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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09KABUL4029	Afghanistan's Hajj 2009: Transport Ministry and Ariana [...] Summary: In a marked improvement from last year's Hajj, logistics for the 2009 Afghan pilgrimage proceeded smoothly, due to extensive planning by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA). State-owned Ariana Airlines transported about 35,000 pilgrims, thanks to a last-minute deal b [...]	2009-12-16 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV PREL AF

09KABUL4030	EVIDENCE LACKING OF ROSHAN TIES TO IRAN [...] (S) EmbOffs have heard informally for some time that Roshan, Afghanistan's largest telecommunications provider, is partially owned by an Iranian entity and, possibly the Iranian government, including Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps organizations. Reports to this effect have been circulating [...]	2009-12-16 13:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ECPS PREL PINR IR AF
09KABUL4039	SUBJECT: SPIN BOLDAK: A STABILITY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar enjoys a reputation for stability and security in a region of the country otherwise known for insurgent violence. Encompassing the Weesh border crossing with Pakistan and astride strategic Highway 4, Spin Boldak occupies valuable turf on the fro [...]	2009-12-17 05:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS CAN AF
09KABUL4040	TALIBAN SHADOW GOVERNANCE IN HELMAND PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: There is no coherent structure to Taliban shadow governance in Helmand, but there is a relevant presence of Taliban in large parts of the province which competes with GIRoA for local loyalty. While local Taliban leaders work under broad strategic direction from the Quetta shura [...]	2009-12-17 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4053	EXBS ADVISOR NOVEMBER 11 TO DECEMBER 14, 2009 MONTH END [...] (U) EXBS inspected and approved renovations to two rooms at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry'S (MoCI) main building in Kabul. The rooms were renovated to provide secure storage for the servers and other EXBS donated IT equipment for the MoCI export licensing system. The renovations includ [...]	2009-12-17 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
09KABUL4056	URGING AFGHANS TO CONCLUDE APTTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 11:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PK AF
09KABUL4060	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REBUTS MP'S ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: An MP publicly accused the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),including Chairperson Sima Samar, of corruption, and repeated these allegations (without providing proof) in a follow-up meeting with Embassy officials. AIHRC Commissioner Nader Nadery has publicly [...]	2009-12-17 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4062	2010 ELECTIONS: SETTING THE DATE BY ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Summary: The United States cannot afford to expend additional vital resources and risk losing political and security space to support future Afghan elections unless fundamental reforms are enacted in advance of the Parliamentary and District Council elections, at present scheduled to be [...]	2009-12-17 18:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4066	FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN OFF TO A ROCKY [...] (C)Summary: Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi's recent release on bail pending appeal of his conviction for misuse of public funds caused a media firestorm that has intensified public perceptions of Karzai administration corruption. President Karzai,s public defense of Sahebi coincides with repor [...]	2009-12-18 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KCOR KJUS PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL407	ASSESSMENT OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, [...] (SBU) Afghanistan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Asif Rahimi took office in October 2008 with the aim of restructuring and revitalizing the Ministry and building on his success as Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD). This cable provides a [...]	2009-02-25 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EAGR BEXP AF TI
09KABUL4070	THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]	2009-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4079	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - EMBASSY KABUL [...] (C) Summary: In view of the Washington and London planning meetings on the London conference, following are Embassy Kabul's thoughts on six key U.S. policy guidelines for the conference. End Summary. 2. (C) First, we recommend a return to the security focus as the most appopriate one for a [...]	2009-12-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF
09KABUL4088	GHAZNI GOVERNOR FIRES TWO DISTRICT GOVERNORS, [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of central Afghanistan's Ghazni Province, Usman Usmani, has fired two district governors due to corruption and dereliction of duty. Governor Usmani told us that he was considering firing other district governors for similar reasons. One of the dismissed officials, [...]	2009-12-21 04:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS AF
09KABUL409	HELMAND SIX MONTH UPDATE - GOVERNANCE IMPROVES DESPITE [...] (SBU) Helmand remains one of the most violent provinces in Afghanistan but the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan security forces continue to expand security across the province. The Governor Mangal overcame strong political challenges from Helmand powerbrokers and gove [...]	2009-02-25 11:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
09KABUL4091	MINISTER OF FINANCE WELCOMES U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss the internal audit capability of the Ministry of Finance (MOF). CDDEA Wayne also introduced Bob Cortesi, a visiting [...]	2009-12-21 10:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL410	NAD ALI DISTRCIT UPDATE - STABILIZATION EFFORT [...] (C) Six weeks after ISAF and the Afghan Army liberated Nad Ali from enemy forces (EF),stabilization efforts are moving forward and many residents have returned to their homes. A District Administrator has been appointed and elders selected a District Council whose members received training [...]	2009-02-25 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL4121	RESIDENTS OF KHOST PROVINCE WELCOME 2011 TIMING, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the President's December 1 speech on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan registered with some GIRoA officials and the media in Khost province, many residents and other government officials were not aware of it until informed by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representat [...]	2009-12-22 04:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4137	AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]	2009-12-23 07:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4140	MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES HOLD-UP IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss why GIRoA has been slow to release funds for a variety of important services, including prison guards' wages and fue [...]	2009-12-23 11:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4146	HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE U.S. STRATEGY: AFGHAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Since President Obama's December 1 strategy speech, members of Afghan civil society have repeatedly voiced concern that the President's scant mention of human rights signaled to the Afghan government that the international community is no longer concerned with protecting human [...]	2009-12-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4151	SOME POLITICAL FACTIONS WANT A 2010 DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Although key presidential staff claimed to us that Parliament was "unanimous" in its view that the 2010 Parliamentary elections must proceed on time (reftel A),privately, many MPs have told us they would support a delay if it meant there would be electoral reform (and since they [...]	2009-12-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL416	HELMAND GOVERNOR SEES SOME PROGRESS BUT BLAMES [...] (C) En route to a visit in the UK, Helmand Governor Mangal met with the Ambassador on 17 February to provide an update on developments in his province. He was especially pleased with progress on the counter narcotics front as well as with the continuing, positive effects being felt in Garms [...]	2009-02-26 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4181	PROPOSED ISAF REORGANIZATION IN ZABUL PROMPTS [...] (C/REL US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: Recent planning by Regional Command-South (RC-South) to reorganize ISAF deployments in Zabul by withdrawing forces from districts not along Highway 1 prompted an outcry by Zabul's political and security leadership. In response, Provincial and district leaders [...]	2009-12-28 15:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4182	PERVASIVE CORRUPTION UNDERMINING GHAZNI PROVINCEâ€™S [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 15:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4187	NAD ALI-MARJA STABILIZATION PLANNING: MOVING [...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Lashkar Gah hosted a Marja stabilization civ-mil planning conference on December 16, with members of Task Force Helmand (TFH),Task Force Leatherneck (TFL) and RC-South. This was a complete review of the previous sta [...]	2009-12-29 13:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4188	KARZAI INSISTS ON 2010 ELECTIONS: AFGHANS' [...] (S) Summary: In a contentious yet polite meeting with CDA Ricciardone, President Karzai insisted December 28, that he feels compelled to order the holding of elections "on schedule" (reftel) because the delays and deficiencies of the 2009 Presidential contest have left Afghan people suspicious [...]	2009-12-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4190	LIMITING VISITOR TRAVEL TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) We request all agencies' support to postpone all executive branch travel that is not both urgent and strictly necessary, to limit the number and duration of visits, and to reduce the size of delegations to Afghanistan from January through June 2010. Our request complements and supports [...]	2009-12-29 15:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF AMGT
09KABUL4210	AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal explained his understanding of Afghan preparations for the January 28-29 London Conference to Coordinating Director of Development and Economic Assistance Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne and Embassy Staff December 29, and invited Embassy ass [...]	2009-12-30 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF
09KABUL4211	SHIA ASHURA CELEBRATION PASSES PEACEFULLY IN [...] (U) On December 27, Afghan Shia throughout the country publicly and peacefully observed the holiday Ashura. Black, red, and green banners draped monuments, street lights, and doors in Kabul more than a week in advance of the holiday to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the prophe [...]	2009-12-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4218	2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: AFGHAN AND [...] (C) Summary: IEC officials claim they are powerless to change the election date and that few, if any, reforms can be enacted in the compressed timeline before May 2010 elections. While requesting U.S. assistance, the officials appeared unmoved by our concerns over reform. Separately, UNDP EL [...]	2009-12-31 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL423	AFGHANS SEE ENGLISH TRAINING AS ROAD TO FUTURE [...] Summary: "English + Youth = Jobs + Hope," Afghanistan's former Minister of Education, Mohammad Atmar, concisely formulated. With an unemployment rate hovering around 40%, Afghans view English language training as an opportunity for better jobs and pay; PA views it as an opportunity to offer al [...]	2009-02-28 09:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SCUL AF
09KABUL433	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE AND KHALILI FOCUS [...] (SBU) During a February 13 meeting, Special Representative Holbrooke and Vice President Khalili focused on upcoming Afghan presidential elections. Khalili emphasized elections had to take place before the constitutionally mandated date of May 21 to avoid a crisis of legitimacy. If President [...]	2009-03-01 03:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL435	IEC SAYS "YES WE CAN" FOR AUGUST 20 ELECTION DATE [...] (C) The morning after President Karzai's ambiguous decree on the date of the presidential election (text septel),the leadership of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) remained firmly committed to August 20, 2009 for voting day. Senior IEC Commissioner Dr. Azizullah Ludin told PolCoun [...]	2009-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL44	GENERAL MCKIERNAN'S JANUARY 4, 2009 BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Summary: GEN McKiernan briefed the ISAF (plus Japan) ambassadors January 4 on the pilot &Afghan Public Protection Force8 (APPF). He explained in detail how APPF is an Afghan-led initiative to achieve local security by having the district-level communities set up public guard forces under [...]	2009-01-08 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC AF
09KABUL45	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: FOOD ZONE INITIATIVE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial reports indicate that the 2009 poppy crop in Helmand Province will be smaller than in 2008, with some local reports suggesting a 30 percent reduction. High wheat prices and low opium prices have influenced farmers' decisions. However, the new factor this year is Gover [...]	2009-01-09 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
09KABUL455	TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON [...] (U) Below is the text of the decree President Karzai issued February 28 on elections. The Independent Election Commission on March 1 provided the text and translation. 2. (U) Begin text: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Presidential Decree on Upcoming Presidential, Wolesi Jirga, Pr [...]	2009-03-01 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL46	AFGHANS PROTEST ISRAEL, U.S. OVER GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thousands of Afghans took part in protests this week over Israeli military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Some protesters voiced anger at perceived U.S. support for the Israeli government and over Palestinian civilian casualties, two themes that also resonated in in [...]	2009-01-10 09:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPAL AF IS IR GZ
09KABUL460	TRIBAL VENGEANCE AND HONOR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF [...] (C) On February 7, Nangarhar's Provincial Council (PC) Secretary was shot and killed, and the Goshta district administrator was killed by a roadside bomb. A Taliban spokesman took credit for both attacks. After the PC Secretary was killed, hundreds of local villagers mobilized to find the g [...]	2009-03-02 07:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL467	NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN KARZAI ADVISORS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Individuals formerly close to President Karzai attribute blame for Karzai's recent unpredictable behavior to the influence of a trio of Palace advisors. Critics say Palace Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai, Education Minister Farooq Wardak, and Information and Culture Minister Abdul K [...]	2009-03-02 13:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL48	THE NETHERLANDS TO HOST FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) In response to our joint U.S., Dutch and Russian demarche (ref B),the Afghan MFA has advised Post that Foreign Minister Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta will attend the fifth conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),scheduled to be held in The Hague in June 2009. [...]	2009-01-10 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
09KABUL495	IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...]	2009-03-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF IR
09KABUL500	IEC PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS AUGUST 20 AS VOTING DAY [...] (SBU) Dr. Azizullah Ludin, senior Commissioner of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on March 4 announced that, after the IEC had reviewed the President's February 28 decree, the date of presidential and provincial council elections remained August 20. For a packed audience of inter [...]	2009-03-04 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL501	TEXT OF IEC MARCH 4 PRESS STATEMENT CONFIRMING [...] (SBU) As reported septel, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on March 4 held a press conference to re-confirm that, in the wake of President Karzai's ambiguous decree on the election date (reftel),presidential and provincial council elections will indeed be held August 20. The text o [...]	2009-03-05 02:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL505	REALIZING THE INDIAN WHEAT DONATION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request that has been coordinated with Embassies Islamabad and New Delhi. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Post recommends that the Department instruct the three concerned embassies to demarche host governments to work to effect prompt transshipment through Pakist [...]	2009-03-05 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PREL AF PK IN
09KABUL510	MINISTRY OF HAJJ AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: EDUCATORS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MHRA) Deputy Minister Shafiq Samim and Senior Advisor Sharif Robaty said in a 2/4 meeting that the MHRA educates the public on a variety of secular and religious issues. The MHRA has used its influence over government-funded mosques to call on th [...]	2009-03-05 14:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
09KABUL514	NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI'S SOFT PURGE [...] (C) Summary: Nangarhar Governor Sherzai has proposed leadership changes in eight of the province's 21 districts. Although the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) is legally charged with selecting district administrators, Sherzai has a history of making unilateral decisions on [...]	2009-03-07 04:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL515	New Paktika Governor Makes First District Visit [...] (U) Governor Katawazy, in office since mid-February, used his first trip out to a neighboring district to build relations with the local tribe, solicit their continued support for the government and urge them to encourage reconciliation in their area. The elders in turn took sharp aim at hous [...]	2009-03-07 07:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL516	SAR-E-PUL GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL HOUSECLEANING TARGETS OWN [...] (SBU) Summary: The strained relationship between Sar-e-pul Governor Bashir Qanat Chayabi and Deputy Governor Qamaruddin Shekib has hit a new low with disclosure of Chayabi's proposal to the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) to have Shekib replaced with an associate of Member of [...]	2009-03-07 07:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL522	CIVILIAN-MILITARY SUCCESS STORY IN EASTERN [...] (C) Cooperation and coordination between civilian agencies and military commanders have evolved considerably over recent months in the area of operations (AO) for Task Force Duke in eastern Afghanistan. The AO includes the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, and Laghman. The preceding Br [...]	2009-03-08 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV AF EAID
09KABUL525	PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER [...] (SBU) Declining security in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province affected residents, access to health care, education and employment opportunities in large parts of the province. Exceedingly low levels of education, combined with limited means of information and communica [...]	2009-03-10 05:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL526	PANJSHIR: THE PROVINCE THAT WORKS - PART I [...] (SBU) Panjshir province is a unique success story within Afghanistan. Having achieved unparalleled security, poppy-free status, and solid governance largely free from corruption, Panjshir has set the stage for further development, including roads and mining. The Panjshiris have accomplished a [...]	2009-03-10 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR AF
09KABUL527	AFGHANISTAN'S PANJSHIR: THE PROVINCE THAT WORKS - PART II [...] (SBU) Panjshir province is a unique success story within Afghanistan. Having achieved unparalleled security, poppy-free status, and solid governance largely free from corruption, Panjshir has set the stage for further development, including roads and mining. The Panjshiris have accomplished a [...]	2009-03-10 07:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR AF
09KABUL528	PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER [...] (C) Security worsened in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province, affecting governance, development, and the work of the PRT. The PRT faced increasing limitations in its mobility and ability to reach the people. PRT construction projects saw cost increases, delays, and ove [...]	2009-03-10 07:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL544	KHOST-GARDEZ PASS ROAD SHURA IN KHOST [...] (U) Khost Governor Qalandarzai hosted over 800 elders and leaders from Khost, Paktya and Paktika provinces at a March 4 shura to showcase the benefits of USAID's $120 million paved road from Khost City to Gardez, Paktya. Qalandarzai, along with the Paktya and Paktika governors, emphasized the [...]	2009-03-11 06:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL558	CHARGE'S INITIAL CALL ON NEW AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-confirmed Finance Minister Zakhilwal told the Charge March 4 that Afghanistan is working to meet the three prior actions required for IMF Board review before the program expires in June. He said the government may fall just short of the revenue target in the IMF program t [...]	2009-03-12 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID IMF PREL AF
09KABUL567	CANADIAN EMBASSY SEEKS ENHANCED CIVILIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9 2. (C) Summary: Canadian Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM) Ben Roswell and senior Canadian reps from Kandahar, invited U.S. Embassy officers from PRT-SNG, USAID and Pol-Mil for a March 12 discussion aimed at improving civilian coordination betw [...]	2009-03-12 16:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF CA
09KABUL568	Deteriorating Security in Farah Province [...] Farah's security environment has deteriorated steadily over the past 20 months, accompanied by the disappearance of Afghan government presence in outlying districts. Despite the efforts of Governor Roohul Amin, current material and human resources available to the province are inadequate to [...]	2009-03-13 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR EAID AF
09KABUL57	PRT KHOST: A FRONTLINE "HUMAN CAPITAL" STRATEGY: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Counter-insurgency (COIN) efforts in Khost Province include new programs specifically targeted at building Afghan "human capital." Three primary initiatives have been designed for ex-Taliban fighters and their families (wives and children),madrassa students, and university grad [...]	2009-01-12 07:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL58	AFGHANS, PAKISTANIS DISCUSS CROSS-BORDER [...] (U) Summary. Two border-related events hosted by CTF Currahee January 5 and 6 brought together Afghan, Pakistani and Coalition force commanders to discuss better coordination of operations to disrupt insurgent activities along the border. At the January 5 Focused Border Development (FBD) mee [...]	2009-01-12 07:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PK
09KABUL581	Afghanistan's First Female Mayor Could Use a Little Help [...] (SBU) Azra Jafari, Afghanistan's first female city mayor, is struggling to put together a functioning administration and win the support and approval of the people of Nili in Dai Kundi province without financial resources or experience in running a city. Mayor Jafari Lacks Resources ------- [...]	2009-03-15 05:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL582	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: 2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE [...] (U) Summary. This cable is the second in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. Highlights include: - The Afghan National Police Poppy Eradication Force (PEF) and Afghan National Army Counter Narcotics Infantry Kandak (CNIK) eradicated about 27 hect [...]	2009-03-15 05:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL587	BRITISH IN HELMAND KEEN TO IMPROVE CIV-MIL [...] (C) Summary: British Deputy of Mission in Helmand Kevin McGurgan and British Political Counselor Mark Bryson Richardson visited the embassy's State PRT section on March 13 to discuss plans for heightened civilian-military cooperation in Helmand. In light of the impending lay down of thousands [...]	2009-03-15 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF UK PGOV
09KABUL60	KHOST MOURNS MANDOZAI DISTRICT BOMBING VICTIMS [...] (U) Tribal leaders and government officials joined in a show of unity against terrorism as Khost province mourned the victims of the December 27 Mandozai District Center suicide bombing at two separate events inspired by TF Currahee - a January 1 funeral ceremony and a January 4 provincial shu [...]	2009-01-12 07:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER AF
09KABUL609	NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON GOVERNANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Jamaluddin Badr, who took office in late November, is beginning to assert his presence in Nuristan and implement personnel changes. His efforts to date are generally being met with optimism. However, most provincial officials continue to live and work outside of Nurista [...]	2009-03-16 08:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL613	BAMYAN: Six Month Review [...] (SBU) Summary: While Bamyan remains one of the most secure provinces in Afghanistan, instability and violence are on the rise, particularly in the northeast corner of the province. The central Afghan province is seeing increased Iranian influence. Financial assistance from the Afghan Governme [...]	2009-03-16 12:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL621	NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ONSECURITY, JULY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of increased violence in Nuristan, Governor Jamaluddin, appointed in November 2008, articulated his vision for security in the Province. Security has improved in western Nuristan, but a power vacuum in the province, resulting in large part from the lack of a provincial [...]	2009-03-17 06:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL622	NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though development in Nuristan remains predominantly limited to those areas most accessible by the rudimentary road system, access to basic health care and education continued to slowly improve throughout the province. Afghan government and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) [...]	2009-03-17 06:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL623	KEY OPIUM SMUGGLING ROUTE THROUGH DAI KUNDI,S [...] (C) Summary. Dai Kundi Provincial Council (PC) member Ramani (protect) from Kijiran district told Bamyan PRT on March 4 that the Taliban and other anti-government entities are promoting instability in the district because it is a key opium smuggling route northwest from Uruzgan province to a [...]	2009-03-17 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL624	HERAT GOVERNOR TELLS OF ONGOING SECURITY CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Herat Provincial Governor Nuristani confirmed this week that local trouble-maker Ghulam Yahya Siyashwani's people continue to create security problems, recently kidnapping local government officials in the Pashtun Zarghun district. Governor Nuristani was critical of Afghan National Polic [...]	2009-03-17 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL629	ISOLATION OF SEBARI BEGINS [...] (C) The Sebari District in north-central Khost remains one of the most insecure in the province, and a February security shura in Sebari highlighted the challenges the Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) faces in establishing a relationship with local elders to stem the violence. Despite repeate [...]	2009-03-17 12:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL63	Paktika Tribal Leaders Request Extension of Voter [...] As phase three voter registration proceeds in Paktika province, on January 6 the Independent Election Commission organized a shura to conduct public outreach in support of the IEC and to encourage the leaders of Paktika's tribes to support the voter registration (VR) process. Governor Khpalwa [...]	2009-01-12 11:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL631	PRO-WOMEN JIRGA JUSTICE? YES AND NO SAY AFGHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghan human rights actors are engaged in a spirited debate over whether the international community and its Afghan partners should support informal justice mechanisms such as jirgas and shuras (bodies of community leaders that resolve community members' disputes). The issue i [...]	2009-03-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL637	UPDATE ON GOVERNOR-LED RECONCILIATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) We recently received, on a close-hold basis, a copy of the first draft of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance's (IDLG) "program outline" for its governor-led Reconciliation Program. This document follows up on the "concept note" produced last fall by IDLG Deputy Director Bar [...]	2009-03-18 07:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL639	SAYYAF: U.S. SHOULD PUBLICLY SUPPORT KARZAI [...] (C) MP Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf told the DCM on 3/17 the U.S. should publicly support Karzai remaining in office through the inauguration of the new president. Most Afghans support Karzai remaining because he is a known quantity, and they fear the unpredictable effects of a loya jirga or a caretak [...]	2009-03-18 09:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL658	DUTCH EMPHASIZE HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN URUZGAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Ambassador hosted a lunch on March 16 to help shape the perspective and situational awareness of Regional Command South (RC-S) for the three incoming Dutch senior civilian representatives who are preparing to arrive in Uruzgan in August 2009. Attendees also included a [...]	2009-03-19 08:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS NATO PREL PK AF CA UK NL PGOV
09KABUL66	LOCAL VIEWS ON THE IRANIAN CONSULATE IN JALALABAD [...] (S) Since Iran re-opened its Jalalabad Consulate in March 2008, Iranian Consul Mihran Khurasanie has been active in establishing contacts with some Nangarharis, in an attempt to build Iranian influence in the mostly Pashtun region, according to local leaders and officials. While most influen [...]	2009-01-13 08:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR AF
09KABUL685	AFGHANISTAN: POST ASSESSMENT ON RELEASE OF NIGHT [...] (U) This is an action request ) see paragraph 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends the immediate release of Night Vision Devices (NVDs),specifically 2,410 pairs of American Technologies Network Corporation,s ATN NVG7-21 and ATN NVG70CGTI from case B6-B-AAK to the Government of the Islami [...]	2009-03-22 06:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
09KABUL70	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 11 MEETING WITH NATO SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 11, NATO Rep to ISAF Gentilini sought Ambassador Wood,s views on a proposed Military Technical Agreement (MTA) between Afghanistan and NATO that he had received from Defense Minister Wardak earlier in the day to transmit to the NATO Secretary General (SYG). The Ambass [...]	2009-01-14 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS AF
09KABUL701	Afghan Finance and Commerce Ministers Report Progress in [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Zakhilwal told the Ambassador March 18 that the GIRoA has met its revised revenue target for the fiscal year ending March 21 and thus fulfilled a key condition under its IMF program. He also described plans to increase revenues next fiscal year, including through a zero- [...]	2009-03-23 09:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL IMF AF
09KABUL705	Herat: Iran Support for Afghan Rail and Air Service [...] (SBU) Herat Governor Nuristani discounted recent press reports that suggested the railroad from Khaf City in Iran to Herat City in Afghanistan is 60-90 percent completed. Iran pledged to assist Afghanistan in building the rail line for 60 km from the border towards Herat, and many of the culve [...]	2009-03-23 11:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF IR
09KABUL71	FRUSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN SANGIN DISTRICT [...] (SBU) The UK PRT/Task Force Helmand (TFH) transported Helmand Governor Mangal, several of his staff and members of the local media to the Sangin District for an extensive outreach program. January 5, 2009. The visit lasted six hours and included visits to the District Center, Sangin School, Sangin [...]	2009-01-14 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL717	BADGHIS: SEIZING A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY IN BALA [...] This is an action request. See para 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badghis province's Bala Murghab district (BM) is fertile ground for immediate engagement and is emblematic of the opportunities for enhanced security, governance and development in the North and West of Afghanistan, even [...]	2009-03-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL718	MARCH 16-18 VISIT OF THE NAC TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative (NATO SCR) in Afghanistan reviewed key themes discussed by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with senior Afghan figures for the Kabul NATO Caucus during the NAC's recent visit. In the NAC meeting with cabinet ministers, Interio [...]	2009-03-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NATO AF
09KABUL719	AFGHAN ELECTION COMMISSION AND WOMEN'S NGOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 16 Embassy-hosted tea, a dozen women's NGO leaders and Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) officials strategized how the IEC, together with national and international partners, could encourage women's p [...]	2009-03-25 05:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL723	GHAZNI PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER DESCRIBES ANDAR [...] (S/REL ISAF) On March 14, Ghazni Provincial Council member Dr. Mohammad Ghani gave PRT State Rep and Polish Task Force White Eagle CIMIC Officer an overview of Andar district in Ghazni province. He described the developmental needs of the district, especially in the agricultural sector, and pr [...]	2009-03-25 07:09:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL725	GHAZNI PROVINCE - SIX MONTH REVIEW SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) The security situation in Ghazni province has generally improved over the past six months, with the security along Highway One increasing substantially since summer 2008, and with a seventy-five percent decrease in overall kinetic activity in the province from November 2009 to mid-March [...]	2009-03-25 11:03:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL751	FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY: FRANCE TO INCREASE ITS [...] (C) French Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Pierre Lellouche visited Kapisa province on March 24 where he participated in a shura of Afghan leaders and received briefings on the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and combined US-French military operations. Lellouche indicated tha [...]	2009-03-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF AADP FR
09KABUL753	AFGHANS DEBATE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent media reports speculating on the pros and cons of the Afghan government negotiating with moderate Taliban have revived internal debate on this issue, with Afghan civil society, politicians, and religious leaders weighing in. Those leaning in favor of negotiations argue th [...]	2009-03-28 06:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL PHUM KDEM
09KABUL76	PATH TO A PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR,S POLITICAL REBIRTH [...] (C) Uruzgan Governor Hamdam narrowly escaped dismissal by President Karzai. As recently as September 2008, the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) told Hamdam that he had three months to improve his performance or face termination. With strong backing from the IDLG and PRT, [...]	2009-01-15 07:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL766	AFGHAN MEDIA, OFFICALS PRAISE NEW U.S. STRATEGY [...] Summary: Afghan media coverage of the new U.S. Afghan-Pak strategy has been uniformly very positive, and even typically anti-government newspapers and TV channels have been optimistic in their initial coverage. Criticism has been limited to calling for additions to the strategy, such as support [...]	2009-03-29 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO AF
09KABUL77	AFGHAN SHIAS OBSERVE ASHURA UNDER NEW TOLERANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Afghan Shia observed the Ashura holiday this month, staging public demonstrations of their faith that went largely unchallenged by the country's Sunni majority. Thousands of Shia took to the streets in processions in Kabul, Herat, and other cities -- an open display that stood i [...]	2009-01-15 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL AF IR
09KABUL78	DEMARCHE TO AFGHANISTAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL
09KABUL789	OPPOSITION LEADERS ANNOUNCE TWO OPTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 28 opposition leaders announced that they had agreed among themselves on two possible options for resolving the post-May 22 presidential continuity issue to a gathering of diplomatic representatives: a transitional mechanism based on political consensus or a caretaker go [...]	2009-03-30 15:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL KHUM
09KABUL790	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, recently confirmed Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hamidullah Farooqi told the Ambassador that the Afghan government is poised to sign a deal with the UAE to provide airport security at Kabul and Kandahar airports and open the Japanese-funded new internatio [...]	2009-03-31 03:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF
09KABUL796	AFGHAN TRADE ENVOY IN RUSSIA OFFERS VIEWS ON CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Kamal Nabizada, a prominent Afghan businessman from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghan trade attach in Moscow, and self-described confidant of President Karzai and Russian Prime Minister Putin, shared with State PRT officer his thoughts on corruption in the fuel import business, the upcoming Afghan pre [...]	2009-03-31 09:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD AF RU
09KABUL798	PROVINCIAL-LEVEL ELECTION POLITICKING [...] (C) A review of provincial-level election preparations indicates that in most provinces politicking is not yet underway, with many officials indicating they do not expect such activity to jump into high gear until June. Support for President Karzai appears soft, with many governors hedging [...]	2009-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL800	MOI MINISTER ATMAR GETS WHAT HE WANTS AT LOTFA STEERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Several of Minister of Interior Atmar's highest priority initiatives were the subject of the March 12 Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) Steering Committee meeting. The Minister was successful in getting LOTFA to pay for ANP food allowance arrears, an increase in [...]	2009-04-01 04:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
09KABUL803	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. The [...]	2009-04-01 07:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL809	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased US military deployments. Implementing the new strategy will require significant resources to enhance our current diplomatic support plat [...]	2009-04-01 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT ABLD APER CVIS AF

09KABUL810	Chaghcharan: Security, Development and Governance Update [...] Summary. Ghor is relatively secure by Afghanistan standards. Security concerns arise from anti-government elements moving into Ghor from neighboring provinces Farah and Helmand, from drug smuggling (and the accompanying corruption),and from violent tribal conflicts. Ghor's new governor is sa [...]	2009-04-02 04:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL811	KHOST: DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. Khost Governor Hamidullah Qalandarzai announced the swap of district administrators in several districts the week of March 23. Qalandarzai indicated shortly after his January arrival in Khost that he would spend some time assessing the district administrators in Khost before mak [...]	2009-04-02 05:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL83	PRT ZABUL: Who says Afghans don't believe in the ballot [...] (SBU) A community's appeal to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction team to support voter registration in two outlying areas demonstrates that even conservative, rural Afghans recognize the power of elections to choose their own government. The district elders' ongoing attempts to establish rem [...]	2009-01-15 14:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL837	KARZAI SIGNS ANTI-WOMEN SHIA LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 President Karzai signed the Shia Personal Status Bill into law, regulating only the affairs of Shia citizens, a minority comprising about 15 percent of the population. Although the law has been in draft form for years, public backlash against the more extreme measures [...]	2009-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL841	SUBJ: ZABUL GOVERNANCE ADRIFT [...] (C) Governor Mohammed Ashraf Naseri arrived to his new post in Zabul on April 1. He arrives in a province adrift, with little economic or commercial possibilities to boost the hopes or expectations of its subsistence farmers. Tensions among more than 20 tribes make Zabul,s political landscap [...]	2009-04-04 07:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL843	AFGHAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE POSSIBLY BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. The Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (APRC) has been engaged in reconciliation discussions with Taliban elements following a combined Coalition Force (CF) and Afghan National Army (ANA) operation to regain control of the Alasay Valley in Kapisa Province. At the sa [...]	2009-04-04 09:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL845	KARZAI PROMISES RECONSIDERATION OF SHIA FAMILY LAW [...] (SBU) President Karzai said his government will fix the Shia Family Law legislatively, and will repair damage to the government's image more broadly. Substantively, Karzai has called on the Ministry of Justice to do a thorough review of the law, make fixes to make it consistent with equal pro [...]	2009-04-04 15:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL846	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 2, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob Lew, D (L),met with Afghan Interior (MOI) Minister Hanif Atmar. Atmar provided an account of the April 1 Ankara trilateral summit with Pakistan and Turkey. He said the presidential level talks were positive, but the [...]	2009-04-05 02:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER AF
09KABUL868	SHIA FAMILY LAW DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The US Embassy has translated some 15 articles of concern in the Shia Family Law signed on March 31 by President Karzai (ref A). See para 4 for that translation. The basis for such a law is found in Article 131 of the Afghan Constitution. At an April 4 meeting between the di [...]	2009-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL873	NO PROGRESS ON TRANSPORTING INDIAN WHEAT DONATION TO [...] (SBU) EconCouns presented ref A demarche to Commerce Minister Shahrani, Deputy Commerce Minister Farhady, and Agriculture Minister Rahimi. The consistent reply from all three was that the Afghans are making no progress is securing Pakistani cooperation on transshipping the Indian wheat donatio [...]	2009-04-06 14:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ELTN PREL AF PK ID
09KABUL895	KARZAI CONSIDERS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD OPTIONS [...] (C) President Karzai told the Charge on April 9 that he had already begun enacting measures to create a level playing field for all presidential candidates in this summer's election. He would provide us a decree prohibiting involvement by security forces in electoral activities, pointing to a [...]	2009-04-09 16:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL896	SHIA FAMILY LAW: PALACE LOOKS TO RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Justice Ministry is in ongoing talks with civil society and foreign mission representatives to consider the latters' recommendations on how to revise and improve the existing legislation. The Palace plans to have the Justice Ministry return the legislation to Parliament, w [...]	2009-04-09 18:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL897	LOGAR GOVERNOR TALKS OF NEEDED COOPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: Logar Provincial Governor Atiqullah Lodin shared a sober view about the direction of Afghanistan governance and security, lamenting that the Government of Afghanistan is becoming increasingly weak. He predicted that President Karzai will be reelected despite increases in corrupt [...]	2009-04-10 02:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER AF
