https://www.salo.org.za/countries/sudan/Recent content in Sudan on Southern African Liaison OfficeHugo -- gohugo.ioen-zaFri, 19 Aug 2016 18:00:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-19-august-2016/Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:00:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-19-august-2016/UN chief urges Sudan’s warring parties to resume peace talks United Nations Secretary-General,Ban Ki-moon, Thursday has urged the Sudanese government and rebel groups to resume talks to reach a cessation of hostilities and humanitarian access agreements in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-12-august-2016/Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:50:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-12-august-2016/Sudan negotiating delegations accuse each other of attempting to torpedo peace talks Sudanese government and SPLM-N traded accusations over alleged attempt to collapse the peace talks as they failed for the second day to agree on the agenda of the humanitarian access and the cessations of hostilities in the Two Areas.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-5-august-2016/Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:09:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-5-august-2016/Sudanese government reiterates rejection of dialogue preparatory meeting Sudanese Presidential Assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid reiterated his government refusal for a national dialogue preparatory meeting, adding that talks on the cessation of hostilities and humanitarian access will start immediately after the signing of the Roadmap Agreement by the opposition.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-july-2016/Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:32:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-july-2016/Sudan hosts JMEC partners meeting on South Sudan peace process The Sudanese capital Khartoum will host next Sunday a meeting for the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Partners Group to discuss implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS) and the recent developments in Juba.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-22-july-2016/Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:05:04 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-22-july-2016/Khartoum supports South Sudan demand to join Arab League State Minister for Foreign Affairs on Thursday reiterated Sudan’s support to South Sudan’s request to join Arab League (AL) as special observer, which is expected to be discussed during the upcoming summit in Nouakchott on 26-27 July.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-8-july-2016/Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:32:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-8-july-2016/Five soldiers killed in South Sudan’s capital Juba Five soldiers were killed and two wounded late on Thursday when forces loyal to President Salva Kir and Vice President Riek Machar clashed in South Sudan’s capital. Lul Ruai Koang, a spokesman for Kiir’s forces, told the Associated Press news agency that a convoy of soldiers loyal to former rebel leader Machar opened fire on a checkpoint in Juba manned by troops loyal to the president, killing five.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-24-june-2016/Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:03:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-24-june-2016/AUHIP chief declines to negotiate supplemental agreement with Sudan Call groups The head of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) has declined a proposal by Sudanese opposition groups to negotiate a supplemental document to the Roadmap Agreement which is already signed by the government last March.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-17-june-2016/Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:29:16 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-17-june-2016/Five million in Sudan need aid — EU More than 5 million people in Sudan need urgent assistance after new displacements in Darfur and a surge of refugees arriving from South Sudan, a top European Commission official said on Wednesday. The comments by Jean-Louis De Brouwer, the director operations at the EC’s Humanitarian and Civil Protection Department, came after the commission offered 12.https://www.salo.org.za/general-bashir-is-copying-and-pasting-the-darfur-genocide-experience-into-blue-nile-yasir-arman/Sun, 05 Jun 2016 21:48:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/general-bashir-is-copying-and-pasting-the-darfur-genocide-experience-into-blue-nile-yasir-arman/Yasir Arman, Secretary General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), has released a press statement appealing to the international community to “reassess the humanitarian and human rights situations in Sudan”. In the statement, which was released on 2 June 2016, Arman says that General Omar Bashir and his government in Sudan “instead of ending the genocide and war crimes in Darfur committed by their militias, is borrowing heavily from his experience in Darfur to extend it into the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile, especially after they failed to recruit local militias in the Two Areas.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-3-june-2016/Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:15:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-3-june-2016/UNHCR urges Sudan to stop deporting Eritreans The UN refugee agency on Thursday urged Sudan, a key transit route for migrants bound for Europe, to stop “forcibly” deporting hundreds of Eritreans back to their country. Many of those sent back were arrested as they tried to enter Libya from Sudan, with which the European Union is trying to work to manage the flow of migrants hoping to cross the Mediterranean.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-27-may-2016/Fri, 27 May 2016 10:45:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-27-may-2016/Detained students face an ‘increased risk of torture’ Security forces in Sudan have reportedly detained and is currently holding dozens of students and activists. