Tutti i temi: Africa del Nord

30.11.2007 Roughly 3,000 Sudanese living in a camp in northwestern Kenya will be able to return to their homes by late December, despite government-rebel tensions over the implementation of a peace agreement signed in 2005.

29.11.2007 Poverty, a young Sudanese man born during this country's civil war, rose far beyond his name by studying hard, developing marketable skills as a carpenter, and inspiring community youth through sports and HIV/AIDS awareness programs.

29.11.2007 Population 6 million.
400,000 dead.
2.5 million displaced.
4 million reliant on aid.
What will you do?
Tricycle Theatre, London, 2 December

29.11.2007 Although aid workers say his fate is "vital to the ongoing [peace] process," a top player in Uganda's main rebel movement has not been heard from for several weeks.

27.11.2007 Arab tribes may incite renewed violence in Darfur and neighboring regions as they are demanding their interests be met before the arrival of a peacekeeping mission next year, warns an organization monitoring the situation.

19.11.2007 Last week's meeting between the leaders of the United States and South Sudan signaled a change in U.S. priorities, potentially undermining the established but fragile peace agreement between North and South Sudan, warns an influential Africa lobby group.

17.11.2007 WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (OneWorld) - Three prominent media figures came together recently to share their accounts of Southern Sudan and its "Lost Boys" -- the thousands of young, male refugees who fled vast distances to avoid conflict in their home region.

16.11.2007 The Sudanese government is seeking to close camps in Darfur that house thousands of displaced people pending the arrival of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission, says a Darfuri human rights activist.

09.11.2007 The president of the autonomous region of South Sudan has said his administration will boycott the country's "Government of National Unity" until the north commits to the 2005 peace agreement that ended the country's twenty-year civil war.

08.11.2007 Libya, Nepal ja Malediivit on positiivisen kehityksen ansiosta poistettu Reportterit ilman rajoja -järjestön internetiä rajoittavien maiden listalta. Egypti nousi listalle blogikirjoittajien pidätysten takia.

08.11.2007 The governor of South Darfur ordered the UN humanitarian director to leave the state, which has been the scene of recent fighting and where the United Nations plays a key role in coordinating aid to almost 1 million people, the UN said on Wednesday.
From: Jerusalem Post

07.11.2007 The commander of the Darfur peacekeeping force has warned that, though partial deployment is expected by the end of the year, peace will not be established immediately and it will be some time before displaced people can return home.

07.11.2007 Nepal, Maldives and Libya have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But Egypt has been added to the roll of shame for its harassment and imprisonment of many bloggers.

05.11.2007 At a recent road race in New York, winners bowed their heads in silence upon receipt of their medals, sending the message to China that the genocide in Sudan must be stopped now. Imagine if the same happened on the world stage in Beijing next year.

01.11.2007 A women's peacebuilding group offers several suggestions to Darfur negotiators, including, among other things: invite the right players.