09KABUL900	KUNAR AND NURISTAN PROVINCES HOLD JOINT SHURA [...] Summary. Kunar Governor Wahidi and Nuristan Governor Jamaluddin convened in Asadabad the first-ever joint shura of some 250 tribal elders and local officials representing the border districts in both provinces. The gathering focused on the serious security challenges along the Kunar-Nuristan [...]	2009-04-11 04:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL901	NANGARHAR,S BATI KOT RESIDENTS END BOYCOTT OF [...] (S) Summary: On March 30, residents of Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province ended an 11-day boycott of local schools and the district center. The boycott, launched in protest of two joint U.S.-Afghan nighttime raids that left two residents dead and several locals detained, was ended throug [...]	2009-04-11 07:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL904	Paktikas Bermel District: Governance and Development [...] (U) Summary: Bermel district is home to most of AfghanistanQs Waziri tribesmen, who remain closely connected with the Waziri tribes across the border in PakistanQs North and South Waziristan tribal agencies. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Paktika found questionable distribution of USAI [...]	2009-04-12 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL906	Paktika: Remote Gomal District Faces Security, [...] (SBU) Summary: Gomal District Administrator Musa Jan is concerned that lack of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) or Coalition Forces (CF) control of roads passing from South Waziristan through Gomal allows Taliban forces free access to the district and points north and west. Some village [...]	2009-04-12 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL907	URUZGAN,S SHIFTING SANDS [...] (C) Infighting between key leaders in Uruzgan Province has diminished the hope for improved security and increased development in Uruzgan that was generated in late 2007 by the appointment of "strong governance" (reftel) in the form of Governor Hamdam and Provincial Chief of Police Juma Gul He [...]	2009-04-12 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL908	Paktika's Sarobi District: Challenges Aplenty Despite [...] (U) Summary: Because of its strategic location and potential for development, Sarobi district in Paktika Province is considered by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Maneuver Battalion to be an important district for reconstruction efforts, despite a number of challenges. Sarobi Di [...]	2009-04-12 13:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL910	GOVERNOR MANGAL TELLS CHARGE OF HELMAND'S SECURITY [...] (C) ChargQ dQ,Affaires Ricciardone and Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal discussed Helmand's pivotal place in the broader Afghan strategy, security and policing, governance, and development, in an April 8 meeting in Kabul. Governor Mangal told the Ambassador that he had proposed to Indepe [...]	2009-04-13 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL913	MEDIA LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 2007 media law remains inactive due to the government's refusal to publish the law in the official legal gazette. Ambassador Holbrooke, the Charge, Embassy officials and journalists' groups have pressed Karzai to move the legislation forward. Karzai has told Holbrooke he w [...]	2009-04-13 08:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PHUM
09KABUL914	SHIA FAMILY LAW UPDATE: SHIA LEADERS, CIVIL SOCETY [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent Shia cleric publicly lashed out this week against opponents of the Shia Family Law, charging that the government has no right to alter a law passed by Parliament and signed by President Karzai (ref A). Officials say they remain committed to a thorough review of the la [...]	2009-04-13 08:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF
09KABUL917	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH COMISAF [...] (SBU) On April 2, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jacob Lew met with Commander International Security Assistance Forces (COMISAF) General David McKiernan, to discuss COMISAF,s plans for creating a permissive environment for civilian activity in Regional Command-South and [...]	2009-04-13 14:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PINS PTER PGOV AF
09KABUL919	KARZAI DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM SHIA FAMILY LAW, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, Codel Kyl delivered a strong message to President Karzai that while the U.S. respects Afghanistan,s autonomy, international support of the new strategy for Afghanistan is undermined by any perception that Karzai supports the arcane provisions for women included in the [...]	2009-04-14 05:23:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
09KABUL921	KARZAI DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM SHIA FAMILY LAW, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
09KABUL922	ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on March 25, released the regulation on campaign financing for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. The regulation limits who can contribute, and lays out clear guidelines on how candidates must track incoming an [...]	2009-04-14 12:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL931	KARZAI, POLITICIANS OPPOSE SHIA FAMILY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai told SRAP Richard Holbrooke and JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen on April 5 that he will not publish the Shia Family Law in the official legal gazette, but will send it "back to Parliament" through a series of legal reviews involving civil society, the international co [...]	2009-04-15 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL935	AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US POLICY [...] (C) On April 6, potential presidential election candidates opposed to President Karzai strongly welcomed, but were openly skeptical of, SRAP Richard Holbrooke's clear statement of US neutrality in the upcoming election. Accompanied by JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen, Holbrooke emphasized that the US [...]	2009-04-15 05:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL936	KARZAI, AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 5 and 6 conversations, President Karzai warmly welcomed SRAP Richard Holbrooke's statement of US policy toward the forthcoming elections: The US neither supports nor opposes any candidate, including Karzai, and will work with the government, the political opposition, the [...]	2009-04-15 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL937	SRAP HOLBROOKE, CJCS ADM MULLEN DISCUSS RECONCILIATION, [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Holbrooke and CJCS Admiral Mullen discussed security and reconciliation with the Ulema Council and, in a separate meeting, with Pashtun tribal elders. In both meetings, SRAP Holbrooke began the meeting by articulating the U.S [...]	2009-04-15 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL941	CODEL TSONGAS: MEETING WITH AFGHAN INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with CODEL Tsongas, Interior Minister Atmar praised the U.S. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) for the training it is providing to the Afghan National Police (ANP) and his ministry, described the training programs in some detail, and [...]	2009-04-15 13:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PTER AG
09KABUL942	SHIA FAMILY LAW: DUELING DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hundreds of protesters for and against the Shia Family Law engaged in a standoff on April 15 in front of a mosque and university run by Ayatollah Mohammad Asef Mohseni, a prominent supporter of the law (reftel). Supporters of the law outnumbered opponents. After roughly two hour [...]	2009-04-15 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF
09KABUL947	HIA TO ENDORSE ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) leader Arghandewal says party members are dissatisfied with the existing presidential candidates and plan to nominate a candidate from within their own party next week. Arghandewal will promote Gulbuddin Helal, Hezb-e-Islami's political direct [...]	2009-04-16 08:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM AF
09KABUL954	COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY VALLEY PROVIDES LESSONS FOR [...] (S) Summary: Ongoing military operations in the Alasay Valley of Kapisa Province have produced rapid and meaningful effects, not just in pushing out insurgents, but also opening important political and governance opportunities. Despite a continued insurgent threat, the Afghan National Security [...]	2009-04-16 09:28:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL955	AFGHANISTAN WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV AF
09KABUL956	UNITED FRONT MAKES ABDULLAH ENDORSEMENT OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) The United Front opposition coalition announced on April 15 it had nominated former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah as its candidate for president in this summer's election. Abdullah offers an impressive political and international resume, but we continue to assess that Karzai r [...]	2009-04-16 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL958	AFGHANISTAN: LOCAL GOVERNANCE DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 meeting with the DCM, Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Deputy head Barna Karimi expressed concern that both Afghans and International Community representatives in Kabul now view the IDLG as highly partisan and focused on President Karzai's re [...]	2009-04-16 13:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL963	Zabul residents say "Show us the COIN!" [...] (SBU) Summary: The expansion of Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul is at the heart of counterinsurgency (COIN) activities. To mitigate the negative effects of building a massive International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) military installation within the center of an insurgent area [...]	2009-04-17 06:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL969	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/10-4/16: CIVILIAN [...] Outrage against civilian casualty incidents in Khost and Kunar provinces dominated Parliamentary debate and action (or in some cases inaction),stalling most other legislation in Parliament during the week of April 10-16. MPs in both houses tabled work on laws or resolutions concerning private [...]	2009-04-18 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL971	SHIA FAMILY LAW: OFFICIAL TELLS MP TO DROP [...] (C) Upper House MP Rida Azimi (Parwan, Tajik) told PolOff on April 16 that Office of Administrative Affairs Director and Karzai advisor Sadiq Mudabir threatened that he would urge Karzai to remove her from Parliament unless she dropped her opposition to the Shia Family Law. (Azimi is one of the [...]	2009-04-19 04:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN AF
09KABUL973	Tensions Growing between Helmand Governor Mangal and [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Tensions are reportedly rising between Helmand's Governor Gulabuddin Mangal and his Deputy Governor Satar Marzakwal. Mangal reportedly told Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Director Jelani Popal that Satar was responsible for the corrupt land deals in H [...]	2009-04-19 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL974	AFGHANISTAN TO SUPPORT US BID TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 13:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUH PREL AF
09KABUL975	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: UNODC STRATEGY ROLLOUT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16 April, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)/Kabul hosted an event at the Norwegian embassy to roll out a draft of their new Afghanistan Country Strategy for 2009-2011. The strategy contains no new initiatives, but does attempt to tie existing programs more closely to reg [...]	2009-04-19 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS IR AF
09KABUL987	CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senators McConnell, Chambliss, Risch, and Barrasso all urged Afghan political leaders to hold a free, fair, and transparent election this summer. Their meetings with President Karzai, Minister of Interior Atmar, and several potential presidential candidates received widespread med [...]	2009-04-20 03:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF
09KABUL991	JUNBESH, WAHDAT PARTIES FORGE ELECTION PACT [...] (U) The majority-Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli and majority-Hazara Wahdat-e-Mardum political parties announced on April 18 that they would support an as-yet unnamed single candidate for president in this summer's election. Junbesh Chairman Sayed Noorullah and Wahdat leader Mohammed Mohaqqeq held a joi [...]	2009-04-20 03:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL994	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION: WHAT IS HAPPENING (AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's presidential hopefuls are scanning political circles in search of running mates to fill the two vice presidential slots on their tickets, apparently unaware or unconcerned with a rapidly approaching April 25-May 8 registration period, at which time candidates will [...]	2009-04-20 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL997	INFORMATION MINISTER SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT VOTE [...] (U) Information and Culture Minister Abdul Karim Khoram survived a chaotic impeachment vote in the Lower House on April 20 over his refusal to enforce the media law. Pashtuns and former members of the Hezb-e-Islami mujahideen group rallied to Khoram's defense, shouting down the minister's cri [...]	2009-04-20 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KAMPALA1069	UGANDAN PARLIAMENT: "PATRIOTISM CLUBS" SPARK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's Parliament passed the 2009/10 budget on September 9 after opposition MPs walked out over a provision allocating $5.25 million for the promotion of "Patriotism Clubs" in schools. Noting that these funds were earmarked for the Ministry of Security rather than the Ministry [...]	2009-09-17 04:58:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN PREL UG
09KAMPALA1076	UGANDA DEMARCHE REPSONSE: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) is concerned about Iran's nuclear intentions and its support for Palestinian groups with links to al Qaeda. It intends to continue raising these concerns with the Iranian government. End summary. 2. (C) U.S.Mission Poloffs delivered ref A demarch [...]	2009-09-18 09:38:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC UG
09KAMPALA1078	UGANDA/DRC/CAR/SUDAN: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]	2009-09-18 10:12:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA1079	UGANDA: MFA EXPLAINS GOVERNMENT VIEW OF KAMPALA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 16 briefing for foreign Ambassadors, the Foreign Minister and Inspector General of Police stressed that Ugandan police adhered to international norms and exercised restraint during the riots that rocked Kampala September 10-12. They noted that if police had fir [...]	2009-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1083	UGANDA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 04:45:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KV UG
09KAMPALA1095	UGANDA OUTLINES AMISOM REQUIREMENTS AFTER SUICIDE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Maj. General Nathan Mugisha, the force commander of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM),on September 22 to discuss U.S. support for Uganda's contribution to AMISOM. Mugisha listed armored personnel carriers, IED detection capability, boat [...]	2009-09-22 16:10:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS MCAP AU UG
09KAMPALA1096	UGANDA: NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES [...] (C) "Captain" Mike Mukula, disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, warned that the 2011 presidential elections will be worse than the deeply flawed 2006 presidential contest. Mukula, whose political reputation w [...]	2009-09-23 06:08:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1107	UGANDA: 1820 RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 10:03:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PHUM PREL CG UG KWMN
09KAMPALA1108	UGANDA: AFRICA WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 10:04:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE UG
09KAMPALA112	MISSION KAMPALA CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Mission Kampala has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Uganda to help build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Mission K [...]	2009-01-29 04:55:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
09KAMPALA113	UGANDA DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF NORTHERN RECOVERY PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has announced a delay in the implementation of the Peace, Recovery, and Development Plan (PRDP),its framework for rehabilitation and recovery in war-ravaged northern Uganda. On December 22, 2008, Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi informed donors in [...]	2009-01-29 07:56:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL EAID UG
09KAMPALA115	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FROM PRESIDENT [...] The following is the text of a letter from Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to President Barack Obama. The original letter has been pouched to the desk under registration number 1509242. 2. Begin text: Your Excellency, I have the honour to congratulate you on behalf of the pe [...]	2009-01-30 06:58:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UG
09KAMPALA1166	UGANDA: DONOR GROUP STATEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY OF 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, local newspapers prominently published a statement by international donors on the importance of free, fair and peaceful elections in Uganda in 2011. The statement was drafted by the British High Commission on behalf of the Partners for Democracy and Governance Grou [...]	2009-10-08 13:51:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UG
09KAMPALA1191	UGANDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 11:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER UG
09KAMPALA1197	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 11:29:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM EAID KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1217	UGANDA: GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 05:53:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	SZ KNNP ENRG PREL UG
09KAMPALA1229	UGANDA AND THE NILE: UPSTREAM STATES EAGER FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 6, members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Secretariat based in Entebbe told PolOff that the NBI Technical Advisory Committee meeting held September 28-29 in Uganda had failed once again to achieve a cooperative breakthrough with their two northern neighbors. Upstre [...]	2009-10-27 04:46:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV EAGR EAID UG
09KAMPALA1247	UGANDA: FOOD SECURITY INTIATIVE AND CAADP COMPACT UPDATE [...] Summary: The Ugandan Minister of Agriculture met with Development Partners to discuss plans to sign a Comprehensive African Development Plan (CAADP) Compact that had been scheduled for October 29, 2009. She agreed to postpone the signing ceremony of the Compact until it is linked with the [...]	2009-10-27 13:39:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EAGR UG
09KAMPALA1250	REPORT OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN KAMPALA [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel A that RSO Kampala has interviewed two walk in SUBJECTS with information regarding uranium. After interviewing the SUBJECTS, Post does not believe there is any validity to their claim. 2. (SBU) The responses be [...]	2009-10-27 14:55:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER UG
09KAMPALA1265	UGANDA: MYERS CANDIDACY TO ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 08:14:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KAMPALA1267	UGANDA: NIGER COUP DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 09:16:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1268	UGANDA: UNGA IRAN, BURMA, NORTH KOREA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff urged Uganda to vote against no action motions and in favor of Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea per reftel on October 28. Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Officer, Issac Sebulime, and the Acting Chief of the Ministry's Social Unit, Marti [...]	2009-11-02 13:47:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1269	UGANDA: SUDAN STRATEGY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 13:48:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UG
09KAMPALA1270	UGANDA: UN 1267 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 13:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC UG
09KAMPALA1275	UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and civil society leaders told Assistant Secretary Carson that President Museveni's consolidation of power, closure of political space, and reliance on the military have negated any hope for free and fair elections in February 2011. Concerned that Uganda is slipping to [...]	2009-11-04 08:38:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PINS UG
09KAMPALA1276	UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 08:39:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EPET SO UG
09KAMPALA1280	UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif said AMISOM must retaliate against extremists or risk losing popular support in Mogadishu, and asked the U.S. to pressure Egypt, the European Union, and others to honor commitments to support the TFG. He adde [...]	2009-11-05 06:53:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS MCAP SO UG
09KAMPALA1304	UGANDA: THE CONTINUED DECLINE AND FALL OF THE LRA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 13:51:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS PINR PHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1306	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UGANDA WILL SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 05:23:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UG
09KAMPALA1307	UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA IRAN, BURMA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 05:24:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1309	UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regional representative of the Ford Foundation, the Chairman of Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG),and the leader of a local women's rights association thanked the U.S. for its opposition to Uganda's draft "anti-homosexuality" legislation (ref. A),expressed concern over th [...]	2009-11-13 05:57:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL UG
09KAMPALA1322	UGANDA: DAGNE STAFFDEL MEETINGS WITH MFA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Research Service's Africa Specialist Ted Dagne discussed northern Uganda, the 2011 elections, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and Somalia with the Minister for International Affairs and the Minister of Defense on November 9. The Minister for International Affa [...]	2009-11-17 05:58:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UG
09KAMPALA1326	UGANDA: DISTRICT PROLIFERATION AS POLITICAL PATRONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, Uganda revealed plans to create seven new administrative districts in addition to the 14 districts already proposed for 2009 and 2010. Opposition parties and civil society groups have demanded a halt to creating new districts until after the February 2011 electi [...]	2009-11-20 05:08:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1339	UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 13:02:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA KPAL UG
09KAMPALA1344	UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee reviewing Uganda's draft anti-homosexuality legislation told PolOffs he is opposed to the bill and that his committee has more important issues to consider. Chairman Stephen Tashobya said the legislation would likely pass if it reaches t [...]	2009-11-25 12:42:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1348	UGANDA: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE'S MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Dr. Howard Wolpe and Ambassador Lanier discussed regional issues with Ugandan diplomats, parliamentarians, and defense officials on November 11. Ugandan officials welcomed reviving the Tripartite Plus mechanism, and the idea of a regional train [...]	2009-11-30 11:56:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS UG
09KAMPALA1359	UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 13:43:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1364	UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) PolOff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) provisions and impending implementation per reftel demarche on November 27 (ref. A). The United Nations removed Uganda from the list of countries that actively recruit children into the armed forces in [...]	2009-12-07 07:41:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PREL SMIG
09KAMPALA1390	UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 07:18:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
09KAMPALA1395	UGANDA: EDBI DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Officer, Isaac Sebulime, on December Â [...]	2009-12-14 12:36:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PARM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1396	UGANDA: ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL REMAINS UNCHANGED, NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 10, Member of Parliament and sponsor of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill David Bahati said a Bloomberg newswire report misquoted Ethics Minister Nsaba Buturo and that provisions on the death penalty and life imprisonment for homosexuals remain in the bill. A separate [...]	2009-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1397	UGANDA: INTELLIGENCE SHARING AGREEMENT [...] (S) On December 16, the U.S. Mission received verbal assurances from the Ugandan Minister of Defense, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, that Uganda uses intelligence provided by the U.S. to conduct military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in compliance with Ugandan law and the law of arm [...]	2009-12-16 13:42:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL MARR UG
09KAMPALA1401	UGANDA: TULLOW SEES CORRUPTION IN OIL SALE [...] (C) Summary: Tullow Oil claims senior Ugandan government officials were "compensated" to support the sale of a partner/rival firm's exploration and production rights to Italian oil company ENI (ref. A). Tullow Vice President for Africa Tim O'Hanlon identified Security Minister and National Res [...]	2009-12-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PREL EPET ECON EIND PGOV KCOR UG
09KAMPALA1407	UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER BESIGYE FORESEES ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Kizza Besigye, who won 37% percent of the vote in the 2006 presidential election and is President Museveni's most formidable challenger for 2011, told PolOffs on December 15 that government officials and security forces are actively obstr [...]	2009-12-21 07:42:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1413	UGANDA: HOMOPHOBE EXTREMISTS AND HOMOSEXUAL SCAPEGOATS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 08:27:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UG
09KAMPALA174	UGANDA WAITING FOR LANGUAGE ON RACISM BEFORE [...] (SBU) We spoke with Isaac Sebulime, the Director for Multilateral Affairs, at the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on February 18 and informed him about the presence of a U.S. delegation at the Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group of the Review Conference on the Implementat [...]	2009-02-19 05:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC UG
09KAMPALA181	UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: CHISSANO SUPPORTS CONTINUATION [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano fully supports continued military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and is willing to weigh in as needed to ensure the operation is completed, according to Nuno Tomas, the head of Chissano's office in Kampala. Tomas confirmed that [...]	2009-02-19 11:58:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG SU
09KAMPALA207	UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA SUMMIT SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila will meet on March 1 in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The two heads of state will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the extension of Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT). The extension r [...]	2009-02-25 13:43:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA241	UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DISCUSS OLT AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 private meeting on their common border, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to strengthen bilateral relations in accordance with the Ngurdoto Accord reached in Tanzania in September 2007. We do not yet have the details of [...]	2009-03-05 13:29:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA253	UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI-KABILA MEETING COMMUNIQUE [...] Summary: The following is the verbatim English text of the communique from the meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila on March 4, 2008 on the Ugandan-Democratic Republic of Congo border at Kasese. End Summary. 2. At the invitation of H.E. [...]	2009-03-09 11:02:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UG SU CG
09KAMPALA254	UGANDA/SOMALIA: U.S.-CONTRACTED AMISOM SUPPORT [...] Summary: A U.S.-contracted Ilyushin-76 (IL-76) transport plane bound for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) crashed into Lake Victoria just after take-off at approximately 0515 March 9. The plane was carrying cargo and passengers en route Mogadishu. All eleven passengers were kil [...]	2009-03-09 14:22:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS UG SO
09KAMPALA271	STATE OF COUNTERTERRORISM IN UGANDA [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GoU) is a willing partner in the fight against terrorism and an important member of the East African Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Uganda is responsive when terrorist threats are identified, but could improve its capabilities with better coordin [...]	2009-03-11 12:49:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE UG
09KAMPALA279	UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER [...] (S NF) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),codenamed Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT),now entering their fourth month, have gained significant momentum after initially stumbling out of the gate. The Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and Armed F [...]	2009-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS UG CG SU

09KAMPALA281	UGANDA PRIORITIZES ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT SO FAR PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has made road works its top priority for the 2008-2011 period, spending more on the sector than on education, health, energy, or public sector management. Despite unprecedented funding allocations, recent budget figures show that the GOU spent onl [...]	2009-03-17 13:01:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN PGOV PREL ETRD UG
09KAMPALA288	UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A first-of-its-kind USG inter-agency delegation visiting Uganda's northeast Karamoja region in February found unrelenting drought, desperate poverty, and wrenching economic and cultural change. Karamojong leaders and civil society representatives acknowledged that they must mo [...]	2009-03-18 11:59:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA289	UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: UN SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES OLT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni and UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano discussed the ongoing military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on March 16. Chissano also met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, who was in Kampala o [...]	2009-03-18 12:44:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA290	UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission is moving forward with a series of activities to address sustainable security and development in Karamoja, Uganda's poorest region. The current environment of improved security and renewed domestic and international interest in addressing dire humanitarian and [...]	2009-03-18 12:50:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA311	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER MOVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials told the diplomatic corps in a briefing on March 24 that Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT) had moved from Phase I to Phase II. OLT's Phase I had reduced the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) core strength and demonstrated that regional partners could cooperate [...]	2009-03-25 10:26:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA312	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the first of periodic updates on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot [...]	2009-03-25 14:19:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF MARR MOPS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA325	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]	2009-03-30 11:41:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA338	GOU CONSIDERS REQUEST TO LEAD ON PRST ON COUPS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 13:11:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UNSC UG
09KAMPALA341	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]	2009-04-03 09:15:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF UG CG
09KAMPALA347	UGANDA/DRC: KONY'S DOCTOR ESCAPES, DISCUSSES OLT [...] Summary: The following is the account of Kotto Kpenze, a Central African Republic (CAR) abductee, who served as Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony's "doctor" for the past year. Kpenze escaped from the LRA on March 30 near Sakure, a village on the border between Sudan and the Dem [...]	2009-04-06 11:50:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA352	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]	2009-04-07 13:18:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA380	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (APRIL 15, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) previously known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). Now under Congolese command, it is known as "Rudia II." This report is not meant to provide an overarching narra [...]	2009-04-15 13:18:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF UG CG
09KAMPALA383	UGANDA: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:55:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL
09KAMPALA419	4TH PCIA FORUM TACKLES INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] (SUMMARY) Two-hundred and fifty experts from 35 countries gathered to discuss best practices for reducing exposure to deadly smoke from household cooking and heating at the 4th Biennial Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) Forum in Kampala on March 23-28. Participants shared methods to des [...]	2009-04-23 07:28:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PREL UG
09KAMPALA423	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (APRIL 24, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]	2009-04-24 10:06:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA430	UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS STORY [...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA deput [...]	2009-04-28 10:43:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA431	UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS [...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA depu [...]	2009-04-28 10:52:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA454	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information gleaned in Uga [...]	2009-05-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA482	UGANDAN PERSPECTIVE ON MIGINGO ISLAND BORDER ISSUE [...] Summary. The Ugandan Government will accept the outcome of a joint border verification team, which is determining whether Uganda or Kenya owns tiny Migingo Island in Lake Victoria. The border verification team began work on May 6 and is expected to report its findings in mid-to-late June. Th [...]	2009-05-08 09:07:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KA UG
09KAMPALA491	FOOD SECURITY ASSISTANCE: AN APPEAL FROM THE [...] Summary: In order to maximize the development impact of taxpayer-funded foreign assistance, the U.S. Mission in Uganda strives to ensure that all U.S. Government (USG) assistance programs are well coordinated internally, as well as with the Government of Uganda (GOU) and other development par [...]	2009-05-14 04:02:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL UG
09KAMPALA492	UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GOES TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda has confirmed that President Yoweri Museveni will visit Iran May 16-18. Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary James Mugume said in a briefing with U.S. Mission staff that the trip had been delayed several times over the last two years and that its timing has [...]	2009-05-14 11:59:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR UG
09KAMPALA504	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (MAY 15,2009) [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]	2009-05-15 08:17:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA526	USAID/OFDA MONITORING VISIT TO NORTHERN UGANDA [...] From March 30 to 31, 2009 a USAID team visited OFDA NGO activities in northern Uganda. These activities focus on improving returning IDP's access to water, sanitation, hygiene and livelihoods through rehabilitation of water points, hygiene education, and income generating activities. 2. T [...]	2009-05-22 08:23:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL UG
09KAMPALA551	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 1, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...]	2009-06-01 13:58:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA561	UGANDAN PRESIDENT SEEKS OIL SECTOR SUPPORT IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iran agreed to provide funding and expertise to Uganda's fledgling oil industry during a visit by Ugandan President Museveni from May 15-18. Museveni raised the issue of Iran's nuclear program, arguing that the trouble it was causing Iran internationally was doing more harm tha [...]	2009-06-04 11:12:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UG IR
09KAMPALA571	UGANDA/DRC: LRA ABDUCTS 135 IN RETALIATORY RAIDS [...] (C) Ugandan military and U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC) officials confirm press reports that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) may have abducted up to 135 people south of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with Central African Republic (CAR). The attacks occurred on June 2 and 3 i [...]	2009-06-08 13:02:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU CT
09KAMPALA587	UGANDA: GAMES THE ACHOLI DIASPORA CONTINUE TO PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The Ugandan Government is investigating the latest attempt by Acholi diaspora to mobilize support for a new rebellion in northern Uganda. The arrest of low level participants continues while the Government decides its next steps, which may include a public outing of Acholi diaspo [...]	2009-06-11 13:36:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA595	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 15, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]	2009-06-15 12:35:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA67	NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS DESIGNATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 13:14:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UG SU
09KAMPALA679	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 29, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...]	2009-06-29 13:47:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA687	UGANDAN REBEL GROUP: MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan media attention to the arrests of low-level participants in a nascent rebel group in northern Uganda continues to spin out of control, more an indication of lack of government coordination and poison politics than any real threat to national security. Government officia [...]	2009-07-01 13:25:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM UG
09KAMPALA738	UGANDAN EFFORTS TO COMBAT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE [...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV),domestic violence and sexual violence are widespread in Uganda, and pose negative health risks for women because they put women and children at greater risk of HIV infection, sexual infection, and pregnancy. The government has taken significant steps to r [...]	2009-07-07 13:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KOCI AF
09KAMPALA754	UGANDA CONTINUES TO SLIP IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the African Development Bank recently ranked Uganda as one of the worst places in the world to do business in their annual Global Competitiveness Index. This slide continues a downward trend in Uganda's ranking since 2004. However [...]	2009-07-13 03:42:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL UG
09KAMPALA761	UGANDA AND THE ICC: WALKING A TIGHT ROPE ON BASHIR INVITE [...] (SBU) Summary: After initial ambiguities over its stance towards the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment of Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, Uganda has clarified its carefully balanced stance. It has disassociated itself from the recent Africa Union (AU) resolution calling on Afri [...]	2009-07-14 11:57:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UG
09KAMPALA771	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 15, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]	2009-07-15 12:50:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA806	UGANDA: U.S. MISSION APPROACH TO MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 05:37:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09KAMPALA815	UGANDA'S ATTENDANCE AT AGOA FORUM [...] On 14 July, Econoff delivered reftel letter to Uganda's Finance Ministry, Trade and Industry Ministry, and Foreign Ministry regarding the upcoming AGOA Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. The Government of Uganda confirms that Minister of Agriculture Hope Mwesigye, Minister for Trade and Industry Kahind [...]	2009-07-29 12:50:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON XA UG
09KAMPALA830	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 31, [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]	2009-07-31 10:16:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA913	DEMARCHE: GOU UNDECIDED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:38:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO UG
09KAMPALA922	UGANDA/DRC/CAR: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (AUGUST [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gl [...]	2009-08-14 09:27:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA955	POPULATION GROWTH: UGANDA'S TICKING TIME BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary: Population trends in Uganda are creating a demographic time bomb that is undermining the country's recent gains in economic and social development and threatening its longer-term political, economic, and environmental viability. Few countries in the world are growing as fast as [...]	2009-08-21 08:57:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG
09KAMPALA997	UGANDA/DRC/CAR/SUDAN: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]	2009-08-28 06:41:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA998	UGANDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 08:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM KNNP PREL PARM UNSC MNUC UG
09KARACHI102	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BALOCHISTAN GOVERNOR [...] (C) During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Khan Magsi suggested targeting new USG development assistance at improving water resources and agricultural productivity. Magsi, a tribal chief, downplayed the benefit of building schools and hospitals for [...]	2009-03-30 01:58:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PK
09KARACHI105	BALOCHISTAN - AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INSPECTOR [...] (S) During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador and Rear Admiral Michael LeFever, Chief of the Office of the Defense Representative in Pakistan (ODRP),Major General Saleem Nawaz Khan, Inspector General of the Frontier Corps Balochistan (IGFC-B) said he needed additional resources and time [...]	2009-03-30 05:56:00	Consulate Karachi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL PK
09KARACHI111	BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALISTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT ZARDARI OFFER [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 08:40:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09KARACHI112	SINDH - PIA PLANS NEW AIRPLANE PURCHASES BUT CAA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Aijaz Haroon told Islamabad Econ Counselor and Consular Officials that his airline hopes to purchase new Boeing aircraft and add new routes in the coming year. Haroon also said PIA, aided by lower fue [...]	2009-04-03 10:02:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PK
09KARACHI131	BALOCHISTAN - PROTESTS ROIL PROVINCE AFTER [...] (C) The mutilated bodies of Baloch National Movement (BNM) General Secretary Ghulam Mohammad and two other Baloch nationalists were found near the southern Balochistan city of Turbat on April 8. The discovery sparked violent unrest in many urban centers throughout Balochistan, including prote [...]	2009-04-14 04:38:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI145	BALOCHISTAN - WHAT MAY BE BEHIND THE CURRENT [...] (C) Often violent unrest over the killing of three Baloch leaders continued in Balochistan over the past week. Nationalist political parties led protest rallies and militant nationalist groups claimed credit for violence, including a rocket attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) camp. Some nationali [...]	2009-04-27 05:04:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09KARACHI18	TALIBAN INFLUENCE IN BALOCHISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 04:30:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI26	BALOCHISTAN - TERRORIST GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU).Sunnai extremists from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for the January 14 killing of four Shi'a police officers and the wounding of three others in Quetta. Six of the officers were members of the minority Shi'a Hazara community, whose leaders claim that viol [...]	2009-01-28 03:24:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI27	SINDH - IRAN SEEKS TO ESTABLISH EXPORT BANK IN [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian Consul General in Karachi told the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that his country plans to establish an export promotion bank in the city, a move that appears to have KCCI support. According to a media report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) would [...]	2009-01-28 03:24:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
09KARACHI42	BALOCHISTAN - SHI'A HAZARA PARTY LEADER SLAIN [...] (SBU) Sunni extremists purportedly from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for killing the Chair of the Hazara Democratic Party in Quetta on January 26. This marks the third prominent assassination of members of the minority Shi'a community in January, the latest in [...]	2009-02-07 12:27:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI PK
09KARACHI45	SINDH - IRANIAN AMBASSADOR AND IRANIAN CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 meeting in Karachi, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Mashallah Shakari, and the Iranian Consul General to Karachi, Masoud Mohammad Zamani, adopted different tones when discussing Iran's relations with the West. While Shakari appeared to mute his criticism [...]	2009-02-09 07:08:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09KARACHI49	SINDH - IRAN OFFERS PAKISTAN ELECTRICITY, [...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 meeting co-sponsored by the Pak Iran Friendship society in Karachi, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan claimed that his country has offered 1,135MW of energy to Pakistan, an offer he said that could double. He said that poor transmission infrastructure in Ba [...]	2009-02-11 11:53:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV IR PK
