ICC to reconsider al-Bashir genocide charge - Update

The Hague/Doha - International Criminal Court (ICC) judges were on Wednesday ordered to review their original decision to exclude charges of genocide against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for his alleged role in the conflict in Darfur. The ruling by the Appeals Chamber of the court followed an appeal

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The London International Conference
to Start the Process for a Health Development Plan for Dar Fur, Sudan
Organised by:
British Friends of Sudan (BFOS) in collaboration with Ahfad University for Women, Development Action Now (DAN) –Sudan and the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London

http://www.Dar Furmedicalconference2010.yolasite.com
Dates:  (Monday-Wednesday) March 1-2 & 3rd, 2010
The venue:
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)
Russell Square
London, WC1H 0XG

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(DOHA) — The Justice and Equality Movement expressed readiness to hold parallel consultations with the other rebel groups in order to establish one movement before engaging in peace talks with the Sudanese government to end the armed conflict in Darfur
JEM rebels reject the participation of the rebel coalitions formed in Tripoli and Addis Ababa in the Doha-

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January 27, 2010: The national government and the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) continue to jockey for every advantage in the national referendum scheduled for January 2011. Yes, it is only a year away, but an increasing number of Sudanese are pessimistic about the vote and the troubles they believe it will certainly incite. Many are beginning to fear that January 2011 will mark the beginning of a new north-south

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KHARTOUM/DOHA (26 Jan) – The SLM-faction of Abdel Wahid seems to have retracted its statement from yesterday for Radio Dabanga that it is willing to negotiate peace in Doha if the joint UN and African Union peace negotiator Djibril Bassolé includes the right for self-determination for Darfur on the agenda. Abdel

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January 24, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The two largest Northern opposition parties formally announced their nominations for the presidential elections to run against President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir in April and a handful of other rival candidates from smaller parties.
The Umma National Party has announced today that it is in the process of filing the nomination form for

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January 25, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir joined the ranks of former US president George Bush to become a victim of a shoe thrown at him as he was delivering a speech in Khartoum on Monday.

According to eyewitnesses, shortly after 10 am (Sudan local time) a man by the name of Adel Mohamed

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KHARTOUM (AFP) – Human Rights Watch on Sunday accused the Sudanese authorities of carrying alleged abuses ahead of a general election due in April and called on them to ensure “free and credible” polls.

“Violations of civil and political rights by Sudanese security forces throughout the country are seriously

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Direct peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups did not resume on Sunday as expected, with the two sides holding separate consultations with mediators instead. Skip related content
“Sunday will be devoted to consultations” with Qatari mediators and the chief negotiator for the United Nations and African Union, Djibril Bassole, said Ahmed Hussein Adam, spokesman for the Justice and

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January 23, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government informed Cairo that any opportunities for Egyptian oil company to invest in the country is contingent upon securing a gas deal, according to a newspaper report
This month the Egyptian petroleum minister Sameh Fahmy told the Al-Youm Al-Sabe’ online news portal

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January 20, 2010 (PARIS) – The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) today slammed the death sentences handed down by a Sudanese court yesterday against two of its fighters for taking part in an attack on the capital in May 2008.

So far 105 JEM members have been ordered hanged for their role in the raid amid criticism by local lawyers

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January 20, 2010 (KAHRTOUM) — The new Joint Special Representative of the African Union –United Nations Mission in Darfur, Ibrahim Gambari, is due to arrive in Khartoum on Friday to assume office as the new Joint Special Representative and Head of the hybrid peacekeeping force in Darfur.
official spokesman, Noureddine Mezni, pointed out that Professor Gambari will hold a series of meetings

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US Envoy Gration and his ‘Cookies and honey’ Strategy for Sudan
By: Abdullahi Osman El-Tom

October 26, 2009: Moments following Obama’s spectacular electoral victory speech, I phoned JEM commanders in Darfur to relay to them fresh news of the US Election results.  A commander at the other end of the phone responded: “We followed the great news as well and our troops are all celebrating at this very

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afrol News, 20 January - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has vowed to back the independence of the south government if the southerners can vote for autonomy in the referendum next year.