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Sudanese government to release or charge these individuals. In April 2016, government security forces, including national security and riot police, clamped down on student demonstrations against the sale of Khartoum University buildings, as well as the earlier detention of protesters and a range of other issues at campuses across Sudan.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-20-may-2016/Sat, 21 May 2016 09:40:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-20-may-2016/President Stresses Sudan Keenness to Boost Relations with Central African Republic President Omar Bashir on Monday reaffirmed Sudan’s commitment to boost bilateral relations with the Central African Republic, to achieve the joint interests. The president of the Republic on Monday received Mr.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-may-2016/Fri, 13 May 2016 09:16:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-may-2016/US denounces Uganda for hosting Sudan’s Bashir The United States condemned Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni for hosting war crimes suspect Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir at his re-inauguration. A spokeswoman for the State Department said US, EU and Canadian diplomats had walked out of Thursday’s ceremony in Kampala in protest as Bashir’s presence.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-april-2016/Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:34:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-april-2016/Sudan police teargas students Sudanese police fired tear gas Thursday as clashes broke out during a protest at Khartoum University over the killing of a student by security forces, an AFP correspondent reported. About 1 000 students staged a fresh demonstration at the campus on the banks of the Blue Nile in central Khartoum, the scene of regular protests.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-22-april-2016/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:53:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-22-april-2016/Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Briefs Ambassadors of European Countries On Roadmap and Darfur Referendum Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Abdul-Melik Al-Naeem presented a briefing for Ambassadors of European countries resident in Khartoum in presence of Darfur File Official, Dr Amin Hassan Omer, about the roadmap and the Darfur Administrative Referendum.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-15-april-2016/Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:20:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-15-april-2016/Sudan summons U.S. diplomat over Darfur referendum Sudanese foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned the U.S. acting Chargé d’affaires in Khartoum after the State Department said publicly Saturday it doesn’t consider credible the administrative referendum in Darfur. The vote over Darfur permanent administrative status started on 11 April and will terminate on Wednesday 13 April.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-8-april-2016/Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:33:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-8-april-2016/Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir ’to step down in 2020’ Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has told the BBC he will step down in 2020, when his current mandate ends. Mr Bashir also denied allegations of abuses perpetrated by the Sudanese forces in renewed violence against black African villages who took up arms in the country’s western Darfur region.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-1-april-2016/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:47:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-1-april-2016/Silencing women rights defenders Sudanese security forces have used sexual violence, intimidation, and other forms of abuse to silence female human rights defenders across the country, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should investigate all alleged abuses, hold those responsible to account, and undertake legislative reforms to protect women’s rights.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-march-2016/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:34:04 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-march-2016/Sudan threatens to shut South Sudan border Sudan on Thursday threatened to shut its border with South Sudan just weeks after reopening crossings, accusing Juba of backing insurgents battling Khartoum. South Sudan split from Sudan in 2011 under a peace deal that ended a 22-year civil war, but Juba and Khartoum have traded allegations the other is supporting rebels on their territory, which both deny.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-11-march-2016/Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:57:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-11-march-2016/Assistant of the President of the Republic Reaffirms Sudan’s Backing for Chad, Its Government and People The Assistant of the President of the Republic, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, has reaffirmed Sudan’s backing and support for the people and government of sister chad, and Sudan’s resolve to maintain brotherly strong bonds between the two people.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-4-march-2016/Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:10:17 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-4-march-2016/Seven years after arrest warrant, Sudan’s leader more free than ever Seven years ago, a group of Hollywood activists celebrated their greatest triumph when an international court issued an order to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-12-february-2016/Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:19:28 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-12-february-2016/Sudan summons U.S. envoy over Darfur sanctions draft resolution Sudan’s foreign ministry summoned the U.S. charge d’affairs in Khartoum on Wednesday over Washington’s sponsorship of a draft UN Security Council resolution extending sanctions related to the Darfur conflict and adding restrictions on gold mining, Sudan’s main source of income.