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  • Press Release regarding the recent conference in the Embassy

    We have Issued our new press release regarding the recent event,  Please view it here 305.91 Kb 08/07/2011, 09:13

  • Dr. M.O. Ismail visit to London

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    Dr. M.O. Ismail visit to London

  • PRESS RELEASE (5/2010)

    The ICC Review Conference in Kampala (31 May – 11 June)
    The Law is an Ass
    When it comes to Sudan, law is not an ass (as the British saying goes) it is a cunning and tricky fox.
    Sudan was referred to the International Criminal Court by a Security Council that includes several no-signatories of the Statute of Rome (The USA, Russia, China).

  • Sudan?s Elections

    “The ultimate question is whether any consensus exists on common standards, and how relevant are the variations or deviations, considered from an international law perspective.  ‘G.S. Goodwin-Gill, Free and Fair Elections, Inter-parliamentary Union, Geneva 1994.
     
    The EU and Carter Center observer missions in Sudan have

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    Goldstone’s Gaza Report  -  A Golden Opportunity
    In a press release dated 5 June 08, we accused the International Criminal Court of being “one-eyed.  It closes its eyes to crimes committed by the high and mighty.  There is no court for the crimes of Abu Gharib, Guantanamo, Jenin or Gaza.”
    Now the time has come for the International Criminal Court and the unfair World Order which props it to prove us wrong and force us to apologise.

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    Darfur – “Smart Sanctions”!

    In his celebrated poem about Sudan, Muhammad Abdel Hai wrote lines about 
    “A mouth that prays with one tip of the tongue
    And sings with another.” 

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    Abyei and Lubna A. Hussein
    It is already eight days since The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague declared its ruling about the Abyei dispute in Sudan. It upheld seven of the 11 objections to the report of the Abyei Boundary Commission of 08. The ruling was significant because it was balanced; both sides had something to celebrate and say: we were right. The area was the scene of violent clashes in the past and many observers feared a rekindling of the civil war from the embers in Abyei. 
    Mercifully no clashes ensued on the ground. What is surprising is that all UK newspapers remained silent. There are many explanations, some innocent, some not. The Murdoch press, which in the past has sent a senior editor of the Times to Chad in order to encourage the Darfur rebels and even suggest better attack strategies is perhaps too disappointed to comment on a well-balanced ruling and the absence of a violent reaction or confrontation.

  • Who is Blackmailing Whom?

    Sir, The Times is usually objective and level-headed.  It has acquired a well-deserved reputation of rationality.  This makes our disappointment even greater at reading your editorial (Blackmail in Sudan – The Times 17 March 09).
     
    I hope you will allow us to express a different point of view.
     
    The Sudan never denied the existence of a tragic crisis in its remote western region of Darfur, which resulted from tribal conflicts (the like of which was also known during colonial times).  The conflict was brought about by desertification.  It was not centrally controlled or managed.  It was not systematic.
     

  • ICC ? Europe?s Guantanamo?

    This press release is not about the weapons of Mass Deception (Destruction).  It is about another instrument of an international order which is in a financial as well as a political crisis.
    The fact that the ICC pre-trial chamber has dismissed a charge of genocide against President Bashir is another proof of the Prosecutor’s already shaky credibility.  The chorus shouting genocide which he headed began during the US presidential campaign in 04 and has since been steadily and systematically escalating.
    The ICC is now well on the way to become Europe’s Guantanamo.  Its call for help from third parties to arrest suspects is similar to the infamous rendition policy.
    The ICC, which considers only situations in Africa and closes its eyes to atrocities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza has no credibility at all.  The Sudan (like the USA, China and Russia and tens of other countries, including India and Indonesia, which combined together make more than half of the world’s population) is not a member of that “club”, has not ratified the Rome Statute and does not accept the legal basis of the Security Council referring Darfur investigation to the ICC.
    Notwithstanding the way we choose to see it.  There are several mysterious questions:-

  • Sudan and ICC

    Chinese Ambassador says China will adopt clear stance if ICC issues decision against President Al-Bashir
    China will adopt a clear and suitable stance if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision against President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, said the Chinese Ambassador to Sudan, Li Chengwen in a press conference he held at the premises of the Chinese Embassy in Khartoum Sunday. Asked weather China will use veto at the Security Council if the ICC issued a decision against President Al-Bashir, the Ambassador said that China maintains contacts with all the concerned parties especially that the responsibilities of the Security Council is to safeguard peace and political solution for Darfur issue and that the five permanent members of the Security Council endeavor for the stability of Sudan as well as solving the issue of Darfur.

  • National Elections Commission

    National Elections Commission begins Arrangements to Select High Elections Committees and Senior Election Officers
    The National Elections Commission began arrangements to select chairmen of the high committees and senior election officers in Khartoum State, the headquarters of south Sudan region and the various states in the country. In a statement to SUNA, Deputy Chairman of the National Elections Commission, Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla, said that this step comes in accordance with the objectives stipulated in the National Elections Act for the year 2008. He indicated that the commission plans to launch a tour to the various states to hold consultations and deliberations with the parties that would take part in the coming elections. Abdalla said that the National Elections would coordinate efforts with the Registrar of the Political Parties and Associations to work out a deliberate plan for contacts with the leaders of parties and the civil society organizations.

  • IDPs

    International Organizations laud Sudan's Concern with IDPs
     The international organizations operating in Sudan lauded the government concern with the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and its response to their concerns and issues. This came in a meeting held Wednesday between the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and representatives of the international organizations on the draft national policy on the IDPs, where the representatives of the organizations expressed readiness to continue providing the humanitarian aid for sustainable solutions for the issues of the IDPs in Sudan with regard to providing services and rehabilitation of infrastructures and the displaced people affected-areas. The Director of Planning, Policies and Research at the Ministry of Humanitarian Aid, Kamal Awad, pointed out that the draft put into consideration the ideas and remarks by the national and international organizations and other concerned bodies with regard to all issues pertinent to displaced persons in Sudan. 

  • Islamic-Christian dialogue

    Islamic-Christian dialogue conference to be held in July
    The 2nd session of the Islamic-Christian Dialogue Conference will be held in Khartoum next July with the participation of Islamic and Christian scholars and intellectuals from Sudan and abroad. This was announced by the Minister of Guidance and Endowments, Dr. Azhari Al-Tigani, in a statement to SUNA, saying that the 2nd session of the Islamic-Christian Dialogue Conference aims at activating the Charter signed in the first session. He further referred to the success of the 1st session of the conference which was described by the President of the Republic as one of the most important conferences that were held in Sudan. Meanwhile, the Minister pointed out that the Ministry looks forward for the pioneer role of religious leaders in warding off the risks facing the Sudan, top of which is the threats by the International Criminal Court, as well as supporting the national unity, peace and stability of the homeland.

  • Investment in Sudan

    Qatari Prime Minister Calls for Concentration on Investment in Sudan
    The Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim Al-Thani, has affirmed the keenness of his country to consolidate its bilateral relations with Sudan in the economic field. He made the affirmation when he received Monday in Doha the visiting Presidential Advisor, Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail. Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim Al-Thani has appreciated holding of the Sudanese Exhibition on Real Estate and Horizons of Agricultural Investment at the Qatari capital, Doha. He said that directives were given to concerned Qatari government bodies and companies to attach great concern to the Sudanese exhibition and hold meetings with the Sudanese party toward establishment of more investment projects in Sudan for the interest of the two sister nations.