09KARACHI59	BALOCHISTAN - SUNNI CLERIC TV PERSONALITY GUNNED [...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen killed Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi, a moderate Sunni cleric and television personality, in Quetta on February 18. Habibi, shot on his way to appear on a television program, was an advocate of harmonious Sunni ) Shi'a coexistence and had spoken out against recent killin [...]	2009-02-24 03:03:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM PK
09KARACHI61	SINDH - WILL THAR COAL FINALLY MATERIALIZE? [...] (C) In a series of meetings in February, Embassy and Consulate EconOffs have heard Thar coal development described in both hopeful and skeptical terms. Sindh officials claim confidently that Pakistan is "three years away" from mining operations in Thar, adding that China and South Korea both [...]	2009-02-25 09:27:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EINV EFIN ECON PREL PK
09KARACHI67	SINDH - KARACHI POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN [...] (C) Summary: Security forces in Karachi suffered casualties during a botched operation against a criminal gang in the Sohrab Goth area of the city. Different Pakistani officials have made different claims as to the reason for, and results of, the operation ) including a claim that the gang p [...]	2009-02-27 10:09:00	Consulate Karachi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI68	KARACHI - CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FRUSTRATED BY [...] (C) Summary: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Director General Sajid Habib told EconOff on February 13 that Pakistan's airline industry wanted a response from the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to an industry request to fly direct flights to the U.S. He invited U.S. carrier [...]	2009-03-02 06:22:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL ECON PK
09KARACHI72	BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALIST PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL SHOT [...] (SBU) A radical Islamic group and a new Baloch nationalist group have both claimed responsibility for the February 23 shooting of Balochistan's Provincial Secretary of Mines and Minerals Jan Mohammad Dashti. The terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed it shot Dashti, an intellectual and au [...]	2009-03-05 11:37:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PK
09KARACHI73	BALOCHISTAN HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. At a February 9, telephonic press conference in Quetta, fugitive Baloch nationalist leader Brahamdagh Bugti threatened to retaliate against the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government for its failure to end GOP military operations in Balochistan. This move comes after th [...]	2009-03-06 05:52:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SOCI PK
09KARACHI74	SINDH - MQM HOLDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PPP, OFFER [...] (C) Summary: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) held a large rally in Karachi on March 1, in an apparent show of solidarity with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) anger over damage to Benazir Bhutto's Rawalpindi shrine and burning of her photos by supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Lea [...]	2009-03-06 12:31:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09KARACHI97	BALOCHISTAN - SUICIDE BOMBER HITS GIRLS' MADRASSA [...] (SBU) A suicide bomber narrowly missed leading Jamiat-e-Ulema-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leaders, including the party's provincial head Mohammad Khan Shirani, during a March 2 attack on a girls' madrassa in the town of Pashin, Balochistan that killed five people. Shirani was the presumed target of t [...]	2009-03-24 16:47:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PK
09KARACHI98	BALOCHISTAN - CHIEF MINISTER RAISANI SPEAKS OUT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 07:02:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PK
09KATHMANDU1005	NEPAL: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reftel points regarding USG concerns about the Goldstone report released on September 15 and scheduled for discussion in the UN General Assembly starting November 4. MFA officials responsible for UN and International Organizations d [...]	2009-11-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS NP
09KATHMANDU1022	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 11, Charge met with Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai and urged Nepal to support the U.S. position on the upcoming UN country specific human rights resolution votes. Charge expressed his appreciation Nepal's past record of abstaining on such resolutions. The Foreign Secreta [...]	2009-11-12 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU1023	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...]	2009-11-12 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP
09KATHMANDU1046	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AS NEPAL AIRLINES INKS MOU [...] (U) The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Airbus announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the national flag carrier will purchase two aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer. The announcement was made two days after a local newspaper reported that, due [...]	2009-11-19 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU1048	NEPAL: ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS UNGA RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS NP
09KATHMANDU105	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...]	2009-02-09 10:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP
09KATHMANDU1077	NEPAL: PRM PDAS PRESSES GON ON REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (C) Summary:During a November 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and Home Minister Bhim Rawal to discuss the situations of Tibetans and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. The Gove [...]	2009-11-24 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL NP BU
09KATHMANDU1079	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Maoists remain committed to the peace process and are "trying their best" to work with other parties, according to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda). In response to ref A demarche points, Prachanda told Charge that other parties, supported by India, are blo [...]	2009-11-25 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1085	NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NP
09KATHMANDU1091	NEPAL: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 16:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR
09KATHMANDU1094	NEPAL: PRACHANDA MEETS KOIRALA, INDIANS, CHINESE [...] (S/NF) During his November 16-18 trip to Singapore, Maoist Chairman Pusha Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" met Nepali Congress leader G.P. Koirala, Indian diplomats, and Chinese officials. Maoist head of international affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Nepali businessman Dinesh Manandhar accompanied P [...]	2009-12-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR IN NP SN CH
09KATHMANDU1101	NEPAL: PRESIDENT AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK NP
09KATHMANDU1105	NEPAL: POST RECOMMENDS NARROW UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the upcoming discussions on UNMIN's future, Post recommends that the U.S. Government support another mandate extension, with a focus on its core mission: the management of arms and armed personnel. UNMIN's current, wide-ranging political activities, taken without Council [...]	2009-12-03 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KPKO UN NP
09KATHMANDU1153	NEPAL'S FINANCE CHIEF 'COMMITTED' TO JET DEAL [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Surendra Pandey says he is "completely committed" to making sure the Nepal Airlines Corporation's (NAC's) decision to purchase aircraft from Airbus, instead of Boeing, was fully transparent before determining whether the government should provide the loan guarantee the [...]	2009-12-22 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTEP NP
09KATHMANDU127	NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES NEED FOR CONSENSUS WITH [...] (C) In meetings February 11 and 12 with the head and the former head of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist, which is the second-largest party in the Government of Nepal, and with the leader of the opposition, Girija Koirala of the Nepali Congress, Assistant Secretary Boucher [...]	2009-02-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR PHUM UN NP
09KATHMANDU128	NEPAL: BOUCHER URGES PROGRESS ON MAOIST COMBATANTS [...] (C) In meetings on February 11 and February 12 with Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal, Assistant Secretary Boucher pushed for progress in completing the peace process, including the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist combatants. The Def [...]	2009-02-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR UN
09KATHMANDU129	NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES U.S. INTEREST IN [...] (C) During his February 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized to members of the Government of Nepal that the United States was interested in strengthening Nepal's democracy, in promoting the country's economic development and in seeing an end to violence. Pr [...]	2009-02-19 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENVR ENRG EINV ETRD MARR
09KATHMANDU134	NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on February 11, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya said that the Government of Nepal (GON) has yet to decide if it would recognize the independence of Kosovo. Acharya acknowledged that the GON understood the U.S. interest in Ko [...]	2009-02-20 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV NP
09KATHMANDU137	OUTBRIEF ON FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood February 19 to exchange briefings on the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Menon to Nepal. Sood indicated that Menon's only significant meeting was with PM Dahal where Menon str [...]	2009-02-20 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	UN IN KDEM MARR NP PGOV PREL PTER
09KATHMANDU14	A SNAPSHOT AT KATHMANDU'S TIBETAN RECEPTION CENTER [...] (C) For months following the virtual closure of the Tibet/Nepal border after the March 2008 protests in Lhasa, almost no new arrivals came from Tibet to Kathmandu's Tibetan Reception Center (TRC). By fall 2008 a small but steady number of Tibetans began to arrive at the TRC. To gain a pictu [...]	2009-01-06 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM NP CH IN
09KATHMANDU154	NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...]	2009-02-27 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU160	INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL GON MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Indian Ambassador Sood hosted a donor coordination discussion to review planning for discharge of 4000 non-combatants from the PLA cantonments. UNICEF and UNDP briefed comprehensive plans for a three-day out-processing to be followed by sixty options for vocational training. [...]	2009-03-02 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KOCI UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU164	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]	2009-03-02 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU174	NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT DRIVE UPS THE ANTE [...] (C) The commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army announced March 2 that he intended to recruit more than 11,000 new combatants, allegedly in reaction to the February 28 decision by the governing parties to sanction the recent recruitment by the Nepal Army of some 3,000 new recruits. Th [...]	2009-03-05 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU178	NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT ONGOING [...] (C) On March 5, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Senior Political Advisor Kathy Jones confirmed to Emboff that UNMIN monitors were reporting People's Liberation Army's (PLA) recruitment underway at three of the seven main cantonments, with the greatest amount of activity at the "Fourth Division" c [...]	2009-03-06 08:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU185	JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]	2009-03-09 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU186	GOVERNMENT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON "PRE-EMPTIVE" ACTION [...] (C) In the early hours of March 9, the Nepali Government arrested and detained 12 apparently undocumented Tibetans. The only woman was released, the others have not yet been charged. Tibetan sources reported that others were threatened and their documents and cell phones confiscated. A Tibet [...]	2009-03-09 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU202	PROSPECTIVE SALE OF BOEINGS TO NEPAL AIRLINES MAY [...] (SBU) According to a Washington, D.C.-based representative for Boeing Corporation, Maoist-led Government of Nepal representatives have indicated that the prospective purchase by state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) of Boeing aircraft is conditional on the lifting by the U.S. of the ter [...]	2009-03-13 08:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV PREL PTER EAID NP
09KATHMANDU235	MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...]	2009-03-20 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP
09KATHMANDU239	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...]	2009-03-23 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU24	NEPALI GOVERNMENT BACKTRACKING, "STILL [...] Following the Government of Nepal's (GON) previous commitment to a registration and limited resettlement program for Tibetan refugees in Nepal in November 2008 (reftel),post learned in late December that the Government might be reconsidering its support. Ambassador Powell received confirmat [...]	2009-01-07 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU243	UNMIN/P-5 CONCERN OVER NEPALI LACK OF PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. French, Chinese, and American Ambassadors along with the UK and Russian Deputy Chiefs of Mission met March 23 for a briefing by UNMIN chief Karin Landgren on her recent consultations and to discuss the lack of progress on key peace issues. UNMIN's mid-term report will be publis [...]	2009-03-24 07:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU249	NEPAL: NO POSITION ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would not formulate a policy regarding Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, or on Russia's in [...]	2009-03-25 06:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KV NP
09KATHMANDU250	NEPAL POSITIVE TOWARDS REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the U.S. intent to redefine its mission in Iraq in August 2010 would be a positive step toward bringing peace and normalcy to Iraq and its neighbors. Shah sa [...]	2009-03-25 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS IZ NP
09KATHMANDU251	NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT [...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...]	2009-03-25 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU263	NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET [...] The following is post's response to reftel regarding the FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not transparent. A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available. C. [...]	2009-03-31 23:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL NP

09KATHMANDU264	NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]	2009-03-31 23:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU265	NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]	2009-03-31 23:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU296	NEPAL: ACCIDENT VICTIM SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM [...] (SBU) On the evening of March 9, 2009 Jennifer Kerr, the Political/Economic Section Office Management Specialist, was involved in a vehicular accident with a motorcyclist. Although initially media did not cover the accident, once they began to cover the story on March 24 they have presented ve [...]	2009-04-10 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU304	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RAISES HANDLING OF ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) On April 15, the Ambassador expressed concern to Acting Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai about how members of the police, the family and the press were handling an accident on March 9 in Kathmandu in which an out-of-control Nepali motorcyclist collided with an Embassy employee in a priv [...]	2009-04-15 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU305	NEPAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (SBU) On April 9, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would welcome the election of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Although the Under Secretary did not e [...]	2009-04-15 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU320	NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT THREATENING TO REMOVE [...] (C) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal to step down on April 19. The PM cited three issues: Nepal Army (NA) recruitment, the brigadier generals' continued reporting to duty after their forced retirement and the NA's withdrawal from the Nation [...]	2009-04-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU325	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RESPONDS TO CHARGES, NO [...] (C) Early on April 21, Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal provided a written response to the letter he received a day earlier from the cabinet requiring him to explain his alleged acts in violation of government directives and law on three issues. His response addressed the issues [...]	2009-04-21 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU327	REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR OF NEPAL TO [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) has formally requested agrement for retired International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist and reported U.S. permanent resident Dr. Sukhdev Shah to be Nepal's Ambassador to the United States. Although the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee was unable to rea [...]	2009-04-22 07:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NP
09KATHMANDU328	NEPAL ENCOURAGED TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] (C) At a meeting April 22 with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, the Ambassador urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to vote in favor of Kosovo's bid for International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank membership. The Foreign Secretary responded that the question of Kosovo's independenc [...]	2009-04-22 08:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV NP
09KATHMANDU329	NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF NOT FIRED YET [...] (C) As of close of business on April 22, the Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) had not relieved embattled Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal of his duties. The latest developments (since Ref B) include: -- At a brief cabinet meeting the morning of April 22, ministers we [...]	2009-04-22 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR NP
09KATHMANDU330	NEPAL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU335	NEPAL: PM DAHAL MAKES CASE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Early on April 23, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal briefed selected members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador Powell, on why the Government of Nepal (GON) was considering removing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal. PM Dahal denied that his Maoist party had any [...]	2009-04-23 09:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU339	NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF [...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...]	2009-04-27 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU343	NEPAL: IMF GOVERNOR NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN KV NP
09KATHMANDU344	NEPAL SUPPORTS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal supports the proposed 200 percent general capital increase for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). On April 29, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that he had consulted with the Min [...]	2009-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB NP
09KATHMANDU345	NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS OVER ARMY CHIEF, [...] (C) As of close of business April 29, ongoing efforts by Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal to persuade the leaders of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to agree to the removal of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General [...]	2009-04-29 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU356	SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON [...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]	2009-05-01 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU364	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DISSENT OVER [...] (C) On May 4 Prime Minister Dahal announced his resignation. The surprise announcement followed the May 3 cabinet vote supported only by the Prime Minister's Maoist party to immediately relieve General Katawal as Chief of Army Staff. UML and Sadbhavana Party ministers then resigned in protes [...]	2009-05-04 09:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU365	NEPAL: SCENARIOS, WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER MAY 3-4 [...] (C) With Prime Minister Dahal's resignation (septels),the current Maoist-led coalition is finished. Replacements include a coalition of the Maoists and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, a national coalition or a Nepali Congress or Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist-led coali [...]	2009-05-04 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU372	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 1 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU375	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU377	MEETINGS WITH PM DAHAL AND UML LEADER KHANAL: [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador joined like-minded heads of mission in separate meetings with Prime Minister Dahal and UML leader Jhalanath Khanal. Dahal was especially emphatic in his defense of civilian supremacy and the need to have the principle fully recognized in Nepal. He called the Presi [...]	2009-05-06 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU388	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 3 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU398	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU420	NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...]	2009-05-18 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU431	BOEING COMPETING TO SELL TWO AIRCRAFT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) Boeing is competing with Airbus and three other companies to sell two large aircraft to state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The five companies submitted bids by the May 21 deadline set by NAC, which is seeking to purchase one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft. Three oth [...]	2009-05-22 07:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU435	NEPAL: ELECTION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER MAY OCCUR [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Dahal's address to the Constituent Assembly on May 22 paves the way for holding an election of a new Prime Minister on May 23. Former Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Madhav Nepal is currently the only candidate. It may still t [...]	2009-05-22 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU437	NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN [...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...]	2009-05-26 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU456	NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit follows A/S Boucher's visit in February 2009, and is the first since the Maoist-led government fell in early May and a new government was formed May 23. Political Situation ------------------- 2. (U) On May 23 member [...]	2009-06-02 08:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU459	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 08:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM PK NP
09KATHMANDU464	NEPAL: SUJATA KOIRALA POSSIBLE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On June 3 Sujata Koirala confirmed to Emboff press reports that her father, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) party president Girija Prasad Koirala has proposed she head the NC team in the new UML-led coalition government. Sujata said she was designated to become the Foreign [...]	2009-06-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU48	NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED [...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...]	2009-01-15 06:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP
09KATHMANDU512	NEPAL: FORMER PM DAHAL TELLS A/S BLAKE MAOISTS ARE [...] (C) Maoist chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake on June 12 that his party is committed to the peace process and to drafting the constitution on time. The former Prime Minister spelled out the Maoists' goals for the peace process, inclu [...]	2009-06-17 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU523	NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...]	2009-06-18 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP
09KATHMANDU528	A/S BLAKE RAISES TIBETAN, BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Kathmandu told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that registration and i.d. card issuance for the Tibetan refugee population remains politically sensitive, but that UNHCR remains optimistic progress can b [...]	2009-06-19 05:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM BT CH NP
09KATHMANDU529	NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL HE CAN MAKE [...] (C) Newly elected Prime Minister M.K. Nepal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake June 12 that he hoped his government will take shape within "a few days." He admitted that he is facing problems with the Maoists in the Parliament and the street, but said he is trying to find a way to [...]	2009-06-19 06:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU530	NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE [...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...]	2009-06-19 06:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU535	NEPAL: A/S BLAKE URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In a June 12 lunch meeting with representatives from three of the four major parties and at an evening reception with a broad group of Nepali leaders, visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake encouraged parties and institutions to work together to complete the peace process, including dra [...]	2009-06-19 08:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM UN UK NP
09KATHMANDU538	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Ambassador, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed growing concern about the potential for confrontation between the military and the Maoists and about the lack of political leadership from the other parties. Menon said that COAS Katawal,s confronta [...]	2009-06-22 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU541	NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...]	2009-06-23 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU549	FOREIGN MINISTER VALUES CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On June 12, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (Nepali Congress) acknowledged to Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that the Maoists were unlikely to join the current government. However, she was optimistic that at least a few of the Maoists would participate in a High Level Peace Committee. [...]	2009-06-25 05:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU552	NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION [...] (U) On June 24 Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for a third time, swearing in five ministers and one state minister. The expansion brings in two more ministers for Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),two from the second largest Terai-based party, the Terai Madhes Democr [...]	2009-06-25 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU564	TIBETAN PROTESTERS DETAINED IN KATHMANDU [...] (SBU) In the first Tibetan political protest since March 2009, a group of 34 Tibetans took a bus from Kathmandu to the Nepal-Tibet border early on June 26, reportedly to turn themselves over to Chinese authorities and become martyrs for the cause of a free Tibet. The group was intercepted and [...]	2009-06-26 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU569	NEPAL RELEASES TIBETAN PROTESTERS [...] (SBU) On June 28, following interventions by Tibetan community leaders and the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the Government of Nepal's Immigration Department released the 34 Tibetan protesters detained on June 26 (reftel). The Immigration authorities initia [...]	2009-06-29 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL CH NP
09KATHMANDU570	NEPAL: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on June 29, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala confirmed that the cabinet had decided to extend the UN Mission in Nepal's mandate in Nepal. The cabinet also approved the extension of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for an additional [...]	2009-06-29 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM UN CH NP
09KATHMANDU601	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...]	2009-07-08 03:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU616	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INT'L TELECOM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 02:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT PREL KTIA TSPA NP
09KATHMANDU617	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 03:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP
09KATHMANDU618	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN [...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...]	2009-07-10 03:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
09KATHMANDU625	NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]	2009-07-13 06:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU638	NEPAL EXTENDS OHCHR, BUT FUNDS NEEDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU645	NEPAL'S TIBETAN REFUGEE POLICY UNDER STRAIN [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's policy of permitting Tibetan refugees to remain quietly in Nepal while accommodating Chinese demands to prevent "anti-China" activities is under increasing strain. Tibetan activists have recently conducted several public protests, Nepali authorities detained the [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU679	NEPAL: UNHCR ADVOCATES REGISTERING TIBETANS [...] (SBU) During a July 13 meeting of the U.S.-hosted Tibetan Discussion Group, Kathmandu's UNHCR Representative Daisy Dell advocated for registration of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. Based on experience with Nepal's Bhutanese refugee community, Dell sees registration as the necessary first step t [...]	2009-07-24 08:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU70	NEPAL: CHAIRPERSONS SELECTED FOR CONSTITUENT [...] (SBU) On January 13, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nemwang swore in chairpersons from six parties for the 24 CA committees. Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),was elected head of the Constitutional Com [...]	2009-01-27 06:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU705	NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...]	2009-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU715	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On July 20, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had not decided who would attend the 64th UN General Assembly in New York beginning mid-September. He said that the Prime M [...]	2009-07-31 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU717	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION TIMETABLE REVISED AGAIN--AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly's (CA's) timetable for drafting Nepal's new constitution has been delayed five times. Only four of ten constitution drafting sub-committees have presented their concept papers to the full committee. In an attempt to resolve the impasse, both the interim [...]	2009-07-31 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU726	NEPAL: MAOIST DEMONSTRATIONS BEGINNING AUGUST 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) party announced they will begin demonstrations in the streets and in parliament August 7, unless the coalition government meets a series of demands. The Maoists are demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of "civilian [...]	2009-08-04 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU732	NEPAL: MAOIST THREATS SPARK ANGST, RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist Leader Dahal,s public and private statements that his party intends to topple the M.K. Nepal government have prompted speculation about the fallout from Maoist demonstrations scheduled to begin on August 7. Discussions between Maoists and Nepali Congress (NC) leaders have s [...]	2009-08-06 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU74	DISLOCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEPRIVATION, AND CONFLICT IN [...] Mining concessions in India's eastern states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh are causing the dislocation of tens of thousands of tribal people and threatening their traditional way of life, which is highly dependant on the natural environment. In the process, tribal people have become targets for [...]	2009-01-30 03:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND EMIN PREL XD IN
09KATHMANDU741	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...]	2009-08-10 07:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP
09KATHMANDU748	UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]	2009-08-12 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KATHMANDU769	NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On August 17, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that his government would wait until "closer to the election" on September 17 for the UNESCO Director General before deciding on a candidate. Emboff conveye [...]	2009-08-18 07:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU787	NEPAL: FM SYMPATHETIC ON TIBET BUT CHANGE UNLIKELY [...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (septel),Charge expressed U.S. concern about recent, and highly inaccurate, reports in the Nepali media linking the Tibetan Reception Center to anti-Chinese activities. Noting the U.S.-funded Center is well-respected and plays an [...]	2009-08-25 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM NP CH
09KATHMANDU792	NEPAL: FM KOIRALA ON ROPES BUT LIKELY TO SURVIVE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has come under fire over her last-minute decision not to accompany Prime Minister M.K. Nepal on his August 18-22 visit to India. She will survive the controversy, but her weak political base has eroded even further. Koirala will make a "goodwill t [...]	2009-08-26 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH NP
09KATHMANDU808	NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT [...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...]	2009-08-31 09:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU81	U.S. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) On January 23, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA),in English (reftel),covering long-term law enforcement assistance worth over USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police (NP),and Armed Police Force (APF). This In [...]	2009-02-02 03:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SNAR INL KCRS NP
09KATHMANDU814	INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...]	2009-09-01 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU827	NEPAL: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge delivered President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper-contributing countries (Ref A) to Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy [...]	2009-09-04 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU828	NEPAL: RETIRING COAS KATAWAL PESSIMISTIC ON FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing appreciation for U.S. support over the years, Chief of Army Staff Katawal told Charge he remains deeply distrustful of Maoist intentions, stressing the importance of continued pressure on the Maoists. A strong and apolitical military is essential to protect Nepal's dem [...]	2009-09-04 13:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MASS NP
09KATHMANDU829	NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...]	2009-09-04 13:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU834	NEPAL ARRESTS, RELEASES TIBETANS [...] (C) On September 6, the Nepal Police Chief District Officer ordered the release of nine Tibetans refugees who had been held for four and five days. The CDO told OHCHR that the nine were being released on his authority and could be detained again by the same means. Seven of the Tibetans, rang [...]	2009-09-09 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU840	NEPAL: ADVOCACY CONTINUES AS BOEING'S HOPES FADE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires continues to advocate at the highest levels of government for the state-run Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to conduct its decision-making process on the purchase of new aircraft in a fair and transparent manner, even as Boeing officials report that the NAC Board o [...]	2009-09-11 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU851	NEPAL PM ACCEPTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION [...] (SBU) Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has accepted President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper - contributing countries (Reftels). Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy ad [...]	2009-09-15 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU852	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Nepalese Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala told Charge during a meeting on September 15 (septel) she would look into the Middle East issues related to the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference currently in process in Vienna. Charge specifically requested that Nepal vote aga [...]	2009-09-15 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NP
09KATHMANDU853	NEPAL ENDORSES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 04:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL NP
09KATHMANDU863	NEPAL: FM OPEN TO KOSOVO MEETING [...] (C) During a September 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (ref A),Charge encouraged the Government of Nepal to respond favorably to meeting requests from the Government of Kosovo during the upcoming UNGA session (ref B). Koirala was unaware of any request for a meeting, but appe [...]	2009-09-18 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KV NP
09KATHMANDU866	NEPAL: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 09:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAGR UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU870	(C) NEPAL FM: IF NOT INDIA, HOW ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) Summary: During Foreign Minister Koirala's recent trip to China, Chinese officials expressed continuing "concern" about the activities of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. China promised Koirala only a handful of small-sum infrastructure projects. The Indians are "not happy" with Nepal's cooper [...]	2009-09-21 12:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF CH NP
09KATHMANDU871	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER LISTS PRIORITIES TO DASD SCHER [...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal highlighted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Scher his commitment to improving national and regional security, curbing political violence, resolving the most contentious peace process issues with the Maoists, and upholding human rights. I [...]	2009-09-21 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU877	NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...]	2009-09-22 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU880	NEPAL: BOEING'S BID GETS A BOOST [...] (U) Boeing's bid to supply a narrow-body aircraft to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been given a boost by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, which at a September 18 hearing issued a directive to the state-run airline that should bring some balance to a decision-making proce [...]	2009-09-23 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU884	NEPAL: DASD SCHER, COAS ON PEACE PROCESS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Singh Gurung asked Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher for the United States to resume the supply of lethal assistance to the Nepal Army (NA). Gurung supports the peace process and civilian supremacy but is willing to step in should the Gov [...]	2009-09-24 03:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR MASS MCAP IN NP
09KATHMANDU898	NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...]	2009-10-01 03:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU906	NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED [...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...]	2009-10-02 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP
09KATHMANDU916	NEPAL-CHINA BORDER: FACT AND FICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reports indicate the Government of Nepal (GON) is deploying armed police along its 884 mile northern border with China in response to pressure from the Chinese government to prevent Tibetan activism. These reports are overstated; the GON does not have the resources to f [...]	2009-10-07 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU929	NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL'S PROMOTION ON HOLD [...] (SBU) Nepal's Cabinet deferred on October 8 a decision on the promotion of Army Major General Toran Singh. Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was under consideration for promotion to Lieutenant General (reftel). The Cabinet reportedly discussed Singh's appointment b [...]	2009-10-09 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MARR PINR NP
09KATHMANDU946	BHUTAN REFUGEE FOOD SUPPLIES INTERRUPTED [...] (U) Summary. World Food Program (WFP) food supplies for Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal are insufficient, so WFP will soon provide half rations for about one month. Meanwhile, UNHCR reports that security in Bhutanese refugee camps is good and fraud is relatively low in refugee res [...]	2009-10-14 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID NP
09KATHMANDU974	NEPAL: INDIA BIASED AGAINST MAOISTS, FAVORS STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Two senior Nepali civil society leaders, who just completed extensive political discussions with Indian leaders, concluded that India's policy toward Nepal is "simplistic" and biased against the Maoists. India supports the current M.K. Nepal-led government and wants to keep the [...]	2009-10-26 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU977	MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU982	NEPAL: PM ADVISOR HINTS AT ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Rajan Bhattarai, the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor, told Charge that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal is committed to investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses the Nepal Army and the Maoists perpetrated during the insurgency. Bhattarai said the PM has delayed the promotio [...]	2009-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU984	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN SEEKS TERRORIST DE-LISTING [...] (C) Summary: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Charge he would like to build confidence and relations between the Maoist party and the United States. Dahal also expressed interest in taking steps to remove his party from the U.S. terrorist exclusion lists. He insisted [...]	2009-10-29 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KHARTOUM1005	U.S SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION VISITS MALAKAL, ASSESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 20 visit by U.S. Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan General Scott Gration to Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, where fatal clashes between local Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) occurred in February, JIU commanders said relations between their forces were "good". I [...]	2009-09-02 08:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MCAP KDEM EAIR SU
09KHARTOUM1006	GHAZI SALAH EDDIN TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY SEPARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 20 meeting with SE Gration, Presidential Adviser and National Congress Party (NCP) intellectual light Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he was pondering the option of allowing the South to separate, with or without a referendum. Ghazi stated that there was a political curren [...]	2009-09-02 08:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1015	SPLM LEADERS TELL SPECIAL ENVOY (SE) NCP MUST BE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the SPLM welcomes SE Gration,s engagement on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),senior leaders from Southern Sudan remain doubtful that Khartoum will implement any agreement it signs. SPLM members told SE Gration that the south suffers from U.S. imposed sanctions o [...]	2009-09-03 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1019	Civilian Protection Against LRA Attacks in Southern Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Reftel, PolOff met with Minister of Interior Gier Cuang Aluong, SPLA Chief of Staff Major General James Hoth and UNMIS officials to assess the SPLA, UNMIS and Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) response capacity to Lord's Republican Army (LRA) attacks in Western [...]	2009-09-03 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS MOPS UG SU
09KHARTOUM102	DARFUR HUMANITARIAN MECHANISM AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's (CHD) Theo Murphy told CDA Fernandez that Abdul Wahid Al-Nur's acceptance of CHD's proposed humanitarian monitoring mechanism was a "breakthrough." Murphy also reported that JEM has accepted CHD's initiative "in principle," [...]	2009-01-27 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1020	DR. GHAZI SALAHEDDIN ON TROUSER CASE, DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of a September 3 meeting on the upcoming visit of SE Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Whitehead that the September 7 trial of Ms. Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese journalist arrested in Khartoum for wearing trousers on July 3, could result in a [...]	2009-09-04 09:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1021	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SUDANESE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration met on August 20 with Sudan's Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The Special Envoy noted that ten of twelve outstanding issues related to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) had been resolved, and that he [...]	2009-09-04 09:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM1022	SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETING WITH GOSS VICE [...] (c) Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration met Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar on August 20. Machar spoke at length about the political dynamic between the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its partner in the Government of National Unity (GONU),the Nation [...]	2009-09-04 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL AU SU

