (PANA) - The UN, the African Union (AU)
and the Sudanese government are to meet in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia on Monday, to finalise a UN "heavy support
package" to boost the AU mission in Sudan's troubled
western region of Darfur, UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has said.
06/04/2007 full text... |
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| 4 Senegalese peacekeepers died in Darfur attack | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Four Senegalese peacekeepers were killed and
another one seriously wounded Sunday in Darfur in an attack
perpetrated by elements of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), the
Army Public Relations Division (Dirpa) said.
02/04/2007 full text... |
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| Sudanese plane hijacking attempt foiled | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An attempt to hijack a Sudanese plane that had
left Tripoli, Libya, for Khartoum Friday morning failed after the
aircraft landed safely in the Sudanese capital, according to Sudan's
satellite TV channel.
30/03/2007 full text... |
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| Rwandan threatens troop pullout from Darfur | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Wednesday
threatened to withdraw Rwandan troops serving in the African Union
(AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western region of Darfur should
the international community continue to remain passive over the
crisis there.
14/03/2007 full text... |
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| South Sudan President accuses Khartoum of reneging on 2005 CPA | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has accused
the President Omar El-Bashir led Khartoum government of slowing down the
implementation of the 9 January 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),
by reneging on the protocols on sharing of oil revenue and the drawing of
a common border.
13/03/2007 full text... |
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| US envoy in Tripoli for talks on Darfur | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US president's special envoy for Sudan,
Andrew Natsios and his delegation arrived in Tripoli late Thursday for
talks on the prevailing situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur,
according to the local media Friday.
09/03/2007 full text... |
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| BADEA chief on a visit to Niger Friday | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
(BADEA) director-general, Abdelaziz Khelef, arrives in Niamey, Niger,
Friday, as part of a regional visit during which he will hold co-operation
talks with top government officials.
08/03/2007 full text... |
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| Morocco, Sudan sign judicial pact | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and Sudan on Tuesday signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) on judicial cooperation, an
official Moroccan source said here on Wednesday.
07/03/2007 full text... |
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| Sudan's poverty programme gets AfDB support | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF), the
confessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will
support a capacity building and poverty reduction programme in Sudan with
a grant of 9.62 million Units of Account (UA), equivalent to US$14.5
million, approved by the Fund's Board of Directors Wednesday in Tunis.
07/03/2007 full text... |
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| New UN humanitarian chief to visit Sudan | | New York, UN (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, said late Monday he will
be visiting Sudan war-torn Darfur region, Chad and Central African
Republic (CAR) "very soon".
06/03/2007 full text... |
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| ICC to name Darfur war crime suspects | | New York, US (PANA) - The UN-backed International
Criminal Court (ICC) said it would next week name
the first set of suspects of war crimes in Sudan's
troubled western region of Darfur.
23/02/2007 full text... |
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| CAR, Sudan, Chad sign peace pact in France | | Cannes, France (PANA) – Chad, the Central African Republic and Sudan,
signed a peace accord late Thursday in Cannes, providing for the
deployment of an international force along their common borders,
African Union (AU) chairman, Ghanaian President John Kufuor announced
here.
16/02/2007 full text... |
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| Mauritania, Sudan sign investment pact | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Economic and Development
Affairs Minister, Mohamed Ould Abed and Sudanese state Minister for
Investment, Samih Sadigh Samih, have signed an agreement on fostering and
mutually protecting investment, according to a government statement
issued here late Friday.
10/02/2007 full text... |
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| Ban tasks Security Council on Darfur | | New York, UN (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Monday urged the Security Council to step up efforts toward
the resolution of the crisis in Sudan's western region of
Darfur.
08/01/2007 full text... |
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| Sudanese trek home from refugee camps in Ethiopia | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A group of 500 Sudanese, more than
half of whom were born in exile, have started trekking to their home
country from Ethiopia under a voluntary repatriation programme, the
UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said here Thursday.
14/12/2006 full text... |
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| Bandits kidnap AMIS personnel in Darfur | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Unidentified bandits have raided and
hijacked two military personnel of the African Union (AU) Mission in
Sudan (AMIS), the Force Command in El Fasher town of the war-ravaged
Darfur region has said.
12/12/2006 full text... |
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| Nigerian soldier said abducted in Darfur | | New York, US (PANA) - Nigerian army Lieutenant Colonel
RAK Adeniyi has been reported abducted in Sudan's war-torn
western region of Darfur, a source close to the African
Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS) said Monday.
11/12/2006 full text... |
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| AI appeals for protection of civilians in Darfur | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Concerned by the consistent failure of
Sudanese authorities to protect civilians in the war-wracked Darfur
region, Amnesty International (AI) Wednesday urged the African Union to
ensure that the effective protection and human rights of the civilian
population are at the centre of any peacekeeping operation in the region.