  • Peaceful Solution for Darfur

    Sudan Calls on France to Support Peaceful Solution for Darfur Issue
    The State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali Ahmed Karti, has called on France to reconsider its policies toward Sudan and to work clearly for boosting the peaceful solutions for the conflict in Darfur. This came when the minister received Sunday the the new French Ambassador to Sudan, who handed him a copy of his credentials. In a press statement, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ali Al-Saddiq, said that Karti and the French ambassador discussed progress of the relations between Sudan and France and ways to enhancing them to a level that satisfy Sudan ambitions. He said that the minister stated that France should have played a more positive role on the issues of the Middle East in general and Sudan especially. The Ambassador of France pledged to do his best for enhancing the relations between Khartoum and Paris. He affirmed France support to the Arab - African initiative, which is sponsored by Qatar, to achieve peaceful solution for Darfur issue. 

  • American Administration meeting with JEM

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticizes the American Administration meeting with JEM
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday criticized the meeting of the American Administration with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) as being one of the types of conducts that send a wrong message to rebel movement, and gives them false strength and encourages them into sticking to their stiff position of rejecting peace and turning away international efforts exerted for peace realization. Commenting on the meeting between Ms Jenday Frazier, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs with a delegation from JEM, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali Al Sadeq, pointed out that the US Administration should have avoided such a meeting with a rebel movement.

  • Oil Revenues

    Total of Oil Revenues in November Reach 347.79 million Dollars
    Total of the oil revenues in November reached 347.79 million dollars, the share of the national government in which was 171.05 million dollars, while the share of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) was 150.74 million dollars, said the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Al-Tayeb Abu-Ganaya. He explained at the meeting of the joint committee for the sharing of oil revenues Sunday that the direct transfers to the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) were 120.48 million dollars. Dr. Abu-Ganaya indicated that total of the funds deducted for the interest of the Fund for Unity Support reached 21.22 million dollars, which were taken at the rate of 50% from the national government share and by 25% from the share of the Government of South Sudan in revenues of the oil extracted from the fields existing at the arbitration area, as determined by the Protocol on the Sharing of Wealth.

  • Government of National Unity

    President Al-Bashir chairs meeting of the Council of the Parties of the Government of National Unity.
    The  President of the Republic and Chairman of the National Congress Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir chaired Tuesday evening the second meeting of the Council of the Parties of the Government of National Unity at the level of the chairmen of the political parties. Secretary General of the Council Mudhawi Al-Turabi said in a press statement the meeting discussed the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the role of the Parties of the Government of National Unity in confronting the plots of the prosecutor of the ICC, adding that the meeting heard a briefing by Assistant of the President of the Republic and deputy chairman of the crisis management committee on the diplomatic, political, security, economic and information plans to confront consequences of the allegations of the prosecutor of the ICC. He pointed out that the meeting issued a number of decisions, where the chairmen of the political parties reaffirmed their rejection to the allegations of the ICC and underscored formation of a broad Sudanese national front from all the political forces to press ahead with the stability process.

  • Implementation of Peace Agreement

    First Vice-President: Two Partners Surpassed Several Challenges that Faced Implementation of Peace Agreement.
    The First Vice-President of the Republic and President of the Government of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, said that the two partners, the National Congress and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), were able to solve several impediments that faced the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In his address at a celebration marking the fourth anniversary of the Peace Day Friday at Malakal Stadium, Kiir referred to challenges that faced the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), such as the report of the experts committee on Abyei, the demarcation of the joint border and the referendum. He said that the population census carried out in March, 2008 was conducted smoothly. He lauded the sacrifices of late Dr. John Garang and those who contributed to the realization of peace, top of them were the IGAD and its partners. Kiir called on the Sudanese people to adhere to the peace agreement and give concern to the issue of women development.

  • Parties of Government of National Unity

    Parties of Government of National Unity stresses importance of unity of internal front to confront consequences of allegations of ICC.
    The Parties of the Government of National Unity have stressed the importance of the unity of the internal front to face any situation that results from the allegations of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and defend the country and safeguard it against any form of targeting and strongly support the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir. The council adopted during a meeting it held at its premises in Khartoum Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of President of the Republic and Chairman of the National Congress Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir all the necessary diplomatic, security, political and justice steps for confronting the allegations of the ICC prosecutor and putting the Sudanese people before their responsibilities, as Sudan, the homeland, is the one which is targeted.

  • General Elections

    Taha says Sudan faces real test of conducting general elections
    The Vice-President of the Republic Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, said Sudan will witness real political test through conducting the general elections, stressing importance of preparing for this challenge to make the elections a model experience. This came when Taha addressed the meeting organized Sunday at the premises of the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers with the Leaderships of the Civil Service. Taha pointed out that Sudan is being targeted through the unjust International Criminal Court (ICC) and its prosecutor who seeks to create disorder and chaos in Sudan, explaining that it aims at destabilizing the country and stopping the development process Sudan is witnessing in all fields. He further described the targeting of Sudan as part of the international plots currently underway in Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan, saying that the peoples who have - sided with the right will emerge victorious over the tyranny..

  • Civil Service process in Sudan

    Vice-President says Civil Service spearheads development process in Sudan
    The Vice-President of the Republic Ali Osman Mohamed Taha has stressed importance of the Civil Service in serving the Sudanese society as well as the modern state. He also gave a brief history of the brilliant civil service in Sudan as well as its contributions in the other countries. This came when Taha addressed the meeting organized Sunday at the premises of the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers with the Leaderships of the Civil Service. Taha further said it is a high time to pause to review the strategic planning system in Sudan in a view that the current year will witness establishment of more developmental projects with concentration on the agricultural development. Meanwhile, Minister of Finance and National Economy Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jazz stressed the importance of correcting the drawbacks and problems of the civil service, referring to the challenges facing the Sudan as well as the international financial crisis. State Minister at the Ministry of the Council of Ministers, Kamal Abdul-Latif, underlined the importance of civil service in asserting and defending the capabilities of the country in the face of the external and internal challenges, stressing the importance of cooperation for facing these challenges. 

  • National civil society organizations

     National civil society organizations call on ICC's Prosecutor to withdraw allegations against the President of the Republic .
    The Sudanese Civil Society Organizations have called on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reconsider his stances and withdraw his allegations against President Al-Bashir in order to safeguard the reputation of the ICC as an international justice institution. The Organizations further urged the Judges of the ICC not to be carried away from the justice scale to adopt political agenda. This came in a statement issued by the Sudanese Civil Soceity Organizations which held a meeting at the premises of the Sudanese Businesmen Federation Sunday over the ICC's allegations and movements against Sudan.

  • Summit of Sana'a Forum

    President Al-Bashir calls in his address before Summit of Sana'a Forum for Cooperation for mapping out strategy that realizes security and stability in the area.

     The President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer hassan ahmed Al-Bashir as called on the leaders of Sana'a Forum for Cooperation to formulate a unified strategy in view to realize security, stability and the socio-economic development of the peoples of the area and keeps them away from the interventions of the international powers. Addressing the inaugural sitting of the 6th Summit of Sanaa Forum for Cooperation at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum Tuesday, President Al-Bashir said the strategic location of the region puts the developments of its political, economic and security situations at the centre of the concern of the international powers. As for the situations in Somalia,

  • Leaders of Sana'a Forum

    Leaders of Sana'a Forum for Cooperation express support to Sudan 

     Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh has proposed the establishment of a Free Trade Zone for the member states of Sana'a Forum for Cooperation to boost trade between them and facilitate transportation of goods to realize commercial and economic integration. The Yemeni President, addressing the opening session of the summit of the forum at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum Tuesday, reaffirmed the necessity for strengthening of spheres of trade exchange and the completion of the structures of the grouping. Saleh has reaffirmed that the membership of the Forum is open to all the states of the Horn of Africa and Southern Red Sea area and all countries that have desire in development, progress, stability and maintaining of peace and security in the region. He indicated that the convening of the summit coincides with important developments that need more coordination top of which the current situation in Gaza.