Marking the fifth anniversary of the peace agreement in 2005 that paved the way for a general election, due

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Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat — The Justice and Equality Movement [JEM] in Darfur led by Dr. Khalil Ibrahim has presented to the Sudanese Government its vision for resolving the province’s problem. However, the insurgent group denied that it was “cooking” a deal with Khartoum behind the backs of the people of Darfur, while underlining its willingness to achieve a comprehensive and just peace in the province.

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January 13, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – The families of the victims aboard a Sudan airways flight that crashed more than a year ago in the Sudanese capital filed a lawsuit against the France based Airbus company alleging that the plane was “defective and unreasonably dangerous”.
The 49-page filling made at in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Cook County said that the

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No legitimacy for Bashir
Dear osman,

The U.S. should not recognize the results of the Sudanese election since the
conditions for truly free and fair elections are not in place.
Tell President Obama: No legitimacy for Bashir.

Imagine an election where the government sends in troops to break up a political
rally, arrest and jail the candidate and supporters who attend,

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16 January 2010 KHARTOUM - Chadian air force jets bombarded rebel positions in a region bordering Sudan and the Central African Republic, a rebel source said on Saturday.

The warplanes carried out the air strikes on Friday near the village of Tissi, said the senior official with the

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South Sudan selects northerner as candidate
In a sign they are more focused on running the south in advance of possible independence, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, a former rebel army that fought the north in a lengthy war, chose Yasir Arman, a Muslim and head of the party’s parliamentary group, as their candidate for the presidency.

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January 11, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir issued a decree late Monday, relieving himself from the position of the general commander of the armed forces in a procedural step required in order for him to run in the upcoming presidential elections as nominee of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

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US toughens stance against Sudan national security law

January 8, 2010 (WASHINGTON) — The US administration today warned Sudan that the National Security law in its current form may hinder the conduct of fair and free elections scheduled for next April.
The Sudanese national assembly passed the National Security Act last month by the mechanical majority of the dominant National Congress Party (NCP) despite objections by the Sudan People Liberation

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January 6, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese presidential adviser Mustafa Osman Ismail said this week that Khartoum hopes that the next round of negotiations with Darfur rebel groups in the Arab Gulf state of Qatar will be the last one.

Ismail said that the any agreement reached in Doha would be a complement to the 2006 Darfur Peace

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January 6, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese army has resumed daily bombardments in Darfur since the beginning of the New Year killing some five civilians in the restive region, a rebel group said today.

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said Wednesday Sudanese military Antonov aircrafts bombed on

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JUBA/NAIROBI, 7 January 2010 (IRIN) - 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 between the north and south.

A senior UN official said on 7 January that at least 140 people had been killed and 90 wounded during an

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Africa’s longest-running civil war could be reignited in Sudan if a referendum on independence for the southern region due within 12 months does not take place, a coalition of aid agencies has warned.

“It’s the referendum or nothing,” said Richard Poole, Sudan country director for the International Rescue

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By Ngor Arol Garang

January 5, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Edward Lino, a native of the oil contested region of the Abyei and a prominent member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), said Abyei citizens and their politicians are not bothered by Messeriya cries over recently adopted referendum bill for Abyei.

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KHARTOUM (5 Jan.) – The administration of president Omar Al Bashir will do everything to achieve peace in Darfur this year. President Omar al Bashir announced this yesterday. It is a new bid to address the already deteriorated security in Darfur. The president also said the issue of the lawlessness in the region can be

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KHARTOUM (5 Jan.) – The administration of president Omar Al Bashir will do everything to achieve peace in Darfur this year. President Omar al Bashir announced this yesterday. It is a new bid to address the already deteriorated security in Darfur. The president also said the issue of the lawlessness in the region can be

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