29/11/2006 full text... |
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| Deployment of UN/AU force: Annan still awaits Bashir's reply | | New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said
here Monday he was still waiting for a positive response
from Sudanese President Omar Hassan El-Bashir, on the
proposed deployment of a UN-African Union hybrid force
in the country's strife-torn western region of Darfur.
27/11/2006 full text... |
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| UN condemns rebel attacks in Chad | | New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
has condemned the military activities of Chadian rebels,
who are reported to be advancing toward N'djamena, the
nation's capital.
26/11/2006 full text... |
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| UN awaits Sudan's response on hybrid force | | New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is still waiting for a
response from the Sudanese government on the agreement reached last
week for a hybrid UN-African Union (AU) force in the country's
troubled western Darfur region.
23/11/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan rejects planned UN-AU "hybrid force" in Darfur | | New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of a crucial meeting in Addis
Ababa on the escalating Darfur crisis, the Sudanese government
has rejected a plan to deploy a joint UN-African Union (AU) force
in country's troubled western region, a senior UN official has
said here.
15/11/2006 full text... |
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| Concerned CAR citizens denounce rebel activities | | Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Scores of Central
Africans, including cabinet ministers and MPs, on Wednesday
demonstrated in Bangui against rebels of the Union for Rally and
Democracy for occupying the city of Birao, in the northeast of the
country, since 30 October 2006.
09/11/2006 full text... |
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| UN supports AU mission in Sudan | | New York, US (PANA) - The UN is to despatch military
equipment and personnel as well as police advisers to
assist the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS),
as part of efforts to ensure peace and security in the
country's troubled western region of Darfur, a UN
official has said.
08/11/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan's wetlands listed in the Ramsar Convention list | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Conservation efforts aimed at preserving some of
Africa's most important wetlands has received a major boost following the
inclusion of the Sudd region, in southern Sudan, in the Ramsar Convention
List of Wetlands of International Importance.
06/11/2006 full text... |
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| CAR govt condemns attack from Sudan | | Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Authorities in the Central
African Republic have condemned an "attack" by unidentified assailants on
the city of Birao on late Saturday that left several victims, including
soldiers.
31/10/2006 full text... |
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| Wade briefs Kadhafi on Darfur efforts | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade Tuesday
briefed Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi on contacts made with the
stakeholders in the Darfur (western Sudan) crisis under the aegis of
the initiative of senior African leaders committee to resolve the
Darfur issue.
24/10/2006 full text... |
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| EU rallies Arab League for AU military mission in Sudan | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Union Development and
Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Louis Michel plans to visit Tunis next
Tuesday to meet Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, to
seek financial support of member countries for the African Union's
Military Mission in Sudan (AMIS).
24/10/2006 full text... |
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| Tripartite body probes Uganda ceasefire violation | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A tripartite probe team has commenced
inquiries into complaints by both the Ugandan army and the rebel
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of ceasefire violations filed to peace
process mediator, Southern Sudan vice president, Reik Machar.
18/10/2006 full text... |
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| Museveni to boost Uganda-LRA peace talks in Juba | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
is expected to fly to South Sudan's capital Juba Saturday
to reassure the leadership of the rebel Lord's Resistance
Army (LRA) holding peace talks with the Kampala government,
Ugandan State Minister for International Affairs, Henry
Okello Oryem, said here Tuesday.
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| Tunisia beat Sudan 1-0 in Rades | | Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national football team on
Saturday defeated Sudan in Rades, near Tunis, by one goal to nil, in
the second round of the CAN qualifiers, whose finals will be hosted
by Ghana in 2008.
08/10/2006 full text... |
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| Uganda peace talks to resume after Kirr's intervention | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan peace talks are expected
to resume at the weekend following the intervention of Southern
Sudan President Salva Kiir, who has persuaded the leadership
of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to return to the
negotiating table after pulling out citing violations of the
cessation of hostilities agreement by Kampala.
30/09/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan, World Bank launch micro-finance programme | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Central Bank of Sudan on Tuesday
launched a 50 million US dollar micro-finance programme to improve
the living standard of the poor but productive population segments
living in the periphery of the economy.
27/09/2006 full text... |
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| AI notes Khartoum's reaction to AU mission extension | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - UK-based international human rights
group Amnesty International (AI) Thursday described the Khartoum
government's agreement to an extension of the African Union (AU)
peacekeeping mission in Sudan, AMIS, as a first step towards the
protection of civilians in Darfur but insisted this must be
followed by the deployment of UN peacekeepers.
21/09/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan's El Bashir still rejects UN troops in Darfur | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Sudanese president, Omar Hassan El
Bashir, Thursday in Casablanca reiterated his "categorical
rejection" of the United Nations Resolution 1706 providing the
deployment of UN troops to Darfur, describing it as
"unacceptable, because based on false information and
considerations".
