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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 |
09KHARTOUM432 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES ON MARCH 27 [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez convened a core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Friday, March 27, to review the current security situation in Sudan after international and local media reported that the Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes in January and February against suspected arms smugglers [...] | 2009-03-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PTER 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 |
09KHARTOUM497 | SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. OFFICE OF MILITARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes the visit of the U.S. Office of Military Commissions Defense Counsel to Sudan for approximately eight days, beginning on April 22, 2009. Post understands the purpose of the trip is to investigate the possibilities and requirements for the successful repatriation [...] | 2009-04-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER AMGT PGOV OTRA 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 |
09KHARTOUM557 | MARCH 23 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...] | 2009-04-24 09:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV 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 |
09KHARTOUM579 | APRIL 12 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...] | 2009-04-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM580 | APRIL 14 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...] | 2009-04-30 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV 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 |
09KHARTOUM599 | APRIL 22 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...] | 2009-05-07 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV 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 |
09KHARTOUM612 | MAY 5 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 5, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN dr [...] | 2009-05-11 09:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV 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 |
09KHARTOUM653 | MAY 13 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, 2009, four U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN d [...] | 2009-05-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV 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 |
09KHARTOUM670 | MAY 17 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 17, 2009, four U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN d [...] | 2009-05-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV SU |
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 |
09KHARTOUM710 | MAY 25 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic, and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN driv [...] | 2009-05-31 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV 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 |
09KHARTOUM782 | KHARTOUM EAC RECONVENES ON JUNE 23 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/CDA Asquino reconvened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Wednesday, June 23, to evaluate the most recent threat information regarding the anticipated June 24 announcement of verdicts in the Granville/Abbas terrorist murder case. The EAC also discussed a commitment from [...] | 2009-06-24 09:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PTER 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 |
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 |
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 |
09KHARTOUM895 | MASSIVE GRAIN CONTRACTS THREATEN SOUTHERN SUDAN BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY. Speaking on July 28 before the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA),David Deng Athorbei, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) newly-appointed Minister of Finance, publicly confirmed that the GOSS has committed six billion Sudanese pounds (appx. 2.7 billion USD) to off- [...] | 2009-08-04 08:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPIN EAGR ECON SU |
09KHARTOUM901 | PRO-REGIME IDP LEADER MURDERED IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent pro-regime IDP leader in Abu Shouk Camp was murdered in the early morning of August 2, according to IDP and UN sources. Omer Adam Ishaq, known as "Saroukh", was shot and killed along with his wife by unknown gunmen at his home. Reasons for the attack are unknown pen [...] | 2009-08-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS SU |
09KHARTOUM903 | NCP UNHELPFUL ON ABYEI, SPLM RELUCTANT ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with visiting Deputy Chief of Mission Mark Asquino, USAID Mission Director William Hammink, and Washington-based staff; senior Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials expressed frustration with the National [...] | 2009-08-05 09:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EPET SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM905 | DEFENDANT IN TROUSERS CASE WOULD ACCEPT LASHING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese security forces on August 4 fired tear gas to disperse protesters at the trial of Lubna Hussein, a journalist currently working as a Public Affairs Officer at the United Nations. Ms. Hussein was arrested in Khartoum on July 3 and charged with "indecent dress" along with [...] | 2009-08-05 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI UNSC SU |
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 |
09KHARTOUM914 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BONA MALWAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Whitehead met with Presidential Adviser Bona Malwal on July 29 at the latter,s request. A former minister in the late 1970s under Nimeiri and a long-time antagonist of the late John Garang, Malwal continues to pursue politics in the South while maintaining stron [...] | 2009-08-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PGOV UN 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 |
09KHARTOUM924 | GNU REIMBURSES GOSS $52 MILLION FOR UNAUTHORIZED DEDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of National Unity (GNU) has reimbursed the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) the equivalent of USD 52 million for unauthorized deductions from its share of oil revenues, as agreed to at the July 21 Trilateral talks in Washington. GOSS Petroleum Commission Direct [...] | 2009-08-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN ECON UNSC 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 |
