Sudan
Sudan’s electoral board welcomes 50 EU observers to monitor polls (10.03.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
The National Elections Commission (NEC) chief Abel Alier met today with Veronique De Keyser, the head of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sudan. … On Thursday the EU EOM will officially launch the mission during a press conference in the Sudanese capital. Last month, the EU announced that the 130-strong mission will be the largest in the history of the European bloc.
IGAD renews commitment to support Sudan peace - Meles (10.03.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
Ethiopian prime minister, who last night returned home from IGAD summit in Nairobi, said on Thursday that member states have set new directions and agreed to extend full support to bring lasting solution to Sudan’s political problems.
Netherlands renews its participation in UNMIS for one year (07.03.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
The Dutch government decided to extend its participation in a 10,000 stronghold mission mostly deployed in southern Sudan for another year until April 2011. … This decision was made by a caretaker cabinet following a request from the UN just two weeks after the fall of the center-left government on Feb. 20.
Sudan's SPLM reaches 'breakthrough deal' on poll (26.02.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
The main parties in north and south Sudan have reached a deal on the distribution of seats in parliament, ending a long deadlock.
Sudan’s North-South peace partners break deadlock over challenging issues (24.02.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
The two partners to the North-South peace deal, signed in January 2005, have finally overcome impasse over several contentious issues after years of tedious and long lasted negotiations.
Elections in a volatile climate (19.02.2010)
(Quelle: Irinnews)
Officials are appealing for calm during the campaign period ahead of upcoming historic elections in April as insecurity remains a major concern in Southern Sudan. Electoral campaigning in the highly charged contest opened on 13 February, two months before three days of polling from 11 April, with the results due a week later.
Sudanese journalists in training to cover first elections in 24 years (08.02.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
More than 300 journalists and media houses across Sudan will be trained to cover elections by a consortium of six national and international organisations in the lead-up to Sudan's nationwide elections in April 2010.
Sudan’s leader may be accused of genocide (03.02.2010)
(Quelle: New York Times)
The president of Sudan, who is already facing an international arrest warrant, came under new legal scrutiny on Wednesday when appeals judges at The Hague reopened the possibility that he may be charged with genocide.
Southern Sudan says vote on independence is off-limits for UN (01.02.2010)
(Quelle: Washington Post)
A surprise intervention in Sudan by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has drawn warnings from senior officials here, who say any outside efforts to influence a referendum on independence next year could lead to further conflict. At an African Union summit over the weekend, Ban said he would "work hard" to avoid the secession of southern Sudan following the referendum.
UN Chief to name Eritrean diplomat as new special envoy to Sudan (31.01.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday said he will name Haile Menkerios, a former Eritrean diplomat as his special envoy to Sudan making him the third head of the UN Mission in Sudan.
Outgoing UN envoy calls for peace talks to continue in disputed town in Sudan (27.01.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Dialogue must continue in the oil-rich town of Abyei, Ashraf Qazi, the outgoing top United Nations envoy to Sudan, has said, underscoring that peace in the disputed area will help to bolster the stability of the African nation as a whole.
UN peacekeeping mandate in Sudan comes under US scrutiny (25.01.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
Ambassador Susan Rice, the United States’ representative at the UN Headquarters in New York, said that the Security Council today received assurances from a top UN official that the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) will be oriented toward civilian protection in South Sudan.
New UN right expert pays first visit to Sudan (24.01.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The newly appointed Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Justice Mohamed Chande Othman, began his first official visit to Sudan on Saturday 23.
UN report cites challenges for north-south peace deal despite progress (22.01.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The parties to the 2005 peace accord that ended Sudan’s north-south civil war have made important breakthroughs, but a return to violence is still a very real possibility, warns a new United Nations report.
Sudan would accept separation, says President Bashir (19.01.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
Sudan would accept the south's secession if southerners were to vote for independence in a referendum next year, President Omar al-Bashir said.