21/09/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan's El Bashir to visit Gambia | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir arrives
here Wednesday for a two-day working visit, a statement from
President Yahya Jammeh's office disclosed Tuesday.
12/09/2006 full text... |
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| Limited access leads to starvation in Darfur - WFP | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur
have gone hungry for three consecutive months because fighting
and banditry have prevented the World Food Programme (WFP) from
reaching them, the UN body disclosed here Monday.
11/09/2006 full text... |
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| Rwandan troops soon to leave Darfur | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan contingent of the African
Union (AU) peacekeeping mission will shortly leave the Sudanese
region of Darfur as a result of the tripartite Rwanda-Sudan-AU
discussion, media reports Tuesday quoted a military official as
saying here.
05/09/2006 full text... |
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| Opposition wants Pretoria intervene in Sudan | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Opposition Democratic
Alliance has urged the South African government to urgently use
its respected position and diplomatic muscle within Africa to
prevent "an impending bloodbath" in Sudan's Darfur region.
04/09/2006 full text... |
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| Darfur court tries US journalist for espionage | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese court based in war-torn
Darfur region charged American journalist Paul Salopek here
Saturday with espionage and two other criminal counts, three
weeks after pro-government forces detained him in the region.
27/08/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan, Burundi discuss bilateral cooperation | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza
Thursday received Senate Chairman Yahia Abdallah of Sudan with
whom he discussed strategies to enhance bilateral cooperation
between their countries.
24/08/2006 full text... |
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| ICRC says Darfur situation remains volatile | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rebels operating in Sudan's western
region of Darfur killed eight aid workers employed by the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and robbed
several workers in July, underlining the fragile security
situation in the region, the relief agency said Thursday.
17/08/2006 full text... |
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| UN warns of falling food stock in Sudan | | New York, UN (PANA) - The World Food Program (WFP) warned
Wednesday that the under-funding of its emergency aid
requirements might force it to cut food rations in the coming
months to six million people in Sudan.
16/08/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan court jails Slovene envoy for espionage | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese court in crisis prone Darfur
region has sentenced the special envoy of Slovene president Janez
Drnovsek to Khartoum two years in jail for illegal entry and
spying, an official source confirmed here Tuesday.
15/08/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan, Mauritania resume full ties after 10-year hiatus | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and Mauritania have agreed to
normalise diplomatic relations after bilateral ties were broken
for more than a decade, the state-run Sudan News Agency, SUNA
reported here, quoting foreign affairs minister Ali Ahmed Karti,
as saying.
15/08/2006 full text... |
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| Uganda peace talks suffer hiccups | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Peace talks between Ugandan government
and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are expected to resume
Monday after they were adjourned Saturday over consensus on
ceasefire, media reports said here Sunday.
13/08/2006 full text... |
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| Southern Sudan prepares for Kenya's expert assistance | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Authorities in Southern Sudan plan to map
out areas suspected to contain deadly explosives such as
landmines left behind during the 21-year old civil war in the
vast region to lessen dangers against foreign experts sent there
to work, a senior official said here.
10/08/2006 full text... |
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| Darfur Governor denounces Western colonisation | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The state governor of Northern Darfur,
Mohammad Yusuf Kibir has expressed opposition to any form of
intervention by Western forces in Sudan and the transformation of
the African Union mission into a UN mission, which according to
him, would be a "new colonisation".
08/08/2006 full text... |
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| Wade condemns 'tragedy' hitting Palestine, Lebanon | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Visiting President Abdoulaye Wade of
Senegal Sunday spoke against the "tragedy" being unleashed
against the peoples of Palestine and Lebanon, saying it was
"planned and executed while the world stands totally
indifferent".
07/08/2006 full text... |
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| AU envoy praises Wade's peace moves in Africa | | Darfur, Sudan (PANA) - Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, special
representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson in
Sudan has praised Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for his
firm commitment to peace and stability in Africa and the world at
large.
07/08/2006 full text... |
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| Moderate Darfur rebel leader arrives in Khartoum | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Leader of the former Darfur rebel Sudan
Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Arkua Minnawi has arrived in
Khartoum to start practical implementation of the peace deal
signed last May meant to end the bloody conflict in Sudan's
western Darfur region.
07/08/2006 full text... |
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| Bashir names SLM leader Minawi Senior Adviser | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan El-Bashir
has appointed Minni Arkua Minawi, leader of a faction of the
rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), his Senior Assistant
in an apparent move to rescue a fragile peace accord to end
the civil war in the country's western region of Darfur,
official sources said here.
06/08/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan urges Senegal to speedily actualise bilateral accords | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan El-
Beshir, Friday in Khartoum, called on his Senegalese counterpart,
Abdoulaye Wade to speed up the implementation of the cooperation
accords signed in 2003 between Sudan and Senegal as part of their
bilateral joint commission.