  • Micro Financing is an Important Project

    Taha: Micro Financing is an Important Project for Combating Poverty and Providing Society Needs.

     Vice - President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, pointed out the state and its legislative organs regard the micro financing as one of the important projects for combating poverty and motivating the society toward meeting its basic needs. In his address at the inaugural sitting of the Workshop on Micro Financing, Taha said that the micro financing is an effective means to combat poverty, indicating that the proper arrangement for micro financing puts the banking system to in the track first steps to support the society. The workshop is organized by the Ministry of Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs in collaboration with the Bank of Sudan at Martyr Al-Zubair Centre.

  • President Bashir and President Asias Afewerki

     President of the Republic Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir and President Asias Afewerki have underlined their keenness for realization of peace in the Sudan and for pushing forward efforts aimed to find a peaceful solution to the question of Darfur, saying at a joint press conference they held at the end of the official visit of Afewerki to the Sudan that the visit was a strategic and excellent in the various spheres it covered. The President of the Republic has expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the visit of President Afewerki to the country and his participation in the Sudan National Forum stressing that the Sudanese Eritrean relations were deep rooted in the popular soil before being an official relations ship and that the peoples in the two countries have been working together without any barriers.

  • The Egyptian infantry battalion

    Arrival of the Egyptian infantry battalion in Al-Fashir completed.
    The arrival operations of the Egyptian infantry battalion, which is to be deployed in Darfur as part of the United Nations and African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), was completed Saturday by the arrival of the third batch of the troops in Al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur State. This brings the total number of the Egyptian troops, who arrived in Al-Fashir, in three batches to 460 personnel.

  • The Sudanese Economy

    Dr Sabir the Sudanese economy enjoys self immunity against crisis.
     Finance and National Economy Minister Dr Awad Ahmed Al Jazz has reaffirmed that the general budget bill for the coming fiscal year comes under critical international financial crisis and many internal challenges. The minister has pointed out in a press conference he held on Thursday that the international financial crisis did not however have direct on the Sudanese economy because of the internal immunity it enjoys. But the minister said the Sudanese economy was run in the normal way. The minister has meanwhile enumerated the indirect effects of the crisis on the Sudan, namely the fluctuations in the oil prices and the impact the crisis has on countries with which Sudan deals.

  • Khartoum Environment Declaration

    The Khartoum Environment Declaration is to be signed during the second forum on Nile Basin development, which is to be held in Khartoum on November 17-19, with the participation of 350 experts from the countries of the Nile Basin. The forum, which is held under the motto of environment and water resources towards peace and cooperation in the Nile Basin, will discuss some 60 scientific papers. State Minister at the Ministry of Environment Teresa Sirisio affirmed the importance of the forum in coordination and cooperation between the states of the Nile Basin for development of the environmental resources, pointing out that 9 countries of the Nile Basin would sign the non binding Khartoum declaration next Tuesday.

  • Taha _ Al-Mirghani

    Taha briefs Al-Mirghani on latest developments of Initiative of the People of Sudan
     Vice President of the Republic Ali Osman Mohamed Taha has briefed Chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Mohamed Osman Al-Mirghani at his residence in Khartoum North on the latest developments of the Initiative of the People of Sudan in the presence of the General Rapporteur of the National Forum of the People of Sudan, Prof. Al-Tayeb Haj Attiya and a number of DUP leaderships. Taha acquainted Al-Mirghani with the steps taken in the forum until yesterday (Monday) when the final report was approved, explaining to him the idea of the initiative and its developments, affirming that the leading of the Presidency to the initiative will continue and the initiative will include the reconciliatory opinions and visions that the political forces forwarded and to forward. 

  • Sudan Ambassador to Turkey

    Ambassador Ibrahim Mattar has presented his credentials to the Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan to the Republic of Turkey. During the credential ceremony, Ambassador Mattar conveyed to President Gul the greetings of the President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir as well as Sudan's desire to boost its political and economic relations with Turkey. The Ambassador further affirmed Sudan's participation in the Turkish forums towards enhancing cooperation and coordination between the Arab and African areas and Turkey. President Gul, on his part, referred to his two meetings with President Al-Bashir earlier this year, affirming that the two countries are working to promote the bilateral cooperation in a way that will achieve the common interests and the interests of the Islamic nation. 

  • The Economic Sector

    Economic Sector approves Budget of Fiscal 2009
    The Economic Sector approved in its meeting Tuesday the General Budget of the year 2009 which was reviewed by the Minister of Finance and National Economy, Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jazz, in presence of the two Chairmen of the Sovereignty and Services sectors as well as their deputies. Dr. Al-Jazz explained that the preparations of the general budget was made as part of a comprehensive financial and institutional reform programme which was made according to an inclusive medium term vision as well as an executive programme to meet the priorities of the 5-year strategic plan.

  • University of West Kordofan

    President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir is to open a number of new establishments in the University of West Kordofan Tuesday. In this regard, Vice Chancellor of the University of West Kordofan Prof. Noural-Daim Osman, said in a statement that the new establishments include the Faculty of Medicine, electronic central library, 9 lecture rooms, a mosque and administration unit and 4 houses for the lecturers.

  • The negotiation table

    President Al-Bashir briefed on Egypt's efforts to convince Khalil Ibrahim to resort to the negotiation table

    President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir was briefed Monday with the efforts of the Egyptian Government in order to convince Chairman of the Justice and Equality Movement Dr. Khalil Ibrahim to resort to the negotiations table in Doha. This came during the joint talks held at the Guest House Monday between President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir and Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak. President Al-Bashir briefed his Egyptian counterpart on the situation in Darfur as well as the progress of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) besides the preparations for holding the coming elections.

  • Message from Al-Bashir to Amir of Kuwait

    Dr. Ismail conveys verbal message from President Al-Bashir to Emir of Kuwait .
    Presidential Adviser Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail returned home Saturday from Kuwait, where he participated in the conference on defending the Prophet (peace be upon him), which was organized by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowments on November 2-4 with the participation of Muslim leaderships from all over the world. Dr. Ismail pointed out in a statement following his return that he conveyed during the visit a verbal message from President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir to his brother H.H. the Emir of Kuwait Shiekh Sabah Al-Ahmed dealing with developments in Sudan, the efforts being exerted by the Sudanese government for solving Darfur issue and the Initiative of the People of Sudan.

  • Peace in Darfur

    France reiterates its support to the Qatari initiative aiming at realizing peace in Darfur
    France has reiterated its support to the Qatari initiative aiming at realizing peace in Darfur. A statement issued by the French Foreign Ministry pointed out that the Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud met in Paris last Tuesday the French State Minister for International Cooperation, the Adviser of the President of France and the officials of the office of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The statement said that France reiterates its support to the Qatari initiative, adding that France calls on all the concerned parties to work seriously beside the State of Qatar to reach a negotiated political settlement to Darfur problem, adding that France and Qatar reiterate their full support to the Joint UN-AU Chief Mediator for Darfur Djibril Bassole.

