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Monday, January 23, 2012
Sudan Tribune: WikiLeaks Cables on Sudan
Wikileaks: Sudanese Guantanamo detainee details released: http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudanese-Guantanamo-detainee,38723
Sudan’s NCP dismisses Wikileaks cables: http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-s-NCP-dismisses-Wikileaks,40147
Wikileaks: US behind Ethiopia invasion in Somalia: http://www.sudantribune.com/US-behind-Ethiopia-invasion-in,37189
Wikileaks: Discontent with SPLM’s Kiir revealed: http://www.sudantribune.com/Wikileaks-Kiir-Garang-SPLM,40046
Wikileaks: Sudan President stashed billions in secret bank accounts, says ICC prosecutor: http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-President-stashed-billions,37328
Wikileaks: Sudan designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation: http://www.sudantribune.com/Wikileaks-Sudan-designates,40091
Wikileaks: Egypt lobbied for south Sudan referendum to be delayed: http://www.sudantribune.com/Egypt-lobbied-for-south-Sudan,37159
Wikileaks/US embassy cables: China plays a strong hand on Sudan: http://www.sudantribune.com/US-embassy-cables-China-plays-a,37327
Wikileaks: Egypt determined to thwart Qatar initiatives including Darfur: http://www.sudantribune.com/Wikileaks-Egypt-determined-to,39222
Wikileaks/US embassy cables: Clinton asks Sudan to block Iranian arms supplies to Hamas: http://www.sudantribune.com/US-embassy-cables-Clinton-asks,37324
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
South Sudan halts oil production in row with Khartoum
Oil production has been halted in South Sudan amid a dispute over sharing revenues with the Khartoum government.
South Sudan gained independence in July 2011 but the two states have not been able to agree on how to divide their oil wealth.
Most of the oil is produced in the south but is exported from Port Sudan in the north.
Sudan has accused the south of not paying transport fees and said it is taking the revenues in lieu of payment.
The two sides are currently holding talks in Ethiopia to try and reach a deal.
China, a major buyer of oil from both countries, has urged them to resolve their differences.
But South Sudan's Information Minister Marial Barnaba Benjamin told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the cabinet had decided to turn off the taps.
"We are not benefiting from the oil," he said, accusing Khartoum of stealing it.
South Sudan has to export oil via the north because it has no port or refineries of its own.
Sudan: A country divided
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Sudan exports billions of dollars of oil per year. Southern states produce more than 80% of it, but receive only 50% of the revenue. The pipelines run north but the two sides have still not agreed how to share the oil wealth in the future.
South Sudan halts oil production in row with Khartoum
Oil production has been halted in South Sudan amid a dispute over sharing revenues with the Khartoum government.
South Sudan gained independence in July 2011 but the two states have not been able to agree on how to divide their oil wealth.
Most of the oil is produced in the south but is exported from Port Sudan in the north.
Sudan has accused the south of not paying transport fees and said it is taking the revenues in lieu of payment.
The two sides are currently holding talks in Ethiopia to try and reach a deal.
China, a major buyer of oil from both countries, has urged them to resolve their differences.
But South Sudan's Information Minister Marial Barnaba Benjamin told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the cabinet had decided to turn off the taps.
"We are not benefiting from the oil," he said, accusing Khartoum of stealing it.
South Sudan has to export oil via the north because it has no port or refineries of its own.
Sudan: A country divided
Show regions
Sudan exports billions of dollars of oil per year. Southern states produce more than 80% of it, but receive only 50% of the revenue. The pipelines run north but the two sides have still not agreed how to share the oil wealth in the future.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Rice: Sudan is deliberately preventing aid to civilians affected by crisis and near-famine | Turtle Bay
Posted By Colum Lynch 
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 12:49 PM 
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Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned the U.N. Security Council that Sudan's restive South Kordofan region faces the prospects of famine if Khartoum does not allow international aid workers into the region to provide relief to more than 500,000 needy civilians.