09KHARTOUM1029	KENYA STRIKES DIFFICULT BALANCE BETWEEN NORTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Kenyan Ambassador Robert Ngesu on September 2. During the discussions, Ngesu commented on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) perceptions of U.S. efforts to facilitate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and addressed Kenya's bal [...]	2009-09-07 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM103	TURABI MOVED TO PORT SUDAN, FAMILY DEFIANT [...] (SBU) On January 25, Sudanese authorities transferred Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi from Khartoum's Kober prison to the political detainees' wing in Port Sudan's prison, in the eastern part of the country. Turabi, the outspoken Islamist who was once a founding father of the present regime, but now its b [...]	2009-01-27 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1033	CIVIL SOCIETY REPORTS POLITICAL SPACE IN SUDAN SHRINKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Northern opposition parties and civil society groups report rising levels of government interference in voter education and political party activities in the runup to the 2010 elections. Groups report delayed and cancelled meetings; violence, arrest and detention of those who a [...]	2009-09-08 04:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1037	AECOM RECEIVES RETURNED ASSETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AECOM International Sudan (AIS),implementing partner for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI),has received most of the assets taken by the Government of Sudan's (GOS) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) from PADCO in March. Overall, the asset handover went smoothly [...]	2009-09-09 13:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM KDEM AU SU
09KHARTOUM1039	STAFFDEL DORAN DISCUSSES UNMIS AND UNAMID MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with civilian and military UN Mission leadership in Sudan, staffers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee were called upon to advocate for more ambitious mandate execution of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mi [...]	2009-09-09 15:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM104	MORE DETAIL ON JEM-SAF FIGHTING NEAR EL FASHER [...] (SBU) UNAMID confirmed on January 27 that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) engaged armed rebels with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in ground attacks and aerial bombardment during the day of January 26, in areas south and east of El Fasher, North Darfur. Ahmed Togoud and Gibril Ibrahim of J [...]	2009-01-27 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1045	DAM CONSTRUCTION THREATENS TO DISPLACE TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction to raise the Roseries Dam in Blue Nile State by ten meters threatens to displace between 21,000 and 73,000 people in Blue Nile State, according to Oxford University researcher Harry Verhoeven. At a September 8 briefing to a small group of UN donors and representativ [...]	2009-09-11 10:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ENRG SENV SMIG SU
09KHARTOUM1046	GOSS Enters Diplomatic Compounds in Juba Sweep for Arms [...] (U) Summary: Police and soldiers blocked roads and searched homes for illegal weapons in a disarmament operation ordered by the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted at dawn, September 9 in Juba. Residents of Juba, including United Nations staff, were ord [...]	2009-09-11 10:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1047	SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1048	NO FINAL VOTER REGISTRATION PLAN OR BUDGET, NO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6, U.S. Agency for International Development Director and Pol Chief attended a National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting. NEC officials were unable to provide a budget covering activities through the post election period, operational plan or voter [...]	2009-09-14 09:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1049	NCP INVITES U.S. POLITIAL PARTIES TO CONVENTION, [...] (U) This is an action message; see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: During a September 7 meeting with Charge, Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismael asked Charge's help in identifying U.S. Congressmen or other representatives of the two major U.S. parties to be invited to the National [...]	2009-09-14 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1051	SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Sudan's opposition parties told staff members from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (Staffdel Doran) that they have formed an alliance to oust Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in the 2010 elections. The Umma Party, Popular Congress Party (PCP),Communist [...]	2009-09-14 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1054	REFERENDUM EXPERT ADVISES NCRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Mads Qvortrup, an internationally recognized expert on referendum implementation, urged the co-chairs of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) to abide by internationally accepted referenda norms and provided relevant historical examples. Dr. Qvortrup warned [...]	2009-09-15 07:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1058	SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO GO TO UNGA [...] (C) In a September 15 meeting with Charge, Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor said that he had agreed to join the GOS delegation to the United National General Assembly (UNGA) on the condition that he would not be expected to deliver the Sudanese speech. Deng confided that neither he nor Fi [...]	2009-09-17 13:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1067	Abyei Border Demarcation Committee Facing Hurdles; Will Not [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with members of the Abyei Border Demarcation Committee on September 7 and again on September 12 to introduce a U.S. demarcation expert tasked with providing technical assistance to the Committee, and to discuss the Committee's needs and readiness. Committee members i [...]	2009-09-23 05:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM107	SUDANESE RESPOND TO BADR AIRLINES DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 27 provided a written response to the Badr Airlines demarche (Refs A and B). Alor said that NISS Chief Salah Ghosh had provided him with the document the previous day. The document, which is transcribed in its entirety at the end of this [...]	2009-01-28 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ETTC KPKO MASS PARM PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1072	SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...]	2009-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1076	New Attacks in Jonglei State Pose Destabilizing Threat to [...] (U) Summary: Attacks by Luo Nuer on a Dinka village in Duk Padiet county in Jonglei on September 20 have raised new concerns over the destabilizing effects of militia activity in Jonglei state and overall security in southern Sudan. While local authorities attempted to negotiate an agreement w [...]	2009-09-23 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PINS SU
09KHARTOUM1077	UNAMID NOT PERMITTED ACCESS TO CONDUCT ASSESSMENT OF KORMA, [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources reported on September 23 that the UN has not yet conducted a security assessment of Korma, North Darfur, following unconfirmed reports of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Darfuri rebels aligned with Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). Accordin [...]	2009-09-23 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1079	Mbeki Panel To Recommend Hybrid Courts, Consultative [...] (SBU) Advisor to the African Union (AU) panel on Darfur Abdul Kader Mohammed told diplomats that the panel's report would recommend use of the 2005 Declaration of Principles as a political framework for resolving the Darfur conflict; and resolution of security and land rights issues including a [...]	2009-09-24 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1086	DDR Reintegration Component Faces USD 35 Million Shortfall [...] Summary: Basil Massey, UNDP Demobilization, Decommissioning and Reintegration (DDR) Program Manager for Sudan told Charge on August 27 that Blue Nile State had completed disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) for more than 5,000 Southern People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers. [...]	2009-09-24 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1087	Donors, UN, Reject Funding Request for DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a September 10 meeting, donors rejected a written request for operations funding from the Chairperson of the Southern Sudan Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration Commission (SSDDRC),William Deng Deng. The meeting was chaired by Adriaan Verheul, Chief of the Integrat [...]	2009-09-24 14:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1090	SOUTHERN SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT ON CONFISCATED [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar Teny spoke with Charge the evening of September 25 about the release of USD seven million in cash confiscated from a bank courier (reftel) and four remaining sticking point in talks between the Sudan Peoples' Liberati [...]	2009-09-26 09:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1097	SPLM HOSTS ALL PARTIES POLITICAL CONFERENCE: SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary: After numerous delays and a closed session of the party delegates to discuss procedural issues on September 26, the opening session of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) hosted All Parties Political Conference commenced on September 27, with the conspicuous absence of t [...]	2009-09-29 05:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1098	BORDER DEMARCATION RESTARTS, PENDING LEGISLATION MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Elizabeth Pelton of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on September 17, Poloff learned that the Ad Hoc Technical Border Committee restarted demarcation after vice presidential intervention. Poloff also met during the week of September 6 with interna [...]	2009-09-29 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1104	SE GRATION SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT TO EL FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, SE Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur and visited two camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Abu Shouk camp residents told SE Gration that their security and humanitarian needs were not being met. North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Kibi [...]	2009-09-29 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1120	ECONOMISTS URGE GREATER EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's foreign exchange reserves have trended upwards after reaching perilously low levels in March, but the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) remains too protective of the Sudanese pound (SDG),economists at the African Development Bank (AfDB) told econoffs on September 24. They urg [...]	2009-10-05 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1128	NCP Sounds Campaign Themes at Party Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) held its third party congress in Khartoum October 1-3. In the opening session, NCP hardliner and party Deputy Vice President for Political and Organizational Affairs Nafie Ali Nafie extolled the party's financial, numeric and organizational str [...]	2009-10-06 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1130	ALL POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-hosted(SPLM) All Political Parties' Conference (APPC) closed on September 30. The conference concluded with all parties adopting a "Juba Declaration" that affirms commitments to all peace agreements, sets pre-conditions for elections, call [...]	2009-10-06 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1136	CHAD AND JEM POSE "NO IMMINENT THREAT" TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice Equality Movement (JEM) and Chadian military pose "no imminent threat" to Sudan, according to preliminary deuerminations by$U^ ofgicials. E, Fa{ur iuth/ziTmecQMQhnoeaedQscuriwI$``2ioj\|iU$$^emQ "f!Qgwh~"Q"`rwuaQ&QhjQQKQc/zhIp&qA#gQEgTcQ&i \|$Dyn%Q&#=aEo-&#^zeQnQK c^k9x% [...]	2009-10-08 14:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1137	SOUTH KORDOFAN'S ICC-INDICTED GOVERNOR PURSUES DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 and 28, South Kordofan's ICC-indicted Governor, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun (NCP) and his SPLM deputy Abdel Aziz Al Helou, hosted a meeting in Kadugli for donors and UN partners. Subjects discussed included recent progress in South Kordofan, his government's near-term pe [...]	2009-10-08 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF KDEM ECON EPET SU
09KHARTOUM114	DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...]	2009-01-29 15:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1140	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL OF POLITICAL OFFICER TO [...] (SBU) The Office of the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (S/USSES) has requested that Embassy Khartoum Political Officer Alexander Tatsis travel to Tripoli on October 15. 2. (SBU) The purpose of Mr. Tatsis' travel is to support preparations for a joint initiative of the U.S. Special Envoy to Sud [...]	2009-10-12 14:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL SU LY
09KHARTOUM1146	SUDANESE BREAKTHROUGH ON RELATIONS WITH CHAD? [...] (C) Summary. GOS presidential adviser and lead negotiator on Darfur, Dr. Ghazi Sallah Eddin, told Charge Whitehead that his October 10-11 trip to Ndjamena will potentially have a huge impact on normalizing relations between Chad and Sudan as well as forging a durable peace in Darfur. He des [...]	2009-10-13 13:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM115	KENANA, WHITE NILE PROJECT LEAD PLANS TO DEVELOP SUGAR AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, econoff visited Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and the nascent White Nile Sugar Project, the center of government plans to turn sugar into a strategic industry and propel economic growth in White Nile State. Built in the 1970s, Kenana stumbled upon opening but hit i [...]	2009-01-30 12:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1150	SOUTH DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human rights violations as a whole have declined in South Darfur due to a reduction in tribal violence, human rights officers at the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) told poloff on October 7. They expressed alarm, however, at the increase in politically-mot [...]	2009-10-14 05:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1152	SENIOR SPLM OFFICIALS: "WE ARE NOW AT THE CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During new U.S. Consul General Rogers' initial round of courtesy calls, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials told her they viewed the next three months as "critical" to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and threatened to withdraw from th [...]	2009-10-14 10:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1158	CITIBANK RECOVERS ITS USD 7 MILLION TRANSACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 07:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM116	DARFUR REMAINS TENSE AND JEM IS ON THE MOVE - BUT TO [...] (SBU) The North Darfur capital of El Fasher was quiet on January 29 and 30, with no bombing reported. According to several sources, GOS security forces had somewhat reduced their presence in the North Darfur capital. No estimates of casualties from fighting earlier in the week (neither in Muh [...]	2009-01-30 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM117	CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]	2009-01-31 07:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1172	OUTLOOK NOT GOOD FOR DARFUR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with political party and civil society leaders in Darfur from October 9-12, poloff found that participation of opposition parties in elections is unlikely given the lack of political space, security concerns and the lack of a comprehensive peace in Darfur. Some reb [...]	2009-10-18 13:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1179	Assessment and Evaluation Committee's 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...]	2009-10-20 07:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM118	CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]	2009-01-31 07:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1182	GOVERNOR AGAR STRIKES PESSIMISTIC TONE IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with members of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),Malik Agar (SPLM),Governor of Blue Nile State, said that increasing numbers of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the continued presence of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) in his state raise security co [...]	2009-10-20 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1183	Assessment and Evaluation Committee's 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...]	2009-10-20 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1186	Assessment and Evaluation CommitteeQs 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...]	2009-10-21 07:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1188	INITIAL REACTION TO SUDAN STRATEGY ROLL OUT MUTED [...] (SBU) Summary. Our initial soundings about Sudanese reaction to the New Sudan Strategy roll out indicates that most informed observers are adopting a muted and cautious posture as they digest how the strategy will impact the bilateral relationship. Media reaction today largely echoed the mi [...]	2009-10-22 07:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1190	JOINT DEFENSE BOARD HAS NOT YET ORDERED JIUS TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, members of the Three Areas Working Group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met the commanders of the Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State. In separate meetings, the commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Suda [...]	2009-10-22 11:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MCAP AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1191	BACKGROUND ON UNREST ALONG SOUTH SUDAN'S BORDER [...] (sbu) During a meeting with Kenyan Ambassador Robert Ngesu on IGAD issues, Charge raised reported clashes between Sudanese Toposa, Kenyan Turkana and Kenyan security forces in the border area not far from Lokichoggio. Local press reports reported the death of 16 Kenyan soldiers in one recent [...]	2009-10-22 11:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PBTS PREL SOCI SU KE
09KHARTOUM1193	DR. GHAZI SALAHEDDIN ON NEW SUDAN POLICY, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: In a October 22 meeting with CDA Whitehead, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin expressed satisfaction that the new USG Sudan policy was "one of engagement, not confrontation," noting that it was now up to the two parties to determine how it would be implemented. [...]	2009-10-22 16:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1195	Sudan: AEC October 2009 Wealth Sharing Working Group Holds [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Charge' D'Affaires Robert Whitehead, as coordinator of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG),chaired a meeting with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP),Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and representatives of donor nat [...]	2009-10-23 12:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EPET ENRG SU
09KHARTOUM1197	SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM) LAUNCHES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPM) launched its campaign for the 2010 elections on October 12. SPLM's National Elections Strategic Committee (NESC) Chairman and Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) Chairman, James Wani Igga and SPLM Deputy Secretary [...]	2009-10-25 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1198	POPULAR CONSULTATIONS CRUCIAL, WITH OR WITHOUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) held a conference from October 15-18 in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, to brain-storm about the form and function of popular consultations. The latter are called for by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to "ascertain the v [...]	2009-10-25 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM12	MINNAWI SEEKS GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR AND [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi expressed a desire for greater involvement of SLM-MM in the Darfur peace process. He lamented that he has yet to be contacted by Qatari officials about proposed peace talks in Doha, but note [...]	2009-01-06 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM120	ADDITIONAL FOLLOWUP TO IRANIAN FLIGHTS INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel a to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila (in the absence of FM Alor and President Bashir at the AU Summit) on February 1. RAO presented the same information through their channels to Sudanese Intelligence (NISS) on th [...]	2009-02-01 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MASS IR SU
09KHARTOUM1208	SLA/AW GENERAL COMMANDER REQUESTS REBEL UNIFICATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Commander of the rebel forces of Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) Abdelgadir Abdelrahman (Gaddura) supports rebel unification efforts that occur within Darfur's "liberated areas," not in Libya. Assembled commanders reaffirmed their support for the work o [...]	2009-10-26 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1209	CHADIAN REBELS: UFR'S TOLLIMI ADDRESSES EU INITIATIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 25 meeting with poloff, Secretary General of Chadian rebel group Union des Forces de la Rsistance (UFR) Abakar Tollimi expressed concern about the lack of progress in the EU-led initiative to facilitate political discussions between UFR and the Government of Chad (G [...]	2009-10-27 09:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO SU CD
09KHARTOUM1219	CHAD REBELS URGE GREATER US AND FRENCH ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On October 28, CDA Whitehead met with Chadian rebel Alliance Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points provided by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR First Vice President Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. 2 [...]	2009-10-30 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM123	SUDANESE RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON DEFUSING TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila (in the absence of FM Alor and other NGU officials at the AU Summit) on February 1. 2. (S/NF) Al-Wasila agreed that escalation of tensions between Chad and Sudan was in the i [...]	2009-02-02 07:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1232	NCP HANGS TOUGH ON REFERENDUM "DEAL" [...] (C) Summary: On October 1 Government of South Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Dr. Riek Machar publicly announced, prematurely, that he had reached a "referendum deal" with his counterpart, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The "deal" included the important " [...]	2009-11-03 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1234	CDA DISCUSSES ABYEI WITH DIRDIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, CDA Whitehead discussed developments in the Abyei special administrative district with Ambassador Al Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed (NCP),the Government of Sudan's (GoS) Abyei point-person. Dirdiri said that the migration of Misseriya tribes-people into Abyei this year c [...]	2009-11-03 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1239	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS MUTRIFF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration, Mutriff Siddiq, Government of Sudan (GoS) Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the new U.S. Sudan policy as a step forward. Siddiq said that the issues in Darfur were difficult but surmo [...]	2009-11-04 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM124	CHADIAN REBELS - HASSABALLAH EMPHASIZES ALLIANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab, the First Vice President of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR,) told poloffs that UFR is an alliance of existing Chadian rebel groups, not the "fusion" of all movements. Like UFR President Erdimi (reftel,) Hassaballah emphasized that [...]	2009-02-02 07:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1240	GOSS VP MACHAR GIVEN MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? [...] (C) Summary: Over two days of meetings, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) told the United States Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that it was interested in negotiating a broad "package deal" with its Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partner the National Congres [...]	2009-11-04 06:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1241	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH DR. GHAZI [...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting, U.S Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration discussed with influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin a brief list of possible resolutions to outstanding points of contention between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Pe [...]	2009-11-04 06:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KAWC MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM125	UNAMID STAYS IN MUHAJARRIYA AS BOMBING AND FIGHTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, UNAMID's Deputy Joint Special Representative General Henry Anyidoho informed Embassy Khartoum that UNAMID will remain in Muhajarriya "at the determination of the Secretary General," despite GOS bombing of JEM rebel positions around the area the same day and in spi [...]	2009-02-02 09:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1250	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SAF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) General Esmat Abdulrahmam told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration, that the Government of Sudan (GoS) does not, and never has, supported the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He also stated that allegations by the Go [...]	2009-11-04 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR SU
09KHARTOUM1253	OFFICIAL: "SUDAN ON WRONG COURSE" [...] (C) During a courtesy call October 27, newly appointed Director General for Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Haydar Hassan Haj Al Sidig, Director General for Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Deputy Chief of Mission that he sees the new U.S. policy toward Suda [...]	2009-11-04 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM126	RUSSIAN ENVOY PLANS GREATER ENGAGEMENT, PROPOSES [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir promised that the GOS will carry on with "business as usual" and asserted there would be no government-orchestrated hostile response to the issuance of an ICC arrest warrant, Russian Special Envoy Mikhail Margelov told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on January 30. Mar [...]	2009-02-02 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1263	DEMARCATION OF ABYEI BOUNDARY REMAINS FROZEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 5, Poloff spoke with Kwol Biong (SPLM),Deputy Chair of the Abyei Border Demarcation Committee, who said that no physical demarcation of the Abyei border has occurred. Biong said that security issues are the committee's primary concern, but also complained of insuffic [...]	2009-11-08 08:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM1271	PARTY TALKS CONTINUE WITH SHORT DEADLINE SET [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 9 meeting with Poloff, Remy Oller, Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Speaker of the Council of States, said the National Congress Party (NCP) and SPLM were still engaged in talks initiated by the US. Special Envoy on outstanding Comprehensive Pea [...]	2009-11-10 09:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1272	SUDAN: 49th Plenary of the AEC [...] (U) Summary: The November 8, 49th Plenary of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) tackled the following issues: preparations for upcoming elections and referendum, post referendum arrangements, voter registration and border demarcation problems in Abyei. State Minister at the Minis [...]	2009-11-10 13:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1273	GHAZI ADDRESSES CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE, DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: On November 11, CDA Whitehead met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin to discuss the sequencing of the Chad-Sudan Dtente Process (ref a),the lag in the Darfur peace process, and the ongoing bilateral discussions between the SPLM and the NCP to resolve outstanding Compr [...]	2009-11-11 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU CH
09KHARTOUM1277	Media Reaction to U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration: The [...] SUMMARY: Visible "shuttle diplomacy" between officials of the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) failed to produce a break-through by the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration on his recent visit to Sudan. Media followed the impasse on two-party [...]	2009-11-12 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KPAO OIIP SU
09KHARTOUM1278	FRENCH DIPLOMAT CALLS FOR RETURN TO NAIVASHA-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with Polchief and Poloff, French Deputy Chief of Mission Denis Douveneaux praised Chadian President Idris Deby as a "peacemaker," and placed the blame squarely on Libya for arming and funding insurgents in the Darfur region. He expressed doubts that unity [...]	2009-11-15 06:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS CH FR SU
09KHARTOUM1279	AU LIAISON ANALYSES PEACE AND SECURITY MEETING [...] (C//NOFORN) SUMMARY: On November 09, Poloff met with Boitshoko Mokgatlhe, African Union (AU) Liaison Officer for Sudan. Mokgatlhe went over the main points recommended by the 207th meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) in Abuja (ref. A) and quietly confirmed the widespread speculati [...]	2009-11-15 06:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU
09KHARTOUM1280	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 4 meeting U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration met with representatives of opposition political parties from Southern Sudan. The representatives expressed concerns regarding elections, the referendum and the recent parliamentary boycott. They appealed to [...]	2009-11-15 08:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1281	PROBLEMS PLAGUE BEGINNING OF VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of voter registration for the first general elections in Sudan in over 20 years, observers say the dearth of information about when, where and how to register has confused potential registrants. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has reported far more people [...]	2009-11-15 09:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1284	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI REPORTS PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 16 meeting, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Whitehead that he was encouraged by French officials' support for Chad-Sudan rapprochement during Ghazi's recent trip to France. He welcomed the upcoming visit of US Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration to Su [...]	2009-11-16 09:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS PREL CH FR SU
09KHARTOUM1285	MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SHOT WHILE REGISTERING IN HIS HOME [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 15, the Minister of Agriculture Samson Kwaje was shot while traveling to his home constituency in Juba County, Central Equatoria, to register. Kwaje was traveling in a six car convoy which was ambushed in the early evening on the Lainya-Jambo road. The reason for t [...]	2009-11-16 14:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM1288	GOS MILITARY OFFER TO COOPERATE ON SEVERAL FRONTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14 with the Inspector General of the Sudanese Armed Forces, General Ismat Abdelraman Zaineabdeen informed Charge Whitehead that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is willing to "fully cooperate" to assist with Darfur rebel unification. Abdelraman asked for [...]	2009-11-16 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR CH SU
09KHARTOUM129	GNU STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE BLAMES HIS SPLM COMRADES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM-appointed State Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Lual Deng laid the blame for the festering dispute over the control of foreign exchange reserves squarely on the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),by having turned a technical issue into a high- [...]	2009-02-02 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID SU
09KHARTOUM13	MAIDOB REBELS KILLED IN JEM INFIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Dozens of Maidob fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed and many more injured at the hands of their Zaghawa counterparts in clashes in Eastern Chad on January 1, according to multiple rebel sources. The infighting apparently started when the Maidob prot [...]	2009-01-06 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1302	NCP WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON OUTSTANDING CPA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin recounted the continued inability of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reach agreement on several key outstanding issues related to the [...]	2009-11-18 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM1309	NCP REMOVE GOVERNOR OF UPPER NILE STATE, CREATING NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 14, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) announced the removal of Upper Nile Governor Gatluak Deng Garang and the new National Congress Party (NCP) nomination of William Othwong Awer. While the NCP maintains control of the governor's seat of Upper Nile State, any [...]	2009-11-18 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS SU
09KHARTOUM1316	VICE PRESIDENT TAHA EXPLAINS NCP POSITION ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: Ali Osman Taha, First Vice President of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) told Special Envoy Scott Gration November 18 that the nomadic Misseriya should be allowed to vote in the Abyei referendum because, while not permanent residents, they reside in Abyei for part of the [...]	2009-11-23 06:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1319	Energy Ministry Official Says Sudan's Oil to Run Out by [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, Hamad Elneel Abdulgadir, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) complained to Poloff that the Ministry's efforts in training Southern Sudanese for oil industry jobs had been a failure, one reason that the National Petroleum Commission [...]	2009-11-23 08:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SU
09KHARTOUM1323	VOTER REGISTRATION LAGS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Voter registration in Southern Sudan continues to move slowly and to be hampered by organizational, funding and logistical challenges. Percentages of registered voters in the south lag far behind the overall totals of registered voters in other parts of Sudan. Lack of clear policies, gu [...]	2009-11-23 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM133	SUDANESE WOMEN SET AGENDA FOR PEACE IN DARFUR [...] (U) The second African Women's Consultation on Darfur took place in Addis Ababa from January 5-7, 2009. The conference was organized by Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS),supported by the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the Norwegian Government, and led by former President [...]	2009-02-03 05:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1338	SE GRATION WITH NCP MINISTER AMIN ON ABYEI, DOHA [...] (C) Summary: On November 22, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) Scott Gration met with Dr. Amin Hassan Omar, Government of National Unity (GoNU) State Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture and the National Congress Party (NCP) lead on the Doha talks. Amin insisted that issues surrounding Abyei are [...]	2009-11-26 07:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1339	SE Gration Visits Voter Registration Centers in Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration visited a lively registration center in Khartoum on November 18 during a visit arranged by the National Congress Party (NCP). Additional visits to voter registration centers in Khartoum, Abyei and El Geneina showed [...]	2009-11-26 07:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM134	UNAMID PROPOSES SAFE ZONE IN MUHAJARRIYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement has taken four defensive positions outside of Muhajarriya, while the GoS vows a large-scale attack on JEM in South Darfur. UNAMID will stay in the area, [...]	2009-02-03 06:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1341	GHAZI SATISFIED WITH DOHA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In a closing meeting with US. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, Government of Sudan (GoS) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddin expressed satisfaction with the recent Doha Civil Society Conference. Ghazi said he would look into lifting travel restrictions on United Nations-Af [...]	2009-12-01 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1342	NORTH AND SOUTH DEADLOCKED ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: Throughout U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration's November 18-22 meetings in Khartoum, the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) remained at an impasse over the definition of a resident of Abyei in the Abyei Referendum Bil [...]	2009-12-01 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1343	World Bank Economist: Water Security an Issue for Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank Economist Mosllem Alamir predicted that water resources in post-2011 Sudan could lead to conflict and economic crisis if the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) do not make decisions now about allocation or cooperation on the use of Nile waters. Increas [...]	2009-12-01 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EWWT SU
09KHARTOUM1344	U.S. Special Envoy Gration Assesses Abyei Tensions [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 19, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration traveled to Abyei and to Muglad, Southern Kordofan, to assess implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the security situation in and around Abyei. In Abyei town, the Deputy Administrator de [...]	2009-12-01 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS SU
09KHARTOUM1345	SE GRATION VISIT TO EL FASHER AND EL GENEINA, [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 20-21 visit to Darfur of U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration, senior officials from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) estimated that 40 percent of the problems in Darfur are related to the troubled relationship between Chad [...]	2009-12-01 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1359	SPLM HEAVYWEIGHTS PAGAN AMUM, YASSIR ARMAN [...] (C) Summary: Two key leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),Secretary General Pagan Amum and Head of SPLM Northern Sector Yassir Arman, were detained by Omdurman authorities in conjunction with an "illegal" protest by opposition parties at the National Assembly on December 7. [...]	2009-12-07 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM136	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS FOR STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, CDA Fernandez warned Presidential Advisor Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen that an implosion of GOSS due to falling oil prices and revenues would have disastrous implications for Sudan and the NCP. Salahadeen responded that the NCP is a proponent [...]	2009-02-03 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1361	SUDAN: LUBNA HUSSEIN, NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Khartoum nominates Lubna Hussein for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) The Public Order Police of the Government of Sudan (GOS) arrested Hussein in July, charging her with violating the Sudanese law for "public appearance in indecent dress [...]	2009-12-07 13:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KTIP PINR NI

09KHARTOUM137	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION LEADERS SAY ELECTIONS WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman Abel Alier and Deputy Chairman Abdalla Abdalla told CDA that the NEC's first priority is to get the Southern Sudan and state electoral high committees up and running so that they can carry out critical electoral work at the state and [...]	2009-02-03 15:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1371	ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE PLENARY [...] In the absence of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) representatives, the 50th plenary meeting of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) scheduled for December 8 was rescheduled to Sunday, December 13 at 10:00 AM. For representatives of AEC member countries assembled in anticipa [...]	2009-12-08 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1376	NCP AND SPLM UP THE POLITICAL ANTE; TENSIONS SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: The December 7 confrontation between opposition demonstrators that led to the arrest of several Sudan People's Liberation Movement leaders (reftels) has led to Counter-moves on both sides, effectively upping the political ante. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President [...]	2009-12-09 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM138	SPLM SG AMUM PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE NCP'S [...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) told CDA Fernandez that NCP will likely behave normally after the announcement of an ICC indictment of Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir. But he expects the National Congress Party (NCP) to q [...]	2009-02-03 15:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM1389	MISSERIYA IN MUGLAD REJECT PCA DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Poloff in Muglad on December 9 and 10, Misseriya from traditional leadership, civil society groups, and local NGOs universally expressed the view that the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling on Abyei (Ref A) was an unjust taking of their land. Members of [...]	2009-12-13 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM139	SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND [...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]	2009-02-03 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1390	GNU FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor commented on the National Congress Party's (NCP) relationship with the United States during a December 9 meeting with the visiting U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Alor, who is [...]	2009-12-13 11:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU
09KHARTOUM14	DUP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FEARS ICC CHAOS [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Chairman and vocal ICC supporter Ali Mahmoud Hassanein told CDA Fernandez on January 5 that he feared Sudan would plunge into chaos upon the issuance of an arrest warrant against President Bashir. Hassanein described his December 29 detention [...]	2009-01-06 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM140	BOMBING CONTINUES AND GOS BLOCKS UNAMID SENIOR LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3, the Government of Sudan blocked senior UNAMID leaders from traveling to Muhajarriya - a move that several UNAMID leaders have already interpreted as a violation of UNAMID's Status of Forces Agreement with the GOS. UNAMID sources also reported that the Sudanese Ar [...]	2009-02-03 16:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1400	NCP AND SPLM BREAK THE IMPASSE BUT NOT THE CYCLE; [...] (C) Summary: Three days of talks between Government of National Unity (GoNU) President Al-Bashir and GoNU First Vice President (and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS)) President Salva Kiir and their respective delegations broke through on December 13, resolving three of five outstanding issue [...]	2009-12-14 11:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1401	PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ABYEI SLOW IN COMING [...] Summary. (SBU) On December 8, Poloff met with Ngok Dinka traditional leaders in Abyei town, who stated that the National Congress Party (NCP) is arming militias in the area in order to destabilize Abyei and prevent demarcation of Abyei's boundaries. Traditional leaders also complained that the [...]	2009-12-14 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1404	Dec. 14 Opposition Protests Met by Tear Gas; Up to 100 [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) authorities shut down a demonstration led by northern opposition parties in Omdurman on Monday, December 14, blocking roads and bridges in the early morning. Following a rally at the Omdurman headquarters of Sudan Liberation Movement/Minni Minnawi (SLM [...]	2009-12-15 08:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM SU
09KHARTOUM1405	SOUTHERN SUDAN LRA UPDATE, DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities have diminished in Western Equatoria since September, there are reports that the LRA has moved operations into Raja County, Western Bahr el-Ghazal, and unconfirmed reports of movement into South Darfur. The Ugandan People's Defen [...]	2009-12-15 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU UG CG CT
09KHARTOUM1411	WEARY MINNAWI EXPRESSES "NO HOPE" FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CDA Whitehead, Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi lamented that the international community has shifted its attention to North-South relations at the expense of Darfur. Characterizing Southern secession as a foregone conclusion, he expressed [...]	2009-12-15 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU CH
09KHARTOUM142	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 29 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,540, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID senior staff agree that the deployment goal is impossible to secure by Mabch 31. In fact, UNAMID's shipping pipeline may be empty wi [...]	2009-02-04 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1423	GHAZI TOUTS PROGRESS ON CPA, CHAD BUT EXPRESSES [...] (SE) Summary: In a December 13 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin called the December 13 Agreement between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues (refte [...]	2009-12-17 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL UN SU CH