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-2-feb-2015/Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:59:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-2-feb-2015/Sudanese security prevents opposition SCoP from holding press conference Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Monday cancelled a press conference which was scheduled to be held by the opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP) saying the party didn’t obtain the necessary permission.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-10-november-2015/Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:42:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-10-november-2015/400 Sudanese troops arrive in Yemen A new batch of Sudanese ground troops arrived in Yemen’s port city Aden Monday to participate in the Saudi-led campaign against the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi militants, said sources. Military sources in Aden told several Yemeni media outlets that a Sudanese force consisting of 400 officers and soldiers has arrived Monday morning at Al-Zait seaport in Al-Braiga.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-27-october-2015/Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:43:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-27-october-2015/Sudan’s Bashir hopes dialogue conference to produce unified national vision Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has expressed hope that the national dialogue conference can come up with a consensus on a unified vision to formulate the future according to a national will.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-20-october-2015/Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:04:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-20-october-2015/Sudan govt accepts invitation to talks with rebels The Sudanese government said Wednesday it had accepted an invitation from the African Union to attend peace talks with the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North in Addis Ababa next month. The SPLM-N has been battling Khartoum’s forces in the southern Blue Nile and South Kordofan states since 2011, and did not immediately say whether they would attend.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-october-2015/Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:33:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-october-2015/Egypt and Chad support launch of Sudan’s National Dialogue The governments of Egypt and Chad have announced their unqualified support for the ‘National Dialogue’ launched on Saturday in Sudan’s capital Khartoum by the ruling party together with several opposition groups. Egypt’s Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout said that his country “fully supports” the National Dialogue and he calls on all Sudanese parties who have not joined the process to do so as there is no other way to meet the national interest, according to a report by the Middle East News Agency.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-30-september-2015/Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:02:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-30-september-2015/Sudan requests Chad to convince Darfur groups to join dialogue conference Sudan has officially requested the Chadian President Idris Deby to persuade rebel groups in Darfur region to join the national dialogue conference which is supposed to kick off in October.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-16-september-2015/Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:27:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-16-september-2015/Bashir and Museveni discuss bilateral ties, peace in S. Sudan Presidents Omer Hassan al-Bashir and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni held Tuesday a first meeting on bilateral relations and South Sudan peace immediately after the arrival of the Ugandan leader. Sudanese presidential assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud on Monday expected that Museveni’s visit will create a breakthrough in the bilateral relations between the two countries, adding that an agreement on this respect will be signed.https://www.salo.org.za/consensus-building-dialogue-central-african-republic-sudansouth-sudan-2-september-2015/Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:07:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/consensus-building-dialogue-central-african-republic-sudansouth-sudan-2-september-2015/The workshop held in Pretoria on the 2nd of September 2015, discussed the political developments in Central African Republic (CAR), the conclusion of the transitional government, the forthcoming elections in that country and implications for the Sub-region of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-1-september-2015/Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:39:55 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-1-september-2015/China’s Xi calls indicted Sudan’s Bashir ‘old friend’ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court – as an “old friend of the Chinese people”.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-25-august-2015/Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:43:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-25-august-2015/Al Bashir Urges Kiir to Sign Peace Deal President Omer Hassan Al Bashir has urged his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir to sign the internationally-backed regional mediated peace deal aimed at ending the 20-month old conflict in the world’s youngest nation.