"It is the United States' firm belief that, if the government of Sudan does not allow immediate meaningful humanitarian access to the conflict zones in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile so life saving humanitarian assistance can be provided to civilians in need, we will likely see famine conditions in parts of Sudan," Rice wrote in a letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council.
The U.S. warning comes nearly two weeks after the U.N.'s chief relief coordinator, Valerie Amos, traveled to Sudan to press the government to allow U.N. aid workers into Southern Kordofan to assess the extent of humanitarian suffering there. It comes on the eve of a briefing today by Amos on the crisis to the Security Council.
During her visit, Amos said that Sudanese refugees entering Ethiopia have reported increasing levels of food shortages and "rising levels of malnutrition" in parts of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. She said that reports of a humanitarian crisis in territory controlled by the anti-government Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (North) were "particularly alarming."
Amos said that she had reached agreement with Khartoum to share information about the plight of civilians in the conflict zones, and that they would continue to discuss ways to reach civilians affected by the crisis.
The Sudanese armed forces launched a counterinsurgency campaign against the SPLM forces in June, triggering an outbreak of fighting that has forced 300,000 people from their homes, according to U.N. figures. The United Nations, which previously maintained a presence in the region, was asked to leave Sudan after South Sudan seceded from Sudan.
Reports of extreme hardship have filtered out from church groups based in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and from Sudanese refugees who have made it across the border into neighboring Ethiopia or South Sudan.
But Sudan has restricted U.N. aid agencies from gaining access to the region, citing security concerns. "We are in no position to verify the actual needs on the ground or the fulfillment of those needs as we are simply not there," Peter de Clercq, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, said in a recent statement.
Susan Rice wrote that the two Sudanese states will be placed on a Phase 4 Emergency level by March without a major inflow of humanitarian assistance. A Phase 4 Emergency -- a designation that has only been applied to Somalia and Ethiopia -- is one step short of a full-fledged famine.
"It is clear that the Government of Sudan has instituted a deliberate policy to prevent humanitarian agencies from reaching vulnerable civilians impacted by the conflict," Rice wrote. "The conflicts disruption of trade and livelihoods, large scale displacement of people, and severe restrictions on the operations of aid agencies has pushed the people of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile to the brink of a major humanitarian crisis."
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Ethiopia and Sudan agree not to harbor rebel groups - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
December 12, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed not to receive rebel figures or host each other’s rebel forces in their territory, the Sudanese Media Center (SMC) reported last week.
- Malik Agar, head of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) speaks during a joint news conference with SPLM north’s secretary general (Reuters)
The agreement was reached following the 14th joint Border Development Commission Meeting held last week in Amhara region’s Bahardar town.
Sennar state governor, Ahmad Abbas, said the agreement is aimed at securing the border security of the two countries and cripple any attempt of military activities of rebel groups on both sides.
Abbas hailed Ethiopia’s stand toward Sudanese rebels following to the ongoing fighting in Blue Nile state.
Sudanese army has fought the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement –North (SPLM-N) in Blue Nile state since last September. On 4 November it captured the rebel stronghold of Kurmuk, on the border with Ethiopia and repulsed the rebels south.
In the past years Khartoum stopped Eritrea based rebel groups from Oromo from crossing through the Sudanese border to Ethiopia. Also many Ethiopian activist were arrested in eastern Sudan and the Sudanese capital.
Addis Ababa, according to different sources, was keen to not irritate Khartoum or allow any rebel presence insides its territory. Sources within the SPLM-N in Blue Nile said last September that Ethiopian troops prevented any presence of their fighters in Ethiopia and they were quickly forced to leave.
The Ethiopia-Sudan annual joint meeting deliberated on matters of security, education, trade, health, control of illegal border trade and also on ways of preventing communicable diseases and deforestation, among others.
The two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further scale-up joint cooperation along their shared border.