09KHARTOUM934 | SEVENTEEN ARRESTED IN CRACKDOWN FOLLOWING CAMP MURDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seventeen people have been detained in Abu Shouk and Al Salam Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps following the murder of a pro-government umda (community leader) on August 2, according to IDP community contacts. UNAMID Human Rights has confirmed that at least 13 people are [...] | 2009-08-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU 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 |
09KHARTOUM957 | IOM STILL UNABLE TO WORK IN DARFUR; PLANNING FOR RETURNS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of August 10, USAID Mission Director and staff met with the heads of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) to discuss potential returns in Darfur, IOM's role in verifying returns, [...] | 2009-08-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM964 | Opposition Parties Call for Elections Boycott [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Latif Joseph Sabag, a founding member of the Umma Party, told poloff August 17 that opposition party leaders decided August 15 to boycott next year's elections, based on their view that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) conducted a flawed census, failed to reform national [...] | 2009-08-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM 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 |
09KHARTOUM970 | CODEL HEARS IDP PROBLEMS AT DARFUR'S ZAM ZAM IDP CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Keith Ellison traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur on August 6 to visit the Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. Conditions at the camp have deteriorated following an influx of 30,000 IDPs from South Darfur in February and the expulsion of humanitarian non [...] | 2009-08-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU |
09KHARTOUM979 | SOUTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN SITUATION STABLE, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of August 10, USAID staff traveled to South Darfur to assess the humanitarian situation. Although the overall humanitarian situation is currently stable and emergency gaps are filled following the March 2009 expulsions of non-governmental organizations (NGOs),rel [...] | 2009-08-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM980 | MALAKAL REMAINS DIVIDED AND COMBUSTIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State and site of serious February clashes between components of the local Joint Integrated Unit (JIU),remains divided and combustible. In a meeting on August 19, Deputy Governor of Upper Nile State Dok Jok (SPLM) told Poloff that "the idea of par [...] | 2009-08-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPKO MCAP MOPS 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 |
09KHARTOUM994 | UNAMID Workers Kidnapped in Darfur; No Americans Involved [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Saturday August 29, armed men seized two expatriates working in a civilian capacity for the joint U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),the peacekeeping force in Darfur. One kidnapping victim is a Nigerian citizen who may have family in the United States, and the sec [...] | 2009-08-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM998 | UNAMID Workers Kidnapped in Darfur; No Americans Involved [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 06:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SU |
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 |
09KIGALI15 | RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel 2. (U) OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ -- The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. -- In Se [...] | 2009-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC KTDB USTR |
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 |
09KIGALI158 | READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV 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 |
09KIGALI174 | TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...] | 2009-03-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW |
09KIGALI177 | RWANDA ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 13:56:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RW |
09KIGALI181 | PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE? [...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...] | 2009-03-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID 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 |
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 |
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 |
09KIGALI29 | RWANDA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on child labor in Rwanda. Point of contact for further information is PolOff Jennifer L. Orrico. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Article 28 of the Constitution guarant [...] | 2009-01-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV 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 |
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 |
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 |
09KIGALI383 | BBC RESUMES LOCAL KINYARWANDA BROADCASTS [...] (U) On June 24, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) rescinded its April ban on the BBC's local FM Kinyarwanda broadcasts (which use GOR transmission facilities). The Rwandan cabinet had formally agreed on June 19 to allow resumption of broadcasts, following Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo [...] | 2009-06-25 10:53:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR 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 |
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 |
09KIGALI505 | GADFLY NEWSPAPER AGAIN COURTS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwanda's media authority on August 5 recommended the suspension of local-language newspaper "Umuseso" for three months, following its publication of an article that called President Kagame a dictator, compared him to the pre-genocide president who died when his aircraft was shot d [...] | 2009-08-15 13:31:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS RW |
