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 | Kibaki warns against isolating El Bashir government | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, facing strong criticism fo
r hosting Sudanese President Omer El Bashir last week, on Tuesday urged the inte
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national community to sympathize with the delicate political situation in the Su
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| AU defends Kenya, Chad on Omar Al-Bashir's visit | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Sunday defended Kenya and Chad on the presence of controversial Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir, in those countries and for not cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in getting him arrested, PANA reported from here.
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| Somali president to attend Kenya's constitution promulgation | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Besieged Somali President Sheikh Sheriff Ahmed
Sheriff, is one of the 10 or so heads of state invited to attend the
promulgation of Kenya's new constitution Friday, Head of the Civil Service and
Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Muthaura, announced here Wednesday.
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| UNAMID, South Darfur government dig security trench around Nyala | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Responding to the increase of kidnappings and carjackings in Nyala, South Darfur, targeting the international community in particular, the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the local government have agreed to work together to construct a security trench which will span the town’s perimeter.
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| UNAMID expresses concern over Darfur camp tension | | New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Professo
r Ibrahim Gambari, on Sunday expressed the concern of the UN/AU Mission in Darur
(UNAMID) over the recent events at the Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps
in Kalma in South Darfur.
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| Kadhafi meets al-Bashir in Tripoli | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi on Wednesday had discussio
ns with the visiting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Tripoli on vari
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us topics, especially the situation in Africa, ways and means to establish peace
and security in the troubled Darfur province in western Sudan.
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| Sudan deports 186 Nigerians | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sudan at the weekend deported 186 Nigerians, following a
mass raid on foreign nationals living illegally in the country.
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| Sudan expels IOM staff from Darfur | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (I
OM) has officially been notified by the Sudanese authorities that two of its int
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rnational staff members, working on protection of and provision of humanitarian
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ssistance to internally-displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and other conflict-a
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fected populations in Darfur, have been ordered to leave the country.
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| Refugee agency urges protection for north-based southern Sudanese | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two million southern Sudanese living in north
Sudan are at a great risk of targeted violence and statelessness if the
south votes to secede in a referendum planned for next April, a global
refugee agency, Refugees International, has warned in a report published
here on Wednesday.
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| Darfur clashes: UNAMID calls for calm | | New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur has called
on Darfurians to cease hostilities following reports of tribal clashes in
the west of Darfur, which led to a number of deaths and injuries.
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| First made-in-Sudan military aircraft launched | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Sudanese military has assembled the
country's first-ever military aircraft from spare-parts manufactured
locally as part of the country's industrialization strategy, state media
said in a report.
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| South Sudan walks a tightrope ahead of January referendum | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With more than 80 ethnic communities, the
referendum on the autonomy of South Sudan is seen in certain circles as
the impetus the fractious region needs to relapse into conflict, but this
time round it will be a civil war without the direct participation of the
North,reports published here said.
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| Darfur rebel commanders to face war crime charges Thursday | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two Darfur rebel leaders, suspected to
have organized attacks against African Union (AU) peacekeepers,
surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague,
Netherlands, and would appear in court Thursday to face war crime
charges.
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| Sudanese President forms 'unity cabinet' | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omer el Bashir Monday kept
his promise to appoint members of other political parties into his
cabinet, naming members of the United Democratic Party and two other
smaller parties into the cabinet,which comprises 35 cabinet ministers and
42 ministers of state.
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| New embassy building opening strengthens US-Sudan ties | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A delegation of senior US State Department
officials is due in Khartoum 23 June to open a new US embassy
building in the Sudanese capital, in what could signal a major step
towards the normalization of relations between the two nations.
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| ICRC hands over Sudanese soldiers freed by JEM in Darfur | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Thirty-five members of the Sudanese army, relea
sed by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in the restive Darfur region this
week,
have been handed over to government authorities by the International Committee o
f the Red Cross (ICRC).