05/08/2006 full text... |
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| Wade warns against destabilisation of Chad | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Visiting Senegalese President Abdoulaye
Wade, Friday in Khartoum, warned that destabilisation of Chad
would have negative and incalculable impact in several Central
African countries.
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| Wade intensifies mediation between Sudan, Chad | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said
upon arrival here Friday that he came to persuade his
counterparts in Sudan and Chad to accept international observers
along their common border to stem escalating cross-border raids.
05/08/2006 full text... |
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| MSF decries heightened insecurity in Darfur | | Paris, France (PANA) - Humanitarian NG0, Doctors Without
Borders, with French acronym, MSF, has expressed concern
over heightened insecurity in Sudan's troubled western
region of Darfur, saying the situation hindered medical
services in the area.
04/08/2006 full text... |
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| Sudanese commemorate John Garang | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - amid renewed calls to uphold the fragile
peace deal he brokered, thousands of Sudanese on Sunday marked
the first anniversary of former southern rebel leader John
Garang's tragic death in a helicopter crash one year ago.
31/07/2006 full text... |
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| Darfur conference for Brussels | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A multiparty conference on the
security situation in Sudan's troubled western region of
Darfur, is to open in the Belgium capital, Brussels,
Tuesday, official sources said here Monday.
17/07/2006 full text... |
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| Uganda peace talks finally underway | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - After initial delays by both parties
the long-awaited peace talks between the Ugandan government and
rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are finally underway in the
southern Sudan capital city of Juba, aimed at ending a
two-decade bloody war.
15/07/2006 full text... |
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| Kampala-rebel peace talks delayed | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The peace talks between the Ugandan
government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) failed
to start as scheduled Wednesday, with the Kampala government
delegation saying it was waiting for go-ahead from the talks
host and mediator, the South Sudan government.
12/07/2006 full text... |
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| WFP loses two-thirds of funds for Sudan | | Paris, France (PANA) - The WFP has lost in one year two-thirds of
the funds for its interventions in Sudan, while it needs about
$746 million in 2006 for its emergency operations in the country,
an official source lamented here Monday.
10/07/2006 full text... |
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| Southern Sudan readies for Kampala, rebels talks | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The government of Southern Sudan (GOSS)
is gearing up to host the 12 July controversial negotiations
between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance
Army (LRA) in Juba, the capital of southern Sudan.
09/07/2006 full text... |
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| UN to end mission in eastern Sudan | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN is to close its mission in
eastern Sudan after thousands of former southern rebels
have been moved to the southern region following last
year's comprehensive peace deal, a UN statement said.
08/07/2006 full text... |
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| Guebuza receives Sudanese envoy | | Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican President Armando
Guebuza Thursday received a special envoy from Sudanese
President Omar El-Bashir, who invited the Mozambican leader
to the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) group
meeting to be held Khartoum in December.
06/07/2006 full text... |
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| Sudan expels Chadian military personnel from Darfur | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has ordered
Chadian military personnel working with African Union (AU)
peacekeeping force in the conflict prone western Darfur region to
quit the area immediately, clearly sign of unresolved antagonism
between both countries.
03/07/2006 full text... |
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| Sudanese parliament ratifies Darfur peace accord | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese National Assembly has ratified the
Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) between the Khartoum government and the main
rebel movement in Darfur to end some three years of fighting the
country's western region.
02/07/2006 full text... |
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| SLM delegation en route for Libya-brokered meeting | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Senior members of the main group of
Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) are in Khartoum to strategize how
to implement the recently signed Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA)
that is intended to end what the UN had describes as the world's
worst humanitarian crisis.
27/06/2006 full text... |
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| Triki hails disarming of Darfur janjaweeds | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan secretary for African Union
Affairs, Dr Ali Triki, has commended Sudanese authorities for the
measures taken to disarm Janjaweed militias in conformity with
the Darfur peace agreement, signed on 6 May, in Abuja, Nigeria's
federal capital, a Libyan official source has revealed.
27/06/2006 full text... |
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| Diarrhoea epidemic hits North Sudan | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A total of 2,007 cases of acute watery
diarrhoea, including 77 deaths, have been reported in northern
Sudan since last April, the country's health ministry reported
here Sunday.
25/06/2006 full text... |
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| US, Britain back ICC warrants for LRA leaders | | Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – US assistant secretary of state for
African affairs, Gendayi Frazer, has said the rebel Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA) question is no longer a Ugandan issue, but
an international affair because the LRA killed other nationals
and was a threat to peace in the region.
22/06/2006 full text... |
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| Konare, El Bashir discuss peacekeeping in Darfur | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite Sudan's concern regarding
peacekeeping by the United Nations in the war-torn Darfur region,
authorities in the country were not rejecting the move, Alpha
Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission
said here Thursday.
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