  • Sudan and Saudi Arabia Relations

     President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, held joint talks in Riyadh Wednesday on bilateral relations, efforts being exerted for solving Darfur issue, regional and international issues besides the issues in the Islamic and Arab arenas. Director of the Political Department at the Presidency of the Republic Ambassador Osman Nafie said in a statement that the talks covered the bilateral relations between Sudan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the issues of the Arab and Islamic areas. Ambassador Nafie said the President of the Republic expressed appreciations of Sudan to the stances of Saudi Arabia in support of Sudan as well as the Kingdom's contribution to the Conference on Rehabilitation of Darfur, which is organized by the Organization of Islamic Conference under the sponsorship of Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Nafie pointed out that the President briefed King Abdullah on the steps made by the government for realizing peace in Darfur, including holding the Forum of the People of Sudan, whose recommendations would by presented in the context of the Arab initiative. Ambassador Nafie added that President Al-Bashir also briefed his brother King Abdullah on the progress of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 

  • IGAD Summit in Nairobi

    First Vice-President Leads Sudan Delegation to IGAD Summit in Nairobi
    First Vice-President of the Republic Salva Kiir led a high-level delegation to partake in the Summit of Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which started session Wednesday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Al-Samani Al-Wasila, arrived in Nairobi Tuesday and represented Sudan in the meeting of IGAD's foreign ministers. The delegation participated in the first closed-door meeting of the IGAD's heads of state and government and then in open session that followed it.

  • Sudan and Kenya Relations

    First Vice-President Meets with Kenyan President on the Sidelines of IGAD Summit
    The First Vice - President of the Republic,H.E Salva Kiir, met Wednesday on the sidelines of the 13th Extraordinary Summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Nairobi with the Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki, and discussed progress of the relations between Sudan and Kenya and means of consolidating them further. He also met with a number of Kenyan senior officials including the Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, and the Vice President, Kalonzo Musyoka. SUNA learned that Sudan delegation has participated effectively at the IGAD Summit at the ministerial and presidential levels. The 13th IGAD Summit succeeded in brining together all the Somali leaders, represented in three institutions of the President of the interim Somali government, the Prime Minister and the Parliament. The IGAD's ministerial council heard a briefing by members of the Somali Parliament. 

  • African Women Capacity Building Foundation

    persident.jpgPresident of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir reiterated capability of the African continent to solve its problems, affirming that Sudan will retain its role toward Africa and the African peoples. Receiving a delegation of the African Capacity Building Foundation at the Guest House Tuesday, President Al-Bashir hailed the foundation's supportive stances towards Sudan and the Sudanese people in the face of the false allegations of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

  • Sudan and Djibouti Relations

    Speaker of the National Assembly Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has reaffirmed the deeply-rooted relations linking Sudan and Djibouti in all domains. Al- Tahir, receiving the member of the Djibouti parliament, Safia Almi, called for necessity of contacts between the parliaments in the two countries, affirming the importance of strengthening cooperation between the people of the Horn of Africa in general. The Djibouti MP handed Al-Tahir a written message from the Speaker of Djibouti parliament dealing with cooperation and coordination between the two countries in the parliamentary forums. The Speaker of the of Parliament of Djibouti also reaffirmed in his message his country's support to Sudan and the efforts being exerted to achieve peace in Darfur through the Initiative of the People of Sudan and the Arab-African Initiative which is sponsored by the State of Qatar.

  • Sudan calls on DRC

    The Government of Sudan has urged the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Government of Rwanda to exercise the maximum levels of self-restraint and to resort to dialogue in order to reach a peaceful settlement to their differences and internal problems. Sudan's call comes as part of its keenness and continuous strive to maintain peace and stability of the region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in a statement on the African Union and the other regional organizations to make an urgent move in order to defuse the crisis and ease the situations to avert cycle of violence and instability in the region. The Sudanese Government said the recent fighting between the forces of government and the armed opposition headed by General Nkunda, in the East of DRC, is not only a threat to the security and peace of the DRC but also jeopardize the peace and stability of the whole region, particularly along the Congolese, Rwandan and Ugandan borders. 

  • The coming elections

    Salva Kiir calls for sound planning for the success of the coming elections
    First Vice President of the Republic and President of the Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has called for sound planning for the success of the coming elections. Addressing the opening sitting of the joint session of the Council of States and the Legislative Council of Southern Sudan in Juba Monday, Salva Kiir said many accomplishments have been realized through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) despite the challenges, describing the agreement as a roadmap for the future of Sudan.

  • Dr. Ismail and Representative of UN Secretary General

    Dr. Ismail and Representative of UN Secretary General Discuss Progress of Peace Efforts in Sudan
    The representative of the UN Secretary General for Sudan, Ashraf Qazi, has appreciated the level of the cooperation between Sudan and the United Nations. During his meeting Monday with the Presidential Advisor, Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, at the headquarters of the National Congress, Qazi hoped that the international organization will contribute in the coming stage to boosting efforts for realizing peace in Darfur and implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) through the UN-sponsored projects in Sudan.

  • Chinese Oil Workers

    Sudan and China Agreed to Join Efforts for Release of Chinese Oil Workers
     Sudan and China have agreed to exert joint and intensive efforts to deal with the issue of the kidnapped Chinese workers operating at the oil production areas in south Kordofan to guarantee their release. The State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Ahmed Karti, Monday met with the Ambassador of China to Sudan and discussed on the issue of the kidnapped Chinese oil workers.

  • Air Traffic Controllers Regional Meeting

    Sudan will host during November 4-6 the 19th. Regional Meeting of the Federation of the Air Traffic Controllers of East and Central African countries. The Chairman of Sudanese Air Traffic Controllers Union, Bashar Nasr, addressing SUNA Forum which organized by the Civil Aviation Authority on the occasion of the International Day of Air Traffic Controllers which coincides with October 20, reviewed the history of air traffic control which started after aviation industry in 1930. He explained the duties of the air traffic controllers that are represented in directing planes in air and at airports. 

  • Forum of People of Sudan

    Heads of specialized committees of the Forum of People of Sudan named

    The Presidency Committee of the Forum of the People of Sudan for solving Darfur problem held a meeting in Kenana Saturday chaired by President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir. Member of Presidency Committee of the Forum Mustafa Mahmoud pointed out that the meeting selected chairmen and rapporteurs of the seven committees of the forum who are announced at the session of the forum, and who include Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha as chairman of the committee of solution options, former agriculture minister Prof. Abdallah Ahmed Abdallah as chairman of the IDPs, refugees and voluntary repatriation committee, Senior Assistant of the President of the Republic Meni Arko Menawi as chairman of the committee of justice, reconciliations and social peace, Dr. Abdel-Nabi Ali Ahmed of the National Ummah Party as chairman of the committee of the external dimension of Darfur problem, Pagan Amoum, Sudan People's Liberation Movement, as chairman of the development and services committee, Dr. Jalal Yousif Al-Degair as chairman of the information, public relations and peace climate committee and former defence minister Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) Osman Abdallah as chairman of the security committee. BT/BT

  • The Forum of the People of Sudan

    UAE Ambassador: We felt genuine will in the Forum of the People of Sudan for solving Darfur problem

    Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Sudan and dean of the diplomatic corps Eisa Abdalla Al-Basha Al-Neimi has said that he felt a strong and genuine will from the government of Sudan and the effective political forces for solving Darfur problem in the Forum of the People of Sudan. The ambassador affirmed in a statement to SUNA on the sidelines of the session of the Forum of the People of Sudan in Kenana Saturday his country's support to the initiative and to all that would boost development and stability in Sudan.

  • progress of bilateral relations with Russia

    The Minister of Finance, Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jazz, reviewed with the Russian Ambassador in Khartoum the progress of bilateral relations and means of consolidating them further. The meeting discussed the economic situation in Sudan as well as the priorities set by the Ministry of Finance seeking at increasing the production and productivity and the expansion of agricultural investment in order to lessen dependence on petroleum. The meeting further touched on the current international economic crisis as well as its impacts. Dr. Al-Jazz stressed importance of the increasing agricultural production and productivity, especially food production, urging Russia to coordinate with Sudan in the international forums. Meanwhile, the Russian Ambassador to Sudan pointed out to the development of the Sudanese-Russian relations at all levels.

  • UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva

    The State Minister at the Ministry of Interior, Engineer Abbas Gumaa, has headed Sudan delegation which participated in the 59th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held in Geneva during October 6 - 10, accompanied by the Commissioner for Refugees, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Al-Aghbash, and the Assistant of the Commissioner for Refugees for the Eastern States, Ahmed Ibarhim. Engineer Gumaa has presented Sudan statement at the meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee. He met on the sidelines of the meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Assistant UNHCR Commissioner for Protection, the Deputy UNHCR Commissioner, the Director of Africa Office at the UNHCR, the Executive Director of the Norwegian Council of Refugees. 

  • Nine Chinese Oil Workers Kidnapped

     An armed group Saturday kidnapped nine Chinese oil workers at area of Block 4 oil field in South Kordofan State and took them to an unknown area. The armed group has burned two vehicles belonging to the kidnapped Chinese oil workers. The Sudanese security authorities began pursuing the kidnappers. The

  • The People of Sudan for solving Darfur

    Initiative of the People of Sudan to be Launched Thursday Amid Extensive Regional and International Participation

    The Initiative of the People of Sudan for solving Darfur issue is due to be launched Thursday 16/10/2008  at the Friendship Hall amid extensive presence of international and regional personalities and representatives of the Sudanese political parties. SUNA learned that a number of leaders and representatives of international and regional organizations and countries will attend the launching of the Initiative of the People of Sudan, including the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amro Musa, Chairman of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping,

  • Forum of the People of Sudan

    persident.jpgPresident of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, will address Thursday at the Friendship Hall the opening sitting of the Forum of the People of Sudan for Solving Darfur Issue which is due to be held with extensive participation of delegations from neighbouring and other countries, regional and international organizations concerned with Darfur file, representatives of more than 33 political parties and the different sectors and the civil society organizations in Darfur and the country, besides more than 180 national personalities. In his address Monday before the National Legislature, President Al-Bashir called on the armed movements and all the society categories in Darfur and abroad to stick to peace and reconciliation. He said that the Initiative of the People of Sudan was subjected to extensive consultations and was unanimously welcomed by the political parties.

  • Accredation of new Ambassador to Sudan

    The President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, on Tuesday received separately the credentials of the Ambassadors of Sweden and Germany. Speaking at the credential ceremonies, held at the Republican Palace, the President affirmed Sudan's appreciation to the progress of its relations with Sweden and Germany and renewed determination to boost them further in all the domains. Meanwhile, the German Ambassador to Sudan affirmed in a statement to SUNA the support of his country to the efforts of peace in Sudan, saying that they would exert whatever efforts to boost the relations and cooperation between the two countries. The Swedish Ambassador, on his part, said to SUNA that he will work to push forward the bilateral relations with Sudan in order to serve the interests of the two countries.

  • AU Liaison Offices in Khartoum and Juba

    Agreement for Establishment of AU Liaison Offices in Khartoum and Juba Signed

    Sudan and the African Union signed at the Ministry On Tuesday 14th Of October 2008 of Foreign Affairs an agreement for establishment of the headquarters of two African Union's liaison offices in Khartoum and Juba. The agreement was signed by the Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, for Sudan government and the Director of the African Union Office in Khartoum. The Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, described the agreement as a landmark step in the dealing and coordination between Sudan and the African Union. He affirmed the government keenness to cooperate with the African Union for realizing peace and stability in Sudan. Alor appreciated the efforts being exerted by the member states in the African Union in boosting the peace process in Sudan. The Director of the African Union in Khartoum said that the African Union is giving great concern to realization of peace, stability and peace in Sudan.

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    Loser Moreno-Ocampo at the LSE

    The ICC’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo is now a globe-trotting activist.   He confuses his legal role with that of desperate advocacy in search of the success which has so far proved elusive.

    His shuttle campaign has taken him to the Senegal and to New York where he was seen demonstrating with Darfur rebel groups.  There, he was introduced in a talk by Mr. J. Fowler (of Save Darfur Coalition which is an arm of the formidable Israel lobby octopus in the USA.)

    At the London School of Economics, the chief prosecutor was introduced on 7th October by Professor Gerry Simpson, to deliver a talk on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the ICC.

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    Double Standards on Darfur and the ICC

    L. Arbour has joined the long rank of anti-Sudanese celebrities who have been recruited and mobilised in order to defend the flawed ICC and its chief prosecutor L. Moreno-Ocampo.  Writing in the International Herald Tribune (17 September) she argued that “judicial and political processes can be allowed to advance simultaneously and independently of each other.”  It is difficult to believe that – with her experience – she is serious in claiming that justice and politics can be compartmentalised and divided.  They can’t.
    By an uncanny coincidence, L. Arbour’s article was published on the same day in which the Voice of America’s website carried the words of Miguel d’Escoto , the Roman Catholic priest who is President of the UN General Assembly in which he said in his opening speech to session 63:
    “By now, over 1.2 million people have died as a direct consequence of that aggression and occupation” referring to the US led war in Iraq.

  • Dr Mustafa Osman in Cairo

      
    The Advisor to the President of the Republic, Dr Mustafa Osman Ismail, has renewed Sudan's stance of not dealing with the International Criminal Court. He said Sudan shall never hand over any of its subjects for trial outside the country, stressing that the ICC has no mandate over the country or over its people. The Presidential Advisor said the UN Security Council decision upon which the Darfur question was transferred to the ICC was defective because it included a clause that exempts American nationals from standing before that court a matter that undermines the whole concept of international justice and allows for impunity.

  • Eight Convicts in the Case of Attack on Omdurman

    The Court for Combating Terrorism No. (2) in Khartoum, headed by Judge Muddathir Al-Rashid, Sunday sentenced to death Abdul-Aziz Nur Ushar, and seven others of the Justice and Equality Movement after their conviction in the attack which was staged by the movement on Omdurman in last May. Abdul-Aziz Nur Ushar is half brother of the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement, Dr. Khalil Ibrahim. The eight members of the Justice and Equality Movement were convicted under articles 21, 24, 50, 51, 60, 63, 65 and 82 of the Criminal Law and articles 5 and 6 of the Act of Weapons and Ammunition. The convicts who were sentenced to death are Abdul-Aziz Nur Ushar, Al-Saddiq Mohamed Jabraldar Jaber, Taj-Eddin Mahmoud Abdul-Rahman, Mohamed Bahar Ali Hamadain, Al-Tayeb Abdul-Karim Idris, Malik Adam Ahmed, Hamid Hassan Hamado and Bashir Adam Ushar Fedail. 

  • killing of US diplomat and his Sudanese driver

    Khartoum East Court, chaired by Judge Sidahmed Al-Badri, began Sunday trial of five accused persons in the killing of US diplomat Jonh Granville, 33, who was an employee of USAID, and his Sudanese driver Abdel-Rahman Abbas, 39, how were killed at Al-Riyadh quarter in Khartoum on January 1, 2008. The procedural session of the court Sunday registered those who were present, including the defendants and defence lawyers. The five accused persons, who were present in the court, were Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim, 23, Abdel-Basit Al-Haj Hassan, 29, Mohanad Osman Yousif Mohamed, 29, Abdel-Raof Abu-Zaid Mohamed Hamza, 23 and Murad Abdul-Rahman Abdalla Al-Shiekh, 35. The session was attended by representatives of the American Embassy in Khartoum including a lawyer and a Sudanese translator. 

  • Norway, Russia consent to nominations of Sudanese ambassadors

     The Kingdom of Norway has consented to the nomination of Elham Ibrahim Shantair as Ambassador Extra-ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Sudan to the Kingdom of Norway. Ambassador Elham is due to assume her duties in Oslo soon. Meanwhile, the Russian Federation has consented to the nomination of Ambassador Surajaddin Hamid as Ambassador Extra-ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Sudan to the Russia. 

