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United Nations Commends Progress in Preparations for South Sudan Referendum
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy has commended the “palpable” progress in the preparations for the southern Sudan referendum.
UNICEF Welcomes Plan for Sudanese Dissidents’ to End Use of Child Soldiers
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the launch of a program by the Sudanese government to end the use of child soldiers by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), following an action plan signed by the rebel group committing...
Sudan Suspends BBC Radio Broadcasts
The Sudanese authorities have suspended British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio stations that broadcast in Arabic to around 4 million people in the north of the country.
Human Rights Defenders Concerned Over Media Laws in Rwanda
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) has called on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to ask the Government of Rwanda to remove all criminal sanctions of press offenses and introduce legal...
Ethiopia And Sudan to be Linked By Modern Road Network
Officials have announced that Ethiopia and neighboring Sudan will soon be linked by road infrastructure as part of the development of the two countries’ bilateral relationship. Ethiopian Television reported here on Tuesday that a 21 member Sudanese...
Dark Days for Darfur – Political Opinion
Things are getting much, more worse for Darfur lately. Last week, a convoy of UN peacekeepers was ambushed by 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs. Seven peacekeepers were killed, and 22 wounded in the attack, which reinforces the argument that peacekeeping...
Eyewitnesses Implicate Sudanese Minister in War Crimes
In a 17-minute film released today by the Aegis Trust with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative and Human Rights First, and circulated to UN diplomats on the eve of the ICC’s six-monthly report to the UN Security Council, survivors from...
Arab League Monitors Developments in Sudan
The Arab League is following closely developments in Sudan to secure a common Arab-African action to achieve stability in the region following the recent attack on Khartoum by Darfur rebels, which Khartoum blamed on Chad.