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| Sudan seeks closer financial links with Arab banks | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Bank of Sudan is seeking for ways to enhance
cooperation with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
which could include the introduction of a joint payment system with the
UAE, one of the richest Arab countries, according to the Sudanese Central
Bank Governor, Sabir Mohamed al-Hassan.
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| Sudanese pound slides against US dollar | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese pound depreciated further against
the US dollar on Monday, in spite of recent warnings by the Sudanese
Central Bank that it would intervene to keep the pound under check.
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| Sudan may seek AU Summit relocation from Kampala | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Sudanese officials said Monday that Khartoum was
preparing to officially request for the relocation of the 19 July 2010 African U
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ion Summit scheduled for Kampala, Uganda, saying Ugandan President Yoweri Museve
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| Gambari says security is priority in Darfur | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Joint Special Representa
tive (JSR) of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Monda
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told staff of the Mission, UN agencies, humanitarian teams and Sudanese officia
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s in the troubled western Sudanese region that his ''first priority is security'
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| UNAMID chief visits West Darfur | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Prof
essor Ibrahim Gambari, said Friday that the UN-African Union peacekeeping missio
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in strife-torn Darfur would facilitate and enhance more programmes for early re
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overy and development, including enhancing security and establishing more quick
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mpact projects in the region.
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| Sudanese activist to be heard at ICC, despite ban by Bashir govt | | Munyonyo, Uganda (PANA) - Sudanese rights activists, who were Tuesday prevented
from boarding their flight from Sudan to Uganda to attend the ongoing review con
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erence of the International Criminal Court (ICC), are to make their presentation
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to the conference using any available telecommunications technology.
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| Sudanese President sacks cabinet | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir sacked his entire cab
inet on Sunday in readiness for the formation of a new government of national un
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| Bashir approves South Sudan Referendum Commission | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omer al Bashir has agreed to
form a national referendum commission to organize a landmark vote that
could see the semi-independent Southern Sudan vote to secede, state
media reported on Sunday.
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| Darfur humanitarian situation 'serious' | | New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John
Holmes, on Saturday expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Sudan's
war-ravaged Darfur region, describing it as â?seriousâ?.
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| Sudanese minister appreciates UNAMID-govt cooperation | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sudan's Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid has expressed his satisfaction with the level of cooperation between the Government and the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), noting the training of 10,000 police personnel by UNAMID to secure elections in Darfur, and the Mission's logistical support during the recent elections.
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| UN emergency relief coordinator visits Sudan | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes is
due in Khartoum Wednesday for a five-day visit to assess conditions in Southern
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udan and evaluate the humanitarian situation in the restive Darfur Region, accor
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ing to a UN brief, made available to PANA here Tuesday.
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| Several lives lost in fighting between Sudanese army, JEM | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The United Nations-African Union Mission in Dar
fur (UNAMID) has confirmed ongoing fighting between Sudanese Armed Forces and th
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Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) near Um Sauna, a village located 65 km nort
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of El Daein town in South Darfur.
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| Darfur deputy governor commends outgoing UNAMID deputy chief | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - North Darfur State Deputy Wali (governor) Idris
Abdallah Hassan has praised the outgoing Deputy Joint Special Representative of
the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Maj.-Gen. Henry Any
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doho (Rtd) for his unwavering commitment to the search for a durable peace in Da
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| US condemns Sudan's offensive in Darfur | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday condemned the recent offens
ive actions in Darfur, particularly the Government of Sudanâ?s use of aerial bom
bings and local militias against Darfur rebel positions in the Jebel Moon area o
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West Darfur.
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| Elections as mechanism to address key conflict issues in Sudan | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Executive Director of Africa Centre for Justice and
Peace Studies (ACJPS), Ousman Hummaida, has said the recent elections in Sudan w
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re included in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as a mechanism to address
key causes of conflict in the country, PANA reported from here Friday.
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| Rights activist fears conflict prior to Sudan referendum | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Associate Director of the International Refugee Righ
ts Initiative, Olivia Bueno, has expressed fears that violence may erupt in Suda
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in the build up to the 2011 referendum that will determine the secession of Sou
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h Sudan from the North.