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-19-august-2015/Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:00:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-19-august-2015/Sudan’s opposition NCF says it was not invited to Addis Ababa meeting Sudan’s opposition alliance of the National Consensus Forces (NCF) said it has not received an invitation to attend the upcoming meeting between the political and armed opposition on the one hand and the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP).https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-july-2015/Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:49:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-july-2015/Sudan’s Bashir in Mauritania despite ICC arrest warrant Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Mauritania on Sunday to attend a summit, despite an international arrest warrant issued against him in 2009 over charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-16-july-2015/Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:04:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-16-july-2015/Outrage as 9 Sudanese women face 40 lashes for wearing trousers A Sudanese Christian woman arrested for wearing trousers has narrowly escaped the punishment of 40 lashes, in a case that human rights groups say is further damning evidence of the government’s intolerance to its Christian population.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-2-july-2015/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:31:03 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-2-july-2015/Sudan seizes another daily newspaper, making 2015 worst year for country’s media Sudanese security officers have confiscated the entire print-run of El Jareeda daily newspaper in Khartoum, following a punishing six months for the country’s media. In 2015 so far, 75 print runs from a variety of newspapers have been seized.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-25-june-2015/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:13:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-25-june-2015/Sudan agreed to Iran request for establishing military base ‘at the right time’ The Sudanese government agreed in principle to establish an Iranian military base, according to a cable released by Wikileaks today. WikiLeaks published on Friday more than 60,000 diplomatic cables from Saudi Arabia and said on its website it would release half a million more in the coming weeks.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-june-2015/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:59:34 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-june-2015/Report on Sudanese troops holding S. African peacekeepers in Darfur ‘hostages’ draws swift denials The Sudanese and South African governments as well as the United Nations (UN) strongly denied a report alleging that Khartoum held its peacekeepers in Darfur ‘hostages’ while they ascertain that president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has arrived safely from the African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-11-june-2015/Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:25:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-11-june-2015/Sudan’s Bashir says wants dialogue with West as new term starts Sudan is open to dialogue with Western nations, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Tuesday in an unusually conciliatory message from a leader wanted on genocide charges and whose country suffers under economic sanctions.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-3-june-2015/Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:09:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-3-june-2015/Sudan’s Bashir sworn in for new presidential term Sudan’s Omar Hassan al-Bashir was sworn in for a new presidential term on Tuesday, extending his quarter-century rule. Bashir took the oath at a parliamentary session in the capital Khartoum attended by regional African and Arab leaders.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-26-march-2015/Tue, 26 May 2015 12:11:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-26-march-2015/Sudanese security confiscates print runs of 10 newspapers Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has seized copies of 10 newspapers from the printing press on Monday without giving reasons. The newspapers seized were Al-Tayar, Al-Rai al-Aam, Al-Intibaha, Akhir Lahza, Al-Sudani, Alwan, Al-Akhbar, Al-Youm Al-Tali, Al-Jareeda and Al-Khartoum.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-april-2015/Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:58:48 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-april-2015/Sudanese await start of voting amid heightened security Sudanese political circles were awaiting the official start of voting in the parliamentary and presidential elections on Monday amid intense security measures in the streets of the capital, Khartoum. The National Elections Commission (NEC) on Sunday announced completion of the technical and logistical arrangements for the start of polling in all states except for seven geographical constituencies in South Kordofan and Darfur states due to security reasons pertaining to the armed conflict in these areas.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-1-april-2015/Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:20:46 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-1-april-2015/Fears Sudan elections offer no true competition “Most major opposition parties have refused to participate in the elections and called for delaying it until after the formation of a transitional government that would oversee a new constitution and organise for fair and free elections.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-6-march-2015/Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:30:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-6-march-2015/Sudan continues setting boundaries for newspapers Sudanese authorities continued to restrict newspapers from publishing stories on social issues as the societal police entered the scene of press restrictions and summoned several journalists to question them on investigations they published related to HIV and statistics of sex workers in Khartoum.