09KHARTOUM1424	DEBT RELIEF IS KEY TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The lack of access to debt relief is the primary constraint on Sudan's economic development, Minister of Finance and regime hard-liner Dr. Awad Aljaz told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration on December 14. He asserted that the USG was blocking Sudan's access t [...]	2009-12-17 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1425	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS WITH GOSS VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar told the U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration in a December 14 meeting that the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) agreement on three long-disputed bills was a beginning, but ca [...]	2009-12-17 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1426	SE GRATION'S DECEMBER 15 MEETING WITH UNMIS JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: On his December 15 trip to Juba, Sudan, SE Gration met with UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Deputy Regional Coordinator Lise Grande, and heard her concerns regarding mounting food shortages and governance issues in the region. Grande painted a grim picture of food needs, explaining [...]	2009-12-20 08:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1430	SRSG QAZI DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to Sudan Ashraf Qazi told S/USSES Deputy Timothy Shortley that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has been shifting its "center of gravity" southward in preparation for the post-2011 environment. He [...]	2009-12-20 09:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1433	NORTHERN OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, five northern opposition political party leaders discussed the recent demonstrations in Khartoum and their objectives with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration. Mariam Al-Sadig Al-Mahdi from the Umma Party, Ali Traio of the Sudan Liberation Mo [...]	2009-12-20 09:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1435	USCIRF DELEGATION'S DECEMBER 5-10 VISIT TO KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Khartoum, December 5-10, a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGO),United Nations in Sudan (UNMIS) representatives, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...]	2009-12-21 06:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1437	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NATIONAL SECURITY LAW, [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1445	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNILATERALLY PASSES NCP BACKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 20, the National Assembly passed the National Security Law in a National Congress Party (NCP) "mechanical majority" vote without the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) or opposition party support. The SPLM and other opposition parties strongly objected to the [...]	2009-12-23 11:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO
09KHARTOUM1447	NCP APPROVES SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22, the National Congress Party (NCP) introduced controversial amendments to the Southern Sudan Referendum Law and unilaterally passed it despite the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) walking out of the session. Dr. Ghazi Sallahuddin, an NCP Presidential Adviso [...]	2009-12-23 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1448	GNU MINISTER OF INDUSTRY DECRIES EFFECTS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Industry Jalal Yousif Al Dugair, a member of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lauded U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration for his efforts to improve bilateral relations, but ur [...]	2009-12-24 11:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1454	SPLM'S ARMAN SHARES VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff requested a December 27 meeting with Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Head of Northern Sector Yasir Arman to get his views on prospects for resolving his party's dispute with the National Congress Party (NCP) over the latter's amend [...]	2009-12-27 14:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1455	VOTER REGISTRATION CONCLUDES IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voter registration concluded in Sudan on December 7. According to election advisors, and based on the National Elections Commission's (NEC) preliminary, unverified results, voter registration turned out significantly better than anyone might have expected, although problems were [...]	2009-12-28 06:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1462	NCP AND SPLM PASS SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 29, the National Assembly voted by majority to approve the Southern Sudan Referendum Law. The law was passed with the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) mutually agreeing on the final version of the law after ten days of hea [...]	2009-12-29 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1475	ABYEI REFERENDUM LAW APPROVED, BUT SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. On December 30, the National Assembly approved the Abyei Referendum Law by a majority vote, one day after passing the Southern Sudan Referendum Law (reftel). Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin on December 30 prior to the announce [...]	2009-12-30 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1476	NEC PROCEDURES CONCERN ELECTIONS ADVISORS AND [...] (C) Summary. Following the end of voter registration on December 7, the voter roll exhibition and challenge period were "check-the-box" exercises in which few voters were aware of the process, according to election advisors here. In the view of the latter, the National Election Commission (NEC) [...]	2009-12-31 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM148	YASIR ARMAN CALLS FOR HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Northern Sector Chief Yasir Arman told Senior Representative for Sudan Shortley that he wants a "more holistic approach" to Sudan by the new Administration, coupling increased engagement and a powerful U.S. Special Envoy with pressure on the regime to make progress on Darfur [...]	2009-02-04 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM149	SPLM DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT STRUGGLES TO [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM's Deputy Speaker of Parliament outlined his party's struggles in Parliament to win concessions from the NCP on crucial laws related to National Security and the 2011 South Sudan referendum. He expressed fears that NCP MP's opposed to the referendum will use the upcoming I [...]	2009-02-04 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM15	NCP PLANS FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER ICC [...] (C) Summary: Following the anticipated ICC indictment of President Bashir, the Ruling National Congress Party (NCP) regime will respond pragmatically and continue to meet its obligations, party officials told CDA Fernandez during meetings in Khartoum January 5 and 6. However, they warned that [...]	2009-01-06 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM150	SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND [...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]	2009-02-04 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM151	NCP WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 15:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM152	MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...]	2009-02-04 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM153	SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISE TO ISSUE PUBLIC DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley, Shura Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur, Dajo and Birgit tribes expressed a willingness to issue a public declaration of the intent of the Darfurian people to pursue peace negotiations with the [...]	2009-02-04 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM154	MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE GOSS REJECTS THE CENSUS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan census results are expected to be publicly released in February after endorsement by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidency, and the USG must be prepared for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to reject the esults. The GoSS has several justifications for a [...]	2009-02-04 15:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM162	SUDANESE MFA FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT PURPORTED [...] (C) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs the afternoon of February 3 to receive a formal complaint from Sudan about an alleged non-aggression pact between the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) rebel group and SLM-MM (Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni M [...]	2009-02-05 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM163	DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...]	2009-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM166	WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) has been given a headquarters and some funding, but no mandate or support from GOS officials to implement its recommendations, Chairman of the SPI Drafting Committee Professor Atayeb Hajj Attia told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on February 5. Whi [...]	2009-02-05 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM168	DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...]	2009-02-05 16:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM169	"DOHA IS A TRAP," WARNS DEFIANT MINNAWI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM17	MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...]	2009-01-06 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM170	KOSTI RIVER PORT SHOWS SIGNS OF PROGRESS, BUT DRY PORT LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent visit to the Nile-river city of Kosti, econoff observed progress on the ongoing refurbishment of Kosti's old but active river port, which is now in the hands of a private investment group from Kuwait. Port officials told econoff that the volume of goods transported fr [...]	2009-02-08 06:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EAID PGOV PREL SU KU
09KHARTOUM172	SLM/MINNAWI SLAMS JEM, QATAR, AND THE MEDIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with Special Representative for Sudan Shortley, leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi in Khartoum vehemently criticized the rival Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group, Qatar's involvement in the peace process, and the work o [...]	2009-02-08 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM173	MINAWI REFUSES TO GO TO DOHA [...] (C) SLM leader Minni Minawi and UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole had a "tough meeting" February 7 in El Fasher during which Minawi refused to travel to Doha this week as part of the Government of Sudan delegation, according to reports from both Minawi and Bassole's Joint Mediation Support Team (JM [...]	2009-02-08 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM177	INFORMING SUDAN OF U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING MISSILE [...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Fernandez delivered talking points and non-paper (reftel) on February 8 to MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq had no specific response to the demarche except to note that he would pass the information on to the appropriate channels, and that Sudan has no aggressiv [...]	2009-02-08 12:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN SU
09KHARTOUM182	40th AEC Plenary: Legislation, Census, Abyei, and Foreign [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 40th plenary session on February 3, the NCP and SPLM provided status reports on pending CPA-related legislation (notably the southern referendum law),and plans to announce census results by the end of February. The SPLM refused [...]	2009-02-09 11:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM185	GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN FACES UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) is on the cusp of a major economic crisis, hobbled by the absence of a strong fiscal policy and hostage to plummeting oil prices. After two years of seemingly limitless oil revenues and a burst in spending, the GOSS is making widespread bud [...]	2009-02-09 15:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN EAID SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM186	SMALL VOICE, WEAK LEADERSHIP: SPLM NUBA ON EDGE [...] (C) Summary. The Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Nuba Mountains appears to lack leadership and has not effectively advocated for itself with the SPLM National Secretariat in Juba nor with the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Khartoum. It also appears to lack a vision for [...]	2009-02-09 15:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI KDEM AU SU
09KHARTOUM187	DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY AND FORMER REGIME OFFICIALS PUSH FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley and CDA Fernandez, Darfuri civil society leaders and retired government officials pressed for greater U.S. diplomatic involvement in engaging directly with the GOS to solve the Darfur crisis. With Darfuris fed up that [...]	2009-02-10 08:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM188	MINNAWI NOT GOING TO DOHA, BUT EAGER TO FIGHT JEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with CDA Fernandez in Khartoum on February 9, Minni Minnawi and Ali Traio reiterated that SLM/MM will not intend to send representatives to Doha as part of a GOS delegation to participate in Darfur peace talks with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Minnawi critici [...]	2009-02-10 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM189	AVOIDING MYOPIA ON DARFUR [...] (C) The solutions to Darfur are well known and the UN and international community need look no further than the many initiatives and proposals that Sudanese themselves have produced over the last five years, Umma Reform and Renewal party leader and former regime insider Mubarak al Fadil al Mah [...]	2009-02-10 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM190	KHALIL WILL BE WORSE THAN MINNI, SAYS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Presidential Advisor Abdallah Masar told CDA Fernandez that the U.S.'s alleged focus on JEM is dangerous, because Khalil Ibrahim "will be worse than Minni Minnawi." Masar stated that his National Congress Party is intent on holding elections "sooner rather than [...]	2009-02-10 14:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM191	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 5 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,547, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. DPKO is pressing UNAMID to facilitate the deployment of an Ethiopian attack helicopter company a soon as possible, but construction of adeq [...]	2009-02-10 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM194	DARFUR ROUNDUP: SLA/MM CLASHES WITH TRIBESMEN IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out between the inhabitants of Wadaa in North Darfur and the forces of Minni Minnawi who were returning to the area on February 7 and 10, according to several sources. The local tribesmen were reportedly fed up with SLA/MM and attempted to prevent them from re-occup [...]	2009-02-11 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM198	REGIME IS CORNERED, SAYS NCP FUR INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Miscalculations in dealing with the SPLM, Darfur rebels and Northern opposition parties have left the NCP severely weakened and unable to take decisive action, Fur intellectual and NCP member Dr. Faroug Ahmed Adam told CDA Fernandez and poloff in a meeting on February 10. The iro [...]	2009-02-12 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU
09KHARTOUM2	EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF PRO-GOVERNMENT DAILY CONTENDS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, 2008, the Public Affairs Officer and Information Assistant visited, "Sudan Vision" Editor-in-Chief and former International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participant Saif Adeen Elbashir Ahmed Hassan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss an upcoming PAS [...]	2009-01-02 06:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM204	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE [...] (U) Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President Obama from the President of the Republic of the Sudan, H.E. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: February 11, 2009 [...]	2009-02-13 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM208	FUR SHURA COUNCIL PROPOSAL TO UNITE DARFURIANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Abdul Wahid has cemented his role as leader of the Fur through his close contacts with the popularly-elected IDP camp sheiks, members of the Fur Shura Council told poloffs on February 8. The camp sheikhs have gained power at the expense of the traditional tribal leaders, they sai [...]	2009-02-17 04:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM209	COMMUNIST PARTY HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: "I DON'T REPRESENT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 16 telephone call, renowned human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman told poloff he is attending the Doha negotiations as a parliamentary observer from the Sudanese Communist Party, and stressed that he is not entitled by the Fur people to participate in negotiations [...]	2009-02-17 04:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM21	AEC PLENARY - ABYEI UPDATE FROM UNMIS FORCE COMMANDER [...] (SBU) During the first Assessment and Evaluation Plenary session of 2009, UNMIS Force Commander Brigadier General Thapa provided an update on the situation in Abyei. He said the ceasefire per the July Abyei Roadmap has held, with the exception of the December 12 shooting incident in the Abyei [...]	2009-01-07 11:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM210	USAID PARTNER STAFF EXPELLED FROM SUDAN [...] (SBU) Last week the Country Director for USAID implementing partner PADCO-AECOM was given 48 hours to leave Sudan by the Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC). The order was in direct response to a discussion between the Charg d'Affaires and the HAC Commissioner at the Hi [...]	2009-02-17 05:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM211	DARFUR'S NOMADS REQUEST DEVELOPMENT AID AND CHANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 15, the Nomads Development Council (NDC) led by Abdalla Safi Al-Nur told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's nomads (the majority of which are Arab, although the non-Arab Zaghawa are also nomadic) are misunderstood, marginalized, and in need of humanitarian aid and developme [...]	2009-02-17 05:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM212	CHADIAN REBELS COMMITTED TO DIALOGUE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From February 12-16, four Chadian rebels from the United Resistance Front (UFR) separately told poloffs that they are currently committed to political dialogue, but cautioned that time is running out as they wait for deeper diplomatic engagement from the European Union and Unit [...]	2009-02-17 10:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM213	NCP OFFICIAL SYMPATHETIC BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, CDA Fernandez met with senior NCP official Qutbi al Mahdi, who maintains a keen interest in humanitarian affairs. CDA expressed his concern that on the very same day he received a conciliatory letter from President Bashir to President Obama (reftel a),the GOS Huma [...]	2009-02-17 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM217	WHILE ABYEI TEETERS ON THE EDGE, COMPLEX BUDGETIING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over eight months after the June 8 Roadmap Agreement was signed, the Abyei Interim Administration remains stymied by a critical lack of funding. GoS officials described complex and confusing financing procedures, and blame the AIA for failing to take the steps necessary for mo [...]	2009-02-18 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM218	SUDAN RESPONSE: EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] (SBU) UNAMID requires all military personnel, civilian employees and UN Volunteers to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. John Alstrom, UNAMID Chief of Staff, and Wayne Hyde, head of the UNAMID Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU),said that UNAMID's 1 [...]	2009-02-18 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM219	TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES POSE CHALLENGE TO DISARMAMENT, [...] Summary: On February 16, Sudan's National DDR Coordinating Council hosted a donor conference in Juba to discuss the latest developments in their efforts to reduce SAF and SPLA forces, and to encourage donors to provide additional funds to support the reintegration of former soldiers into civili [...]	2009-02-19 05:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM22	CORRECTED COPY - AEC PLENARY - ABYEI UPDATE FROM UNMIS [...] (SBU) During the first Assessment and Evaluation Plenary session of 2009, UNMIS Force Commander Brigadier General Thapa provided an update on the situation in Abyei. He said the ceasefire per the June 8 Abyei Roadmap has held, with the exception of the December 12 shooting incident in the Abye [...]	2009-01-07 12:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM220	DARFUR UPDATE: REPORTS OF SAF BOMBING, GROUND ATTACKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The SAF has been bombing the SLA/Abdul Wahid-held area of Kutur in East Jebel Marra beginning at 07:00 on February 18, an SLA/AW commander told poloff. He stated that the bombing has resulted in six civilian deaths and the destruction of many homes and livestock. GOS paramilitar [...]	2009-02-19 06:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM223	ANNOUNCEMENT OF CENSUS RESULTS TO BE DELAYED AT LEAST UNTIL [...] (SBU) On 16 February the Fifth Population Census of Sudan Technical Working Group (TWG) met in Khartoum to review the national census priority results and make a decision on whether the results should be forwarded to the National Population Census Council (NPCC). At the meeting, the Central Bu [...]	2009-02-20 08:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM224	GNU CONTEMPLATES DIRECT BUDGET SUPPORT TO GOSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to GOSS Minister for Finance Kuol Athian Mawien, GNU Finance Minister Awad al Jaz has endorsed a draft proposal for direct budget support to the Government of Southern Sudan following two days of negotiations with his GOSS ministerial counterpart and the Fiscal Financia [...]	2009-02-20 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS ECON EAID EFIN SU AE
09KHARTOUM225	USAID PARTNER ASSETS SEIZED IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) proceeded on February 18 with a summary seizure of assets used by USAID implementing partners PADCO-AECOM and International Rescue Committee (IRC). These seizures are the latest in a continuing pattern of intimidation and disrup [...]	2009-02-20 09:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM226	WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DOHA AND NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Doha process continues, the conclusion of the initial phase of the process on February 17 with an "Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building" between JEM and the GoS (reftel a-d) left behind notable early losers and winners. Rapidly changing events in Sudan, [...]	2009-02-20 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM227	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 17 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,611, or 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID is preparing for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit and believes it has sufficient authorization from the GOS to begin contr [...]	2009-02-21 11:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM23	KHARTOUM: SECTION 565 WAIVER REQUEST [...] (SBU) Khartoum requests waiver of the requirements of Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorizations Act for the reasons contained in paragraph two. 2. (SBU) Both the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),which ended the 21-year civil war in 2005, and the Interim Natio [...]	2009-01-08 09:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL SU
09KHARTOUM230	SPLM NEGOTIATOR ARMAN ON DOHA DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Doha talks participant Yasser Arman, the GNU-JEM &Goodwill Agreement8 reached there potentially could re-energize the political process in Darfur, if it is enforced and if Sudan,s neighbors and other rebel factions can be engaged, but the behavior of JEM in the talk [...]	2009-02-22 10:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM231	DECEMBER OIL REVENUES PLUNGE ON FALLING PRICES; [...] (C) Summary: On February 15 the Joint Committee on Oil Accounts announced that GOS oil revenues for December totaled $274.38 million, down from $347.79 million in November and $608.76 million in October as the global financial crisis sent oil prices plummeting. The price of the heavily acidic [...]	2009-02-22 10:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EFIN ENRG KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM233	SPLA AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS RENEWED CONFLICT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen staff on February 17, Nhial Deng Nhial, the newly installed Minister for SPLA Affairs, termed renewed conflict with the North &nearly inevitable,8 emphasized the need to disarm local civilian populations in the South in order to put a stop to increasing [...]	2009-02-22 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM234	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION STILL AIMS FOR ELECTIONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-22 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM236	GOS REFUSES TO ISSUE VISAS FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) Following almost a year of agonizing lack of clarity during which the GOS first delayed, then verbally approved, and then once again delayed the issuance of visas for the U.S. military staff officers assigned to UNAMID, just days before the arrival of two of the officers, MFA U/S Mutriff S [...]	2009-02-22 13:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM238	Ed Daein Humanitarian Update [...] During February 1-3 a joint USAID assessment team comprised of representatives from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the USAID Mission Program Office visited Ed Daein, South Darfur. The team monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs and assessed the humanitarian [...]	2009-02-22 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM240	NCP-SPLM DISAGREEMENT ON KEY LEGISLATION PREVENTS NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to GNU State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (SPLM) the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are discussing eleven pieces of outstanding CPA-related legislation. While the two parties have agreed upon several of the draft [...]	2009-02-23 06:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM245	DARFUR ROUNDUP: JEM CLASHES WITH SLA/MM AND SAF; SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez on February 22 that despite its public statements, the NCP recognizes that little was achieved at the recent talks in Doha, and that no agreement to which JEM is the only party will bring peace to Darfur. Siddiq also accused JEM of desta [...]	2009-02-23 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM246	FEBRUARY 18 UNAMID-AU-GOS TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union, United Nations, and the GoS discussed deployment of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) at a February 18 tripartite meeting in Khartoum. The parties discussed visa delays, railroad and police vehicle maintenance, and made oblique but r [...]	2009-02-23 14:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM247	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROGRAMS SPUR IDENTITY DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Khartoum and the U.S. Consulate General in Juba cast a wide net within civil society for this year's African-American History Month programming. Participants sought to learn from America's experience in combating racism, addressing cultural di [...]	2009-02-24 06:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AU MCAP KPAO OIIP OPRC SU
09KHARTOUM249	SUDAN COMPLAINS OF â€œPROBABLY AMERICANâ€ BOMBING [...] (S) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on the morning of February 24 by Americas Department head Ambassador Nasreddin Wali. Wali said that he had sensitive and worrisome information to relate to the Charge. Reading from hand-written notes in Arabic and referring to a large dog-eared [...]	2009-02-24 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MASS PARM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM250	FIGHTING ERUPTS IN MALAKAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Calm is slowly returning to Malakal following a multi-hour firefight in the center of the state capital provoked by Gabriel Tanginiya's return to the South. The SAF-aligned militia commander was directly responsible for the bloody 2006 confrontation between the SAF and SPLA in M [...]	2009-02-24 11:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM252	NEW MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO CURB SPLA CORRUPTION [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8 2. (C) SUMMARY: SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial is attempting to move against commanders he suspects of corruption within the SPLA's senior echelons less than one month into his ministerial tenure. The Minister's political cover for the i [...]	2009-02-24 12:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN MOPS MARR KDEM KCOR SU
09KHARTOUM255	DEVELOPMENT, AND NOT JUST EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, IS NEEDED [...] (SBU) On February 23, Ibrahim Musa Madibbo, Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority's Rehabilitation and Resettlement Commission, presented his institution's work to CDA Fernandez. The stack of books in Arabic included: a study documenting the root causes of the conflict in Dar [...]	2009-02-24 13:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM256	TURABI STILL IN JAIL; PCP CONTINUES TO BE HARASSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite a number of pleas to local and international audiences by the Popular Congress Party (PCP),the organization's leader, Hassan al-Turabi, remains imprisoned by the Sudanese regime. Formerly a leading member of the Sudanese regime that came to power in 1989, Turabi's arrest [...]	2009-02-24 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM259	MINNAWI: WE ARE CHASING JEM OUT OF DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that his fighters are currently chasing JEM fighters north to the Chadian border and out of Sudan. Minnawi reported that his forces have been emergin [...]	2009-02-25 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM260	UN DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, FEBRUARY 24 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting, UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that contingency planning for the March 4 ICC announcement has not detracted from humanitarian operations, and that they plan to continue working. In Darfur, access to Muhajeriya and surrounding areas has i [...]	2009-02-25 10:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM262	MALAKAL TENSIONS PERSIST AFTER TANGINIYA DEPARTS [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Erstwhile SSDF Commander and current SAF Major General Gabriel Tanginiya returned to Khartoum February 24 following his evacuation from Malakal via a chartered Antanov flight. GOSS Vice President Riek Machar, who arrived in [...]	2009-02-25 12:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM263	FORMER REBELS (TURNED GOVERNMENT AGENTS?) PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 23, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Free Will (SLM/FW,) a rebel movement which entered the Darfur Peace Agreement after Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that they are working to unite the Fur tribe. According to these contacts, their work is needed as the [...]	2009-02-25 12:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM264	SPLM LEADERSHIP IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS IN FLUX [...] (SBU) Summary. In a decisive and long-overdue move, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Council of Southern Kordofan voted to oust Deputy Governor Daniel Kodi from his position of SPLM State Chairman. The vote of no-confidence in Kodi as the SPLM's lead-man in the Nuba Mountains is [...]	2009-02-25 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM265	GOS-JEM "DETAINEE EXCHANGE" A ONE-SIDED AFFAIR [...] (SBU) As a "goodwill gesture" to the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) following the Doha talks, the GOS released 24 detainees on February 22 who it claimed were members of JEM. JEM Spokesman Ahmed Hussein was unable to immediately confirm if the detainees - whose names were published [...]	2009-02-25 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU

09KHARTOUM273	JEM RETREATS TOWARDS CHAD [...] (SBU) Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels have retreated towards Chad, according to according to UNAMID and GOS sources. A source at UNAMID told poloff on February 26 that approximately 60 vehicles crossed into Chadian territory on February 24 carrying wounded fighters, and were headed t [...]	2009-02-26 13:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM276	RESPONSE - SUDAN COMPLAINS OF "PROBABLY AMERICAN" [...] (S) CDA Fernandez informed Sudanese MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq on February 26 that, per reftel a, "the United States did not/not carry out these reported attacks." Siddiq said that he will make sure that this response is disseminated to the appropriate government channels. RAO will also follow up [...]	2009-02-27 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PGOV PREL SU MASS ASEC
09KHARTOUM278	JIU DISARMAMENT IN UPPER NILE STATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM28	JEM ON THE MOVE IN NORTH DARFUR? [...] (C) UNAMID reported on January 8 that JEM had moved approximately 200 vehicles into the vicinity of Mellit, North Darfur over the course of the previous week. The vehicles were reportedly spotted in an area called Daba Tuga, 20 kilometers northwest of Mellit (60 kilometers north of El Fasher) [...]	2009-01-11 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM282	BASHIR TAKES THE HIGH ROAD AT UMMA PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) The opening of the Umma Party's 7th national convention on February 26 attracted a constellation of Sudan's political elite with party head Sadiq al-Mahdi welcoming representatives from the Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan's other traditional party),Sudanese Communist Party, Popular Con [...]	2009-03-01 10:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM288	NEGOTIATING FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL: HOW THE NCP USES [...] (C) As the new U.S. Administration considers options on how best to engage with the Sudanese regime and considers the possibility of discussing with the regime on our key foreign policy objectives in Sudan, it is important to keep in mind that the National Congress Party (NCP) regime never saw [...]	2009-03-02 12:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM289	MEASURED U.S. RESPONSE WILL TEMPER GOS REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 13:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM29	TEARS, DEATH AND DANCING: THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Sudan's peace partners gathered in the city of Malakal, capital of Upper Nile state, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on January 9, 2009. The festivities were overshadowed by tribal fighting just outside Malakal's soccer stadium (where nation [...]	2009-01-12 06:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM290	MFA ASSURES EMBASSY OF PROTECTION DURING ICC CRISIS [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Protocol Ali Yusuf called in CDA Fernandez on March 2 to outline GOS precautions taken to protect foreign missions in general and the US Embassy in particular in the light of possible unrest after an International Criminal Court (ICC) announcement on President Omar al-Ba [...]	2009-03-02 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SU
09KHARTOUM297	DARFUR CALM BUT TENSE AHEAD OF MARCH 4 ICC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur is calm but tense ahead of the March 4 ICC announcement. Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) leaders are actively warning IDPs against engaging in any public celebrations in response to the expected ICC indictment of President Bashir. At the same time, they express confid [...]	2009-03-03 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM299	IN ADVANCE OF ICC DECISION, GOS KEEPS PRESSURE ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) On March 1, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Khartoum told representatives of CHF International,EedeCans S`ns FrontIeres%Net`erlands (MSF/H),Solidarites, CARE International, MSF/France (MSF/F),and OXFAM International that, for security reasons [...]	2009-03-04 07:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM3	"NEW SUDAN" WAS A MYTH, SAYS SOUTHERN OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Garang Vision of a "New Sudan" is a myth, and any Southern leaders who think otherwise are simply deluding themselves because Arab resistance to Southern governance is simply insurmountable, veteran Southern independence figure Peter Sule told poloffs on December 23. Sule als [...]	2009-01-02 07:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM301	AU STILL LABORING OVER DARFUR JUSTICE, BUT EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union is capable of investigating crimes in Darfur, but by supporting the ICC, the international community is endangering the pursuit of peace and justice in the troubled Sudanese region, according to the acting director of the AU Darfur portfolio and senior JMST advi [...]	2009-03-04 09:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM302	CHADIAN REBELS LEAVE KHARTOUM AND EXPECT AN ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26, polchief and poloff met Mahamat Hanno, a close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi, and Mukhtar ben Yahya, a UFR representative and personal representative of UFDD/F's Abdulwahid Aboud. The Chadian rebels said they expect fighting between the ANT and their [...]	2009-03-04 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM306	SUDAN RESPONDS TO ICC WARRANT BY EJECTING NGOs [...] (SBU) Summary: Immediately following the ICC's announcement of the arrest warrant for President Bashir on March 4, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) ordered 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to depart Sudan within 24 hours. At least three addition [...]	2009-03-05 12:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM307	GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN ASSURES SAFETY OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5th meeting with the international community in Juba, GOSS Minister for Regional Cooperation Barnabas Benjamin assured the international community that the GOSS has taken multiple steps to ensure their safety in the face of ICC indictments of GNU President Omar al Bash [...]	2009-03-06 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM308	MFA AND UN BRIEF DONORS ON NGO EXPULSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5 MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq briefed diplomatic Chiefs of Mission on the expulsions of NGOs, claiming that the organizations had exceeded their mandates and therefore had been asked to leave Sudan. Siddiq acknowledged that "we are also concerned about gaps left by these org [...]	2009-03-06 13:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM309	GENERALLY CALM REACTIONS TO ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 4 announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Emboffs reached out to a range of contacts for a sampling of reactions. Most evin [...]	2009-03-06 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPKO KDEM KAWC UNSC ASEC
09KHARTOUM310	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of March 3, 2009, the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,939, or 66.16 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID continues to prepare for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit, welcoming an Ethiopian officer assigned to facilitate the [...]	2009-03-07 10:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM311	ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE NGO EXPULSION AMIDST CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of the expulsion of more than 13 NGOs from Sudan(ten international expelled and three domestic NGOs dissolved) is only beginning to be felt, and the NGO staff report considerable harassment from the GOS Humanitarian Affairs Commision (HAC) as they attempt to organize [...]	2009-03-07 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM312	NCP HAS NO INTENTION OF FUNDING ABYEI, WARNS GOSS OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez, AEC Chairman Plumbly and the Dutch Ambassador met with GOSS Minister of Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng on March 5 in Khartoum to review the current state of play in the sensitive border area of Abyei and to compare notes on the state of the National Congress Party (NC [...]	2009-03-07 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM313	NCP SHOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY ON NGO EXPULSIONS, BUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez delivered cleared talking points to senior GNU regime and NCP officials March 7 regarding the expulsion of NGOs from Sudan. The NCP stuck to its hard line that "the expulsions are not reversible" but showed some flexibility on the question of a prolonged departure [...]	2009-03-07 13:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM315	HOARSE BASHIR KICKS OFF DAYS OF ANTI-ICC, ANTI-WESTERN [...] (U) On March 5, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, now a wanted ICC indictee, kicked off the first of a series of popular demonstrations aimed at solidifying support for the regime and for the President personally. While the rhetoric has often been incendiary, the rallies have so far been peac [...]	2009-03-08 08:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM318	UN TRIES TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AS NGO EMERGENCY CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The crisis resulting from Sudan's March 4 decision to expel 13 major Western NGOs (and dissolve 3 Sudanese NGOs) continued on March 8 as regional players, western embassies, the UN, and the SPLM urged a reluctant and publicly defiant Bashir regime to relent. President Bashir denounced the [...]	2009-03-08 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM321	NGO EXPULSIONS FURTHER DAMAGE SPLM-NCP RELATIONS [...] (C) The government's decision to expel 13 INGOs (and dissolve 3 local NGOs) from operating in Sudan has not just damaged the regime's relations with the West, it has also damaged the ruling party's relations with the SPLM, which was not consulted at all about the decision, according to SPLM De [...]	2009-03-08 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM323	EXPELLED NGOS MEET WITH USAID AND EMBASSY STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 8, the expatriate staff from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) met with CDA Fernandez, Emboffs, and USAID staff in Khartoum. NGOs provided a summary of GOS harassment, program close-out and ongoing bureaucratic issues to date following the GOS order for the [...]	2009-03-09 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM324	BASHIR DEFIANT AS IDPs PREDICT CRISIS IN THE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: As authorities press ahead with the decision to expel NGOs from Darfur, a defiant Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addressed a rally in El Fasher on March 8. In addition to accusing the U.S. of killing "millions" of Muslims, he denounced both the ICC and NGO workers as "agents [...]	2009-03-09 15:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM325	GOS HARASSMENT OF EXPELLED NGO STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings at the UN and at USAID, NGO officials outlined a systematic campaign by the Government of Sudan to seize assets and harass staff of the NGOs expelled in the wake of the ICC announcement on March 4. Post will continue to protest the harassment of NGOs and Amcits to G [...]	2009-03-09 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM326	THE EXPULSION OF NGOS WAS THE "MINIMUM WE COULD [...] (C) Summary: NCP political chief Mandour al-Mahdi said that Western fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Darfur following the expulsion of NGOs are greatly exaggerated as Sudanese organizations are ready, willing and able to step in. The NGOs in question had been preventing the voluntar [...]	2009-03-10 14:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM327	TURABI: FREE AT LAST - BUT WHY, AND WHAT'S GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, CDA Fernandez met with Popular Congress Party leader Dr. Hassan al-Turabi at his house in Khartoum. Turabi, who was released from Port Sudan prison on March 9, appeared in good health and talked about his treatment in prison, the strange nature of his release, and th [...]	2009-03-10 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM328	GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN SAYS EGYPT WILL RECOGNIZE AN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5th meeting with the international community in Juba, Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Minister for Regional Cooperation (the GOSS' de facto foreign ministry) Barnabas Benjamin gave a briefing on his latest tour of regional capitals on behalf of the GOSS. His top acco [...]	2009-03-10 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC SU EG CF UG RU
