Monthly Archives: January 2011

ON THE GROUND: Timeline for the Aggregation and Declaration of Results

Letter from Larco Lomayatdit of South Sudan: Dear all, Greetings to you all the name of the Republic of South Sudan, I, brother Larco Lomayatdit; is one of Referendum Domestic Observers; who is following Referendum events closely.   I would like … Continue reading

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“The Road Back from Abyei” by Douglas H. Johnson

Johnson was a member of the original Abyei Boundary Commission.  To download the whole essay in PDF format click here.  Excerpts below: Fighting broke out in and around the Abyei area just as voting in the Southern referendum began. No … Continue reading

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ALERT: Khartoum clampdown on South Sudan media

From Reuters Africa: KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese security agents blocked the printing of a newspaper linked with the south’s main party, raising fears of a new wave of censorship, one of its editors said on Thursday. Staff at Ajras al-Huriya … Continue reading

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North Sudan’s Bashir calls for debt relief at Arab summit

From Reuters Africa: SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al Bashir, who risks losing the oil-producing south after an independence referendum, called on creditors to cancel Sudan’s debts at an Arab economic summit on Wednesday. “Sudan has … Continue reading

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Richard Williamson, former Special Envoy to Sudan, testifies before the House Foreign Relations Committee

Richard Williamson, former Special Envoy to Sudan, testifies before the House Foreign Relations Committee

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Interview with close advisor to North Sudan ruler Omar Bashir

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Interview with Dr. Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani, adviser for the president of Sudan and leader of the parliamentary majority: Dealey: What has been the reaction in the North to the Southern referendum? Atabani: Ten years … Continue reading

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Sudan arrests opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi

NOTE: Turabi is not from Christian/animist South Sudan.  He is an Islamist leader from the North and has been associated with Darfurian rebels. Sudanese security forces arrested opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and eight other party officials today after they called … Continue reading

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Top advisor to Khartoum gov’t issues veiled warning to South over Abyei

From AllAfrica.com: Khartoum — The Advisor to the President of the Republic, Gen Salah Abdallah Gosh, has warned the Sudan People Liberation Movement from unilaterally entering Abyei area. The Advisor of the President of the Republic on Security Matter, has … Continue reading

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Australia welcomes Sudanese referendum vote

From the desk of The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs: Australia welcomes Sudanese referendum vote In Queensland today, the last votes have been cast in the historic Southern Sudan referendum. The referendum, which closed in Sudan on … Continue reading

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South Sudanese Voting for Freedom by Faith McDonnell

After over 40 years of war waged against them by a regime attempting to destroy their African culture and Christian faith, South Sudanese began voting in a secession referendum Jan. 9-15. Expatriate South Sudanese also voted in the United States, … Continue reading

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