After evaluating the performance on implementation of past agreements, the Commission said joint activities along the border taken by both sides have brought remarkable outcomes mainly in securing peace and security and in further benefiting the peoples of the two countries by creating economic and cultural ties.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Al-Khatim Describes Sudanese-Ethiopian Relations as Distinguished SUN
Sir Al-Khatim Describes Sudanese-Ethiopian Relations as Distinguished
Khartoum, Jan 9 (SUNA) - Sudan's ambassador to Ethiopia, Abdul Rahman Sir Al-Khatim has described the Sudanese-Ethiopian relations as distinguished and based on confidence, mutual interests, joint security and the awareness of the political leaderships in the two countries .
The Ambassador said in press statements, Monday in the parliament that the Sudanese-Ethiopian relations based on cooperation in all domains as the two countries share joint geographic and historical characteristics .
He welcomed the Ethiopian employment in Sudan which bridged the gap resulted from the separation of South Sudan, adding that the two countries are against the illegal emigration .
He revealed that meetings between the two sides will be held to to organize the emigration .
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Israeli direction towards Africa is it a target to Sudan?
The Israeli direction towards Africa is it a target to Sudan?
Khartoum 3-1-2012 (SUNA)- The prospective visit of the Israeli prime minister , Netanyahu to Republic of South Sudan and to East of Africa have a strategic, political, economical and military aspirations , such to get energy, miners , agricultural products and obtaining the projects of buildings to control the Nile water, according to some Israeli sources .
More than, the visit target to sign deals of sealing weapons and to establish control towers on the borders with Sudan, said the observers and added the visit aim also to consist an air- base in the region to train the southern Sudan pilots , as they seek to use the two topics of water and oil to pressure on Sudan.
The observers pointed that Israel target to consist an alliance with some Christian states in Africa to build a belt against the Arab states , anticipation of gaining the Islamist to power , explained the observers and went on saying, particular the visit delegation included intelligence experts, some members of the national security council , representatives from the Israel finance ministry and a number of businessmen.
The Israeli penetration in Africa in last period represented a serious topic , particular its concentrating in the regional medium of Sudan. Besides it aim to establish a net of distinguished relations with a number of African states in different intelligence , military, social, economic and political sides.
These penetration will enable Israel to press on the positions of African countries in concern the Israeli -Arabic project addition to enclose and divide Sudanbecause it consider the bridge which connect the Islamic-Arab countries with the north of Africa.
The Israeli intentions toward Sudan came according to signing Camp Davied agreement and establishing diplomatic relations with some states . Thus the Israeli state began to market itself in a new shape to the African countries , that supported the Arabs in their war against Israeli and cut -off the diplomatic relations, through a massage said that Israel signed a peace agreement with Egypt and Arab, for this there is no reason to continue the African boycott .
Historically , Sudan was participated with its all economical and military abilities in October war , what supported Egypt to achieve victory on Israel. Besides the great natural sources of Sudan, as a long coast in the Red Sea, various kinds of miners , oil and wide areas of arable lands will play a vital role to resolve the Arab- Israeli conflict in future .
The Islamic -Arab identity of Sudan , that hostile the Jewish Zionism , had encouraged Israel to follow many methods to enclose Sudan and to isolate it from its Islamic and Arab identity . Israel directed to concentrate its existence in the border-states to Sudan and strength its relations with Eretria and Ethiopia since their independency to keep its existence in the Red Sea .
More than, Israel tried vigorously to prevent joining Eretria to the Arab League , spite the Muslims are more than 60% of the total number of Eritrean population , that estimated of 4 million people. Also Israel had supported Ethiopia to establish dams on the Blue Nile, bearing in mind the great water sources in Ethiopia.
On the international level Israel obtains good relations with Chad and Central Africa , as it seek to create ethnic conflicts , beside to support the separatist groups inside Sudan, while the strong connection and cooperation with the government in South Sudan after secession was appeared clearly in the immediate recognition of the southern Sudan state.
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