November 8, 2008

Darfur rebels shun conference, seek direct talks

Source: Reuters

One of Darfur's strongest rebel groups on Friday said it had refused to take part in a planned peace conference in Qatar and demanded instead one-to-one negotiations with Sudan's government.

November 7, 2008

Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama

Source: Center for American Progress

This is the first in a series of letters to the next president spelling out a practical roadmap to end the crisis in Sudan.

November 6, 2008

A Sudan Peace Roadmap for Obama

Source: One World

The largest humanitarian operation in the world has so far failed to bring peace and stability to Sudan, but a new commitment and new approach from the Obama administration can bring peace to Darfur and the rest of the country,...

November 5, 2008

Sudan: 2 newspapers strike against censorship

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Two Sudanese dailies will suspend publication for three days and their journalists will go on a 24-hour hunger strike to protest state censorship, managers of the papers said Tuesday. The journalists said they are resisting a...

November 4, 2008

US praises Sudan for speeding Darfur peacekeeper roll-out

Source: Reuters

senior U.S. official on Monday praised Sudan for speeding up the deployment of peacekeepers in Darfur but stopped short of saying it had done enough to win support over a war crimes probe.

November 3, 2008

China signals it will not introduce resolution to defer Bashir indictment

Source: Sudan Tribune

A senior Chinese official suggested that his country has no plans to introduce a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution suspending the indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.

November 3, 2008

SLM’s Nur urges Sudan political parties to condemn Darfur violence

Source: Sudan Tribune

The leader of a Darfur rebel group called on Sudanese political forces to press the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to put a halt to violence against civilians in the Western region of the country.

October 31, 2008

Kidnapped Chinese Workers Highlight Violence Over Sudan Oil

Source: The Cornell Sun

Five of the nine Chinese oil workers who were kidnapped on Oct. 18 in the Kordofan region of Sudan, which is adjacent to Darfur, were killed on Monday. There are conflicting reports on how the Chinese were killed, with China...

October 30, 2008

Sudanese president tries to improve image

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Facing genocide charges from an international tribunal, Sudan's president has taken several steps recently to shore up his image. But some say the gestures are "too little, too late."

President Omar Al-Bashir's latest moves...

October 29, 2008

Will killing of oil workers harden China's Darfur policy?

But the accused rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which has been fighting the Sudanese government for close to six years in Darfur, said it had nothing to do with the incident, accusing the government of...