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BBC
| 4 years ago
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir gave the order after an international arrest warrant was issued against him. Correspondents say the council's move is significant as they had previously been unable to agree on a statement. Sudan has said the...
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The Daily Star
| 4 years ago
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accused of war crimes in Darfur, thanked Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Thursday for supporting him after the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered his arrest...Only three days after the ICC move, Gadhafi told...
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Androscoggin News
| 4 years ago
African Churches Demand Government Allow Aid Agencies to Operate Fredrick Nzwili 26 March 2009 Nairobi — Leaders of the All Africa Conference of Churches have demanded the Sudanese government to "allow uninterrupted humanitarian assistance" in the...
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Voice of America
| 4 years ago
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in Libya, his third trip abroad this week in defiance of an international warrant for his arrest. Earlier reports said the Sudanese president was headed for Ethiopia. But Arab media and officials in...
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Zawya Political
| 4 years ago
Here are the main events since the International Criminal Court issued an international arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, who arrived in Libya on Thursday. The ICC issues a warrant for Beshir on charges of war crimes and crimes...
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Androscoggin News
| 4 years ago
Government Has Polio Threat Under Control James Kakooza 25 March 2009 opinion Kampala — Currently, there is an awareness campaign both in electronic and print media, regarding the upcoming national polio (Poliomyelitis) immunisation. In August last...
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Zee News
| 4 years ago
urges pressure on Bashir to lift NGO ban New York, March 26: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appealed to the world to pressure Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir into rescinding his expulsion of 13 international aid agencies from Darfur. "It...
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Denver Post
| 4 years ago
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that he wants "the whole world" to demand that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir reverse his expulsion of 13 foreign aid organizations and three local ones that worked in Darfur. "The humanitarian...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir paid a defying visit to Egypt in his second visit since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of war crimes in Darfur. Bashir was received at the airport by...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
Darfur crisis and assures you of JEM’s full cooperation in bringing the Darfur conflict to an end. As the Council is aware, JEM signed the Doha Goodwill Agreement with the government of Sudan, February 17th 2009. The Agreement was aimed at the...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
What are the consequences of international failure to regain re-entry for aid organizations providing over half the humanitarian capacity for Darfur? Was the ICC arrest warrant for President al-Bashir the cause of the expulsions? or the pretext? The...
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Scoop
| 4 years ago
Strong winds swept the blaze through the Abu Zar camp, leaving one female IDP dead at the scene and killing a 22 year-old man after he was rushed to hospital. Another three IDPs remain seriously injured and are receiving medical treatment at El...
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Lexington Herald-Leader
| 4 years ago
It is very important that we send a message to the president of Sudan that humanitarian agencies are doing vital work," Brown said. "And so, even at this stage, I want the whole world to ask him to remove the ban on humanitarian agencies, to...
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Jerusalem Post
| 4 years ago
The recent conflict between Israel and Hamas has created fury around the globe, especially in the Muslim world. A number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa saw some of the largest demonstrations in their history condemning the killing...
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International Business Times
| 4 years ago
The attack on Abu Zor camp, close to regional capital El Geneina, came at a time of heightened tension in Darfur, after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president to face charges of war crimes in the region.
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B92
| 4 years ago
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir held talks in Cairo on Wednesday with Egypt's president. The visit came in defiance of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Darfur. Bashir, on his second...
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The Guardian
| 4 years ago
Bashir was met at the airport in Cairo by the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, for what was expected to be a one-day visit, his second trip outside Sudan since his arrest warrant was issued on 4 March. Egypt is a neighbour and close ally of Sudan,...
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Irin News
| 4 years ago
The loss of expertise following the expulsion or closure of 16 aid agencies cannot be replaced in the short run and exacerbated the plight of displaced people in Darfur, the UN warned. Aid activity in Darfur, western Sudan, was a network whose...
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Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 4 years ago
Egypt , one of the strongest U.S. allies in the Middle East , welcomed Sudan 's president on Wednesday despite an international warrant seeking his arrest on charges of war crimes in Darfur . Omar al-Bashir , Sudan's wanted leader, was making his...
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BBC
| 4 years ago
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in Egypt on his second trip abroad since the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest. Egypt is not a signatory of the ICC's charter, which obliges member states to arrest those indicted...
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Zawya Political
| 4 years ago
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is due to visit Egypt on Wednesday, flaunting his freedom in defiance of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Beshir is due to hold talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his...
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Press TV
| 4 years ago
According to the United Nations, over a million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in the coming months now that distribution has become an almost impossible task with 3,142 aid workers expelled. There are currently gaps...
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The Boston Globe
| 4 years ago
The Sudanese government has not done enough to fill gaps in humanitarian assistance caused by its recent expulsion of 13 foreign aid groups from the Darfur region, the U.N. humanitarian chief said on Tuesday. "These are band-aid solutions, not long-...
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All Africa
| 4 years ago
The perception that the United States has not been engaging the world community and has been pursuing foreign affairs unilaterally is erroneous, and even more so with the Obama administration, a senior U.S. diplomat says. "The most important U.S.
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
Sudanese government and the UN agreed today on some measures to fill the gaps resulted of the forced departure of 13 NGOs for two months. But UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan warned "the key test lies ahead." Sudan and the United Nations...
