Monday 03 March 2014
| Talks between Sudan, SPLM-N suspended (Turkish Press) Peace talks between the Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) were suspended on Sunday, one day after they were launched. “The adjournment was occasioned by a deadlock between the parties over a proposal made by the Panel in line with previous directives of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and the UN Security Council,” the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) said in a press release. Outlawed by Khartoum, the SPLM-N has been waging an active insurgency against the Sudanese government in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states since 2011. Since the conflict began in South Kordofan and Blue Nile in 2011, some 1.2 million people have been internally displaced or otherwise severely affected by the conflict, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Nearly 240,000 Sudanese refugees have fled the conflict to neighboring countries. Source: http://www.turkishpress.com/ Sudan government-SPLM-N negotiations hit deadlock (Radio Dabanga) The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) on Sudan and South Sudan adjourned negotiations between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on the armed conflict in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile on Saturday. Nevertheless, the AUHIP mediators called on the two parties to continue to negotiate between themselves to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Source: https://www.radiodabanga.org/ Musa Hilal warns North Darfur citizens of ‘operations’ (Radio Dabanga) 150 members of the Central Reserve Forces (locally known as Abu Tira) who were attacked by militia troops led by Musa Hilal in the area of Tirma on Friday afternoon, arrived in Kutum on Saturday evening, along with 26 bodies. Hilal’s gunmen have warned the population in the area not to stay away from the roads between Kutum, Saraf Omra, Kabkabiya, and El Fasher, as these roads are part of their “area of operations”. Musa Hilal comes from a family of leaders of the Arab Mahameed clan in North Darfur. In 2003, when the armed conflict in Darfur erupted, Musa Hilal was serving a jail sentence in a prison in Port Sudan. The Governor of Darfur had found Hilal guilty of stirring up ethnic conflicts resulting in the massacre of innocent civilians. However, Vice-President Ali Osman Taha released Hilal, and brought him back to mobilise more Janjaweed to help the government fight the Darfuri rebels. Source: https://www.radiodabanga.org/ Daughter of executed Sudan activist aims to spread ‘true Islam’ (NDTV) Almost three decades after peaceful Muslim activist Mahmoud Muhammad Taha was hanged for apostasy, his daughter plans to revive his Republican Party and spread his notion of “true Islam”. They took his life but Taha’s message of a tolerant Islam and equality for all Sudanese lives on among a devoted and intellectual group of followers led by his daughter Asma Mahmoud Muhammad Taha, 67. She says the time is now right to raise their voices, following 25 years of rule by “fundamentalist” Muslims who took power after earlier supporting former president Jaafar Nimeiri, whose courts sentenced Mr Taha to death. Asma Mahmoud’s efforts to revive the Republican Party coincide with increasingly vocal criticism of Sudan’s government since it slashed fuel subsidies in September, sparking the worst urban unrest of President Omar al-Bashir’s rule. Source: http://www.ndtv.com/ |
| HEADLINES TODAY |
Akhbar Al Yoom
Thabo Mbeki says so much time wasted in the talks.
AU Mediation will discuss the progress of the talks at the AU Peace and Security Council.
Arman says SPLMN has a just case and there are others who listen to SPLMN demands.
Akhir Lahza
Political Forces warn against the collapse of peace talks with SPLMN.
Human Rights Commission calls on the Ministry of Justice to investigate the violent incidents in Nyala.
Al Gareeda
General Audit report reveals serious Financial and administrative breaches in the monetary system.
Al Miserya tribesmen call on the government to protect them.
Al Intibaha
Ibrahim Ghandour, President Assistant says will not internationalize the Sudanese dialogue.
Deputy Chiefs of Justice are sworn in.
Sudanese army says Minni Minnawi rebels attacked villages in North Darfur.
Ministry of Justice says Yasser Arman and Malek Agaar face death penalty.
Juba denies its involvement in the attacks on Misserya in Abyei.
Al Khartoum
Peace talks in Addis Ababa collapses.
Umma Party warns from bilateral and partial agreements in Addis Ababa.
Al Mashad Aan
Thabo Mbeki criticizes the government and SPLMN positions to the AU Security Council.
Al Mighar
AU Mediation announces officially the suspension of peace talks for a non definite time.
Juba calls on a join defence agreement to protect the oil fields in the region.
NCP women call on 50% participation and the posts of Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs.
Al Ray Aam
Thabo Mbeki criticizes the proposals of SPLMN as the cause for not reaching an agreement.
Minni Minnawi Rebels attack two cities in North Darfur.
Yasser Arman, Leader in SPLMN says the non reaching of an agreement is normal.
President Bashir launches today new centres for police forces.
Al Sahafa
Phone calls reveal the involvement of the UN in the toppling of Salva Kiir.
Ali Karti travels to Cairo today.
NCP agrees to increase the women share in the elections to 40%.
Sudan and Hungary sign a protocol to organize the customs.
Al Wifag
Peace Talks in Addis Ababa are suspended.
Ministry of Oil discuss the compensations to the employees of West Kordofan oil fields.
Al Yoom Al Taly
AU mediation: The bridging of the gaps between Khartoum and SPLMN is impossible.
50 girl students dismissed from public schools because they failed to pay the fees.
Sources say the Ministry of Finance is blocking the anti smoking law because 1/3 of its budget comes from tobacco.
Altagheer
Juba threatens to expel the UN Mission.
Al Sadig Al Mahdi and Ibrahim Al Amin from the Umma Party disagree on the national dialogue.
Customs chase the oil smugglers to Ethiopia.
Alwan
6000 lawyers undergo the licence test to become registered and official lawyers.
Khartoum says will seek peace without Arman, Agar and Al Helu.
Citizen
Myan Dott says more than 12,000 Southern refugees in Sudan.
Peace Negotiations in Addis Ababa hits a dead end.
Sudan Vision
Government accuses SPLMN of deviating from dialogue.
President Al Bashir lays the foundation stone for Nyala Zone.
Sudan receives foreign assistance to combat human trafficking.