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    The International Criminal Court - Unmasked
    Many critics of Sudan have agreed that the choice in the country   is between Peace and Justice. They weighed in in favour of justice and of the rights of the victims, citing the necessity of putting an end to the culture of impunity regardless of the position of the perpetrator. They applauded the indictment of President Omer H.A. Albashir of Sudan on 14 July 08 by the ICC prosecutor L.Moreno Ocampo. A wave of induced media support for the ICC prosecutor followed.

  • COMMUNIQUE OF THE 142ND MEETING

    COMMUNIQUE OF THE 142ND MEETING OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL

    The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 142nd meeting held on 21 July 2008, adopted the following decision in relation to the application made on 14 July 2008 by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a Warrant of Arrest under Article 58 of the Rome Statute of the ICC against the President of the Republic of the Sudan:

    Council,

  • Kenya affirms support to Sudan

    Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki received Monday Presidential Adviser Bona Malwal, who arrived in Nairobi Sunday carrying a verbal message from President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir. President Kibaki affirmed the stand of the Kenyan government and people beside Sudan, affirming that Africa will not allow such allegations of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. President Kibaki said his country would work in collaboration with the African Union to brief the African countries to confront such allegations. He called on the African presidents to stand beside Sudan against the allegations which will have negative impacts on all African countries. The Kenyan President pointed out that his country supports the Sudanese people in protecting their sovereignty and all peace agreements accomplished by Sudan.

  • Al-Bashir, has affirmed Sudan rejection to any intervention

    Sudan will Never Succumb, Surrender or Hand over any Sudanese citizen to Foreign Circle
     President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, has affirmed Sudan rejection to any intervention in its domestic affairs and practicing of blackmail and pressure against the Sudanese nation. This came during his meeting Monday at the Guest House with the visiting delegation of the Arab Lawyers Union, which is headed by its Chairman, Sami Ashoor. President Al-Bashir stressed that Sudan will never succumb, surrender or hand over any Sudanese citizen to any foreign circle.

  • Message from Al-Bashir to Emir of Qatar

     The Emir of the State of Qatar, Shiekh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has received a written message from President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, dealing with the relations of cooperation between the two countries and issues of mutual concern. The message was received by the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani when he received at his office at Emiri Diwan Monday Assistant of the President of the Republic Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie. The meeting was attended from the Qatari side by Director of the Office of the Heir Apparent Shiekh Khalid bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Assistant Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdalla Al-Romihi and Director of Arab Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Ibrahim Abdelaziz Al-Sahlawi. The meeting was attended  by State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ali Ahmed Karti . 

  • AU Peace and Security Council

    The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has requested the UN Security Council to defer the procedures of the International Criminal Court, stressing the importance of not harming the ongoing peace efforts in Sudan. The council urged in a communiqué it issued following its emergency session held at the ministerial level at the request of Sudan in Addis Ababa Monday the Commission of the African Union to adopt all steps for establishment of an independent high-level panel during 30 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution comprising notable African personalities to consider and assess the situations in Darfur and submit recommendations to the council on the best means for resolving the situation in a comprehensive and effective way including formation of truth and reconciliation commission in which the AU shall assume prominent role with other related institutions,

  • Amro Musa In Khartoum

    The visiting Arab League's Secretary General, Amro Musa ,said that he informed the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, on the outcome of the meeting of the Council of the Arab Foreign Ministers which was held Saturday in Cairo. In a statement after his meeting Sunday evening at the Guest House with President Al-Bashir, Musa said that he also acquainted President Al-Bashir with the outcome of his contacts with international parties, at the levels of the United Nations, the African Union and international circles.

  • Message from President Al-Bashir to Al-Qaddafi

    Vice - President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Sunday evening returned home after a short visit to Libya during which he conveyed a message from the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, to the Libyan leader, Muammar Al-Qaddafi, concerning the allegations of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

  • Government urges US Administration

      
    The Government urged the American administration to take a clear stance toward the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its allegations against the leadership of Sudan. State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ali Karti said in a statement to the press following his meeting with the American Charge d'Affaires to Khartoum, Alberto Fernandez, Sunday that he conveyed to the American Charge d'Affaires the stance of the Sudanese government and urged a clear stance from the US administration toward the ICC in a view that USA is not a signatory of its statute and considering its interest in the commitment to the peace agreements.

  • peace process in Darfur

        
    President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir reaffirmed Sudan's commitment to complete the peace process in Darfur and to implement the initiative of the people of Sudan to solve the issue of Darfur with the involvement of all the political parties and associations in Sudan. Receiving the visiting AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur, Djibril Yipènè Bassolé, at the Guest House Sunday, President Al-Bashir affirmed cooperation of all the parties with the newly-appointed mediator in order to make success his mission in Sudan.

  • Karti meets AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur

    State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali Karti, reviewed with the visiting AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur, Djibril Yipènè Bassolé, the issue of Darfur as well as proposals for work on the various tracks in the coming period. In this regard, the State Minister said in a statement to the press that Bassolé's visit, which is the first of the AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur to Sudan, aims at introducing himself to the Sudanese officials and that he will come again in next August. The AU-UN Chief Mediator on Darfur, on his part, said enhancement of consultations and dialogue are among his top priorities, which he will set in collaboration with the Sudanese officials.

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    Ocampo’s “Sex Scandal” and its repercussions
    We know now why L. Ocampo was so feverishly bent on escalation with Sudan, despite warnings from highly respected Sudan experts.  We also know why he was obsessed with setting deadlines.  The reason is his desire to stir a storm in order to “bury” the news of his professional misconduct and underhand behaviour.  These are not strong words.  They are justified by the “sex scandal case” which Mr. Christian Palme of Sweden has won against the International Criminal Court.  The Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation ruled in favour of Mr. Palme and awarded him 25.000 Euros and ordered that he be paid his salary for several months.  

  • Ocampo?s Road to Justice

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    Ocampo’s Road to Justice
    There is no covertness in the targeting of Sudan and its leaders by L. Ocampo and his International Criminal Court’s statements which culminated in the infamous 14th of July accusations.
    Sudan – which is ruled by a National Unity Government, based on an interim constitution is now targeted as a direct result of the failure of the rebel attack on Omdurman (10 May 08).  The rebels need a boost to their morale.  Ocampo and those who pull his strings oblige.  Ignorance of the significance of timing  - if claimed – will mean schoolboy naivety or political illiteracy.

  • Cooperation between Sudan and Egypt

    Presidents Al-Bashir and Mubarak Discuss Ways to Consolidate Cooperation between Sudan and Egypt
     The President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, met Monday, on the sidelines of the African Summit in Sharm Al-Shaikh, with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and acquainted him of the situation in Sudan and the ongoing efforts to achieve a settlement for Darfur issue. Presidents Al-Bashir and Mubarak stressed the importance of reactivating the cooperation between Sudan and Egypt in the fields of animal production and food security, as well as completing establishment of infrastructural projects and roads linking between the two countries. President Mubarak affirmed the support of his country to the efforts for reaching solution for Darfur issue, referring to the participation of Egypt in the hybrid operation in Darfur and the UN forces in south Sudan. The two presidents also discussed means of consolidating the cooperation between Sudan and Egypt in all domains.

  • The Summit Of The African Union

    President Al-Bashir: The African continent utilizes less than 4% of its water resources
    persident.jpgThe President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir has explained before the summit of the African Union, currently in session in Sharm Al-Shiekh, Egypt, the potentialities possessed by Sudan in the field of water and diversified agricultural production. In an intervention before the summit Monday, President Al-Bashir said the world faces now the problem of food and water, pointing out that the African continent utilizes less than 4% of its water resources.

