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Some Egyptian experts accused the United States and Israel of raising differences among Nile Basin countries to affect Egypt and Sudan, warning that Nile Basin countries may fight for water in the future. They referred that Egypt, with a population of about 77 million people, would never give up its historic rights in the Nile water.
Nile Basin countries delayed signing a water-sharing agreement rejected by Egypt and Sudan, which opposed any reduction in their quotas. "Wars could break out for water in the future unless an agreement is reached on how to share the river's water," said Dr. Eglal Rafat, professor of political science at Cairo University.Some Egyptian experts accused the United States and Israel of raising differences... more
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A Sudanese woman has been fined $200 for the 'indecent' act of wearing trousers. Lubna Hussein was caught, along with 12 other women, in a raid by public order police in July.
Ten of the clothing "criminals" accepted their punishment - which was a fine and a flogging - but Hussein and two others decided to take it to court. She won't be receiving a flogging but, as she refuses to pay, she is likely to be jailed.A Sudanese woman has been fined $200 for the 'indecent' act of wearing... more
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In October it will open a clinic that will provide the artificial insemination therapy for less than 300 dollars, while in rich countries the cost of one cycle can reach the 12 thousand dollars.In October it will open a clinic that will provide the artificial insemination therapy... more
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The six-year war between forces loyal to Sudan's government and rebels in Darfur has effectively ended, the UN's military commander in the region says.
General Martin Agwai, who is leaving his post this week, said the vicious fighting of earlier years had subsided as rebel groups split into factions.
He says the region now suffers more from low-level disputes and banditry.
The UN says 300,000 people have died in Darfur, but the Sudanese government puts the figure at 10,000.
Almost three million people are said to have been displaced by the fighting.
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The end of displaced children and child soldiers is soon. There is more hope now more than ever to do so. Next is the end of the longest running war in Africa and justice to Joseph Kony.The six-year war between forces loyal to Sudan's government and rebels in Darfur... more
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First the gunmen surrounded the fishing camp in the hour of darkness before dawn.
Next they opened fire, then moved in with spears to finish off the wounded.
"They shot me in the arm and I fell, but as I was getting up they put a spear in my back," said Nyakong Gatwech, a 20-year-old pregnant mother.
"They thought that I was dead so they left me."First the gunmen surrounded the fishing camp in the hour of darkness before dawn.... more
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Ms. Rice has continued to call the situation in Darfur genocide, a label first applied to the situation there by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in 2004 at the height of a campaign against farmers in Darfur by Sudan-government backed fighters known as Janjaweed.Ms. Rice has continued to call the situation in Darfur genocide, a label first applied... more
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Letting the Sudanese government get away with massive ethnic cleansing (possibly genocide) in Darfur could come back to bite the West in the butt years or decades from now.Letting the Sudanese government get away with massive ethnic cleansing (possibly... more
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Humanitarians were dismayed at Gration’s insistent talk about the “voluntary’’ return of some 2.7 million displaced persons languishing in camps throughout Darfur. There is no humanitarian capacity to oversee such returns and ensure their voluntary nature; Khartoum refuses to provide security in areas it controls; and Darfuris in the camps complain bitterly that they are being asked to return to lands without protection, and which have oftentimes been taken over by Arab tribal groups. The notorious Janjaweed have not been disarmed and pose a constant threat. Even in the camps themselves, security is tenuous; women still face rape, men are tortured and murdered, and looting is commonplace. In the past, it has been Khartoum that has pushed for returns under these conditions; now, perversely, it is the US special envoy.Humanitarians were dismayed at Gration’s insistent talk about the... more
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Over 100 women, some wearing trousers, came to protest the flogging of a Journalist accused of indecency for doing just that. For those who do not know, Sudan's Al'Bashir is supported by Iran and arms Hamas while committing atrocities in Darfur. And the only thing you can boycott is gum arabic which won't help much. A reminder that Laura and Euna are one battle won, but the war is not over for female journalists.Over 100 women, some wearing trousers, came to protest the flogging of a Journalist... more
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Lubna al-Hussein, along with 18 other women in Sudan, was arrested for sporting 'indecent clothes.' She was wearing pants, a blouse, and a hijab, Police deemed her pants too tight and her blouse too see-through. She faces a punishment of 40 lashes.Lubna al-Hussein, along with 18 other women in Sudan, was arrested for sporting... more
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will issue a notice shortly extending special status for certain Somali nationals living in the US for 18 months, Sudan Tribune has learned.
TPS HAs veeb granted to countries like Salvador, Guatemala, Sudan among others, but millions of people are still in the shadows, trying to find a way to incorporate to American societyThe United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will issue a notice... more
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Drums are beaten, sticks clash and traditional horns announce the coming of heroes along the banks of the Nile River as Mundari youth celebrate the Dadjaka ritual in a test of strength and honor among those recently coming of age during the recent Ropi ritual of initiation.
Visit http://www.africawrites.comDrums are beaten, sticks clash and traditional horns announce the coming of heroes... more
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Sudan is preparing for a court ruling that will settle a border dispute in the oil-rich district of Abyei, which has been a flashpoint for tensions between the Khartoum government and former rebels in the south.
Oil in Sudan and the support of China for the current government, nor a very good mix for refugees and border societiesSudan is preparing for a court ruling that will settle a border dispute in the... more
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A group of Sudanese women has been flogged as a punishment for dressing "indecently", according to a local journalist who was arrested with them.
Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who says she is facing 40 lashes, said she and 12 other women wearing trousers were arrested in a restaurant in the capital, Khartoum.
She told the BBC several of the women had pleaded guilty to the charges and had 10 lashes immediately.
