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Doha - Qatar, which hosts talks between the government of Sudan and rebels from its western Darfur region, has expressed hope that a peace deal can be reached soon between the warring sides, media reports said Sunday. Minister of State for Foreign Af...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Here is a copy of an article published at IslamOnline.net (IOL) : Al-Qaeda Moving to Africa: Sources Aamir Latif, IOL Correspondent, Sun. Nov. 22, 2009 "Somalia is the next possible front, where current conditions suit Al-Qaeda network," Professor Rizvi told IOL. ISLAMABAD/ KABUL – Amid ongoing back-door talks between the emboldened Afghan Taliban and the US and full-scale Pakistani...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zeina Mvemba 4:59 PM 11/21/09 Fifteen years later conflict in Ethiopia has remained, and is proving to be very devastating. The ongoing conflict has already claimed thousands of lives, stemming from conflict between separatists in the Somali region. The Somali region of Ethiopia is the home to many Muslim people, mainly ethnic Somali nomad tribes. The separatist movement which refers to members of...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
The following news report by Sudan Radio Service says 'the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed in 1989, guarantees children the right to life, education, the right to play and to be protected from abuse'. Report received by email from Sudan Radio Service : Friday, November 20, 2009 (Nairobi) - The United Nations has marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Rights...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today, the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) is still having technical difficulties. At the moment its news pages and archives are blank, Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:22 AM GMT UK. Here is a news report by SRS, received by email from SRS. Note that it quotes Ismail Khamis Jallab as saying that the Nuba people in the SPLM will remain in the SPLM forever and that there is no room for talk about...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Prince William and Prince Harry have taken one of their most important steps together in public life by setting up their own charitable foundation. From The Daily Telegraph Prince William and Prince Harry set up charitable foundation By Andrew Pierce Published: 7:30AM GMT 21 Nov 2009 The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the brothers have invested a substantial six figure sum of their own personal...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In its “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) raised issues on the Saudi Arabia – East African Partnership Forum, the preparation of Africa's Committee for the Copenhagen Conference, Ethiopia-Djibouti High Level Joint Commission, a controversial conference on Eritrea and the need of action in Somalia. Source: (Ethiopia) Waltainfo.com - Government statement...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The SPLM-DC has allied itself with seven southern Sudanese political parties in preparation for elections which are scheduled for April 2010. Report by Sudan Radio Service , November 20, 2009: (Cairo, Egypt) - The chairman of the SPLM-DC, Doctor Lam Akol, says that he is ready to run for the GOSS presidency if he is nominated. According to the Sudan Tribune website, the southern Sudan political parties’...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The SPLM caucus in the National Assembly walked out of the parliament in October, accusing the NCP of willfully delaying the introduction of key CPA legislation. Report by Sudan Radio Service , Friday, November 20, 2009: (Khartoum) - The speaker of the National Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim El-Tahir, suspended the salaries and allowances of 10 SPLM MPs on Wednesday. The move is seen as a bid to put pressure...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Student elections in the University of Khartoum have been suspended for the past two years. Report by Sudan Radio Service , Friday, November 20, 2009: (Khartoum) - The National Congress Party has won the students' union elections at the University of Khartoum. The chairman of the Students' Union High Elections Committee, Prof. Abubakar Abu Jokh, spoke to Sudan Radio Service on Thursday in Khartoum....
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Report by Sudan Radio Service , Friday, 20 November 2009: (Nairobi) - The voter registration center at the Sudan Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, has seen low turnouts of people wanting to register since registration began on Tuesday in the Kenyan capital. The Sudanese Embassy became a registration center after a petition was sent to the National Election Commission to allow Sudanese in Kenya and Uganda...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Note that news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) have disappeared due to technical problems. Here is an untitled news report, received by email, from SRS Thursday, November 19, 2009 (Lainya) - Police are investigating the attack on the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the Government of Southern Sudan, Dr. Samson Kwaje, in Lainya County, Central Equatoria state. Doctor Kwaje’s...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Note that news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) are currently unavailable due to technical problems. Here is a copy of an untitled report, received by email, from SRS, Thursday, November 19, 2009: (Khartoum) - The former governor of Upper Nile state, Dak Duop Bichok, has described retired Brigadier, Galuak Deng Garang’s refusal to relinquish power in Malakal as an act of rebellion....
Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In a paper on how the term "apartheid" is being used to deny Israel's right to exist, Robbie Sabel concluces: The Apartheid campaign against Israel has another revealing feature. It rarely deals with the massive abuse of human rights or cases of real Apartheid elsewhere in the world. In other words, it singles out Israel with a false accusation. For example, President Carter has spoken about...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Diplomats said Belgium's Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy has been named the EU's first president. Reuters Belgian Premier Van Rompuy Named First EU President -- Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders picked the low-key prime minister of Belgium and a British trade representative who's never held elective office as the bloc's first president and foreign minister. There were weeks of...
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highman | 10/17/2008
By courtesy An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed in Turkey during what's called the first genocide of the 20th century. By Barbara Taormina/salem@cnc.com About four minutes into Apo Torosyan’s new film, “The Morgenthau Story,” New York County D.A. Robert Morgenthau calmly offers a bone-chilling comment. “ If the world had reacted to the genocide of the Armenians, Hitler would have been reluctant
petercasier | 09/28/2008
Is this perceived drop of influence from the West caused by the human rights issues being based too much on traditional 'West values'? The fact the UN fails to rally sufficient support to take appropriate action in Darfur, is one thing, but the article also quotes the drop of support for the independence in Kosovo, failure to condemn the Russian reaction in Georgia, the build-up of Iran's nuclear power...
highman | 07/05/2008
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