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| Carter Centre reports widespread irregularities in Sudanâ?s vote tabulation | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sudanâ?s National Elections Commission (NEC) s
hould thoroughly review the results of the recent general election and as quickl
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and widely as possible publish the results of individual polling stations in or
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er to provide greater transparency and build public confidence, a top monitoring
group of the polls has said.
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| Two Darfur peacekeepers killed in deadly ambush | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two peacekeepers were killed Friday when a military conv
oy from UNAMIDâ?s Egyptian contingent, with three vehicles and 20 personnel, was
ambushed near Katila village, 85 kilometres south of Eddal Fursan, South Darfur
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by a group of unidentified armed men who indiscriminately opened fire, without
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arning, on the peacekeepers.
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| 2 Darfur peacekeepers killed in deadly ambush | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two peacekeepers were killed Friday when a military conv
oy from UNAMIDâ?s Egyptian contingent, with three vehicles and 20 personnel, was
ambushed near Katila village, 85 kilometres south of Eddal Fursan, South Darfur
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by a group of unidentified armed men who indiscriminately opened fire, without
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arning, on the peacekeepers.
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| ICG tasks Sudan's neighbours on prospect of South independence | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - If, as likely, South Sudan decides to secede from the North at its January 2011 self-determination referendum, it will need support from Sudan's neighbours to ensure the decision is respected and new conflict is prevented, according to the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG).
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| France 'accepts' re-election of Sudanese President al-Bashir | | Paris, France (PANA) - France has taken note of the result of the Sudanese gener
al elections in which incumbent President Omar al-Bashir was declared winner by
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he Electoral Commission with nearly 68% of the votes cast, according to a statem
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nt issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and copied to PANA Tuesday i
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Paris.
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| Abducted UNAMID peacekeepers freed | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Four South African peacekeepers serving under
the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been safely
released after being held in captivity for 16 days, UNAMID has announced.
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| Sudan not abridging women's rights (feature) | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Journalist Lubna Hussein elicited unprecedented interna
tional attention when she allegedly challenged traditional
African and Islamic religious edicts on womenâ?s dressing, painting her society
as conservative, unprogressive and unresponsive to
individual liberties and rights.
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| Bashir's expected re-election 'assisted' by ICC | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) may have inadver
tently played a critical role in the widely expected re-election of Sudanese Pre
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ident Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bashir in the country's recently concluded elections
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hat also attracted 11 other contestants.
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| HRW looks to Cairo meeting to end abuses against civilians | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Participants in this week’s international meeting on Somalia should press for
an immediate end to abuses against civilians by Somalia’s transitional government, African Union forces and armed
opposition groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in an open letter Wednesday.
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| Instability stifles humanitarian assistance in eastern Darfur | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Continued instability in parts of the Eastern Jebel Marra area of Sudan’s Darfur region
has resulted in aid agencies being unable to access certain areas, where they have provided aid including food, water, and
medicines during the past five years.
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| Sudanese opposition leader to work with ruling party | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's opposition leader, Dr Elsadiq Elshadi el-Mahdi,
who contested last week's presidential election on the ticket of the Umma party
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has said he is ready to join a national unity government with the ruling Nationa
l Congress Party (NCP), which is expected to win by a landslide.
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| Bashir's party says no to government of national unity in Sudan | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Hassan el-Bashir, who is expected to win
the ongoing elections in the Sudan, scoffed here Thursday at calls by the
opposition for the dissolution of the current government and instead constitute a
government of national unity to oversee fresh polls.
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| Thumbs up for Sudan polls despite hiccups | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Observer Mission of the Organization of African Tra
de Union Unity (OATUU)Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the f
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rst national general election in Sudan in more than a quarter century.
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| Obama envoy to present preliminary report on Sudanese vote | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, is due to present a report on the presidential elections in Sudan after observing two days of voting, marred by widespread fraud and missing voter registers, a US State Department official said in Washington on Tuesday.