09KHARTOUM329	41ST AEC PLENARY DISCUSSES MALAKAL INCIDENT, ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 41st Plenary meeting on March 2, the Assessment and Evaluation Committee's (AEC) discussion of the February 24-26 fighting in Malakal that killed 57 and wounded 68 focused primarily on the continuing inadequacies of the Joint Integrated Units. The Parties reported some pro [...]	2009-03-11 02:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM330	TWO REPORTS ANALYZE SOUTH SUDAN'S BUDGET CRISIS [...] This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to two independent analyses, the GoSS can expect to receive no more than 3/4, and possibly as little as 1/2, of the Sudanese Pounds (SDG) 3.658 billion revenues anticipated in its 2009 budget. Transfers from the Govern [...]	2009-03-11 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM332	NGO EXPULSION WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. An initial assessment shows that the expulsion of NGOs will have a direct, negative impact on the key priority of the CPA to promote peace and stability in the volatile "Three Areas" bordering North and South Sudan. The expulsions resulted in major cuts in three types of progra [...]	2009-03-11 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM334	SUGGESTED DONOR RESPONSE TO THE NGO EXPULSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The US Embassy and other donor missions in Khartoum continue to work closely with the UN Mission in Khartoum to assess the impact of the NGO expulsions and examine possible responses. Today the UN began a one-week joint fi [...]	2009-03-11 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM339	GOS SOFTENS TONE TOWARD NGOs, BUT CONTINUES TO PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 10 meeting, GOS Humanitarian Assistance Commission (HAC) Secretary General Ahmed Adam promised to treat NGOs better during program closures. Adam said that Sudanese police will no longer be involved in close-out procedures, and that HAC will no longer restrict NG [...]	2009-03-12 12:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM342	MARCH 12 NGO STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The unlawful expulsion of the 13 INGOs on March 5 has exposed the absence of any legal framework to govern humanitarian activity and left remaining INGOs hostage to the political whims of the GOS, members of the NGO Steering Committee told Donor Ambassadors on March 12. This lack [...]	2009-03-12 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM343	SUDANESE JIHADIST RHETORIC HEATS UP, THEN COOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a significant rise in public anti-Western rhetoric from both regime figures and extremist groups since the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Whether the remarks are a start of a re [...]	2009-03-12 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM344	UPDATE FROM DARFUR - KIDNAPPINGS, ATTEMPTED UNAMID [...] Summary: The GOS has "lit a slow-burning fuse" in denying key international NGOs access, and IDPs remain convinced that GOS authorities purposefully intend to reduce humanitarian coverage in Darfur, sources in UNAMID and among IDPs indicate. IDPs queued and drained water reserves in camps this [...]	2009-03-12 14:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM347	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is slated to begin shortly on the facilities necessary for the May arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopters, but the GOS has yet to convey its approval of their arrival to UNAMID. Nepalese authorities have scheduled an official UNAMID pre-deployment visit in May, [...]	2009-03-13 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM357	NCP PASSES A PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament Atem Garang (SPLM) on March 13th to discuss the March 12th emergency session of the Parliament, as well as gather his views on national elections. Garang informed poloff that during the Parliamentary session, the National Congress [...]	2009-03-16 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM358	EXPAT FUR INTELLECTUAL URGES ROOM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfuris can solve the crisis in their homeland if the international community presses the GOS to allow Darfuri civil society to operate there, according to Dr. El Tigani Sesei, one of Darfur's preeminent expatriate intellectuals. El Tigani characterized Abdul Wahid as "catastro [...]	2009-03-16 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM365	BASHIR CONTINUES TIRADE AGAINST THE WEST AND PROMISES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a fiery speech March 16, President Bashir announced that all international aid organizations would be forced to leave Sudan within a year. For now, moderate NCP officials appear to be backing the President, and we have heard a surprising number of moderate NCP official say th [...]	2009-03-16 15:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM367	GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]	2009-03-16 17:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM37	SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK [...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...]	2009-01-12 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM371	GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]	2009-03-17 07:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM372	SLA/UNITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH GOS IN DOHA [...] (SBU) Summary: SLA/Unity and four smaller Darfur rebel factions have agreed to attend negotiations with the GOS in Doha, signing a deal in Tripoli on March 15 with Qatari FM Ali Mahmoud looking on. Talks in Doha with the "Unity Plus" group should begin in two weeks, as Joint Mediator Djibril Ba [...]	2009-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM375	MALAKAL REMAINS UNSTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to UN and JIU sources, the situation in Malakal (Upper Nile State, southern Sudan) is still very unpredictable, and the recent attacks on the Muerle community in Pibor have contributed to the splintering of the Malakal SAF JIU. The latter has now split into four faction [...]	2009-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM377	UN, DONORS, NGOS SCRAMBLE TO KEEP UP WITH SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (D/SRSG) Ameerah Haq and members of the INGO Steering Committee (INGO-SC) briefed donors over the past two days on the status of INGO expulsions and efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This wa [...]	2009-03-18 06:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM379	NCP ITSELF DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT, WARNS [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that President Bashir's own ruling National Congress Party (NCP) "doesn't know what the regime will do next, underscoring the extreme volatility of current decision-making in Sudan. SPLM frustration with the NCP has reached a point that m [...]	2009-03-18 08:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM382	ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR BASHIR IS A GAME-CHANGER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir will certainly have a bearing on the process of democratic transformation in Sudan, and the national elections in particular. As a result, the USG needs to be prepared politically [...]	2009-03-18 13:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM383	TWIN CRISES IN DARFUR'S ZAM ZAM IDP CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 36,000 new arrivals in Zam Zam IDP camp are living in extremely precarious conditions, with little or no access to water, food, health care, shelter, or education, according to what IDPs told CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff on a March 16 visit to Zam Zam. Several persons who [...]	2009-03-18 15:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM384	EMBASSY RAISES WITH MFA AMCIT HARASSMENT AND CHILDREN'S [...] (SBU) On March 18, DCM Asquino and conoff met with Ambassador Ahmed El Tijani, Director General of the Aliens and Borders Department and members of his staff. The Mission requested the meeting, which took the MFA eight days to arrange, to discuss the harassment by Government of Sudan (GOS) off [...]	2009-03-18 16:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM386	SPLM LEADERS TRY TO PROTECT AID TO THREE AREAS [...] Summary. Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Riek Machar, and SPLM representatives from Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states and the Abyei Administration traveled to Khartoum on March 15 to participate in a meeting with Government of National Unity (GNU) Vice President [...]	2009-03-19 09:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM390	EMBASSY TRIP TO EL FASHER MARCH 15-17 [...] (SBU) Summary: The expulsion of 13 INGOs has led to a deterioration of services in IDP camps that local NGOs have neither the capacity nor inclination to fill, representatives of Al Salaam, Abu Shouk and Zam Zam (reftel) IDP Camps told CDA Fernandez on a March 15-17 trip to El Fasher. They also [...]	2009-03-19 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM393	NEC OFFICIAL SUPPORTS STAGGERED ELECTIONS, SHUNS A [...] Summary: One of the nine National Electoral Commission (NEC) members, Mukhtar Assam, stated that the NEC would very soon inform the GNU that full-scale elections by the CPA-intended elections date of July are not technically feasible. Assam said that elections in November-December 2009 or Jan [...]	2009-03-20 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM40	WESTERN EQUATORIA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR ARMED CIVILIAN FORCE [...] (SBU) Western Equatoria State Governor Jemma Kumba has requested that the SPLA arm her state's civilian population in the face of renewed and increasingly violent LRA activity in her state since the UPDF bombing of suspected LRA areas in Garamba Park in early December 2008. SPLA Chief of Staff [...]	2009-01-13 16:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS ASEC SU UG
09KHARTOUM400	SPLM INSIDER ON SNAP ELECTIONS, CPA IMPLEMENTATION, AND [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen Juba on March 19, GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng indicated that the SPLM would boycott any snap national Presidential elections intended to legitimize GNU President Omar al Bashir [...]	2009-03-22 11:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM405	COMBATTING THE MENINGITIS OUTBREAK IN DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. As international donors and humanitarian agencies continue to seek ways to address the humanitarian gaps created by the Sudanese government's March 4 and 5 expulsions of 13 international organizations and dissolution of three Sudanese organizations, cases of meningitis are increasi [...]	2009-03-23 06:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM408	PRESIDENT BASHIR RETHINKING ATTENDANCE AT ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) The GoS appears to be setting the stage for President Bashir to gracefully withdraw his participation at the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha. Bashir earlier had stated publically that he planned to attend. However, pro-government press recently has been filled with commentary, urgi [...]	2009-03-23 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM409	UN AND DONORS MEET ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 20, in a specially called meeting, UN humanitarian officials briefed donor principals on the current situation and UN efforts to facilitate addressing the humanitarian gaps and current crisis fueled by the Government of National Unity's (GNU) expulsion of 13 interna [...]	2009-03-23 09:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM410	SUSPICIOUS SOUTH DARFUR IDPS CONVINCED OF GOS PLAN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most contentious political issue in South Darfur remains the presence of 90,000 plus residents in Kalma camp. Suspicious tribal leaders and IDP representatives speaking with poloff in Nyala expressed fear that the GOS intends to evacuate the camp to force its residents back [...]	2009-03-23 09:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM414	UN DUCKS TOUGH QUESTIONS ON SUDANESE ELECTIONS [...] Summary: During the first Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) meeting after the ICC's March 4 arrest warrant for Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir, the UN spoke at length about meager and unimpressive electoral preparations made by the National Electoral Commission (NEC),but [...]	2009-03-23 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM418	KALMA IDP LEADERS CONTINUE TO REFUSE HUMANTIARIAN SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Humanitarian efforts in volatile Kalma IDP camp have ground to a halt as IDP leaders there have responded to the INGO expulsions by rebuffing UN efforts since March 21 to resume services. Unrealistically demanding the return of the expelled NGOs, along with refusing any Sudanese [...]	2009-03-24 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM420	SUDANESE CIVIL SOCIETY DETERMINED TO STAY IN THE FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Key independent civil society actors, who have been implementing USG-supported civic and voter education and human rights activities in northern Sudan, affirmed that they are committed to stay in the fight to maintain space for civic participation. They intend to do so despite [...]	2009-03-25 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM421	THE UN UNVEILS THE RESULTS OF THE JOINT UN-GNU ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 24, the UN released a statement on the joint UN-Government of National Unity (GNU) assessment of humanitarian needs in Darfur following the early March expulsions of non-governmental organizations (NGO). According to the UN, the expulsions resulted in significant [...]	2009-03-25 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM422	WILY LAM AKOL CLAIMS SPLM WILL STAND WITH BASHIR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Lam Akol, well-known Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) turncoat and former Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs, told CDA that he would pass a message to the National Congress Party (NCP) that if it wants to engage with the new U.S. administr [...]	2009-03-25 15:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI KDEM ASEC AU SU
09KHARTOUM423	POLIO CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA [...] Summary: For the past nine months, Southern Sudan has experienced a large poliomyelitis (polio) outbreak with a total of 40 cases (24 in 2008 and 16 in 2009). Despite a series of national immunization days (NID) in 2008 and 2009, the outbreak continues to spread, now including previously polio [...]	2009-03-25 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV PREL ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM424	GOS CAUTIOUSLY HESITANT ABOUT POSSIBLE SE GRATION [...] (C) On March 25, a vaguely positive, but guarded Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary (U/S) Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez that he would have to consult with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and GNU President Al-Bashir upon their return from Cairo about t [...]	2009-03-25 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM425	SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE, MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudanese authorities have arrested three men in connection with the March 17 ambush and killing of one Nigerian UNAMID peacekeeper in Nyala. A spate of daylight attacks within the city has alarmed UN security, while at the same time it copes with reduced visibility in the resti [...]	2009-03-26 05:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM427	ANGRY NCP "MODERATE" SIGNALS AN UNBENDING REGIME: [...] (C) Summary: In a contentious meeting with CDA on March 26, the usually moderate NCP former General Yahia Babiker dismissed US policy in Sudan as "not wise" and accused the U.S. of giving his country nothing substantive in exchange for the NCP's years of bilateral cooperation on the CPA and an [...]	2009-03-26 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM428	ADDING INSULT TO INJURY - GNU DEMANDS EXORBITANT SEVERANCE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 22, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Labor issued a "ministerial decree," arguing that expelled non-governmental organizations (NGOs) had infringed on laws and regulations regarding the humanitarian work in Sudan (an accusation used by the Humani [...]	2009-03-26 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM429	SEARCHING FOR "TRACK THREE" ON DARFUR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) This is an action message, please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for Humanitarian Affairs Ameerah Haq met with a core group of major donors on late on March 25 to inaugurate a weekly ad hoc coordination mechanism in Khartoum between [...]	2009-03-26 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM431	"SUDAN IS DIFFERENT NOW AND YOUR POLICY MUST BE [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ali Abdallah Masar, the most senior Darfuri Arab in the Sudanese regime, met CDA Fernandez on March 26 to suggest that, after the March 4 ICC arrest warrant for President Bashir "Sudan is a different place now" requiring a different American approach to the Khartoum re [...]	2009-03-27 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM433	ESTABLISHMENT OF SUDANESE-AMERICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN [...] SUMMARY: For a number of years, Sudanese alumni of USG grant programs tried, but never quite succeeded, in forming an alumni association. This has now changed. In late February, the semi-governmental Council for International People's Friendship approved the 27-member Sudanese American Alumni [...]	2009-03-29 05:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI OEXC KMDR KPKO ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM435	SUPPORT FOR BASHIR "WIDE BUT THIN" SAYS MINNAWI [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on March 28 that, based on his discussion with senior regime officials, support for President Bashir within the ruling elite is "wide but thin." Minni said that, for the moment, Ba [...]	2009-03-29 12:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM436	THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 23-24, U.S. Embassy and USAID staff met with staff from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in El Fasher and attended the state-level Interagency Management Group (IAMG) meeting in North Darfur chaired by OCHA to discuss the current s [...]	2009-03-30 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM439	ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR TRAVELS TO KHARTOUM TO RESOLVE FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok is in Khartoum to try to secure the release of GNU revenues for his Administration. The annual Misseriya cattle migration has gone fairly smoothly, but both the Dinka and Misseriya continue to be worried about security as they remain respectively [...]	2009-03-30 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM44	RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL: FOR THE USG TO DECIDE [...] (C) NCP strategist Sayed Al-Khateeb told CDA Fernandez that the NCP regime will not act irrationally when an ICC indictment of GoS President Omar Al-Bashir is handed down, but warned, just like many other NCP officials have, that the GoS may not be able to fully control the actions of non-gove [...]	2009-01-14 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM440	GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN TURNS UP THE HEAT ON INGO SEVERANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As expelled non-governmental organizations (NGOs) continue to close-out Sudan programs, the Government of National Unity (GNU) continues to harass and intimidate the already traumatized humanitarian staff remaining in Khartoum. According to information from several meetings bet [...]	2009-03-30 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM446	UNMIS FEARS FOR THE STABILITY OF SOUTH SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 27 with ConGen Juba, Lise Grande, UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, expressed the view that the recent tribal fighting in Pibor County in Jonglei State and the "Wounded Soldiers" protests over back pay that shut down major trade corridors t [...]	2009-03-31 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM447	UNAMID REPORTS 2008 DARFUR CASUALTY FIGURES, PROPOSES NEXT [...] (SBU) There were 1,540 total violence-related deaths in Darfur in 2008, including those related to banditry, and 640 of these deaths were the result of Arab-Arab inter-tribal violence, according to UNAMID polchief Abdul Mohammed. Mohammed told polchief on March 31 that UNAMID will soon release [...]	2009-03-31 12:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM449	UNAMID UPDATE, MARCH 31 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID is preparing for Nepalese contingent-owned equipment (COE) to arrive in Sudan. The COE will get here before the contingent of Nepalese troops, which UNAMID is pushing to be on the ground by July 2009. In April and May, an Egyptian battalion will deploy to two camps in t [...]	2009-03-31 13:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM451	USAID EXPLORES NEW APPROACH FOR GOS-USAID COOPERATION IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 26, USAID Mission Director and USAID Legal Advisor met with Government of National Unity (GNU) Undersecretary of the Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC),Elfatih Ali Siddig to resume dialogue between USAID and MIC regarding programs on which the two agencies can c [...]	2009-04-01 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KDEM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC
09KHARTOUM466	UN AND DONORS MEET TO DISCUSS TRACK 3 AND NEW ROLES [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On April 1, USAID Mission Director attended, on behalf of the CDA, a small donors- group meeting with Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Ameerah Haq, to discuss UN thinking and planning on Track 3, as well as steps that donors could take to sup [...]	2009-04-02 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM468	SE GRATION VISIT BEGINS: MFA'S SIDDIQ SAYS "WE ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration began his visit to Sudan with a meeting the morning of April 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Undersecretary (and NCP insider) Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq expressed the Government of Sudan's willingness to improve U [...]	2009-04-02 17:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM469	SE GRATION VISIT: NISS CHIEF GHOSH LOSES HIS COOL [...] (S) SUMMARY: President's Special Envoy Gration met with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director Salah Ghosh on the morning of April 2. Ghosh rejected the possibility of the 13 expelled international NGOs being allowed back into Sudan but when pressed accepted a formula to m [...]	2009-04-02 17:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM47	HOW TO ADVANCE SECURITY MECHANISMS IN DARFUR, IN [...] (C) Summary: In the absence of an effective ceasefire agreement and with UN/DPKO reportedly blocking UNAMID's ceasefire monitoring plan, our best hope may be to push forward with the US Darfur Monitoring Plan, which can be used to more aggressively investigate security incidents and encourage [...]	2009-01-15 12:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM470	SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, a friendly but assertive Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie expressed appreciation for USG concerns about CPA implementation and the conflict in Darfur, but stated that bilateral relations would not improve [...]	2009-04-03 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM474	Mbeki Meets with Khartoum Dip Corps to Solicit Suggestions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a Khartoum meeting on April 2, Former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki surprised an unprepared Khartoum diplomatic corps by soliciting suggestions from them on how the African Union might best help resolve the Darfur crisis. The diplomats thought Mbeki had called the ga [...]	2009-04-05 06:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM475	SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, NCP-insider and Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen lauded the SE's mission to improve ties with Sudan while seeking improvements in the situation in Darfur and CPA implementation. He was less supportiv [...]	2009-04-05 08:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU INSC SU
09KHARTOUM476	ANOTHER MURKY HOSTAGE "CRISIS" UNFOLDS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) On the evening of April 4, 2009, 10-20 Arabic- speaking men in pick-up trucks invaded the Southwest Darfur compound of a small French NGO, Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI),and abducted two female AMI employees: a French nurse and a Canadian Administrator, and two Sudanese employees who [...]	2009-04-06 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM477	SE GRATION MEETS WITH THE UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN [...] (SBU) On April 2 the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary General, Ameerah Haq and other UN staff in Khartoum to discuss current humanitarian gaps and UN efforts to mitigate the current crisis here. The latter stems from the Gov [...]	2009-04-07 05:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM478	SHURA COUNCIL REITERATES PLEDGE TO UNITE THE FUR, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with SE Gration, Shura ('Consultative') Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur and Birgid tribes expressed frustration with the refusal of leader-in-exile Abdul Wahid to participate in peace talks. They posited that the Fur could instead be represented [...]	2009-04-07 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM479	KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES AND AD [...] (SBU) DCM Mark Asquino convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Sunday, April 5, to review reverse tripwires for the Mission's (reftel B) lifting of authorized departure (AD) status. The DCM, POL, MGT, DLO, RAO, USAID, RMO, PAO, CONS, and RSO were in attendance. 2. (SBU) Th [...]	2009-04-07 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR CASC PGOV PREL PTER SU
09KHARTOUM48	JEM ATTACKS SLM/MM AND BURNS MUHAJARIYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked his Sudan Liberation Movement forces stationed in Muhajariyya and completely burned the village on January 15. Minnawi said that the fighting began in the early [...]	2009-01-15 12:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM481	RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE GRATION IN JEBEL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]	2009-04-08 06:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM482	UNAMID PEACEKEEPERS NEED A PEACE TO KEEP, JSR ADADA TELLS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID, the joint AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, "needs a peace to keep," Joint Special Representative (JSR) Adada told Presidential Special Envoy Gration in a meeting at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur on April 4. UNAMID has now deployed 67 percent of its [...]	2009-04-08 06:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM484	BASSOLE SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING THE DOHA TALKS ALIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN/AU Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole noted that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) refused further dialogue with the Government of Sudan (GoS) because of the INGO expulsion, and proposed that JEM might participate in the Doha talks if the opportunity to discuss humanit [...]	2009-04-09 07:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM485	SE GRATION VISIT: NCP PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Gration, met with GOS Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail at National Congress Party Headquarters on April 8, 2009. Proclaiming that Sudan is willing to make a deal, Ismail hinted that the NCP would likely offer SE Gration som [...]	2009-04-09 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU

09KHARTOUM486	CORRECTED COPY: UNAMID PEACEKEEPERS NEED A PEACE TO KEEP, [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID, the joint AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, "needs a peace to keep," Joint Special Representative (JSR) Adada told Presidential Special Envoy Gration in a meeting at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur on April 4. UNAMID has now deployed 67 percent of its [...]	2009-04-09 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM487	CORRECTED COPY: RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]	2009-04-09 10:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM489	SLA/AW REBEL COMMANDERS' LETTER TO POTUS [...] (SBU) During the visit of Special Envoy Gration to Deribat, Jebel Marra on April 5, 2009 (reftel),senior commanders in the Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) submitted a hand-written letter in Arabic to President Barack Obama. 2. (SBU) The translated text of the letter is as fol [...]	2009-04-09 11:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM49	TURABI ARRESTED AFTER CALLING BASHIR "CULPABLE" FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, a founding father of the current Sudanese regime but now the leader of the opposition Peoples' Congress Party (PCP) and bitter opponent to the regime, was arrested at his home on the evening of January 14, following remarks calling on Sudanese Presid [...]	2009-01-15 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM500	SE GRATION'S VISIT TO ABYEI: INSECURITY, BUDGET, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Abyei and Agok on April 7, SE Gration heard a consistent message from residents and officials, who said that the failure to fully implement the CPA and the Abyei Roadmap left the IDPs in Agok fearful of returning home and dependent on international NGOs for all basic services [...]	2009-04-13 08:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM501	SE GRATION MEETING WITH UN RC DAVID GRESSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator for Southern Sudan told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration that with 20 months left until the 2011 Referendum, the international community, and particularly partners to the CPA, must re-focus their energies on achieving implementation of only t [...]	2009-04-13 08:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MCAPS EFIN EAID ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM506	SE GRATION MEETS WITH INGOs WORKING IN THE THREE AREAS [...] (SBU) On the morning of April 6 in Juba, Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met with seven INGOs working in the "Three Areas" on the border between northern and northern Sudan. PADCO, Mercy Corps, NDI, IRI, Save the Children and Goal all complained of constant bureaucratic obstac [...]	2009-04-14 05:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO EAID SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM507	SE GRATION IN EL FASHER: A PESSIMISTIC MINNAWI, A MYOPIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher on Saturday, April 4, meeting with the Wali of North Darfur, who strongly denied serious humanitarian gaps but still desires bilateral cooperation, telling the delegation "We put our hand in your hand t [...]	2009-04-14 05:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM508	SE GRATION MEETING WITH SPLA LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister for SPLA Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial briefed SE Gration on the status of SPLA transformation and the importance of this process for the Southern military to continue to be a credible, and respected, guarantor of the CPA. He underscored SPLM and SPLA willingness to assist [...]	2009-04-14 05:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM51	JEM CLASHES WITH SLM/MM IN MUHAJIRIYA, BUT SCALE OF [...] (SBU) Multiple rebel and UN sources confirmed the fighting between JEM and SLM/Minnawi forces in the Minnawi stronghold of Muhajiriya the morning of January 15 (Ref A),but details remain scarce and the scope of the fighting remains in question. According to UN sources, clashes apparently star [...]	2009-01-15 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM510	SAF GENERALS USE FIRST MEETING WITH US ENVOY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration held the first high-level USG meeting in recent years with high-ranking SAF officials. The SAF noted its redeployment of forces from the South and integration of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) (as confirmed by UNMIS) while lambastin [...]	2009-04-14 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM511	SE GRATION TELLS FM ALOR URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said that it is urgent to address security, humanitarian, and political problems in Darfur. Gration also promised that the U.S. will offer its full support to good-faith initiatives [...]	2009-04-14 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM513	YESTERDAY'S CPA IN TODAY'S SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Three months after the four-year anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ending the second civil war between northern and southern Sudan, all signs indicate a worsening of prospects for implementation of the agreement over the final two years of the i [...]	2009-04-14 10:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU
09KHARTOUM514	SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH MISSERIYA ARAB LEADERS: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Khartoum on April 10, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration heard Misseriya grievances related to their lack of representation in CPA negotiations and the June 2008 Abyei road map and the likely Misseriya rejection of the results of the ongoing arbitration over [...]	2009-04-14 10:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM523	A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THE SPLM NUBA AS ABDEL AZIZ AL-HELOU [...] (U) On April 14, Nuba mountains native and respected SPLM national figure Abdel Aziz Al-Helou was sworn in by the President of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as the Deputy Governor for Southern Kordofan State (SKS). Abdel Aziz's appointment to this position comes after the SPLM Nuba ex [...]	2009-04-15 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM524	EXECUTION OF FORMER EMBASSY GUARD AND MEMBER OF THE FUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, former Embassy guard Adam Ibrahim El-Haj was executed by hanging for conspiracy to commit murder along with eight other members of Khartoum's Fur community. The accused were charged with the September 6 2006 beheading of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Ta [...]	2009-04-15 14:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC APER AMGT PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM525	CHADIAN REBELS EXPECT TO BE ATTACKED BY CHADIAN [...] (C) The Chadian army will soon attack Chadian rebels at their positions inside the borders of Chad, RFC Chadian rebel commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno told polchief April 15 in Khartoum. Hanno claimed that the Chadian rebels now have fully unified bo [...]	2009-04-16 05:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM533	SE GRATION NEGOTIATES WITH GOS TO URGENTLY FILL [...] (C) Summary: During his first visit to Sudan, the President,s Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration held intensive discussions with senior NCP officials April 8-10 in Khartoum in order to resolve the NGO expulsion crisis and ensure that life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches beneficiaries [...]	2009-04-21 05:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM534	SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH GNU VICE PRESIDENT ALI [...] (C) Summary: Hours before boarding a plane back to the US, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Gration, met with Government of National Unity (GNU) Vice President Ali Osman Taha in the VP,s home on April 10. SE Gration shared his impressions of Sudan and the challenges it faces b [...]	2009-04-21 05:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI KPKO AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM535	USG-GNU SIGNED IMPLEMENTATION PROTOCOL FOR IFES ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19 CDA Fernandez, Minister of International Cooperation Fidail, Chairman of the National Election Commission Alier, USAID Director Hammink and IFES Country Director Leyraud signed an Implementation Protocol for the Sudan Election Administration Support Program, thus prov [...]	2009-04-21 06:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM536	SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH UNMIS SRSG QAZI AND AEC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chairman and former UK Ambassador to Egypt Sir Derek Plumbly and UNMIS Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi told Senator John Kerry that the USG should continue its course of positive engagement and its lev [...]	2009-04-21 07:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM537	SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH NGOs [...] (SBU) During an April 16 meeting with Senator John Kerry, representatives from six major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) conveyed concern regarding continuing gaps in assistance following the NGO expulsions, shrinking humanitarian space, and bureaucratic impediments to program implementa [...]	2009-04-21 08:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM538	SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Kerry met with Government of Sudan Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin at the Ministry of Federal Rule on April 16, 2009. Congressman Kerry emphasized that the U.S. Congress and the American people need to see an immediate return to pre-ICC-arrest-warrant announcement [...]	2009-04-21 11:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI KPKO AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM539	CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Senator Kerry told Presidential Advisor Nafie that the change of administrations in Washington opens an opportunity for the United States and Sudan to begin a new dialogue, and he identified the provision of humanitarian assistance following the expulsion of 13 NGOs [...]	2009-04-21 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM54	KHARTOUM REGIME PLANS FOR ICC COUNTER-STRATEGY [...] (C) Sudanese FM Deng Alor briefed CDA Fernandez on January 16 on the latest thinking within the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Al-Bashir on how the NCP hopes to weather and counteract the destabilizing effects of an ICC arrest warrant of President Al-Bashir. Alor had met with VP Ali [...]	2009-01-16 12:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM542	MEDIA REACTION: CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The state-influenced Khartoum press corps reacted very positively to the visit of Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, echoing sentiments for better U.S.-Sudanese relations seen after the visit of U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration [...]	2009-04-22 05:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM544	UNAMID UPDATE APRIL 21 [...] (SBU) The night of April 19, a fire broke out at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher causing millions of dollars worth of damage, UNAMID officials told poloff on April 21. UNAMID Public Information Chief Kemal Saiki told poloff that at approximately 22:30 on April 10, a fire was detected at the UN [...]	2009-04-22 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM546	CDA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SALAHEDDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin welcomed the proposed return visit by Special Envoy Gration and offered to try to reduce tensions with NGOs in Sudan by meeting with them and assuring them of the GoS, readiness to work with them, as long as they do not cross the regime,s red [...]	2009-04-22 10:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM548	CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, FM Deng Alor welcomed Senator Kerry,s assurances that the United States is anxious to reengage with Sudan and he urged that the U.S. take the lead in seeking a solution to the Darfur conflict. They agreed that a fully-implemented CPA could serve as the foundation fo [...]	2009-04-22 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM549	SENATOR KERRY'S MEETINGS WITH VICE PRESIDENT TAHA [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Taha received Senator Kerry at his home in Khartoum April 16 and confirmed the NCP's commitment to a tripartite mechanism to implement the CPA as discussed during the SE Gration visit. However, Taha seemed to backpedal somewhat (noting the existence of other mechan [...]	2009-04-22 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM553	SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO DARFUR, APRIL 17, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 17, Senator John F. Kerry and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur for several hours amid much fanfare from local officials. Following an overly ceremonious greeting with dancers representing many of Darfur's tribes, North Darfur's Wali (Governor) Osman Kibir played [...]	2009-04-23 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM554	UN REPORTS IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) In a private meeting April 23, UNMIS D/SRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Ameerah Haq told key donors that the Government of Sudan has taken several key steps to improve humanitarian access in Darfur. She noted that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs issued a decree April 16 formalizing new [...]	2009-04-23 09:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM555	UNMIS PRINCIPAL DONOR MEETING - DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff attended the Donor Principals Meeting at UNMIS to review the humanitarian situation in Darfur following the expulsion of INGOs in March. According to the UN's assessment, gaps in humanitarian service delivery continue but are na [...]	2009-04-23 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM562	USG SHOULD EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF CONSENSUS ON SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Government of National Unity (GNU) State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol, there has been minimal progress on legislative reform over the past several months, particularly with regard to the National Security Law and the Southern Sudan Referendum Bill. The sticki [...]	2009-04-26 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM564	JONGLEI VIOLENCE POLARIZES, PARALYZES JUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While renewed violence in Jonglei state has pushed Juba's diplomatic and donor community into hyper-drive, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) continues to take a more measured approach to containing tensions within the South's largest state. This difference in approach has [...]	2009-04-27 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM565	SPLM POLITBURO FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC CRISIS; HOPES THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mansour Khalid (a prominent SPLM northerner) said that the southern Sudan economic crisis was the hot topic at the SPLM's April Political Bureau (PB) Meeting. He noted that an SPLM team is working with the World Bank o [...]	2009-04-27 19:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON ASEC AU KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM571	MALIK AGAR PRESSES HARD FOR TRUTH TO BE TOLD IN THREE AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor of Blue Nile State Malik Agar is fighting for the truth to be reflected in an INGO expulsion report for the Three Areas. According to Malik, the Three Areas joint UN-GOS assessment after the National Congress Party's (NCP's) INGO expulsions on March 4 revealed that ING [...]	2009-04-28 11:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM572	SUDAN FORMALLY COMPLAINS OF CHADIAN-SUPPORTED [...] (C) The Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned CDA Fernandez on the afternoon of April 28 to present him with a written complaint about a supposed crossing into Sudan of a considerable number of rebel forces by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) openly supported by Chadian military elements. [...]	2009-04-28 13:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM573	ABDEL AZIZ HELOU ON SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE AND NCP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High-ranking SPLM official Abdel Helou Helou told CDA Fernandez that the SPLM is seeking to unite the Darfur rebel factions, because as long as they remain weak and divided, the NCP will be able to avoid serious peace negotiations. He named security as his chief priority in his [...]	2009-04-28 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM577	SUDANESE GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE U.S. [...] (SBU) Following Special Envoy Gration's negotiations with the National Congress Party (NCP) in early April, the Sudanese government appears to have taken several positive steps toward improving the environment for humanitarian operations in Sudan. In an April 16 ministerial decree, the govern [...]	2009-04-29 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM578	UNMIS ELECTIONS CHIEF: FEBRUARY 2010 ELECTIONS "VERY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has decided that elections will take place in February 2010 and has issued a planning calendar to reflect preparation that must occur in order to achieve that date. UNMIS Electoral Affairs Chief Ray Kennedy said that meeting that date [...]	2009-04-29 13:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM581	SOUTHERN SUDAN - FLOOD MITIGATION ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) From April 20 to 26, a four-person USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster (USAID/OFDA) flood mitigation assessment team traveled to Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, and Aweil and Malualkon towns in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The team met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) o [...]	2009-04-30 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM583	JEM AND SLA/U ALLEGEDLY SKIRMISH AS JEM OVERHAULS ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid several high-profile defections from SLA/U to JEM, a minor skirmish in North Darfur earlier this week between rival SLA/Unity commanders has not yet spread to direct conflict between JEM and SLA/U, contrary to some early reports. JEM's political wing evolved further this we [...]	2009-04-30 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM589	SUDANESE GOVERNMENT BREAKS FROM HOSTILE STANCE TOWARDS NGOS [...] (SBU) On April 30, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin convened a rare meeting between international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and senior Government of National Unity (GNU) officials to raise mutual concerns and identify ways to strengthen coordination be [...]	2009-05-04 07:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM59	DUP CHAIRMAN MIRGHANI URGES STRONGER TIES, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with CDA Fernandez, DUP Chairman Mohamed Mirghani urged direct USG financial support for Sudanese Northern opposition parties, including his party so it could compete in national elections on a level playing field with the NCP. He also requested that USG li [...]	2009-01-20 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM591	CHADIAN REBELS STILL FEAR ARMY OFFENSIVE, PLEDGE NOT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting in Khartoum, RFC Chadian Rebel Commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno claimed that the Chadian Army remains poised to attack the Chadian rebels along the nebulous border region. Hanno backtracked on earlier assertions that [...]	2009-05-05 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM592	UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS CENSUS ROLL-OUT, FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Kuol Mawien, a member of the Population Census Council (PCC) and a key GoSS advisor on the census, counseled GoSS President and Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President Salva Kiir to completely reject the 2008 ce [...]	