Procrastination and Politics, Just Six Months to Sudan’s Referendum
Just as preparations for the referendum on South Sudan's self-determination looked to be gaining momentum, delays and missed deadlines are once again threatening to derail the process ...
Don’t Forget About the Southerners in North Sudan
What will happen to the northerners in the South and the southerners in the North if South Sudan secedes? ...
Standstill on Democratic Reforms in Sudan, HRW Says
A new report by Human Rights Watch documents the post-election abuses in North and South Sudan. "[T]he situation has worsened," the group writes ...
Important (Small) Steps Toward South Sudan Referendum
The body charged with administering South Sudan’s vote on secession or unity was finally approved yesterday in a unanimous vote by the Sudanese parliament after months of disagreement and delays ...
Oil Companies May Have Had Hand in Sudan Atrocities
Foreign oil companies may have been complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by armed groups fighting over one of Sudan’s major oil blocks, said a coalition of European organizations in a report published yesterday ...
Intra-South Violence Jumps with Six Months to Referendum
Violence from three separate uprisings in South Sudan in the past month have resulted in 87 people killed, said a spokesperson from the South Sudan army, or SPLA. This surprising cumulative death toll underscores the real potential for even disparate outbreaks of violence to have a destabilizing effect on the region as it approaches a crucial referendum vote in January ...
Rogue General in South Sudan Claims Support from Other Leaders
Renegade South Sudan General George Athor, whose forces have clashed with the South Sudan army several times in the last two months, said he is coordinating further attacks against the army with two other militia leaders who are also disgruntled with the recently held elections ...
12,000 People in Central African Republic Flee LRA Attacks
In just the last six weeks, 12,000 people have fled their homes because of Lord’s Resistance Army attacks in the Central African Republic, but insecurity has hampered the ability of the U.N. to reach them ...
Huge Gains for NCP in Legislative Elections
While the results of the presidential level election – and the fraud, rigging, and intimidation that produced them – captured headlines, far little attention has been drawn to the outcome of the legislative races ...
U.N. Peacekeepers to Leave Chad, Central African Republic
The Security Council voted unanimously yesterday to gradually pull out the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Chad and Central African Republic, or MINURCAT, despite concerns raised by human rights and humanitarian aid agencies ...