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United Press International
| 4 years ago
The United Nations appealed for more international assistance after a new report predicts a dire spring for refugees in Sudan's Darfur region. The assessment conducted by U.N. humanitarian officials and the Sudanese government concluded that food...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
The leader a Darfur rebel movement appealed today for an international humanitarian intervention in western Sudan to relief the war affected population after the expulsion of 13 aid group early this month. The leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation...
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CNN
| 4 years ago
The summary released Tuesday said the World Food Programme, which is still allowed to operate in Sudan , is carrying out a one-time-only distribution program in March and April, but that new partners will be needed to continue delivering food after...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
A new round of protests was undertaken against the United States government for failing in its appeal on behalf of 16 aid groups ousted from Darfur by the Government of Sudan. Protesters appeared at the Federal Buildings in San Francisco and Los...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
March 24, 2009 — John Maynard Keynes was once irritated by a half-witted critic: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” In 2004 I wrote in the London Review of Books, “this is not the genocidal campaign of a government at the...
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Scoop
| 4 years ago
While a “significant effort” is being made by the Government, the UN and remaining aid groups to plug some of the immediate gaps, “these are band-aid solutions, if I can put it that way, not long-term solutions,” John Holmes, Emergency Relief...
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BBC
| 4 years ago
It also says there could be major water shortages within two weeks. The warning follows Sudan's expulsion of 13 large foreign aid agencies, mostly from Darfur. Mr Bashir accuses them of spying for the International Criminal Court, which has issued an...
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Xinhuanet.com
| 4 years ago
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani denied on Tuesday a reported withdrawal of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) from the peace negotiations with the Sudanese government which have been...
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Lexington Herald-Leader
| 4 years ago
Sudan's government refuses to have any dealings with the court and has accused the aid groups of collaborating with its case. The groups deny it, and they warn of a humanitarian crisis in Darfur without their presence. The U.N.-Sudanese assessment...
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Al Jazeera
| 4 years ago
A Sudanese relief worker has been shot and killed in Darfur, a relief official said. Mark Simmons, country director of the Canadian based Fellowship for African Relief, said the group's manager in Darfur, Adam Khater, was shot dead on Monday night in...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
Mr. Logic I support your comment 100%, as I couldn’t see any kind of justice whatsoever, in what western world is tying to do to president El-basheir of Sudan. Our country went through all kinds of destructions for decades, but I didn’t see any kind...
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Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 4 years ago
The U.N. has sharply criticized al-Bashir for the expulsion which has threatened a new humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Al-Bashir briefly visited the politically isolated African nation of Eritrea on Monday but a trip to Egypt would be a more high-...
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Daily Nation
| 4 years ago
The US said on Monday its diplomats had found worsening conditions, including water shortages, at camps for displaced people in Darfur and urged Khartoum to reverse a decision to expel 13 aid groups. The State Department repeated it would hold Sudan’...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
World Food Programme (WFP) has started a one-off distribution of two months food rations to beneficiaries in areas formerly covered by the expelled NGOs. This however is unsustainable in the long run due to limited capacity and the need for...
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Press TV
| 4 years ago
Adam Khatir working with the Fellowship of African Relief (FAR) charity was killed by unidentified gunmen on Monday night in west Darfur, near the border with Chad, reports said Tuesday. The relief agencies have employed thousands of local aid...
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Toronto Star
| 4 years ago
Gunmen fatally shot a 39-year-old Sudanese relief worker in western Darfur, his Canadian-based aid agency said today. The killing comes as tensions are escalating in Darfur after an international court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president...
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Zawya Political
| 4 years ago
A Sudanese man working for a Canadian aid group has been shot dead in Darfur, the latest act of violence against embattled relief workers in the war-ravaged region, a relief official said on Tuesday. "He was ambushed on Saturday by men who wanted his...
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The Guardian
| 4 years ago
The results of the joint UN-government mission to assess the gap in aid provision has not yet been published, but humanitarian workers say the supply of medicine, clean water and food has already been significantly affected, and could worsen in...
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BBC
| 4 years ago
The man was killed by gunmen who called at his home demanding his satellite phone, the Fellowship for African Relief told Reuters news agency. "They came to his house at 9pm on Monday and when they didn't find a phone there they shot him," said Mark...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
The US government for the first time publicly announced that Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir will not be welcome to visit in light of the arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him. Bashir made a brief and...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
The Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), warned today that Khartoum’s expulsion of humanitarian groups is taking a toll on the vulnerable population within the IDP camps in the war ravaged region. This month the Sudanese government asked more...
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Sudan Tribune
| 4 years ago
The United States once again urged the Sudanese government to swiftly address humanitarian needs resulted from the eviction of some 13 aid groups from Darfur region, saying it would be held accountable of each death there. Robert Wood, the acting...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 4 years ago
US says envoys found Darfur conditions worsening The United States said on Monday its diplomats had found worsening conditions, including water shortages, at camps for displaced people in Darfur and urged Khartoum to reverse a decision to expel 13...
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Scoop
| 4 years ago
Sudanese police reported renewed fighting between two tribes over a disputed water point last week...Distributions began on 11 March to support non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to help those who have just arrived at the camp. The mission intends...
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Androscoggin News
| 4 years ago
Permanent Representative to the United Nations United Nations New York City [Excerpt from statement by Ambassador Susan E...Permanent Representative, on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan, in the Security Council, March 20, 2009 ] Let me be...