Khartoum, unlike South Sudan, is governed by Sharia law.
Several of those punished were from the mainly Christian and animist south, Ms Hussein said.
Non-Muslims are not supposed to be subject to Islamic law, even in Khartoum and other parts of the mainly Muslim north.
She said that a group of about 20 or 30 police officers entered the popular Khartoum restaurant and arrested all the women wearing trousers.
"I was wearing trousers and a blouse and the 10 girls who were lashed were wearing like me, there was no difference," she told the BBC's Arabic service.
Ms Hussein said some women pleaded guilty to "get it over with" but others, including herself, chose to speak to their lawyers and are awaiting their fates.
Under Sharia law in Khartoum, the normal punishment for "indecent" dressing is 40 lashes.
Ms Hussein is a well-known reporter who writes a weekly column called Men Talk for Sudanese papers. She also works for the United Nations Mission in Sudan.A group of Sudanese women has been flogged as a punishment for dressing... more
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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have appealed against a decision by the body's tribunal not to charge Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, with conducting genocide in the country's western Darfur region.
The court in The Hague charged Bashir with war crimes and crimes against humanity in March for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of murder and torture in Darfur.
But it said in a ruling on Tuesday that there was insufficient evidence to prove he was also guilty of waging genocide.
Prosecutors said on Tuesday the judges who rejected the charges were wrong in applying "an evidentiary burden that is inappropriate for this procedural stage".
They said the tribunal only needed to prove that there are "reasonable grounds to believe" al-Bashir was responsible for genocide.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor at the ICC, also called for the case to be sent back to the ICC's pre-trial chamber.Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have appealed against a decision... more
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By Peter Martell
BBC News, Khartoum
Waving a stick in the air in front of a supportive crowd of thousands, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir punched the air to roars of support.
He looked little like a man on his first full day as an international fugitive - following an arrest warrant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The true criminals are the leaders of the United States and Europe... One day we will take them to justice
President Omar al-Bashir
Some 10,000 protesters crammed themselves into central Khartoum in support of the president, following the issuing on Wednesday of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.
'Real criminals'
Instead Mr Bashir scoffed at the warrant, telling the mass rally in the packed downtown district of Khartoum that Western leaders were the real criminals.
Omar al-Bashir: "We will not succumb to colonialists"
"The true criminals are the leaders of the United States and Europe," he told the crowds to loud cheers.
He in turn accused the United States of genocide against the Native American Indians, as well as in Vietnam and in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
"One day we will take them to justice," he added.
It was not clear if the president was joking, but the crowd loved it.
According to the United Nations, some 300,000 have died in Darfur since the conflict erupted in 2003 and more than two million have been displaced - figures strongly rejected by Khartoum.
Street party
At one point, the dancing 65-year-old even gave tongue-in-cheek thanks to the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo - for bringing the Sudanese together on the streets.
We will show you what we are made of
Sudanese protester
The roads were clogged far out from the centre with busloads of protesters travelling to the demonstration, singing in support of Mr Bashir as they went.
Not all support Mr Bashir. There is little love lost for the leader in those areas affected by the long years of fighting with Khartoum, such as Darfur, the east or the south.
But here in the heart of government loyalists, there was almost a party atmosphere.
A group of women chanted "Down with Ocampo", while a column of school-children shouted, "Down, down America".
'Western spies'
But others grew angry when Mr Bashir accused Western nations of neo-colonialism, and directed their anger at the few foreigners in the crowd.
Sudanese women hold pictures of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during a speech delivered by al-Bashir at the entrance of the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan Thursday, March 5, 2009
Some Sudanese want foreigners out of the country
"We will fight anyone who thinks they can stop the president," said one demonstrator.
"We will show you - the Western nations - what we are made of," a colleague added.
Asked what they thought of the expulsion of 10 aid agencies accused by Khartoum of collaborating with the ICC, protesters seemed not to care.
"We don't need Western spies," one spat.
Amnesty International has warned that more than 2.2 million vulnerable Sudanese face the risk of starvation and disease if the expulsions continue.
But as the angry protesters closed in with a threatening manner, the message was clear: "All foreigners go, all of you, go now," they shouted.
Other Sudanese rushed to offer reassurance that foreigners were welcome, but had a similar attitude.
"We just need a Sudanese solution to a Sudanese issue," one elderly man eBy Peter Martell
BBC News, Khartoum
Waving a stick in the air in front of a... more
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The African Union's decision not to co-operate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it ordered the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, has been heavily criticised by human rights groups.
Amnesty International said on Saturday that the move showed "disdain" for the victims of violence in Sudan's western Darfur region, where al-Bashir is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
"This decision by the African Union member states shows a disdain for those in Darfur who suffered gross human rights violation and makes a mockery of the AU as an international body," Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty's Africa director, said.
"By supporting a wanted person accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, it undermines the credibility of states who are party to the Rome statute and the AU as a whole."
At a summit on Friday, the pan-African body adopted a motion effectively ruling out the arrest of al-Bashir on the territory of any of its members and urged the United Nations to intervene to delay the case.The African Union's decision not to co-operate with the International Criminal... more
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North Sudan has been accused by South Sudan of providing arms that were used to attack barges carrying UN food aid on Sunday.North Sudan has been accused by South Sudan of providing arms that were used to attack... more
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A couple of guys talking about the state of Darfur, one is not paying attention so they make fun of him. Why can we go into Iraq and not Sudan? Well, these guys tell you. Plus a "Have sex with your mom" joke.A couple of guys talking about the state of Darfur, one is not paying attention so... more
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