  • Taha Visit Qatar

    The Vice - President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, is due to begin on Tuesday a two-day official visit to the sister State of Qatar during which he will hold a series of meetings with Qatari senior officials. The visit comes in the context of the progressing relations between Sudan and Qatar. In a press statement, Sudan Ambassador to Qatar, Abdalla Fagiri, said that the visit of the Vice - President to Qatar provides a good opportunity toward consolidating the relations and the economic cooperation between the two countries, as well as opening new horizons for the Qatari investments in Sudan.

  • Sudan Welcomes Nomination of Djibrill Bassole

    Sudan Welcomes Nomination of Djibrill Bassole as Chief Mediator of UN and African Union for Peace in Darfur
    The President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, has welcomed the nomination of former Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Djibrill Bassole, as the chief mediator of the United Nations and the African Union for peace in Darfur and completing the peace process in the region. This came when President Al-Bashir met Monday in Sharm Al-Shaikh, Egypt, on the sidelines of the current African Summit, with the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore. President Al-Bashir pledged to provide every possible facilities for the new chief mediator to carry out his mission for settlement of Darfur issue.

  • African Foreign Ministers welcome Abyei Roadmap

    The Executive Council of the African Foreign Ministers concluded session in Sharm Al-Shiekh in Egypt Saturday to prepare for the African Summit, scheduled for Monday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor said in a press statement that the meeting tackled the comprehensive peace file in Sudan and the participants underscored the executive steps that have been made so far, especially the roadmap agreement on Abyei area and the efforts exerted by the parties to the agreement to reach such solutions.

  • Sudan-Saudi Arabia Relations

    Sudan Ambassador in Riyad meets Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, lauds stances of the Saudi leadership
    Sudan Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Amin Al-Karab met with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Kingdom Prince Sultan bin Abdelaziz Al Saud at the Royal Chamber in Jeddah Saturday on the occasion of the expiry of assignment of the ambassador in the Kingdom.

  • Al-Bashir speaks to Italian Panorama Magazine

    persident.jpgThe President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir affirmed that some organizations are working to reproduce the crisis in Darfur in order to guarantee continuity of their work in the area. This came in an interview President Al-Bashir gave to the Italian Panorama Magazine at the Guest House Wednesday. The President renewed the commitment of the Government to achieve a peaceful settlement to the issue of Darfur in collaboration with the UN, African Union and the other organizations working in Darfur, which are more than 200 organizations which employ more than 16,000.

  • Sudanese Delegation Arrives in Beijing

    Sudanese Delegation Arrives in Beijing to Participate in The International Symposium on Horizons of Peace and Development in Darfur.  
    A Sudanese delegation, headed by the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, Wednesday arrived in Beijing to participate in an international Symposium on Horizons of Peace and Development in Darfur on Thursday, which is organized by the International Studies Centre in China. The acting Charge d'Affaires at Sudan Embassy in Beijing, Ambassador Abdul-Moniem Osman, said that a big number of representatives from scientific research centres in a number of countries, including South Africa and Britain, besides representatives of the governments of France, Russia and the European Union, would take part in the symposium.

  • Bill on Elections

    Bill on Elections Act to be tabled before Parliament Sunday
    The National Assembly extended its current session ending on Wednesday to next July 9 to approve the Elections Act and decided to hold an extraordinary sitting next Sunday for tabling the bill before the parliament. In a news conference he held Wednesday, National Assembly Speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir declared that the extraordinary sitting would be preceded by a meeting of the Presidency Thursday and a meeting of the Council of Ministers on the same day on the bill which the National Constitutional Review Commission submitted to the Presidency of the Republic earlier. He added that the political movements and meetings of Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha in Juba last week resulted in wide agreement among the political forces on the basic points in the bill. He affirmed that the two weeks period is quite enough for the approval of the act and it will be fully devoted to discuss the bill only.

  • Sudanese Businessmen Union

    Sudanese Businessmen Union Launches Project of Electronic Economic Guide Book
    The Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Ustaza Najat Mohamed Salih, said that delivery of the required technical aid in the field of informatics and services to the Sudanese Businessmen Union aims to emphasizing the role of the private sector in realization of socio-economic development Addressing a celebration held by the Sudanese Businessmen Wednesday to mark the launching of its electronic economic guide book, Ustaza Najat affirmed the importance of the project in boosting the economic, trade and investment work in the country.

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    Sudanese terror suspects!
    Guilty, despite being declared innocent!

    Admirers of British democracy are sometime intrigued by the way the media (one of the bright features of this democracy) sometimes distort democracy.
    The best example is the aftermath of the terror attacks in London in July 05.  The right-wing press (and some of the not so right- wing newspapers too) had a field day.  Islamophobic generalisations abounded.  The cynics (and some of those interested in civil liberties) suspected that scaring the population was a necessary precondition for curbing 800 years of freedoms.  They were vindicated when anti-terror laws were later used to snoop on dog walkers or citizens needing a certain school for their children!

  • Ambassador Omer Siddig at RUSI

    ambassador_omer_siddig.jpgOn 24 June The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) organised a discussion panel under the title:  Perspectives On the Darfur Conflict and International Intervention.

    The speakers were H.E. Ambassador Omer M. Siddig and Mr. Suliman Jamous of (Sudan Liberation Movement – Unity).  SLM-Unity is a splinter group from Sudan Liberation Movement which broke away when the main SLM Movement signed the Darfur Peace Agreement in 06. 

  • Report on the attack on Omdurman

    ** After the Abuja Agreement, which was signed by the faction of Menni Arko Menawi ( the Assistant of the President) on  May 5th 2006, both Abdel Wahid Mohamed Nour and Khaleel Ibrahim remained outside the agreement as they refused to sign it.
    As for the Government, it started implementing the agreement and at the same time, it resumed contacts with the non-signatories , urging them to sign.

  • China and Sudan

    On the 22nd of May 08, the Media Counsellor, Dr. Khalid Al Mubarak took part in a seminar about Chinese investment in Africa.  A fellow panellist was an Angolan diplomat.  The event was organised by “OKRA Express” Management Consultancy.  It was chaired by Mr. Dan Large, research director at the Africa Asia Centre of the Royal African Society.  The Seminar which was well-attended continued from morning until 2pm, at the Foreign Press Association in London.

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    Darfur File  -  Darfur cops are … Robbers!!!

    Those who remember the old American films in which the sheriff turns out to be the mastermind of organised crime in his remote county, will be interested in reading what the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Sudan Tribune (6th June 2008) about his involvement in a conspiracy to hijack a Sudanese aircraft!  … “We were getting ready to divert his plane and force it to land and arrest him …”  The reference is to the Sudanese Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the former Judge Ahmed Haroun … “We organised the logistics.  Everything was settled” …. L. M. Ocampo said!

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    Darfur File
    The International Criminal Court: Accused!

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued yet another flawed anti-Sudan document.  He who calls for Justice must come with clean hands.  Let us put the ICC on a mock-trial.
    We accuse!

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    JEM and Chadian Mercenaries Repulsed
    On the 9th May 2006, the representatives of the international community met in Abuja-Nigeria to witness the signature after weeks of painstaking negotiations of the Darfur Peace Agreement.
    They were headed by delegates from the USA, the UK, the African Union, the UN, the Arab League and tens of observers. A pledge was made.

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    At last - Sudanese Guantanamo Prisoners Free

    Sudanese Television has broadcast scenes of heart-warming jubilation as prisoner 345, also known as Sami Al Haj (incarcerated without trial in Guantanamo Bay since June 02) was reunited with his family. He hugged his only son and other members of the family. Weak and bed-ridden, he managed to make a statement in which he said that his freedom would only be complete when four other Sudanese still interned in Cuba join him in Khartoum, and when the two hundred other prisoners are freed too.