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-jan-2015/Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:14:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-jan-2015/Sudan to inaugurate new presidential palace on Monday The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his staff will officially move on Monday to the new presidential palace that was constructed by a Chinese company and funded by Beijing. The date coincides with the anniversary Khartoum’s liberation from British occupation by forces loyal to religious figure Mohamed Ahmed al-Mahdi in 1885 and the killing of General Charles Gordon in what is now the presidential palace.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-16-jan-2015/Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:01:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-16-jan-2015/Sudan recaptures Darfur areas from rebels Sudan’s army has recaptured areas in the western region of Darfur and South Kordofan regions from rebels, a military spokesman has said, adding that a number of soldiers were killed and wounded in the fighting.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-10-jan-2015/Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:14:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-10-jan-2015/We must not forget Sudan’s social progress The government initiated a policy of empowering Sudanese women and mobilising their energies for development by allocating 25% of parliamentary seats to them. It has consolidated their right of equal pay for equal work and opened up employment in the judiciary, the civil service and foreign ministry.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-5-december-2014/Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:48:34 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-5-december-2014/Darfur peace talks expected to resume on Thursday The African Union-brokered peace talks between the Sudanese government and two rebel groups from the Darfur region are expected resume on Thursday in the Ethiopian capital. The talks are set for resumption after the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel’s (AUHIP) lead negotiator, Thabo Mbeki, returned to Addis Ababa after a visit to Germany.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-november-2014/Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:49:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-29-november-2014/15 killed in ambush in Sudan’s Darfur At least 15 people were killed and 10 others injured when gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying religious students and Imams in Sudan’s South Darfur State, Khartoum’s Al-Sudani daily reported Thursday. Four unidentified gunmen attacked the students and imams as they were on their way back to Manwashi area after visiting their relatives in Hamada village, the paper quoted South Darfur State Governor Adam Mahmoud Jaral-Nabi as saying.https://www.salo.org.za/womens-network-conduct-training-on-the-different-mechanisms-csos-can-use-to-promote-gender-equality-peace-and-security-report-by-lihle-mabuza/Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:24:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/womens-network-conduct-training-on-the-different-mechanisms-csos-can-use-to-promote-gender-equality-peace-and-security-report-by-lihle-mabuza/Victoria Maloka (trainer), Senior Associate, Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA),Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria On the 19th and 20th of November 2014, the Women’s Network Working Group conducted training on the different mechanisms CSO’s can use to promote gender equality, peace and security.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-november-2014/Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:52:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-november-2014/Sudan denies UN access to Darfur village to probe rape accusations Sudan has refused to let United Nations and African Union peacekeepers visit a village in the western Darfur region to investigate allegations of mass rape for the second time this month, saying it was sceptical about the motives for the visit.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-31-oct-2014/Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:20:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-31-oct-2014/Two SANDF Soldiers Wounded in Sudan Two South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members have been injured during an ambush near the South African Battalion Base in Kutum, in the northern Darfur region of Sudan. The soldiers are from the 4 South African Infantry Battalion (4 SAI Bn) and were deployed as part of the United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-26-september-2014/Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:13:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-26-september-2014/Sudanese pound strengthening against US dollar on black market The exchange rate of the US dollar dropped on the black market in Khartoum in the last couple of days, settling at 9.10 Sudanese pounds (SDG) on Sunday compared to 9.50 (SDG) over the past two weeks.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-14-august-2014/Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:31:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-14-august-2014/Turabi’s party vows to consider Paris Declaration The Popular Congress Party (PCP) led by Hassan al-Turabi cautiously vowed to mull over the Paris Declaration signed by the opposition National Umma Party (NUP) and rebel Sudanese Revolutionary Forces (DRF) on Friday. The NUP leader Sadiq al-Mahdi disclosed on Saturday that he called Turabi to brief him about the political declaration he signed with the SRF rebel leader Malik Agar.https://www.salo.org.za/womens-day-policy-dialogue-thursday-7th-august-2014/Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:48:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/womens-day-policy-dialogue-thursday-7th-august-2014/“Women and Children in Conflict Situations: Gaza, Sudan/South Sudan and the Central African Republic” Date: Thursday 7 August 2014 Venue: Burgers Park Hotel, 424 Lilian Ngoyi St (Van der Walt Street), Pretoria