Groups Criticize Administration For Insisting Sudan Elections Will Be Free, Fair
Sudanese and American organizations alike are expressing frustration at the Obama administration’s reactions to most Sudanese opposition parties’ move to partially withdraw from elections next week, leaving the presidential seat essentially unchallenged ...
EU Withdraws Electoral Observers Over Violence in Darfur
The European Union has just announced it will withdraw its election monitors from Darfur, four days before elections are set to begin, in a move that represents the international community’s first public recognition that holding elections in Darfur is impossible ...
Is Darfur’s Peacekeeping Chief Overly Optimistic?
In times of delicate political negotiations and fragile ceasefires, diplomats have to tread a fine rhetorical line. But even allowing for the usual excess of diplomatic optimism, some of the recent comments by the new UNAMID chief, Ibrahim Gambari, put a remarkably rosy spin on the situation in Darfur ...
Oil Transparency Issues in Sudan Raise Red Flag for Post-Referendum
Promises for greater oil revenue transparency by both North and South Sudan have gone unfulfilled, according to a Global Witness statement yesterday, pointing to a potential hurdle that may derail the referendum process ...
The Sudan Electionnaire: Helping Voters One Click at A Time
For Sudanese voters who are overwhelmed by the long list of candidates and the number of votes they will have to face in April, the “Sudan Electionnaire” could provide some needed navigation through the labyrinth of Sudanese politics. (At least for the small majority of the population who are literate and the very few who have access to the Internet.) ...
Campaign Intimidation Hampers Elections in Sudan
Arrests and intimidation of civil society leaders in both North and South Sudan last week underscored the continued stifling of opposition and civil society groups during the country’s crucial campaigning stage, with a little over a month left before elections ...
What Does Elite Bargaining In Sudan Mean For Its People?
Sudan’s two main parties, the ruling NCP and its southern counterpart the SPLM, have reached a major deal on the allocation of parliamentary seats. The two parties agreed on giving the South 40 extra seats, or, 27 percent of Sudan’s parliament ...
Praying Together For Sudan
Religious leaders from all walks of faith came together on Capitol Hill this morning to pray for peace in Sudan ...
US Criticized for Somali Aid Restrictions
The American government has recently come under fire from the United Nations for its restrictions on aid to Somalia. Accusing the U.S. of politicizing aid, U.N. officials say that by withholding tens of millions of dollars, the U.S. government has prevented humanitarian aid from reaching Somalis in desperate need of food ...
Despite Peace Talks, Darfur Sees Spike in Violence
The recent resumption of violence in Darfur has left thousands displaced, many dead, and seven peacekeepers wounded according to the A.U.-U.N. mission in Darfur, or UNAMID. According to one source, the number of people displaced in the fighting is as high as 14,000 ...