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    Sudanese Foreign Minister Visits London
    When Sudan became independent in 1956, the leaders of the National Movement gave a tea and biscuits farewell party for the departing British colonial administrators! Independence was declared peacefully through a vote in Parliament in December 1955. The Sudanese were prepared for independence through several “councils”, most notably the Legislative Council of 1948. Some were trained at the House of Commons in London on procedures of parliamentary democracy. The statues of Gordon and Kitchener were transported intact for safe keeping in England. It was “a clean divorce” without blood or bitterness!

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    A.A – American Admission
    A.A stands for a famous airline and an iconic motoring organisation; both linked to transport. One can add a third; AA American Admission – the reference is not to “admit” Nelson Mandela (for example) who is still barred as a terrorist, but to admit in the sense of confess!
    We appreciate the publication of the US State Department’s Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 (Sudan) which has been distributed on 11 March 08. It is full of biased anti-Sudanese reporting; but it also contains, (for a change) several positive and just observations:-
     It admits that the Sudanese Government “continued to cooperate with the UN Mine Action Group to remove landmines in the South.”

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    The Tabloids Have Apologised to Kate and Gerry McCann:  Who will apologise to Sudan!

    What the papers don’t say about Sudan, is that it has a National Unity Government which is based on a Transitional Constitution that guarantees freedom of the press as well as the right to organise in Political Parties and Trade Unions.  This came about as a result of the CPA (Comprehensive Peace Agreement) of 2005 which put an end to a destructive civil war.  That agreement was partly brokered by the USA, the UK and other countries who deserve praise for their efforts.

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    Darfur Rebels Recognise Israel
    The leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (which started life as Darfur Liberation Movement before mysteriously and inexplicably changing its name) is Mr. Abdul Wahid Al Nur.  He is well known as “Mr. No”.  His record of refusal is phenomenal.  He refused to sign the Abuja Peace Agreement in 06.  He refused to attend peace negotiations in Sirte (Libya) in October last year.  He refused to attend rebel unification meetings in Arusha – Tanzania in August 07.  He even refused to fly to Yei to meet the first Vice –President Salva Kiir who wanted to mediate!

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    Something is Rotten in the Cartoons of Denmark

    Rozencranz and Guildenstern are dead! So is the noble Prince of Denmark, Hamlet; but his words resonate in our twenty-first century.

    When Tom Stoppard was “recruited” by the Darfur media manipulators, he obliged; but he must have shocked them when he wrote in his Times article (16 September 07):
    “A ceasefire will be no solutions without a political solution.  Quite what a political solution would look like in a situation where the aggressor tribes have now started to fight each other is a murky question.  And geopolitically the scenarios include, naturally, the one about the West’s real interest being control of the region and its oil. “(our Italics)

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    Breaking Good News!
    Lord Resistance Peace

    News of catastrophes and havoc get preferential treatment.  News of well-being and progress is not welcome; because it does not qualify as “Breaking News”!
    News about fighting or famine in Africa is feverishly sought and disseminated, but news about a peace deal to stop a conflict which has raged since 1987 is barely reported!  When Sudan is positively involved, those who have a blind spot to anything good about Sudan delete any reference to it  in their media reports.

  • PRESS RELEASE_8

    Arms and Man.....ipulators!
         China – Sudan

    The well-oiled and well-orchestrated campaign against Sudan has now turned to blackmailing other countries; mainly China.  The claim has been made that the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing should be boycotted in order to force China to put pressure on Sudan over Darfur.  The campaign is not disinterested.  Underneath is the resentment that China has become a leading nation (despite restrictions, sanctions and past isolation!)

  • PRESS RELEASE_7

    Spielberg’s Darfur!
    Dominic Lawson spoke for many when he expressed his delight that someone somewhere has at long last snubbed the Hollywood celebrities who have been  elevated to a status higher than that of diplomats ,statesmen or analysts (I cheered when the Russians said they did not want to hear Clooney’s lecture on Darfur (The Independent, 8 February ’08).  He quoted a Russian delegate who said at the UN  “This is not an appropriate forum for Mr. Clooney to attend.”
    Sudan has a tragedy in Darfur.  It has, however reached a detailed plan with the UN (partly brokered by the USA and the UK) to resolve all outstanding issues.  The latest step was the signing of the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) by Mr. Deng  Alor, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

  • Sudanese - Qatari Investment

    The Sudanese - Qatari Investment Forum is due to be held next Wednesday at the Friendship Hall, under auspices of the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, and the Qatari Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The spokesman of the Ministry of Investment, Mustafa Mohamed Nur, said that convocation of the forum aims to realize the goal of partnership between the Sudanese and Qatari private sectors.

  • Dr. Mutrif Siddig in London

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    Dr. Mutrif Siddig, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sudan, visited London 22-25 November 2007.  He participated in a Chatham House conference on 23 November about the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 

  • Statement on the Abducted Children from Darfur

    Statement on the Abducted Children from Darfur by a French Voluntary Organization

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation for the sinister attempt by a French voluntary organization  named " Children Rescue", established by L'Arche de Zoe Society ,which is registered in France.  The organization abducted more than one hundred Sudanese children from Darfur, in an attempt to forcefully traffic them to France, and other countries, against the will of their families, the pretext being that these children were orphans, and to be adopted for material gains.

  • UNSC Resolution No 1769

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    Undersecretary ministry of foreign affairs Dr. Mutrif Sadig said UNSC resolution No 1769 was created after greater challenges and exerting of diplomatic efforts.

  • FINAL COMMUNIQUE

    SECOND INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON DARFUR

    The second international meeting on the situation in Darfur was convened by the African Union and United Nations Special Envoys in Tripoli, Libya from 15-16 July 2007.  The following states and organisations attended the meeting:  Canada, Chad, China, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sudan, United Kingdom, United States, the African Union, the European Union, the League of Arab States and the United Nations.

    The Meeting

  • Foreign Minister will Lead Sudan Delegation to Tripoli Conference on Darfur

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    Foreign minister Dr Lam Akol will head Sudanese delegation to Tripoli/ Libya conference on Darfur scheduled there for mid July.The conference was part of efforts exerted by AU – UN envoys Dr Salim Ahmed Salim and Yan Elison respectively to resolve Darfur dispute.

  • Defence minister Meets UN ?AU Co- representative

    abdrhm.jpgMinister of national defence engineer Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussain met yesterday with UN-AU co- representative in Darfur Mr. Rudolf Adada. The minister has likely welcomed the representative and hopes him maintains successful mission. The minister promises to facilitate easier running of Mr. Adada's mission.

  • UNSC Members Discuss Endorsement of Hybrid Troops Operation

    security_council.jpgSudan representative to UN ambassador Abdel Mahmoud Abdel Halim reveals that UNSC permanent members are conducting close door talks to decide on hybrid troops operation proposed be deployed in Darfur. He explained that during July and next August UNSC may issue a resolution stipulating arrangement to finance hybrid troops operation.

  • Reply Which The Daily Telegraph Has Not Published

    The Letters Editor,
    The Daily Telegraph


    Dear Sir,

    W.F. Deedes (Notebook, Friday 22 June – oil is driving the disaster in Darfur) states quite rightly that the situation (he prefers the word persecution) “in Darfur has become more complex as times goes by”.  Those complexities include the often overlooked fact (which was recently highlighted by Ban Ki Moon in a seminal article) that the main root-cause of the crisis is desertification and climate change.  Both precede the discovery of oil in Sudan. 

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