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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. Khartoum attacks pinpoint plight of Darfur, says Sudan bishop
Author: Fredrick Nzwili, Nairobi Date Written: 15 May 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Ecumenical News International
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.eni.ch
Key Words: Darfur, Khartoum, churches, JEM

Summary & Comment: "Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, the apostolic administrator of El Obeid diocese which covers Darfur, has said the attack on the country’s capital, Khartoum, by a rebel group from the troubled western part of Sudan, signifies a deterioration of the situation in the region."
2. Watermelons, conflict and climate change
Author: IRIN, El Obeid Date Written: 13 May 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: IRIN News
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org
Key Words: climate change, ecology, environment

Summary & Comment: Most of Sudan comprises arid land or desert, and lies in the Sahel, a region described by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) as the most vulnerable in the world to droughts." "
3. Longer, analytical article. “An up-close view of brutality in Darfur”
Author: Eric Reeves, North Hampton Date Written: 13 May 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Eric Reeves, Christian Science Monitor
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.sudanreeves.org/Article214.html
Key Words: Darfur,

Summary & Comment: "The brutality of the Khartoum regime’s military actions in the Darfur region of western Sudan continually forces a question that seems to have no morally intelligible answer: Is there no act of civilian destruction so cruel, so savage, that the international community will finally respond vigorously and unambiguously?" [Abbreviated with . . . [expand]
4. Darfur rebels attack Khartoum
Author: Ismail Kamal Kushkush, IOL, Khartoum Date Written: 11 May 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: IslamOnline.net
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL:
Key Words: Darfur, JEM, Khartoum

Summary & Comment: "Explosions and gun battles rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday May 10, after a rebel attempt to seize control of the capital."
5. UN chief condemns Justice and Equality Movement attack in Khartoum
Author: Sudan Tribune Date Written: 11 May 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Sudan Tribune
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL:
Key Words: Darfur, JEM, Khartoum

Summary & Comment: "The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned today attack by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces that has broken out on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum."
6. Bombings in Darfur cast doubt on resolving crisis
Author: IRIN, Khartoum Date Written: 6 May 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: IRIN News
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://ww.irinnews.org
Key Words: Darfur, UNMIS, terrorism

Summary & Comment: "Days after the UN and African Union condemned as unacceptable the bombings of villages and markets in Darfur by Sudanese government planes, at least 13 people were reported killed in an attack on a primary school and market in North Darfur state."
7. Longer, analytical article. Sudan church leaders warn of threats to peace accord
Author: Fredrick Nzwili, Juba Date Written: 1 April 2008
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: ENI
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL:
Key Words: churches, South Sudan, Comprehensive Peace Accord, CPA, Abyei

Summary & Comment: "Church leaders in Sudan say they fear that renewed fighting could break out in the south of Africa’s biggest country if a 2005 peace accord that ended a two-decade-long civil war is not properly implemented."

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