Posts Tagged ‘sudanese’

Uganda: Sebaggala Quits DP

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Kampala mayor, Ntege Sebaggala has quit the Democratic Party citing irregularities in the just concluded party elections where he lost to Nobert Mao.

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Uganda: Sebaggala Quits DP

Sudan: Darfur Rebel Group Reaches Peace Deal With Govt

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A major Darfur rebel group has reached a “framework agreement” with the Sudanese government, according to news agencies and the United States government.

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Sudan: Darfur Rebel Group Reaches Peace Deal With Govt

Sudan: UN-African Union Mission, Sudan Commit to Prison Reform

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region and the Sudanese Government on Sunday signed an agreement to improve prison management and inmates’ living conditions.

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Sudan: UN-African Union Mission, Sudan Commit to Prison Reform

Sudan: ‘Lack of Progress in Human Rights’ - UN Expert

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Despite positive steps by the Sudanese authorities towards human rights in the country’s different regions, deficiencies persist in key areas, an independent United Nations expert said today.

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Sudan: ‘Lack of Progress in Human Rights’ - UN Expert

Sudan: AU Quandary Over Sudan ‘Genocide’

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

A LANDMARK ruling yesterday paving the way for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for genocide has left the African Union (AU) in a quandary.

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Sudan: AU Quandary Over Sudan ‘Genocide’

Sudan: UN-African Union Force Refutes Sudanese Army Accusations

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Darfur region today strongly rejected “unfounded allegations” levelled by the Sudanese military’s spokesperson that it is collaborating with the rebel group known as the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).

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Sudan: UN-African Union Force Refutes Sudanese Army Accusations

South Africa: Prisoners in Pardon Lawsuit Now Target Zuma

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

THE 384 prisoners whom the Constitutional Court found to have sued the wrong party last year have now brought another application, challenging the president for not expediting their requests for pardon.

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South Africa: Prisoners in Pardon Lawsuit Now Target Zuma

Sudan: Kiir Out of Running As SPLM Sets Sights On a Split With the North

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The Sudanese Peoples’ Liberation Movement is more interested in a separate Southern Sudan than the impending national polls.

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Sudan: Kiir Out of Running As SPLM Sets Sights On a Split With the North

Sudan: New Darfur Envoy Meets Defence Chief

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Ibrahim Gambari, who recently took up his new post as the head of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur, has met with the Defence Minister to discuss peace prospects in the strife-torn region as part of a series of meetings with Sudanese officials.

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Sudan: New Darfur Envoy Meets Defence Chief

Somalia: Hospital ‘Desperate for Supplies’

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Galkayo Hospital in northern Somalia, once a large, fully equipped referral facility, has become a shadow of its former self since the collapse of the central government in 1991, according to medical staff.

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Somalia: Hospital ‘Desperate for Supplies’