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The articles below are the most recent additions to the Sudan category of Africa InfoServ. To read the article, click on its title. To see more Sudan articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive.

Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

1. Longer, analytical article. Rhetoric and reality: The failure to resolve the Darfur conflict
Author: Julie Flint Date Written: 3 February 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: swisspeace Sudan Platform
Secondary Category: -none- Source URL: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org
Key Words: Sudan, Darfur, conflict, rhetoric and reality,

Summary & Comment: "This Working Paper, based on interviews with mediators, government officials, humanitarian workers, and militia and rebel leaders traces the troubled history of peace efforts after Abuja. It attributes their failure to the interplay of a flawed process and an unfavourable context—including a lack of will among the Sudanese parties, a breakdow . . . [expand]
2. Longer, analytical article. Uni. Simon Fraser et les guerres au Soudan et en RDC
Author: Jean-Philippe Rémy Date Written: 2 February 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Le Monde via AfricaCanada Forum
Secondary Category: Central Region Source URL:
Key Words: Soudan, Sudan, RDC, DRC, Simon Fraser, guerres,

Summary & Comment: "Les chercheurs de l’université Simon Fraser, en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada, qui publient en cette fin janvier un nouveau rapport de leur série Human Security Report, intitulé "La diminution des pertes humaines dans les guerres", arrivent à une série de conclusions qui méritent toutefois d’être regardées de près." DN
3. Longer, analytical article. Will the Obama administration truly support an independent South Sudan?
Author: Eric Reeves Date Written: 30 January 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Sudan Tribune
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.sudantribune.com
Key Words: CPA, US policy, South Sudan

Summary & Comment: "The evidence of recent months suggests that there is an increasingly grim logic governing the military and geographic future of southern Sudan—and a correspondingly urgent need for focused international diplomacy over the next year."
4. Longer, analytical article. Ensure free and fair April election process
Author: HRW, New York Date Written: 24 January 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
Secondary Category: -none- Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/en
Key Words: Sudan, election, process, abuses, violations,

Summary & Comment: Violations of civil and political rights by Sudanese security forces throughout the country seriously undermine prospects for free, fair, and credible elections in April 2010, Human Rights Watch says. DN
5. Drought, insecurity hurting food production in South
Author: IRIN, Juba Date Written: 11 January 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: IRIN News
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL:
Key Words: food security, South Sudan

Summary & Comment: Several states in Southern Sudan are facing food shortages due to widespread drought and conflict, officials are saying.
6. Sudan’s Bashir steps down as army chief, wins re-election backing from 20 parties
Author: Sudan Tribune, Khartoum Date Written: 11 January 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Sudan Tribune
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.sudantribune.com
Key Words: al Bashir, elections, NCP

Summary & Comment: "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)."
7. Longer, analytical article. Remarks on fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Author: US State Department Date Written: 8 January 2010
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: AllAfrica.com
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://allafrica.com
Key Words: Peace, CPA, South Sudan, US policy

Summary & Comment: US State Department officials and Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, comment on the state of the CPA on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

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