UN envoy in Sudan to leave post at end of next month (19.01.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The top United Nations envoy in Sudan has announced he will step down from the post at the end of next month after more than two years in the African nation.
China may send observers for Sudan’s April election (19.01.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
China, the international power with the largest economic stake in Sudan, may send a delegation to monitor the nationwide elections scheduled for April 2010. … Recently the US Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration called on the European Union to provide upwards of 300 elections monitors.
South Sudan forms referendum taskforce as clock ticks to January 2011 (16.01.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
The semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan has formed an oversight body to oversee the conduct of referendum as the countdown begins to January 2011.
Gration calls on EU to provide monitors, funds for Sudan vote (12.01.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
Major General (Ret.) Scott Gration, the US presidential envoy to Sudan, in a meeting with the press today called on the European Union to send some 300 elections monitors to Sudan in time for the April nationwide elections.
Success of Sudan peace pact requires redoubled efforts, Ban says on anniversary (09.01.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
He went on to state that these challenges require the parties urgently to establish the necessary legal, political and institutional framework for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections, referenda and popular consultations. It is also important that they engage now in substantive discussions on post-referendum arrangements, regardless of the outcome of the referendum.
Attack leaves 140 dead as agencies issue "wake-up call" to international community (08.01.2010)
(Quelle: Irinnews)
Violence in Southern Sudan continues to escalate, with the latest incident claiming 140 lives, even as 10 aid agencies called for urgent international intervention to prevent a return to war.
Ten aid groups warn of Sudan civil war risk (07.01.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
Ten international aid groups say a 2005 peace deal in Sudan is on the verge of collapse and that the world must act now to prevent renewed conflict. The agencies blamed a "lethal cocktail" of rising violence, chronic poverty and political tensions.
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections (06.01.2010)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
The United Nations is barred by law from being of the monitors to the April 2010 elections, a senior National Congress Party (NCP) official said in press statements. The political Secretary of the ruling party Ibrahim Ghandour speaking at the NCP headquarters said that the National Election Law has clearly determined the countries and the parties with authorization to participate in observing the elections.
Sudan's disarmament panel targets 35,000 fighters for demobilisation (06.01.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Sudan's Disarmament and Demobilisation Commission (DDR-North Sudan) said it had earmarked 35,900 combatants from various parts of Sudan to be disarmed, demobilised and re-integrated in 2010, compared to 19,300 fighters it disarmed in 2009.
Sudan referendum bill finally sees the light (30.12.2009)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune)
The Sudanese national assembly today adopted the controversial referendum law after ironing out the disputed portions of the bill that led to political stalemate over the last couple of months between the dominant National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) which represents the ruling party of South Sudan.
UN brings Sudanese tribes together for historic peace talks (29.12.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
The United Nations has paved the way for historic talks between clashing tribes to bolster the fragile peace in the disputed oil-rich area of Abyei, close to the border between Sudan’s north and south and where a referendum on its future is scheduled to be held in 2011.
Sudan, Chad agree to revive security protocol on borders control (26.12.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Sudan and Chad have agreed to revive a security protocol to control joint borders and ban any activities by armed opposition groups in the two countries, senior officials of Sudan and Chad said on Friday.
Sudan security law threatens free poll - SPLM (21.12.2009)
(Quelle: BBC)
Reforms of Sudan's strict security laws do not go far enough and threaten to undermine the 2010 election, southern Sudanese politicians have said.
Sudan: preventing implosion – new ICG briefing (17.12.2009)
(Quelle: International Crisis Group)
If the international community does not step in to ensure full implementation of Sudan’s North-South peace deal and shore up other failing centre-periphery agreements, the country risks a return to all-out civil war. “Sudan: Preventing Implosion“, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the situation in the run-up to national elections due next year and the early 2011 referendum on self-determination in the South.
Top UN envoy welcomes peaceful end to voter registration in Sudan (14.12.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today welcomed the peaceful ending of the registration process for next year’s elections, the first multi-party polls in the country in decades, with more than 75 per cent of people of voting age registering to cast their ballots.