By Nangayi Guyson – SIRTE, Libya (AFP) – The President Moamer Kadhafi of Libya warned ahead of a vote on possible independence for south Sudan that a partition of the country would be a “contagious disease” that could spread to other African states. He said on on Sunday at the opening of an Arab-Africa summit in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte that “What is happening in Sudan could become a contagious disease that affects the whole of Africa.” “We must recognise that this event is dangerous,” he said of the planned January 9 referendum on southern Sudan independence which... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 11th 2010 |
By Nangayi Guyson – A UN employee who was working with peacekeepers has been kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur region by Armed men , officials say, hours after a Security Council delegation arrived in the area. The joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force, Unamid, told journalists that that one of their workers had been kidnapped “Armed men entered the residence of four civilian staff members in downtown El Fasher,” said spokesman Kemal Saiki. “They tied up two of them and made away with the other two in a vehicle. One man escaped and the other is still missing. The employee was snatched from... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 9th 2010 |
By Guyson Nanagayi – New York – AFP- The Sudanese government promised to inject almost $2bn into conflict-stricken Darfur, but again demanded war crimes charges against its president be dropped. About $1.9bn will be spent over four years as part of a new strategy to bring peace to the western region where hundreds of thousands have been killed over the past decade ,Vice President Ali Osman Taha told the UN General Assembly on monday. The United Nations has imposed sanctions against Sudan aiming to halt the flow of arms into the region and President Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 28th 2010 |
By Guyson Nanagayi – UNITED NATIONS -(AFP) – UN chief Ban Ki-moon has thanked Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame for keeping peacekeeping troops in Sudan, despite anger over looming genocide accusations against the Rwandan army. After a draft of the report was leaked last month, Rwanda threatened to withdraw its peacekeeping troops if the final report – to be published on October 01 – accuses its army of genocide. Seven countries are named in the report, and Burundi has also demanded that it be removed from the final version. The draft report had also accused the Burundi army of the 1990s... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, September 27th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – Reports from the CNN say the U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday implored Sudanese officials to fully implement a 2005 peace agreement and move forward with a referendum that could see Sudan split into two nations. “At this moment, the fate of millions of people hangs in the balance,” Obama told world leaders gathered at the United Nations to discuss the country’s future. “What happens in Sudan in the days ahead may decide whether a people who have endured too much war move towards peace or slip backwards into bloodshed.” The vote is scheduled for January.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, September 26th 2010 |