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| Presidential candidate in S. Sudan accuses poll body of abetting rigging | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A presidential candidate in semi-autonomous Southern Su
dan, Dr Lam Akol Ajawin,
who is pitted against incumbent Salva Kiir Mayardit, Tuesday launched a scathing
attack on the country's National Electoral
Commission (NEC), accusing it of favouring rivals and failing to act against ele
ctoral fraud.
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| Voting extension to delay Sudan's final poll results | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - After voting was extended by two days in Sudan's landma
rk election Monday evening, it is now expected that
poll results will be delayed for an unknown period, PANA reported Tuesday
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) decided to extend voting by two more day
s Monday evening, after delays
were reported in remote areas in the south and Darfur province.
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| Sudan’s electoral body may extend voting period | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s electoral body said Monday it was studying requests by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) to extend the voting period by a maximum of four days.
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| Opposition party agents kidnapped in Eastern Sudan | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese political party, the Beja Congress, said Monday its supporters and party agents were kidnapped at gunpoint hours after elections kicked off in Sudan’s presidential, parliamentary and state governorship elections.
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| South Sudan elections marred by ballot shortages | | Juba, Sudan (PANA) - Eager voters in Sudanâ?s historic presidential,
parliamentary and governorship elections queued to vote on Monday, the
second day of a three-day voting period, which has been marred by a shortage of
ballots and missing names from the voter register.
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| 100,000 Sudanese voters registered abroad | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Only 100,000 Sudanese, eligible to participate in their
first polls in 25 years, were registered in 18 countries while a record 83% of
the target number of 19.8 million others was achieved within the country, according to sources close to the three-day Sudanese polls which began Sunday.
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| UN chief hopes Sudanese elections to expand democracy | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Presidential elections in Sudan should help in
opening the democratic space in the vast oil-rich African country and pave
the way for the smooth implementation of the landmark Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA),which ended the North-South civil war, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon
said.
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| Kufuor-led AU mission tours Sudanese voting centres | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ghana's former President John Agyekum Kufuor, who is le
ading the African Union (AU) observer mission to Sudan's national election, on S
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nday toured some voting centres in the capital, Khartoum, and Omdruman, the larg
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| Sudanese electoral body says ready for polls | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan is ready for the polls, the National Electoral Co
mmission (NEC) chairman, Mr. Abel Alier declared here Saturday at a press confer
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nce on the eve of the first democratic elections in 25 years, PANA reported from
here.
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| EU election observers withdraw from Darfur | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission
has withdrawn from Darfur, the western province of Sudan, after "noting the impo
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sibility of fulfilling its task in the region," an EU source said.
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| EU sends election mission to Sudan | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An election observation mission of the European Parli
ament will leave Brussels Wednesday for Sudan where it will oversee the presiden
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ial elections scheduled from 11 to 13 April, according to an EU statement issued
Tuesday in the Belgian capital.
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| Kufuor says AU is neutral in Sudan elections | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's former President John Agyekum Kufuor, who is hea
ding the African Union (AU) Observer Mission in Sudan's elections said on Monday
that the continental body was neutral in the vote stressing that it did not favo
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r any of the contesting political parties.
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| US, Norway, UK call for peaceful, credible polls in Sudan | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - All parties in Sudan should work urgently to ensure that the upcoming elections
in the country can proceed peacefully and credibly, foreign ministers of the United States, Norway and United Kingdom
have said in a joint statement made available to PANA here Friday.
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| ICG claims Sudanese govt. rigging forthcoming elections | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Authorities in Khartoum have rigged the 11-13 A
pril elections in the troubled western Sudan region of Darfur to return an indic
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ed president and his party to power with catastrophic consequences for Sudan, th
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International Crisis Group (ICG) charged Wednesday.