2009-05-05 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM593	GOS CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD ON NGO FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) On May 4, USAID field staff met with Ahmed Adam, the Director of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) NGO Section, to discuss progress on the early April framework achieved by U.S. Special Envoy Gration. According to Adam, the government has taken add [...]	2009-05-05 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM594	IDPS COMPLAIN OF WATER SHORTAGES, DETERIORATING HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the March 4 expulsion of thirteen INGOs continues to be felt in Abu Shouk camp, which is facing a water shortage and poor health and sanitation conditions, camp umdas (community leaders) reported to poloff on April 28 in El Fasher. In the health and sanitation rea [...]	2009-05-05 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM596	HOSTAGES RELEASED, MANY FRENCH NGO WORKERS LEAVE DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 10:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM597	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]	2009-05-06 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM604	HOSTAGES RELEASED, MANY FRENCH NGO WORKERS LEAVE DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After being held for 26 days in western Darfur, two Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) aid workers (one Canadian, one French) were released by their abductors on April 29. As the French Embassy believes that its nationals and NGOs may be targeted for kidnapping, they have asked a [...]	2009-05-10 06:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM605	A/S BOSWELL VISIT TO EL FASHER, APRIL 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: The security situation in Darfur is relatively calm, but remains fluid and unpredictable, with ambushes, abductions, armed robbery and carjackings posing the most danger to Westerners according to what UN and international non-government organization (INGO) representatives told [...]	2009-05-10 09:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM607	CHARGE DISCUSSES ABYEI BOUNDARY ARBITRATION DECISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CDA Fernandez and AEC Chairman Plumbly compared reports on the oral arguments before the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Abyei boundary dispute and discussed the outlines of a possible political agreement between the NCP and SPLM that might avert another crisis when the c [...]	2009-05-10 14:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM609	Confronting Challenges to Humanitarian Operations in West [...] (SBU) From April 15 to 17, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) field officers visited El Geneina, West Darfur, for the first time since July 2008. There they discussed the impact of the early March non-governmental organization (NGO) expulsions on humanitarian prog [...]	2009-05-10 15:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM610	Confronting Challenges to Humanitarian Operations in West [...] (SBU) From April 15 to 17, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) field officers visited El Geneina, West Darfur, for the first time since July 2008. There they discussed the impact of the early March non-governmental organization (NGO) expulsions on humanitarian progr [...]	2009-05-10 15:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PREF ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM611	SPLM SG AMUM URGES THE USG NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF [...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Pagan Amum emphasized the importance of critical items within the CPA being implemented in a credible way, in particular the elections and the referendum, by 2011 in order to keep peace alive in Sudan. He laid out [...]	2009-05-11 07:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM613	UN AND GNU CONVENE THE FIRST EXPANDED HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On May 7, the newly reconstituted High-Level Committee (HLC) met in Khartoum to discuss humanitarian operations and the current situation in Darfur. The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Lual Ruun and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian [...]	2009-05-11 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM621	DARFUR ROUNDUP: FIGHTING IN DAR ZAGHAWA; JANJAWEED RUN WILD [...] (SBU) Summary: Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces clashed with those of SLA/Minnawi near Umm Barro on May 9, according to rebel and UNAMID sources. Independent verification was not available, and both sides offered competing claims to victory. According to an SLA/M rep, five of his mo [...]	2009-05-12 10:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM625	FORMER "BUTCHER OF THE NUBA" NAMED SOUTHERN KORDOFAN [...] (SBU) In a Government of National Unity (GNU) cabinet reshuffle on May 7, President Omar Al-Bashir appointed alleged Janjaweed financier and International Criminal Court-indictee Ahmed Mohamed Haroun Governor of Southern Kordofan. Haroun, a Northern Kordofan state native and lawyer by professi [...]	2009-05-12 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM626	43rd AEC PLENARY MEETING, MAY 5 2009: VIOLENCE IN JONGLEI [...] (SBU) Summary: At the 43rd Assessment and Evaluation (AEC) Plenary Meeting on May 5, western donors came out in strong agreement that despite logistical complications and technical shortcomings of the recently-completed census, both the NCP and SPLM should quickly accept its results. Donors no [...]	2009-05-12 13:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM63	UNMIS DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that they hope to focus less on relief and more on early recovery efforts in Darfur in 2009, though relief efforts will remain predominant and access and insecurity continue to be major concerns, they said. In the South, cuts in the [...]	2009-01-20 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM631	SUDAN - DONORS MEET WITH UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GERNERAL [...] (SBU) On May 10, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes met with international donors, including U.S. Embassy and USAID/Sudan staff, to discuss the humanitarian situation in northern Sudan following the early March expulsion of non-gove [...]	2009-05-13 11:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM632	MINNAWI PREPARES TO COUNTER JEM DEPREDATIONS [...] (C) SLM/A leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on May 12 that he is returning to the field in Darfur as soon as possible, perhaps on May 13, to defend his remaining positions in North Darfur against the depredations of the Chadian-suppored Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). JEM attacked S [...]	2009-05-13 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM633	MINNAWI PREPARES TO COUNTER JEM DEPREDATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM634	SPLM DRAFT REFERENDUM ACT FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) ministers maintain that the SPLM is open to outside assistance in crafting pre- and post-2011 referendum scenarios, but the responsibility for organizing such an endeavor must fall to Secretary General Pagan Amum. In the view of the GOSS, the [...]	2009-05-13 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM636	"DON'T HOLD BILATERAL RELATIONS HOSTAGE TO THE NGO [...] (C) Summary: The lifting of sanctions on Sudan and removal of Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list remain the highest priorities for the Government of Sudan, Assistant to the President Nafie Ali Nafie told SE Gration on May 7, accusing the U.S. of holding these more essential issues [...]	2009-05-14 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM637	SPLM URGES SE GRATION TO WORK CPA AND DARFUR [...] Summary. Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman and Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Kosti Manibe (SPLM) urged Special Envoy Gration to work concurrently on CPA implementation and Darfur. The [...]	2009-05-14 06:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM638	FM DENG ALOR TELLS SE GRATION THAT DARFUR REQUIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, FM Alor counseled Special Envoy Gration that the Darfur conflict can only be resolved within a broader international context, engaging Chad, Egypt, and Libya. The Special Envoy said that he sees an opportunity now to stop the fighting and begin a political process that [...]	2009-05-14 06:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM639	AGREEMENTS WITH JEM WON'T STABILIZE DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Any peace process in which JEM is prominently featured will not serve as a stabilizing force in Darfur, Assistant to the President and SLM/MM leader Minni Minnawi told SE Gration in a meeting on May 8. If and when JEM signs a bilateral ceasefire with the GOS, it will simply direct [...]	2009-05-14 06:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM640	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ASSURES SE GRATION OF GOS [...] (C) Summary: The GOS remains firmly committed to improving the operating environment for humanitarians, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told SE Gration at a meeting in Khartoum on May 7. Ghazi touted significant progress in the implementation of the negotiated framework agreement at b [...]	2009-05-14 06:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM641	EMBASSSY RECEIVES APPARENT FALSE REPORT OF PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum, in cooperation with CA/OCS/ACS/AF, received an apparently false report of a plane crash initially made to the office of Representative Jay Inslee (D-Wash). Post believes that the report could be part of a larger fraud scheme or hoax. The Department may wish to i [...]	2009-05-14 09:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM642	CHALLENGES TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE FORMER WESTERN [...] (U) During the 21-year long north-south civil war, Southern Kordofan State experienced high levels of destruction and displacement. Four years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),which ended the conflict, populations in Muglad and Lagawa localities in western Souther [...]	2009-05-14 09:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM644	GOS INTENDS TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan intends to move cautiously in its engagement with the U.S. and the international community, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin told CDA Fernandez during their final meeting May 14. While the ruling National Congress Party is eager to move forward with the Da [...]	2009-05-17 04:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM649	SLA/AW COMMANDER CONSENTS TO CEASEFIRE, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: SLA/Abdul Wahid General Commander Gaddura said his movement would agree to a formal 90-day ceasefire with the GOS and other Darfur rebel movements, but will not travel to Doha or any other Arab country for peace negotiations. With his territory in urgent need of additional human [...]	2009-05-17 10:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM650	ROGUE SAF COLONEL ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE, JEM AGGRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known Sudanese Liberation Army-Unity (SLA/U) rebel leader and former Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel Abu Bakr Kado recently abandoned SLA/U to join Sudanese Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). He is now living in the SLA/AW stronghold of Jebel Marra with approximately [...]	2009-05-17 11:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM651	UNAMID LEADERSHIP WARY OF JEM'S RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Doha-talks monopoly has created a peace process that guarantees war, as JEM seeks to destroy or co-opt all rival factions, UNAMID JSR Rodolphe Adada and Political Affairs Chief Abdul Mohammed told CDA Fernandez on May 13. They noted that [...]	2009-05-17 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM652	A BREAK IN THE QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: GOC FORCES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: There was conflict in Darfur on two fronts during May 14-17. On May 14, Government of Chad (GOC) forces pursued Chadian rebels into West Darfur, and unidentified aircraft bombed Chadian rebel encampments on May 15-16 near the Sudanese village of Sarow, 25 kilometers south of Mukj [...]	2009-05-17 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM660	SOUTHERN SUDAN - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN LRA-AFFECTED [...] Between May 7 and 14, humanitarian officers from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) reviewed the ongoing emergency in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-affected areas in Eas [...]	2009-05-18 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM661	JEM TAKES KARNOI FROM GOS, SLA/MM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has taken Karnoi, North Darfur, from the Government of Sudan (GOS),and unconfirmed reports from SLA/Minni Minnawi cite fifty dead in the fighting over the last week near the Chadian border. Two years to the month after the signing of the [...]	2009-05-18 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM665	AMNA DIRAR FORMS EASTERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LAMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has effectively dissolved after electoral officials denied requests to register it as a political party, Dr. Amna Dirar told poloffs in a May 17 meeting. In response to this setback, Dirar formed the Eastern Democratic Party to provide an alternative to the tri [...]	2009-05-20 04:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PINR KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM666	SLA/MM ALLEGES CHADIAN MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN JEM ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: No new fighting occurred on the Chad-Sudan border in North Darfur on May 19, but SLA/MM alleged that Chadian military officers assisted in the May 16 assault on Karnoi and previous attacks on SLA/MM positions in Sudanese territory. UNAMID has not been able to corroborate these a [...]	2009-05-20 04:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM669	BEJA CONGRESS, FREE LIONS ACKNOWLEDGE COLLAPSE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has fallen apart, representatives of the Free Lions and Beja Congress conceded to poloffs separately on May 18-19. Implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was the only hope for keeping it together, they said, but the peace dividend promised u [...]	2009-05-20 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU ER CM
09KHARTOUM678	NORTH DARFUR REMAINS CALM FOLLOWING CLASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation in North Darfur has remained calm since May 17 clashes between JEM and the GOS at Karnoi, according to UN and rebel sources. Meanwhile, the extent of JEM's presence in Darfur remains unclear. A UNDSS officer told poloff that JEM has retreated into Chad, but UNAMID h [...]	2009-05-22 12:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM684	JEM ASSAULTS GOS IN UMM BARRO, MINNAWI ON STANDBY [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces clashed with GOS forces on May 24 in Umm Barro, North Darfur, forcing Sudanese soldiers to seek refuge at the UNAMID team site there, with JEM subsequently retreating back behind the Chadian border. Up to 300 civilians have sought refuge at the team site as well. Min [...]	2009-05-25 19:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM686	SOUTHERN SUDAN'S JONGLEI STATE - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (U) Relief organizations are responding to the estimated 22,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jonglei with emergency assistance; however, the logistical challenges of the approaching rainy season, lack of roads, insecurity caused by numerous ethnic rivalries and armed groups, and the [...]	2009-05-26 09:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM687	DDR IN SOUTHERN SUDAN: READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in southern Sudan, which begins June 10, is expected to reduce the payroll of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The joint United Nations-Government of Southern Sudan DDR program is unlikely, however, to ensure that a [...]	2009-05-26 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID UNSC KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM693	DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE MAY 27 [...] (SBU) Summary: Backed by the forces of SLA/Minnawi, the SAF remains in firm control of Um Barro following its May 24 battle with JEM, according to UNAMID sources. Though both sides suffered casualties in the fighting, several JEM commanders are rumored to have been killed, and the rebel force a [...]	2009-05-27 16:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM695	SUDAN - NGOS AND GOS DELIVER OPPOSING MESSAGES IN [...] (SBU) On May 25, Senators Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) and Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) met with representatives from four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs (MHA) officials to discuss the humanitarian situation in Sudan. N [...]	2009-05-28 12:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM696	CREDIBILITY OF ELECTIONS AT RISK WITH SLIPPING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite the hope of election preparations moving forward rapidly with the formation of the National Election Commission (NEC),such preparation continues to be delayed. The NEC is already behind the election timeline that was announced on April 2, 2009 when an election date wa [...]	2009-05-28 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM697	CODEL ISAKSON VISIT TO EL FASHER, DARFUR, MAY 24, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Johnny Isakson, Senator Bob Corker, Mrs. Dianne Isakson, CDA a.i. Mark Asquino and accompanying emboffs traveled to El Fasher, Darfur on May 24 to meet with internally-displaced persons (IDPs),humanitarian representatives and officials at UNAMID. Osman Kibir, the Wali ( [...]	2009-05-28 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM698	NISS CHIEF CALLS ON SENATORS TO REMOVE SUDAN FROM [...] (S) SUMMARY: At National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Headquarters, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh expressed frustration that after nine years of NISS cooperation with the CIA, Sudan remains designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and complained that Sudan is "paying a high price" for [...]	2009-05-28 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM699	VP TAHA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH USG, UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 25 meeting, an unusually loquacious GNU Second Vice-President Ali Osman Taha told Codel Isakson (Senator Johnny Isakson R-Georgia, Senator Bob Corker,R-Tennesee) CDA a.i. Asquino, and emboffs that the GoS wants "direct engagement and direct contact" with the USG, citing a [...]	2009-05-28 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM7	MORE ON POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM continues to believe that a succession scenario is likely, and it contends that the NCP regime is actively considering several candidates to replace President Bashir. However, many observers in Khartoum doubt that President Bashir will ever agree to step down as a resul [...]	2009-01-04 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM700	USG-GOSS MEETING ON SOUTHERN SUDAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Monday, May 25, USAID provided a presentation to Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials regarding a USAID assessment and recommendations for possible interventions in the agricultural sector. The audience included officials from a number of the GOSS Ministries, as well a [...]	2009-05-28 16:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM701	MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO SUDAN EAST-WEST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The current East-West tour to China, Qatar, United Kingdom and France by U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration has dominated most of the local news in Sudan. While a handful of pro-government newspapers remain optimistic and describe the visits as "encouraging" and "a [...]	2009-05-29 07:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC KPAO OIIP SU
09KHARTOUM703	DONORS, UN DISCUSS HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On May 26, donors and UN officials met to discuss the May 7 High-Level Committee (HLC) meeting and UN proposals for a new HLC terms of reference (TOR) and monitoring mechanism. During the meeting, UN Deputy Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for northern Sudan Toby Lanzer [...]	2009-05-31 09:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM713	CODEL ISKASON MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI [...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Bob Corker (R-TN) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accompanied by CDA a.i. Asquino and emboffs, met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin at the Ministry of Federal Rule in Khartoum on May 25. Later that afternoon, they met wit [...]	2009-06-01 10:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM714	SUDAN'S NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO MISS ITS SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 2010 election timeframe announced by Sudan's National Electoral Commission (NEC) in April remains unchanged, but voter registration that was supposed to begin on June 2 in conjunction with that announcement is not even close to starting, according to UNMIS Electoral [...]	2009-06-01 13:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM715	GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Kiir has changed ten of the 24 positions in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) Council of Ministers. Most notably, SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng has been named Minister of Regional Cooperation and Kuol Athian Mawein was dismissed as Finance Minister, the third [...]	2009-06-02 06:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU

09KHARTOUM719	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JUNE 1, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID deployment stands at approximately 69 percent, with 13,485 mission staff already deployed to Darfur. UNAMID officials predict, however, that the mission may not reach full deployment until early 2010. With the rainy season approaching, progress on deployment will slow ove [...]	2009-06-03 07:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM720	CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor said that the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) is keen to attend the June 23rd CPA Forum in Washington, DC, and is willing to meet with the President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Gration in [...]	2009-06-03 07:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV SOCI AU UNSC SU KPKO PREL
09KHARTOUM726	NCP OFFERS ELECTION STRATEGIES AND STRESSES POST-REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, CDA Whitehead made introductory calls on Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin as well as NCP strategists Yahya Babiker and Sayed Al-Khateeb. The NCP praised the Obama Administration's "new approach" to U.S.-Sudanese relations, provided some insight into NCP election [...]	2009-06-04 12:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM727	RISING OIL PRICES, REPAID ARREARS PROVIDE GOSS TEMPORARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With world oil prices on the rebound and arrears in revenue-transfers from Khartoum reduced, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) revenues are gradually reaching levels projected in its 2009 budget, after an extremely lean first quarter. GoSS spending priorities are salary [...]	2009-06-07 04:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC
09KHARTOUM729	DARFUR UPDATE: PROXY REBELS RETREAT TO LICK THEIR WOUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces have reportedly returned to Chad. There is no confirmation that Sudanese warplanes have attacked JEM positions in Chad. JEM appears to have been significantly weakened following its May offensive in Sudan. Chadian rebels have returned to Sudan. While they claim to [...]	2009-06-07 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM730	NGO AFFILIATES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Since mid-May, European affiliates of three expelled U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have begun official procedures to commence (or expand, in the case of one of the affiliates) humanitarian operations in Sudan in line with agreements reached with the USG. On June 4, U.S. Emb [...]	2009-06-08 07:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM735	CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON DUP LEADER AL MIRGHANI [...] SUMMARY. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Mohammed Osman al Mirghani complained to Charge Whitehead that the two CPA partners are ignoring the concerns of Sudan's other political groups. Despite this, Mirgahani seemed unable to articulate a clear strategy of how the DUP might compete in [...]	2009-06-09 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM736	DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: AS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Rape and gender-based violence (GBV) have increased in Darfur according to UN agencies and NGOs. Following the March 4-5 expulsion of 13 international NGOs, no mechanism exists to monitor such crimes in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and rural areas. The increase in th [...]	2009-06-10 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM739	NEC BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON STATUS OF ELECTORAL PROCESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: National Elections Commission (NEC) Chair Dr. Abel Alier Alier briefed the diplomatic corps on the status of the electoral process, elaborated on the complexity of this historic election, explained delays in the demarcation of geographic constituencies and voter registration, a [...]	2009-06-11 05:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM742	DDR IN DARFUR: A TANTALIZING POSSIBILITY FOR PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID is preparing its plan for a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DRR) program in Darfur. With a budget of $3 million USD for 18 months, UNAMID DDR staff will expand up to 30 officers and operate in all three Darfur states. UNAMID DDR will develop its plan in co [...]	2009-06-11 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM743	YASIR ARMAN: NCP/SPLM RELATIONS WORSE THAN EVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a courtesy call with Charge d'Affaires Whitehead on June 10, Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)'s Northern Sector Yasir Arman discussed his party's deteriorating relationship with the National Congress Party (NCP) and outlined the biggest c [...]	2009-06-11 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM746	DARFUR - HUMANITAREAN SITUATION IN KALMA IDP CAMP CRITICAL [...] (U) Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, near Nyala, South Darfur, remains one of the most significant humanitarian-gap areas following the early March expulsions of international non-governmental organizations by the Government of Sudan (GoS). According to field reports, the humanita [...]	2009-06-14 06:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM749	DEMARCHE TO SUDAN ON RENEWING THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel talking points to MFA American Affairs Director, Ambassador Nasreldin Wali, on July 13. During a July 14 courtesy call, CDA Whitehead also left a non-paper based on talking points with MFA Under Secretary Mutrif Siddiq. 2. (SBU) Wali s [...]	2009-06-14 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM75	THE CHANGING DYNAMIC IN DARFUR: ZAGHAWA MOVEMENTS TURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) now controls the key South Darfur villages of Labado and Muhajarriya after attacking SLM/Minnawi positions. One UNAMID source claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) started bombing both JEM and SLM/MM on the periph [...]	2009-01-21 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM751	MEETING WITH MFA AMERICAS DIRECTOR TOUCHES OF [...] (U) In a June 11 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Americas' desk chief Ambassador Nasreldin Wali raised several points with Charge d'affaires, the majority of these focused upon the upcoming June 23 trilateral talks between the National Congress Party (NCP),the Sudan People's Libe [...]	2009-06-15 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM752	THREE AREAS JOINT COMMUNIQUE NOT OUT OF THE GATES [...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, Emboffs met with Clarke Soriano, head of the UN Resident Coordinator's Office, to discuss the Three Areas assessment and establishment of Joint Communiques (JCs),as well as an associated High-Level Committee, for [...]	2009-06-15 12:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM753	WFP BARGE CONVOY DESTROYED IN AMBUSH IN JONGLEI [...] (SBU) Jikany Nuer militia armed with weapons as heavy as RPGs ambushed a poorly conceived WFP barge convoy in the border area of eastern Jonglei-southern Upper Nile states the evening of June 13, as it ferried vital food aid to Southern Sudanese IDPs displaced by March and April ethnic clashes. [...]	2009-06-15 13:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM759	QATARI AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS PRAISE USG DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) During courtesy calls by Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead June 16, the Qatari and Chinese Ambassadors both expressed strong support for current U.S. diplomatic efforts in Sudan. Qatari Ambassador to Sudan Ali Bin Hassan Al-Hammadi told CDA that USG initiatives s to solve the problem of [...]	2009-06-17 13:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM760	DARFURI FEMALE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM BEATEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Men dressed in black abayas (Note: an Islamic dress, common in Saudi Arabia but less so here, that covers a woman's entire body. End Note) reportedly raided a women's dormitory at the University of Khartoum in the early morning of June 11 and assaulted 15 Darfuri women. The foll [...]	2009-06-17 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM763	OIL: DAR BLEND GETS SWEETER, MORE ABUNDANT WHILE NILE BLEND [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS oil revenues for the month of April totalled $158.76 million, up from $157.26 million in March, according to figures released last week by the Ministry of Finance and National Economy. Though prices and production both rose in April, the resulting revenue increase was curbe [...]	2009-06-18 10:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM764	GOS INFORMED OF RELEASE OF 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloffs met with Government of Sudan (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Director of the Americas Desk Ambassador Yassir Mohammed Ali on June 17 to inform him of the release of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Receiving the copies of the TIP Report for Sudan, Amba [...]	2009-06-18 13:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM768	THREE AREAS UPDATE - NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND OLD CHALLENGES [...] (U) On June 16, the Three Areas Donor Steering Group discussed developments in the operating environment in Southern Kordofan and Abyei. The group also discussed Steering Group participation in the June 22-23 Forum for Supporters of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) hosted by Special En [...]	2009-06-21 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM774	MEDIA REACTION: SUDANESE MEDIA RESPONDS TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Khartoum's state-influenced media "selectively" portrayed U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Gration's June 17 remarks in Washington to U.S. and international press as strongly supportive of the policies of the ruling National Congress Party. Pro-government media spun the Special [...]	2009-06-23 07:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC KPAO OIIP AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM775	USAID-GOSS PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY. On Monday, June 15, officials from USG and the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) held their first Partnership Conference. This conference brought together representatives from USAID and the State Department based in Juba, Khartoum and Washington, along with more than [...]	2009-06-24 05:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM78	UPPER NILE VIOLENCE CONTINUES - WITH ALLEGED POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIS/Malakal continues to report fresh violence following an altercation between Dinka and Shilluk tribal members on the margins of celebrations surrounding the 4th anniversary of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). However, NGOs based in Upper Nile's state capital dis [...]	2009-01-22 08:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM781	USAID AND AECOM SIGN IMPLEMENTATION PROTOCOL WITH MIC [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and implementing partner AECOM (formerly operating in Sudan as PADCO) signed an Implementation Protocol (IP) with the Government of Sudan's Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC) on June 8, 2009. The new relationship with MIC restores the programming of the USAID Off [...]	2009-06-24 09:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM785	SUDANESE ELECTIONS DATE TO SLIDE TO APRIL 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM786	JMST SHIFTS FOCUS TO TRIPOLI GROUP, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: With peace talks in Doha suspended due to the impasse between the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Government of Sudan (GOS),the UN/AU Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) is shifting its immediate focus to the so-called "Tripoli Group" of rebel factions. JMST is als [...]	2009-06-25 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM788	GOS RESUMES BOMBING IN DAR ZAGHAWA AMID RUMORS OF JEM [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS aircraft bombed several remote areas around Furawiya on June 23-24 amid rumors that JEM is regrouping for another offensive, according to the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS). UNDSS Officer Frazer King told poloff that the GOS aircraft sporadically bombed four to [...]	2009-06-28 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM789	USAID ENABLES GOSS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE POLICY [...] SUMMARY. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and facilities in southern Sudan remain abysmal with only 9% of the population having sustained access to both safe water and sanitation facilities. USAID has made this a priority for improved service delivery. Through the Building Re [...]	2009-06-28 05:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM794	GOS MINISTER MICHAEL MAKUEI OFFERS PESSIMISTIC UPDATE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, Michael Makuei Lueth, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, gave a pessimistic update to the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) on the stalled negotiations to adopt and revise legislation needed to i [...]	2009-06-29 08:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM796	MEDIA REACTION: COVERAGE OF VERDICTS AND SENTENCING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The state-influenced Khartoum press corps provided detailed, factual coverage of the June 24 courtroom verdicts and sentencing of the five men accused of the January 1, 2008 murders of two U.S. Embassy employees. Notable by their absence was the dearth of editorials and op-eds on [...]	2009-06-29 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC KPAO OIIP AU SU
09KHARTOUM80	EARLY DECISION REQUIRED ON MANPADS POLICY FOR THE [...] (S/NF) Phe US Deartments of State and Defense will organize an air space management conference in Juba for the SPLA, tentatively planned for late February. Although DOS and DOD plan to cover topics such as air safety, air space management, and air defense, among others, the primary desire of [...]	2009-01-22 10:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM802	PARTING THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN DARFUR FROM THE [...] (SBU) On his last day on the job after five years with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan, two of those years as the OCHA/Sudan Chief, Mike McDonagh (protect) provided USAID officers with a candid tour d'horizon of the humanitarian situation in Darfur. [...]	2009-07-01 08:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM803	NAFIE SATISFIED WITH TRILATERAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 meeting with CDA Whitehead, influential Assistant to the President Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie expressed satisfaction with the June round of Trilateral Talks in Washington, and deemed the progress made in improving bilateral relations "acceptable and reasonable." He urged the [...]	2009-07-01 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM804	GOS REPORTEDLY ATTACKS JEM PRESENCE IN HASHABA, NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS forces targeting former SLA/Unity rebels now allied with JEM attacked the village of Hashaba on June 27-28, according to UN and rebel sources. The attacks consisted of Antonov bombing followed by a ground assault. The indigenous rebel force, comprised of two commanders, 36 [...]	2009-07-01 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM806	GOSS RECEIVING FULL SHARE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with CDA Whitehead, GNU State Minister of Finance Dr. Luol Deng explained that contentions on the dual banking system between the NCP and SPLM arose due to mistakes made by the South in drafting the implementation annex of the CPA. He further asserted that co [...]	2009-07-02 05:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM807	NCP AND SPLM NEGOTIATE REFORM LEGISLATION; CONSENSUS ON A [...] (SBU) Summary. National Congress Party (NCP) parliamentarian and political heavyweight Ibrahim Ghandour and Government of National Unity (GNU) State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement) told poloffs that while the National Constitutional Review Commiss [...]	2009-07-02 13:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM808	FINANCE MINISTER ALJAZ SAYS NCP COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) is committed to the peaceful resolution of Sudan's political problems so it can focus its energy on economic development, Minister of Finance Dr. Awad Aljaz told CDA Whitehead in a July 2 meeting. Striking a friendly tone, Aljaz expressed hope tha [...]	2009-07-03 09:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM810	USAID/FFP DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] From June 20-24, a USAID team comprising the visiting Deputy Director of the Office of Food For Peace (FFP),Washington and Sudan-based FFP Officers and a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Field Officer visited Darfur to meet with officials from the UN World Food Program ( [...]	2009-07-06 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PREF ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM811	DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (SBU) The number of security incidents involving the UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Darfur has remained stable, with no increases reported in recent weeks. Nevertheless, the situation on the ground is unpredictable, with security remaining a primary concern for agencies. [...]	2009-07-06 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM814	UN ELECTIONS CHIEF CALLS DELAY OF ELECTIONS TO APRIL 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, poloffs attended the monthly meeting of the Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) in Khartoum. UNMIS Chief Electoral Affairs Officer Ray Kennedy noted that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) would imminently release a new electoral calendar, which calls for voter reg [...]	2009-07-07 06:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM816	CHARGE DISCUSSES TRIALERAL TALKS, ABYEI, AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Whitehead met with MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Sadiq on July 5 to discuss, inter alia, the upcoming visit of Special Envoy Gration. Mutriff spoke at some length on efforts to assure a peaceful reaction to the anticipated July 22 arbitration decision on Abyei by The Internat [...]	2009-07-07 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM819	SRSG QAZI WARNS UNMIS UNABLE TO QUELL A MAJOR [...] (C) Summary. UNMIS will be able to quell localized incidents of unrest in Abyei, but it cannot guarantee the maintenance of order and the protection of all civilians if a major outbreak of violence occurs following the decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),UN SRSG Ashraf Qazi [...]	2009-07-08 15:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM820	IRISH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CDA ON NGO KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Gerard Corr, Ireland's Ambassador to Cairo, met with CDA Whitehead on July 8 to discuss the kidnapping of two female staff of the Irish NGO GOAL that occurred on July 3 in Kutum. Corr is in Khartoum accompanied by a military officer, as well as a small police and military team currently in [...]	2009-07-08 15:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID KPKO UNSC AU SU EI
09KHARTOUM829	CHIEFS OF MISSION TOLD GOS IS COMMITTED TO DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS is committed to continuing the stalled Doha peace talks with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of Darfuri rebel factions, as well as increased participation from civil society groups, GOS lead negotiator Dr. Amin Hassan Omer. This message was delivered in Arabic and English [...]	2009-07-12 04:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM83	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS NEW MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail acknowledged a tactical mistake on the part of the SAF for failing to intervene quickly against JEM in recent clashes with the forces of Minni Minnawi (reftel). He admitted that t [...]	2009-01-23 08:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM834	VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF SOUTH SUDAN AIRS HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with CDA Whitehead, the Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Mr. Kornelio Koriom Mayik, who also serves as head of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),described his contentions with northern officials over fiscal policy, especially with regard to [...]	2009-07-13 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM836	KHARTOUM BACKPEDALS ON TIMING OF PERMANENT COURT [...] (C ) Summary: CDA met with MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Saddiq on July 13, to review logistic details for the upcoming trilateral talks and to discuss President Obama,s speech in Ghana and his meetings in Moscow. Mutriff reiterated his &personal8 concerns about the security situation in [...]	2009-07-13 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM837	SUDAN: CDA MEETS WITH SLA/MM REBEL FACTION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: CDA Whitehead, the DCM and POLOFF met with Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA/MM) faction leader, Mini Minnawi and senior advisor Ali Traio at Minnawi's Khartoum residence on July 9. Minnawi began the meeting by saying that while the current situation in Darfur remains quiet, he w [...]	2009-07-14 05:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM838	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para. 4. 2. (C) During the coming months Post anticipates protocol/religious events that likely will entail contact between Embassy personnel, including the Chief of Mission, and President Bashir. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan traditionally features a [...]	2009-07-14 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM84	SLM/MM ALLEGES JEM MANIPULATED BY GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The SLA/MM commanders who defected to JEM last month are in fact government agents who instigated JEM's attack on Minnawi forces in Muhajiriya to sow discord amongst the rival Zaghawa movements at the behest of the government, SLM/MM reps told poloffs in a meeting on January 22. [...]	2009-01-23 09:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM841	ABYEI SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) On July 14, CDA Whitehead met with SRSG Ashraf Qazi to discuss the impending decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the Abyei border issue. Qazi stated that while the National Congress Party (NCP) has reportedly asked for a delay in the announcement of the PCA decision (Ref [...]	2009-07-15 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM844	SUDAN - INITIAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] (SBU) Protection concerns--particularly incidents of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)--persist throughout conflict-affected areas of Sudan. Nearly six years after conflict erupted in Sudan's Darfur region, SGBV continues to negatively affect Darfuri communities; however, reliable statis [...]	2009-07-15 12:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KWMN KOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM849	SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (u) This is an action request. 2. (c) I met with NISS DG Salah Ghosh and Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor on Darfur Ghazi Salah Eddin for an hour on July 16. A full report will follow in other channels, but I wanted to convey the following messages and ask Embassy Chad's fo [...]	2009-07-17 07:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO MARR MOPS PINS PREL UN SU