Ms Venitia Govender - South Africa Office, Crisis Action; a founding member of SALO; and a South African activist From left to right: Ms Zeenat Adam – International Relations Strategist; former Director: Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, DIRCO; Ms Pregs Govender – Deputy Chair: South African Human Rights Commission; former ANC MP and Chair of Parliament’s Committee on Woman (‘96 - 02); SALO reference group member; Ms Litlhare Rabele – Programme Coordinator: Peace, Security and Gender, HURISA Ambassador Sikose Mji – Chief Director: Central Africa, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Ms Carmen Smith – ANC International Relations, South South Cooperationhttps://www.salo.org.za/sudan-31-july-2013/Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:13:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-31-july-2013/South Darfur Displaced Assaulted By Soldiers Two residents of El Salam camp in South Darfur were assaulted by two soldiers on Monday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga from El Salam camp, Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya reported that two elements of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) stormed the camp at about 8 pm on Monday, and assaulted Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan (65).https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-july-2014/Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:08:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-18-july-2014/Sudan ‘apostasy’ woman takes refuge in US Embassy A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for renouncing Islam has been freed from detention for a second time. Meriam Ibrahim has now sought sanctuary at the American embassy in the capital Khartoum.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-11-july-2014/Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:29:16 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-11-july-2014/Two paramilitary elements killed in clashes with police in North Darfur Two members of the paramilitary Popular Defence Forces (PDF) were killed during clashes with an army/police patrol in El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told Sudan Tribune that the fighting between the patrol and PDF elements occurred in the vicinity of the Saudi Hospital.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-4-july-2014/Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:09:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-4-july-2014/Sudanese army promises fiercer attacks against SPLM-N The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has declared plans to launch more ferocious military operations against rebel groups at all battlefields and frontlines in the coming period in order to bring rebellion to an end by the end of the summer campaign.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-30-june-2014/Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:30:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-30-june-2014/Sudan opposition forces alarmed over remarks by Bashir Sudan’s opposition parties which agreed to participate in the national dialogue have expressed resentment over statements made by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir recently regarding the dialogue process and general elections. Sudan Tribunehttps://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-june-2014/Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:32:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-13-june-2014/Sudan’s ruling party accuses opposition of exploiting dialogue to overthrow regime Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has accused several opposition parties of exploiting a call by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to engage in national dialogue to overthrow the regime and weaken the army.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-6-june-2014/Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:13:38 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-6-june-2014/RNP to pull out from Sudan’s national dialogue The Reform Now Party (RNP), which is led by a ruling party dissident, has announced its intention to suspend its participation in the ongoing national dialogue process in response to what it described as a series of setbacks to political freedoms in the country.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-30-may-2014/Fri, 30 May 2014 11:28:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-30-may-2014/Sudanese warplanes bombard rebel stronghold in S.Kordofan: SPLM-N The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) bombarded during the last three days Kauda, a rebel stronghold in the Nuba Moutains area, South Kordofan state. “More than 53 bombs were dropped on residential areas, schools, hospitals, and farms,” SPLM-N spokesperson, said Arnu Ngutulu Loddi in a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Friday.https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-south-africa-and-the-african-union-mediation-process/Thu, 05 Dec 2013 08:09:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sudan-south-africa-and-the-african-union-mediation-process/Summary of Proceedings - Roundtable Discussions 05 December 2013 Introduction SALO hosted a visiting delegation of civil society representatives from South Kordofan in Sudan to participate in a Building International Consensus roundtable dialogue focused on the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile and the unfolding mediation process led by the African union High Level Implementation panel.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-sudan/Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:05:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-sudan/SALO’s Building International, Regional and National Consensus policy dialogue sessions bring together national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society, policymakers and diplomats, to encourage greater North/ South policy dialogue and to discuss ways they can engage moving forward on issues of importance in Southern Africa in particular.