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| Sudan marks International Day for Mine Awareness | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - More than 39,914 km of roads have been opened a
nd 57,886,940 square metres of land cleared of
landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Sudan since 2002, thanks to con
tinued partnership of the UN Mine Action Office,
the National Mine Action Authorities and NGOs from the Mine Action Sector.
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| Sudan's rebel faction leader 'committed to peace' if... | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW) fact
ion leader has reiterated his
commitment to peace if certain conditions were met and indicated he would be wil
ling to participate in the peace process
anywhere, â~even in Khartoum,â? the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID
) said in a media brief Wednesday.
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| 58 Nigerian 'beggars' deported from Sudan | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With the pace of deportation of Nigerians from different
countries seemingly on the rise,
58 Nigerians, mostly blind beggars, were deported from Sudan Wednesday, the loca
l press reported.
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| UNAMID takes part in Darfur climate change conference | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Wednesday joined policymakers, UN agencies,
donors and other stakeholders, including the Sudanese Federal Ministry of the Environment and the State Farmer’s Union in El Fasher,
North Darfur, to take part in a two-day conference entitled ‘Adapting to Climate Change in Darfur’.
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| Carter Centre welcomes Sudan’s election campaign, urges transparency | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While much has been achieved in organising the 2010 elections in Sudan, the country’s first competitive elections since 1986, the process remains at risk on multiple fronts, including the ability of candidates to campaign freely and the impact of delayed logistical preparations by the National Elections Commission (NEC), the Carter Centre said Thursday.
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| Kidnapped ICRC worker freed in Sudan | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Gauthier Lefčvre, who was abducted in West Darfur, Sudan, on 22 October, 2009, was set free Thursday, the ICRC said .
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| Nigeria equips troops in Darfur for better performance | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - To enhance performance and safety, Nigeria's military au
thorities have procured standard equipment
for the country's troops serving under the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (U
NAMID, according to the Nigerian Contingent
Commander, Brig.-Gen. Yunana Gaje.
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| Two French hostages freed in Sudan | | Paris, France (PANA) - Two French workers of the NGO "Triangle Generation
Humanitaire", abducted last November in the western Sudanese region of Darfur,
were released on Sunday, according to a statement from the French foreign
ministry.
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| Bashir party signs Sudan's pre-election code of conduct | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar El Bashirâ?s ruling Nati
onal Congress Party (NCP)
has signed the countryâ?s newly-endorsed Electoral Code of Conduct, seen by the
African Union (AU) as key to
ensuring free and fair elections next month in Sudan.
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| Missing UNAMID peacekeepers return safely to base | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two peacekeepers declared missing after the amb
ush of their patrol 5 March while on its way to
Deribat by a group of unidentified armed men in Darfur have safely returned to b
ase, the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Monday.
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| UNAMID to monitor Sudanese govt/JEM ceasefire pact | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While it continues to investigate reports of fi
ghting between Sudanese government and rebel forces in the Jebel Marra region of
West Darfur, the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Tuesday it was
developing a plan to increase its capacity to monitor the ceasefire signed recen
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ly between the Government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
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| UNAMID welcomes Khartoum, JEM move toward peace | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Union/United Nations Mission in Dar
fur (UNAMID) Wednesday welcomed the
signing of the Darfur Framework Agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in
Darfur, between the Government of the Sudan and
the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in the Qatari capital Doha.
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| 'Search for justice in Sudan shouldnâ?t derail peace process' | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Emphasizing its commitment to justice and total
rejection of impunity, the African Union (AU) has expressed disgust over the de
c
ision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recons
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der whether or not the indictment of President Omar Hassan Al Bashir of Sudan sh
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uld be extended to cover the charge of genocide.
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| Rights groups want President Bashir to face â?justiceâ? | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) â" Rights groups under the banner of â?Coalition for Int
ernational Criminal Courtâ? (CICC) Wednesday called on Sudanese government and i
nternational organizations â?to do their utmost to ensure that President Al-Bash
ir faces justice without delay,â? the groups said in statement received by PANA.