09KHARTOUM85	UNAMID DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE PLANS AND SOUTH DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22, Rodolphe Adada, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID,) told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID continues to draft its ceasefire plans. Adada stated that UNAMID's plan will be flexible and applicable in bot [...]	2009-01-23 09:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM851	DARFUR - LIMITED STAFFING UNDECUTS UNDSS EFFECTIVENESS TO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Nearly three years after the U.S. Government funded Saving Lives Together Initiative began in Darfur, the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) program continues to be insufficiently staffed to achieve its intended objec [...]	2009-07-19 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM857	SE GRATION VISITS KALMA CAMP AND MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) During July 17-18, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration traveled to South Darfur to review the humanitarian situation in Kalma and Kass internally-displaced person (IDP) camps and meet with Darfuri civil society and ethnic leaders. A report of Gration's trip to Kass will be provided v [...]	2009-07-21 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM858	SE GRATION URGES BASSOLE TO PURSUE PEACE PROCESS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN/AU Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) will continue its work with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of rebel factions and plans to hold a civil society conference in September to broaden participation in the peace process, Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole told SE Gration [...]	2009-07-21 11:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM859	SE GRATION VISITS KASS IDP CAMPS AND IDP RETURN VILLAGE [...] (U) On July 18, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his delegation traveled to Kass to assess remaining expulsion-related gaps in Kass town's internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and to visit a village of reported returns. During meetings with Kass's largely Fur tribe IDP [...]	2009-07-21 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM860	SE MEETING WITH ABYEI LEADERS BOUND FOR THE HAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy (SE) Gration presided over a July 20 meeting of senior NCP and Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials and Ngok Dinka and Misseriya Leaders, the latter parties bound for The Hague to hear the July 22 ruing of the Permanent Count of Arbitration (PCA) [...]	2009-07-21 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM861	SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES BILATERAL ISSUES WITH NCP [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the National Congress Party (NCP),Special Envoy Scott Gration met with select members of the NCP trilateral negotiating team for 90 minutes on July 19 to discuss bilateral issues. The substance of issues raised by the NCP was all too familiar, although the ton [...]	2009-07-22 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM862	PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION DECISION CHANGES ABYEI [...] (SBU) 1. (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Gration, Charge Whitehead, as well as representatives from the EU, UN and Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),went to Abyei on July 22 for the announcement of The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decision on the province's border demarc [...]	2009-07-23 06:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM866	SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]	2009-07-27 04:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM867	SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]	2009-07-27 04:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM868	SUBJECT: Special Envoy Gration's July 22 Visit to Abyei [...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration traveled to Abyei on July 22 to observe, on the ground, the announcement of the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague on the delimitation of the borders of Abyei. During the course of the day the SE: met with the comman [...]	2009-07-27 04:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM869	Sudan: Special Envoy Gration and CDA Whitehead visit Heglig [...] (U) On July 21 Special Envoy (SE) Gration and Charge (CDA) Whitehead visited Heglig oilfield, the field headquarters of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). Taking off from the regional capital of Kadugli, SE and his delegation were transported by helicopter over the lush rainy [...]	2009-07-27 04:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM874	UGANDAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ugandan Ambassador Betty Akech Okullou called on Charge July 28 to discuss the fate of a Ugandan national abducted a month ago in Darfur (reftel). Okullou said she had been consulting closely with the Irish, who are also working to free an Irish national abducted at the same ti [...]	2009-07-28 11:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR EAID UN AU SU UG IR
09KHARTOUM881	GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK [...] (C) GOSS xxxxxxxxxxxx has admitted that, on the margins of the Washington "Forum for CPA Partners," he pressed Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula on the need to expedite delivery to South Sudan of tanks off-loaded from the MV Faina. Three months had passed since Nairobi initially agreed -- alb [...]	2009-07-29 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PREL PINR EFIN KE MARR SU UNSC UG
09KHARTOUM883	SECOND TRADE/INVESTMENT DELEGATION YIELDS GAINS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 2009 Trade and Investment Delegation (TradeDel),focused on investment opportunities the agricultural sector has generated interest by American investors in at least nine potentially viable agricultural projects, and garnered political capital for the US Government in the [...]	2009-07-30 09:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM888	SUDANESE DIPLOMATIC POTPOURRI: CHADIAN REBELS, [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires (CDA) met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Mutriff Sidiq on July 30 to review a range of issues. CDA requested information on the current location of Chadian rebel leaders in Sudan as well as the disposition of their forces, to which Mutriff [...]	2009-08-02 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ODIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM89	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The big news in UNAMID deployment for January 2009 was the successful movement, with strong Embassy support especially from the Defense Liaison Office (DLO),of Rwandan troops and equipment by the U.S. Air Force. The movements went flawlessly with full cooperation by the GoS and [...]	2009-01-25 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM890	CHADIAN REBELS WITHDRAW BUT MILITARY TENSIONS REMAIN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 29 meeting in Khartoum, United des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) Chadian rebel commander Mahamat Hanno claimed that UFR President Timane Erdimi and the UFR commanders have returned to Khartoum. UFR combatants have reportedly withdrawn from the border but have not disar [...]	2009-08-02 12:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM893	2009 ELECTIONS BUDGET PROPOSAL RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) announced its 2009 budget of approximately $153 million USD on July 27, 2009, down from an earlier request of more than one billion USD. The GNU would commit approximately $72 million to 2009 elections preparations and seek over $79 millio [...]	2009-08-04 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM904	CHARGE MEETING WITH CHADIAN REBEL LEADERSHIP [...] (C) On August 4, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead met with Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points as requested by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR Second Vice President Abdelwahid Aboul Makaye, Secretary General Abakar Tollimi, former RFC [...]	2009-08-05 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL UN AU SU EU FR
09KHARTOUM908	HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SOUTH DARFUR AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 28 and 29, the High Level Committee (HLC) made a joint assessment mission to Shattaia, Gereida, Donkey Abai, and Donkey Dereisa, South Darfur. The 40-person delegation included representatives from the Office of the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator (HC),Arab League, UK De [...]	2009-08-05 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM91	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE DUE TO LACK OF [...] (SBU) According to Administrator Arop Mayok, the Abyei Interim Administration (AIA) has made little progress in securing funding since Mayok's meeting with CDA Fernandez in early December (ref A). Four months after it was established, the Government of National Unity (GNU) still has provided th [...]	2009-01-25 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM911	UAE CONCESSIONS THREATENS BOMA-JONGLEI BIODIVERSITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite stiff requirements for consultation with and preapproval of projects by the Government of Southern Sudan's Ministry of Wildlife (MOW),the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ecotourism company, Al Ain National Wildlife Establishment has, without authorization, built a two-kilometer [...]	2009-08-06 12:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM915	MEDIA AND ADVOCACY GROUPS HAVE DISTORTED OUR [...] (C) Summary: The GOS is satisfied with bilateral engagement under the Obama administration, but it needs Congress to overcome "bias" against the National Congress Party (NCP) regime, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie told U.S. Representative Keith Ellison on August 5. Blamin [...]	2009-08-07 09:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM AU SU
09KHARTOUM916	TAHA ASSESSES CPA, APPEALS FOR LIFTING OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha offered Representative Keith Ellison a mixed assessment on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Provisions like Wealth Sharing, he said, have been successful becau [...]	2009-08-07 09:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EFIN PREF PGOV KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM917	GHAZI SALAHEDDIN TELLS REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON: "WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 5 conversation with Congressman Keith Ellison, Presidential Adviser and National Congress party (NCP) intellectual Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he is open to visits by anyone seeking to engage with the regime, including members of the U.S. Congress and the Darfur advocac [...]	2009-08-07 09:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM92	WIDESPREAD SAF BOMBING REPORTED IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from UNAMID, Darfur rebel movements, and cival society reported wideqpread Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombing in both North and South Darfur on January 24-25. Sources reported that the bombing was not restricted to JEM positions in Muhajarriya, South Darfur, but inclu [...]	2009-01-25 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM922	JEM RETURNS TO WADI HAWAR FOLLOWING CLASHES WITH THE GOS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Sudan (GOS) force comprised of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia clashed with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Mellit in North Darfur on August 5, according to UN and rebel sources. The clashes resulted in four dead and 19 inj [...]	2009-08-10 14:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM925	AN UMMA FACTIONAL LEADER'S TAKE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (c) Summary. In a rambling hour-long meeting with Charge on August 10, UMMA party factional leader Mubarak Fadail Elmahdi addressed a possible opposition boycott of elections, internal National Congress Party (NCP)/Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) dynamics, the Lubna Hussein case, [...]	2009-08-11 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AU SU
09KHARTOUM926	PROTOCOL FOR USG ELECTIONS SUPPORT SIGNED WITH GNU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. and GNU officials signed a Protocol implementing USD 21 million in voter education and domestic observation programs for Sudan's 2010 national elections to be implemented by the National Democratic Institute. The protocol is the third in a series which also provides assist [...]	2009-08-11 13:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM927	HAC OFFERS JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM TO HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 5, the High-Level Committee (HLC) met in Khartoum, the third such meeting since the U.S. Special Envoy and the Government of National Unity (GNU) agreed to empower the HLC to focus on urgent humanitarian issues in Darfur, and to expand it to include important GNU line mi [...]	2009-08-11 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UN SU
09KHARTOUM928	Security, Access Continue to Limit Aid Efforts and Returns [...] (U) Health and sanitation are stable in the old North Darfur Zam Zam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. However, the new camp has poor sanitation and high rates of child malnutrition. Security in North Darfur remains tenuous. UNAMID does no night patrols, and only one or two patrols ou [...]	2009-08-11 16:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM929	JEM RETURNS TO WADI HAWAR FOLLOWING CLASHES WITH THE GOS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Sudan (GOS) force comprised of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia clashed with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Mellit in North Darfur on August 5, according to UN and rebel sources. The clashes resulted in four dead and 19 inj [...]	2009-08-11 16:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM93	SPLM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL ANNE ITTO ON BASHIR, THE ICC, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a SPLM Political Bureau meeting to discuss impending ICC indictments against GNU President Omar Bashir, Consul General met with SPLM Deputy Secretary General Anne Itto on January 22 to discuss the results of the party's deliberations. In the course of the meeting, Itto [...]	2009-01-26 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM930	SECURITY, ACCESS CONTINUE TO LIMIT AID EFFORTS AND RETURNS [...] (U) Health and sanitation are stable in the old North Darfur Zam Zam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. However, the new camp has poor sanitation and high rates of child malnutrition. Security in North Darfur remains tenuous. UNAMID does no night patrols, and only one or two patrols ou [...]	2009-08-11 16:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM931	TECHNICAL BORDER COMMITTEE MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Technical Border Committee, mandated in the Comprehensive Peace Committee (CPA) to divide the border between North and South Sudan along the January 1, 1956 border, is unlikely to complete work by the upcoming September 30, 2009 deadline. Only one of three sectors is [...]	2009-08-12 07:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM94	NCP ALLEGEDLY ARMING ITS DARFUR ALLIES AS ICC LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for potential unrest in Darfur, several sources reported that the NCP has begun a large-scale arms distribution program in all three states of Darfur. In Nyala, an SPLM official alleged that the NCP is paying families to accept Kalashnikovs. Meanwhile, Fur IDP le [...]	2009-01-26 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM942	LONG-TIME NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY [...] (c) Summary. On August 13 President al Bashir sent a shock-wave through Khartoum political circles with a decree replacing long-time NISS Director General (DG) Salah Abdallah, better known as Salah Ghosh, with NISS Deputy Director Major General Mohammed Atta al-Moula. Ghosh will join the Pr [...]	2009-08-14 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SU
09KHARTOUM944	SOUTH KORDOFAN'S ICC-INDICTED GOVERNOR SEEKS TO ENSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Kordofan's ICC-indicted Governor, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun (NCP) and his SPLM deputy, Abdel Aziz Al Helou, asked international donors on August 8 for humanitarian and development assistance in delivering a peace dividend to the people of their state. They described a newly c [...]	2009-08-16 08:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM949	REP. ELLISON FINDS CONCERN ON CPA PROGRESS, STRONG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his August 7-8 visit to Juba, Rep. Keith Ellison's senior interlocutors in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) stressed the incomplete state of CPA implementation, particularly concerning border demarcation and prepar [...]	2009-08-17 07:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM95	GOS/JEM CLASHES, AERIAL BOMBING SOUTH OF EL FASHER [...] (SBU) Apparently in an effort to r%pel JEM vEhicles, GOS airplanes conducted aerial bombings January 26 in areas south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state. The bombing occurred in close proximity to Zam Zam IDP camp, approximately 20 km from the North Darfur capital. UN and NGO source [...]	2009-01-26 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM951	REP. ELLISON FINDS CONCERN ON CPA PROGRESS, STRONG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his August 7-8 visit to Juba, Rep. Keith Ellison's senior interlocutors in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) stressed the incomplete state of CPA implementation, particularly concerning border demarcation and prepar [...]	2009-08-18 04:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM952	NCRC "FINISHES" REFERENDUM LAW, BUT FIVE BIG ISSUES REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Professor Abdulla Idris, co-chairman of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) told Poloff August 11 that the NCRC has finished its work on the Referendum Law, but he noted that disputed provisions related to the electoral system, eligible voters, voting process, re [...]	2009-08-18 04:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM965	YASSIR ARMAN: REFERENDUM LAW IMPASSE AND POPULAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 10 meeting, Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)'s Northern Sector and SPLM National Assembly Caucus Chairman, Yassir Arman, said SPLM believes national legislation is necessary to conduct popular consultations in Blue Nile and So [...]	2009-08-23 07:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID PHUM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM967	SUDAN: STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHALLABI DENIES [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of Finance, Dr. Tarig Shallabi, denies that the Government of Sudan (GOS) owes any arrears to the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in contrast to GOSS and media reporting to the contrary. During a meeting with poloff on August 17, Shallabi said that the GOSS lacks [...]	2009-08-23 08:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET PGOV PREL UNSC SU

09KHARTOUM968	UNAMID CONVENES ROUNDTABLE FORUM ON DPA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 19 UNAMID convened a roundtable meeting on implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in El Fasher. Though billed as a discussion of DPA implementation and challenges, the meeting served primarily as a forum for representatives of SLA/Minni Minnawi (MM) to air t [...]	2009-08-23 15:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM969	UNAMID CONVENES ROUNDTABLE FORUM ON DPA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 19 UNAMID convened a roundtable meeting on implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in El Fasher. Though billed as a discussion of DPA implementation and challenges, the meeting served primarily as a forum for representatives of SLA/Minni Minnawi (MM) to air t [...]	2009-08-23 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM983	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS, NEEDS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, David Deng Athorbei expressed serious concerns regarding Southern Sudan's immediate financial challenges. Painting a grim picture of the South's on [...]	2009-08-26 08:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDEM MOPS ECON EFIN ENRG
09KHARTOUM990	CDA DISCUSSES DARFUR WITH UNAMID COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary. General Martin Luther Agwai, outgoing Force Commander for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),told Charge on August 26 that Darfuris know little about democracy, and view the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) as a southern party, while the Arab [...]	2009-08-27 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF KDEM EAID UNSC SU
09KIGALI118	RWANDA ON JUDGE PAINTER CANDIDACY FOR UN POST [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 15:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR UNGA RW
09KIGALI119	UNSC DESIGNATION OF FDLR LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KTFN RW
09KIGALI124	RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT [...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]	2009-02-26 16:20:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI129	USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:02:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL RW
09KIGALI142	RWANDAN-CONGOLESE COOPERATION IN THE WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary. The conclusion of Operation Umoja ("Our Unity) and the withdrawal of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set the stage for further concerted bilateral Rwanda-Congo cooperation in the Kivus and beyond. Operations in South [...]	2009-03-04 09:19:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW CG
09KIGALI149	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - Bringing Gacaca to a Close - End to Canadian Aid for Rwanda - Journalists Expelled From Police Event - Japan to Open Embassy in Rwanda ------------------------ GOR Holds Annual Retreat ------------------------ [...]	2009-03-06 12:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI150	ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]	2009-03-06 12:52:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI151	REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR 15TH GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed the diplomatic community on March 3 regarding plans for the 15th commemoration of the 1994 genocide. It distributed a planning document from the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (NCFG),which called for extensive donor support f [...]	2009-03-06 13:03:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI152	NO FORMAL REQUEST YET FOR SUPPORT FOR RETURNEES [...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the United Nations High Council for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly held an information session March 3 on the status of preparations and outstanding needs to address Rwandans returning from conflict areas in neighboring [...]	2009-03-06 13:33:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI163	NKUNDA LOSES FIRST ROUND IN COURT [...] (C) On March 11, a Rwandan Higher Instance court denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, ruling on procedural grounds that the court could not accept the case, and noting that the application had been addressed to the wrong individual represe [...]	2009-03-12 15:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI172	RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]	2009-03-20 12:50:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI173	SOMALI PRESIDENT VISITS RWANDA [...] (SBU) President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with President Paul Kagame on March 16 during a short visit to Rwanda. Local media reported that the focus of the conversation was cooperation between the two governments, including military suppo [...]	2009-03-20 13:22:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI177	RWANDA ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RW
09KIGALI197	WHITE PAPER DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN/ AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 11:55:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MOPS MARR RW
09KIGALI20	MILITARY PROSECUTOR IDENTIFIES THOSE BEHIND RECENT [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief met with the chief military prosecutor on January 13 to discuss arrests made in connection with the December 27 grenade attacks in Kigali (ref A). The prosecutor said 18 individuals had been detained in the course of investigations, fifteen civilians and 3 low-ranking en [...]	2009-01-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC RW
09KIGALI207	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]	2009-04-13 07:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]	2009-04-13 07:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI212	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO RWANDA [...] (C) Your visit underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda, our support for peace and security in the region, and our recognition of Rwanda's leading role as an international peacekeeping force. You will arrive shortly after a week-long national commemoration of the 1994 genoc [...]	2009-04-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ECON EAID
09KIGALI221	RWANDA BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The FY09 foreign assistance package for Rwanda includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-3). Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions [...]	2009-04-20 06:00:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV RW
09KIGALI237	SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]	2009-04-24 09:07:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI262	"REPATRIATE OR INTEGRATE" - BURUNDIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Representatives from the Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and Burundi (GOB) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) held a tripartite meeting in Kigali on April 22 to discuss the repatriation of the 2,024 Burundian refugees currently residing in the Kigeme Camp in Rwanda's N [...]	2009-04-30 13:20:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI279	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]	2009-05-08 06:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI287	RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 10:09:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI289	NKUNDA LOSES ROUND TWO; JUSTICE MINISTERS MEET ON [...] (C) On April 17, a Rwandan Intermediate court in Gisenyi denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda. Ruling on procedural grounds similar to those of an earlier Kigali court (Ref A),the court held that it lacked the "competence" to hear the matte [...]	2009-05-08 13:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI292	RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 15:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI302	INFORMATION MINISTER ON BBC KINWYARWANDA SERVICE [...] (U) On May 11, Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo addressed the diplomatic corps on the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda service FM transmissions in Rwanda (reftel). Flanked by Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali, Mushikiwabo spoke at length on the history of media in Rwanda and th [...]	2009-05-15 09:49:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI31	GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS [...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]	2009-01-21 09:29:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI314	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Isakson to Rwanda. Your visit to Rwanda comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting the spread of the global scourges [...]	2009-05-21 15:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI325	RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]	2009-05-27 09:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI328	BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION [...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]	2009-05-28 06:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI329	READ-OUT OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL MAY 17 MEETING [...] (C) A local diplomatic mission (protect) shared with us its written report on the UN Security Council team,s May 17 meeting with President Paul Kagame. The meeting preceded a separate discussion between Kagame and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice (reftel) and cov [...]	2009-05-28 09:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI33	SUPPORTING THE JOINT CONGOLESE AND RWANDAN EFFORT [...] (C) As the international community awaits details of the joint Congolese/Rwandan military effort in the Kivus, it is essential we keep in mind what a sea change this joint operation represents. After many ups and downs, and often sharp disagreements on what has been happening in the eastern [...]	2009-01-22 15:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RW
09KIGALI335	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Kagame Castigates Party Officials at RPF Political Bureau Meeting - Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues -- Prosecutor General Readies New Cases - New Political Parties Have Trouble Organizing - Nkunda Loses Round Three Kagame Tough On RPF Cadres --------- [...]	2009-06-01 08:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI338	RWANDA: NO MI-17S AVAILABLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 09:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM RW
09KIGALI346	RWANDA SUPPORTIVE OF MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL UNGA RW
09KIGALI348	IMF CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL SIXTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) An IMF team successfully concluded its sixth review of Rwanda's three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program with a briefing for donor governments on May 29. The team found Rwanda had met all its 2008 PRGF performance targets; some early 2009 fiscal targets were mis [...]	2009-06-08 13:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN PREL RW
09KIGALI353	UNHCR ON CLOSURE OF KIGEME CAMP, RETURNING RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Rwanda Country Representative Nyekan (protect) to discuss the June 2 closure of Kigeme refugee camp, and the return of Rwandan refugees from Uganda. While 1500 Burundian refugees in Kigeme accepted return in Ma [...]	2009-06-10 11:27:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI355	RWANDA: DEMARCHES ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR, [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 15:44:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAGR ENRG SENV PHUM RW
09KIGALI370	RWANDA'S 2009-2010 BUDGET TABLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister James Musoni introduced the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) 2009-2010 budget before Parliament on June 11. His budget message laid out a USD 1.452 billion budget, up 24 percent from last year in nominal terms, with domestic resources for the first time exceeding [...]	2009-06-17 15:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID RW
09KIGALI394	RWANDA: IMPLEMENTING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 12:01:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL RW
09KIGALI409	RWANDA: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 11:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC KTFN UNSC RW
09KIGALI410	THE WAGES OF (GENOCIDE) SIN IN RWANDA -- YOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, as the National Gacaca Service closes out its million-plus caseload, politically sensitive cases are being heard. Senior Hutu officials in Parliament, in the executive branch and in the military are finally facing their accusers. Conviction, acqu [...]	2009-07-09 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI425	64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM REPORT ON RWANDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 11:40:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA RW
09KIGALI428	RWANDA: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel, in years past allegations of abuse and torture centered on Rwandan prisons and police stations. As recorded in our recent Human Rights Reports for Rwanda, the Rwandan prison service and Rwanda National Police (RNP) have made great strides in eliminating mistreatmen [...]	2009-07-14 15:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM RW
09KIGALI454	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Minister of Education Sacked - Ombudsman Report on Corruption Raises Hackles in Justice Sector - New Political Parties -- One Nearing Registration? - Nkunda Tries A Letter Writing Campaign Hard-Charging Minister Falls Hard on Corruption Charges ---------- [...]	2009-07-24 10:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI468	MINI-CABINET SHUFFLE IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) On July 26, Rwanda government radio and television announced President Kabila's modest reshuffling of cabinet positions. Most ministries went unchanged, with the key positions of Prime Minister and Ministers of Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Internal Security, and Justice remaining [...]	2009-07-29 13:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI47	CONGOLESE REFUGEES DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ARREST OF [...] (SBU) Congolese refugee supporters of detained CNDP General Laurent Nkunda protested in two camps in Rwanda on January 25, Kiziba camp near Kibuye and Gihembe camp in Byumba. Sources at the Rwandan National Police and the local UNHCR office confirmed that the protests turned violent in Kiziba [...]	2009-01-27 14:29:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI470	GRENADE ATTACK NEAR GENOCIDE MEMORIAL [...] (C) On the evening of July 22, an unknown person tossed a grenade approximately 500 meters from the Kigali Memorial Center, the principal genocide memorial in Rwanda, which has the mass graves of some 300,000 genocide victims and a museum complex. The explosion injured two bystanders. Polic [...]	2009-07-30 13:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI472	NEXT STEPS FOR THE RWANDA-DRC PARTNERSHIP [...] (S) In a July 24 conversation with DCM (then Charge),National Security Service (NSS) Director General Emmanuel Ndahiro said he expected Presidents Kagame and Kabila to meet some time before the UNGA sessions in New York in September. He did not have a specific date, but added that the possib [...]	2009-07-30 14:03:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KMCA RW
09KIGALI51	WHEREABOUTS OF GENERAL NKUNDA [...] (C) As of January 28, General Laurent Nkunda continues to be held by Rwandan security forces in his family's residence in Gisenyi, according to close associates. He also has access to a government residence close by. He receives visits from family members (including a recent delivery of cl [...]	2009-01-28 16:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS RW
09KIGALI52	MESSAGE FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUSEMINALI OF RWANDA TO [...] The following text was received on January 28, 2009 from the Foreign Minister of Rwanda, Rosemary Museminali, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Honourable Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington Excellency Madam Secretary of State, On the occasion of your appointment [...]	2009-01-29 06:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP RW
09KIGALI525	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Meeks to Rwanda. The U.S. Government partners closely with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria, expanding economic development and assisting Rwanda's democratic structures. Rwandans deeply a [...]	2009-08-26 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI529	RWANDA URGES REFUGEES IN UGANDA TO RETURN HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 15,000 Rwandan refugees remain in Uganda, despite Rwandan, Ugandan and UNHCR agreement that they should return to Rwanda by August 31. Most of these fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, although some have been in Uganda for decades. They are located both in camps [...]	2009-08-26 15:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV RW UG
09KIGALI536	RWANDA, CONGO SOLICIT FUNDING FOR JOINT ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The energy ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met in Rwanda on August 17 to review and solicit donor support for a potential joint Rwandan-Congolese energy project. This project is a tangible outcome of the groundbreaking August 6 Kagame-Kabila m [...]	2009-08-28 14:51:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN EAID ENRG RW CG
09KIGALI54	GOR WILL PRESENT FOUR NAMES TO UNSC SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC RW
09KIGALI548	RWANDA - DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 09:00:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV RW
09KIGALI57	GREAT LAKES ENVOY MUTABOBA TAKES POSITION WITH UN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Amandin Rugira informed emboffs on January 29 that Great Lakes Special Envoy Joseph Mutaboba has been selected to be the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau. According to Rugira, Mutaboba had initially applied [...]	2009-01-30 11:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI570	CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...]	2009-09-11 14:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI585	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 12:48:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KV RW
09KIGALI586	LOBBYING FOR RWANDAN SUPPORT AT UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs raised with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and her Americas Director our interest in working closely with Rwanda on UNGA issues. Museminali welcomed our approach and noted that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) often follows the African Union (AU) consensu [...]	2009-09-18 15:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN RW
09KIGALI587	IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]	2009-09-18 17:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI588	RWANDA NO "ISLAND" - KAGAME PREACHES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 13 meeting with visiting senior State Department officials, President Kagame said his country's future success depended on the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. Accordingly, Rwanda wanted closer ties with neighbors such as the Democratic Republ [...]	2009-09-18 17:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI589	IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]	2009-09-22 06:29:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI590	IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]	2009-09-22 06:29:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI618	RDF GENERAL EMPHASIZES REGIONAL STABILITY, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 23 meeting, a senior Rwandan military officer stressed that regional peace and stability, especially with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was in Rwanda's vital interest. He requested USG action against U.S.-based supporters of the Democratic F [...]	2009-09-30 16:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS PINR KJUS CG RW
09KIGALI634	RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]	2009-10-07 07:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI644	IRAN DEMARCHE AND BRIEFING DELIVERED [...] (C) On October 7, polcouns briefed Mr. Ben Rutsinga, MFA's Director of Europe, Americas, UN and International Organizations on the outcome of the P5 1 talks and solicited Rwandan GOR support for the dual-track approach, as requested reftel. Rutsinga was generally supportive, noting that it wa [...]	2009-10-07 16:22:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RW
09KIGALI679	ICTR PROSECUTOR ON WORK, TRANSFER OF CASES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) chief prosecutor Hassan Jallow briefed Kigali-based diplomats October 15 on the tribunal's work, anticipated closure in 2010 and unresolved legacy issues. He intends to request transfer of some remaining cases to Rwanda, and ind [...]	2009-10-21 06:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM ICTR UNGA TZ RW
09KIGALI690	UNGA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarches on October 26 to Rwandan MFA's Director General of Europe, Americas and International Organization Affairs Mr. Ben Rutsinga. Regarding Ref A items, Rutsinga said that in 2007 and earlier Rwanda abstained from voting on "no-action motions," but changed it [...]	2009-10-26 16:32:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA UN RW
09KIGALI694	ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]	2009-10-27 16:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI699	GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]	2009-10-28 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI701	NIGER DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 16:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL USAU NI RW
09KIGALI721	GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 12:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL RW
09KIGALI735	CONGOLESE AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Norbert Nkulu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Kigali November 2, to begin an assignment as the DRC's ambassador to Rwanda--the first since Presidents Kabila and Kagame took office. Ambassador met Nkulu on November 5, at a reception during which Nkulu warmly en [...]	2009-11-06 09:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG RW
09KIGALI736	DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]	2009-11-06 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI74	WORLD BANK SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT FOR NEW [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (SBU) World Bank (Bank) Country Representative Victoria Kwakwa convened a meeting January 30 seeking donor support for a proposed new Emergency demobilization and Reintegration Project with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). A team of Bank offi [...]	2009-02-02 16:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI749	REFUGEE ISSUES IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Rwanda hosts 53,000 Congolese refugees in three refugee camps and 2,000 urban refugees from various nearby countries. Standards of living in the camps are high, although land and sanitation issues are sometimes problematic. Although relations between Rwanda and the DRC have impr [...]	2009-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI75	RWANDA REACTION: PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW WITH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and interview transcript to Rwandan Mufti Sheikh Saleh Habimana on February 2. Habimana said he hopes the United States will fully utilize the "opportunity" presented by President Obama's election to engage with the Muslim world, and make the strong [...]	2009-02-03 08:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL
09KIGALI770	NEW DRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES MISSION, PRAISES GOR [...] (C) In a November 19 call, new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Norbert Nkulu described in warm terms his reception by Rwandan officials and what he described as a large and welcoming Congolese community here - many of whom met him at the airport. He recounted with visible pl [...]	2009-11-20 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PHUM CG RW
09KIGALI775	CEPGL STAFF DESCRIBE REGIONAL GROUPINGS TO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) senior staff on November 10 briefed U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe on CEPGL activities in the areas of peace and security, energy, and transportation, as well as on how the CEPGL coordinates with other regio [...]	2009-11-23 10:53:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR CG BU RW
09KIGALI78	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]	2009-02-05 13:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI782	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 16:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN RW
09KIGALI786	KITCHEN GARDENS INCREASE FOOD SECURITY OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: American Refugee Committee (ARC) has implemented a project to improve food production by and for vulnerable families in the Kiziba refugee camp in western Rwanda, using grant funds from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration's 2009 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees. On Novemb [...]	2009-11-25 06:18:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID CG RW
09KIGALI789	TOUGH ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC IS A STAPLE OF [...] (C) Anti-Government of Rwanda (GOR) rhetoric coupled with personal criticism of President Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party are the staples of Rwanda's Kinyarwanda-language popular press. A review of local language tabloids, all with small press runs but relatively wide reade [...]	2009-11-25 06:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KPAO PREL CG RW
09KIGALI792	UNAMID COMMANDER ON DARFUR CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]	2009-11-27 11:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI793	GOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ECONOMICS & SECURITY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Rwandan officials led by Health Minister Sezibera met on November 9 with U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe and urged continued military pressure against the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC [...]	2009-11-27 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID MARR PINS KCRM CG RW
09KIGALI796	RWANDAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE BACKS U.S. REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with Rwandan Chief of Defense General James Kabarebe November 17, Ambassador hailed the arrival of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) first post-genocide Ambassador, Norbert Nkulu. Kabarebe agreed that it was a vital forward step and added that [...]	2009-11-30 12:47:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO CG RW
09KIGALI80	DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED [...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]	2009-02-05 17:39:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI802	RWANDA AND FRANCE RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS THE [...] (C) Summary: The Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and France (GOF) announced November 29 that they had agreed to restore fully diplomatic relations between the two countries. Relations were ruptured in November 2006 after a French judge indicted senior GOR officials on charges - vehemently reject [...]	2009-12-01 06:28:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS FR RW
09KIGALI803	RWANDA JOINS COMMONWEALTH [...] (U) Summary: On November 28th, Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago decided to admit Rwanda as their group's newest member. Although concrete benefits to membership appear modest, Rwandan officials anticipate expanded business and trade opportunities and welcome the [...]	2009-12-01 08:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV RW
09KIGALI806	PRESIDENT KAGAME OPEN TO HAVING INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp thanked the Government of Rwanda for accepting prisoners transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, underscoring the importance [...]	2009-12-01 13:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI808	AMBASSADOR RAPP RAISES ICTR CASE TRANSFERS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp raised with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga the issue of transferring cases for trial in Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In a discussion on the margins of a November meeting in Kigali of pr [...]	2009-12-01 15:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI809	UNAMID COMMANDER DETAILS DARFUR CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]	2009-12-01 15:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI822	RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI828	"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 13:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL UN RW
09KIGALI829	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]	2009-12-04 14:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW

09KIGALI835	RWANDAN COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 6, 2009, the African Union/New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU/NePAD) held a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) post-compact review of Rwanda's 2009-2012 Agriculture Sector Investment Plan to raise agricultural productivity and reduc [...]	2009-12-07 14:55:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW

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