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| UNAMID refutes Sudan's accusations on Darfur rebels | | New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID
) Wednesday refuted the accusations made by the Sudanese Armed Forces that the m
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ssion was in collaboration with the Darfur rebel, Justice and Equality Movement
(
JEM).
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| AU calls on Sudan to salvage CPA, hold democratic elections | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As heads of state gather in the Ethiopian capital
for the 53-member continental body's annual Assembly, the African Union (AU) on
Monday urged Sudan to step up efforts to rescue the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen
t
(CPA) and hold democratic elections in April.
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| Nigeriaâ?s top diplomat takes control of UNAMID | | El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) â" The new head of the African Union-United
Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, arrived in
Khartoum on Friday to assume duty as Joint Special Representative
(JSR) and Head of UNAMID, the force officials said.
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| Sudanese sugar firm exports ethanol to EU | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanâ?s leading sugar firm, the Kenana Sugar Company,
exported its first shipment of five million litres of ethanol to the European U
n
ion (EU), top on the list of its international clients, PANA reported Monday.
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| Sudan to send military delegation to Chad | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Sudanese government will send a high-level mi
litary delegation to Chad to fine-tune an earlier agreement on the monitoring of
the border between the two countries which have been in a state of war.
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| Mauritania, Sudan sign cooperation agreements | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania and Sudan Tuesday signed 15 new agree
ments at the end of their joint cooperation commission meeting during Sudanese P
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esident Omar El-Bashir's visit to Nouakchott, official sources told PANA.
24/12/2009 full text... |
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| US chides Sudanese ruling party over referendum bill | | Washington DC, U.S. (PANA) - The US government Wednesday expressed deep concern
over the decision by Sudan's ruling National
Congress Party (NCP) to unilaterally change the agreement it reached with the Su
dan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), on the
Southern Sudan Referendum Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly Tuesda
y.
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| Mauritania, Sudan sign cooperation agreements | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania and Sudan Tuesday signed 15 new agree
ments at the end of their joint cooperation commission meeting during Sudanese P
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esident Omar El-Bashir's visit to Nouakchott, official sources told PANA.
24/12/2009 full text... |
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| US chides Sudanese ruling party over referendum bill | | Washington DC, U.S. (PANA) - The US government Wednesday expressed deep concern
over the decision by Sudan's ruling National
Congress Party (NCP) to unilaterally change the agreement it reached with the Su
dan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), on the
Southern Sudan Referendum Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly Tuesda
y.
24/12/2009 full text... |
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| US chides Sudanese ruling party over referendum bill | | Washington DC, U.S. (PANA) - The US government Wednesday
expressed deep concern over the decision by Sudan's ruling National
Congress Party (NCP) to unilaterally change the agreement it reached
with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), on the Southern
Sudan
Referendum Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly Tuesday.
23/12/2009 full text... |
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| Mauritania, Sudan sign cooperation agreements | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania and Sudan Tuesday signed 15
new agreements at the end of their joint cooperation commission meeting
during Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir's visit to Nouakchott, official
sources told PANA.
23/12/2009 full text... |
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| Mauritania, Sudan sign cooperation agreements | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania and Sudan Tuesday signed 15
new agreements at the end of their joint cooperation commission meeting
during Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir's visit to Nouakchott, official
sources told PANA.
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| Sudan registers 15 million voters for 2010 polls | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has welcomed the conclusion of a vot
er-registration process in the Sudan, which culminated in the registration of so
m
e 15 million people eligible to take part in the April, 2010, elections.
14/12/2009 full text... |
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| US condemns use of violence against protesters in Sudan | | Washington, US (PANA) - The US has condemned the attack on and detention of peac
eful protesters and opposition
political figures by Sudanese authorities on Monday in Khartoum and Omdurman, du
ring a protest organised by the opposition
to press for electoral reforms ahead of next year's general elections.
09/12/2009 full text... |
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| Rights groups call for Sudanese President's trial | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Rights groups, under the banner of "Coalition for Intern
ational Criminal Court" (CICC), Friday called on President Omar-al-Bashir of Sud
a
n to appear before the Geneva-based global court and "face justice" over situati
o
ns in Darfur, the coalition, numbering over 2,000 rights groups from 150 countri
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s, said in a statement received by PANA.
04/12/2009 full text... |
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| ICC presents Sudanese report to UN | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) â" Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Prosecutor of the Internationa
l Criminal Court (ICC), Friday presented his 10th report â?on the situation of D
arfurâ? in Southern Sudan to United Nations (UN) Security Council, PANA reported
from here.
04/12/2009 full text... |
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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
p
eace process, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Thursday told a special AU Peace and
S
ecurity Council Summit, in Abuja, Nigeria.
29/10/2009 full text... |
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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
g
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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.
27/10/2009 full text... |
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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
n
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
t
end the forthcoming African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting on Dar
f
ur in Abuja, starting 29 October.
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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.
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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
e
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
e
ssed grave concern about the increasing number of deaths due to the escalating a
t
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
i
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
e
s, among the many conflicts in Africa, discussed at the special AU summit which
w
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
u
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
h
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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s.
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
t
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
N
koana-Mashabane, to state unequivocally whether or not South Africa will arrest
S
udanese President Omar Al-Bashir should he visit South Africa.
14/07/2009 full text... |
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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
e
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
o
r new development projects, the bank said in a statement made available to PANA
h
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
t
heir grip at the top of the table.
21/06/2009 full text... |
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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
t
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
p
finance the rehabilitation of a primary school project in the country, a BADEA
s
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
S
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
e
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
r
ican states “to renew their long-standing commitment to justice” by honoring th
e
arrest warrant issued against the Sudanese President, Omar el-Bashir, the coali
t
ion said in a communiqué, received by PANA here.
25/05/2009 full text... |
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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
o
end hostilities against each other, the joint United Nations, African Union chi
e
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
3
0-40 kilometres inside Sudan, noting that the operation was conducted pursuant t
o
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
n
are being undermined by the ICC warrant to arrest President Omar al-Bashir,” th
e
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
r
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
m
inal Court (CICC)’, have solicited support from African states as the Internatio
n
al Criminal Court (ICC) seeks to obtain justice for the victims of Darfur crisis
,
” 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
s
t Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bashir, saying the decision was "unfai
r
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
h
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
u
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
c
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
i
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
r
(UNAMID), which confirmed reports of heavy shelling, mortar fire and sounds of
j
et fighters around the region.
26/01/2009 full text... |
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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
t
hs, with an advance party expected from Tanzania, the force said Wednesday.
21/01/2009 full text... |
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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
s
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.
09/11/2008 full text... |
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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.
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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
o
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
f
ur, western Sudan, if legal proceedings are instituted against Rwandan General E
m
manuel Karenzi Karake.
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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
c
e by the Sudanese military during an armed attack at a camp for internally displ
a
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
,
south-east of Libya, aviation officials told PANA.
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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
m
p, killing about 49 people.
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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
n
t Omar El-Bashir until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the country’s sout
h
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
u
p in such circumstances are better off lobbying
diplomatically, PANA reports.
16/07/2008 full text... |
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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.
15/07/2008 full text... |
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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
n
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.
11/07/2008 full text... |
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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.
11/07/2008 full text... |
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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
o
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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d.
10/06/2008 full text... |
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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.
10/06/2008 full text... |
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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
s
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
d
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.
27/04/2008 full text... |
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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
e
d a campaign dubbed "Justice For Darfur", and called for the immediate arrest an
d
trial of two Sudanese government officials for crimes committed in the region.
26/04/2008 full text... |
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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/
A
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
f
icials during the last two days to coordinate activities and maintain the moment
u
m of processes that aim at creating a stable atmosphere conducive of meaningful
p
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.
03/04/2008 full text... |
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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
p
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.
18/01/2008 full text... |
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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
r
. 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
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in 2004, according to a Sudanese newspaper, Tribune.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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