09KIGALI506 | RWANDA'S MCC THRESHOLD LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Rwanda in late July to meet with key stakeholders involved in implementing Rwanda's three-year, $24.7 million Threshold Program, which focuses on the MCC's "ruling justly" indicators. Senior Government of Rwan [...] | 2009-08-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM 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 |
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 |
09KIGALI534 | KAGAME FIRES EDUCATION MINISTER OF STATE FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. President Kagame fired the Rwandan Minister of State for Education following media reports that the official had abused power during his earlier tenure as mayor of Kigali. Kagame initially criticized the press report, but after a later article provided additional information ba [...] | 2009-08-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO RW |
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 |
09KIGALI569 | KAGAME SWEARS IN TWO NEW SENATORS [...] (U) President Kagame on September 10 administered the oath of office to two new senators, Josee Kagabo and Henriette Umulisa, filling two vacancies. One was left by Stanley Safari, who fled Rwanda in June in the middle of his gacaca trial. (Note: He subsequently received a life sentence for [...] | 2009-09-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR 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 |
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 |
09KIGALI623 | WOULD-BE OPPOSITION PARTY'S TAKEOFF STALLED BY [...] (C) Frank Habineza, leader of the newly-formed Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),told polcouns October 2 that his party was canceling its initial party congress, set to take place in Kigali the same day, because a key state official had informed him late on October 1 that higher-level a [...] | 2009-10-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS RW |
09KIGALI624 | FOOD SECURITY STABLE IN RWANDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwandan production of staple food crops has increased 25 percent since 2006 as a result of agricultural reforms introduced in 2007, including better distribution of fertilizers and crop intensification programs. Although food production is stable for 2009, dependency on adequate [...] | 2009-10-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID PGOV 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 |
09KIGALI672 | KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...] | 2009-10-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAID KJUS 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 |
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 |
09KIGALI716 | SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW |
09KIGALI717 | POLICE CLOSE GREEN PARTY MEETING, CITING INSECURITY [...] (C) On October 25, police suspended a convention organized by the opposition Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),after a member of the audience disrupted the proceedings. According to a reliable observer, minutes after the party secretary-general opened the meeting, a man in the approxima [...] | 2009-11-03 17:35:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM RW |
09KIGALI719 | OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...] | 2009-11-04 06:21:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM 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 |
09KIGALI756 | GREEN PARTY PLANS 3RD ATTEMPT TO HOLD [...] (C) On November 6, polcouns met with Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) leader Frank Habineza, secretary-general Charles Kabanda and a visiting Amcit Green party activist from California. Habineza said his still-unregistered party was running short on funds (he himself had had to take ou [...] | 2009-11-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RW |
09KIGALI765 | JUDGE FINES EDITOR FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13 a judge found John Bosco Gasasira, the editor/journalist of a local newspaper, guilty of invasion of privacy and defamation, fined him $2,200 dollars and awarded costs and damages of $4,800. The sentence allayed Gasasira's supporters' earlier concerns that he mig [...] | 2009-11-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PHUM RW |
09KIGALI77 | RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: -- 2008 Tourism revenues up 55 percent over 2007, but slow start to 2009 -- Economy grows 10 percent in 2008 -- Rwandatel to invest $45 million to expand market share, MTN launches BlackBerry -- Construction begins on new Hydro Powe [...] | 2009-02-05 13:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW |
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 |
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 |
09KIGALI784 | WESTERN PROVINCE FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURAL REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, local officials in Western Province said they were focused on implementing agricultural reforms and improving delivery of basic services. Lack of financing and inadequate transportation infrastructure remained challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On November 17, Em [...] | 2009-11-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR RW |
09KIGALI787 | RWANDA IMPROVES RANKING IN CORRUPTION PERCEPTION [...] (U) A November 17 report released by Transparency International (TI) ranks Rwanda 89th out of 180 countries surveyed in its 2009 Corruption Perception Index. Last year, TI ranked Rwanda 102 out of 180 countries. The new ranking places Rwanda as the "least corrupt" in East Africa and among th [...] | 2009-11-25 06:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV 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 |
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 |
09KIGALI812 | LIBERAL PARTY ORIGINS, VIOLENCE OF 1990S, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Youth Protais Mitali, leader of the Liberal Party (PL),said on November 19 that his party seeks to promote justice, human rights and economic development by developing policy ideas and attempting to convince other political figures of their merits. As head of a pa [...] | 2009-12-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RW |
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 |
09KIGALI823 | RWANDA'S NEW CABINET LINEUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR 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 |
09KIGALI856 | BIO REPORT: MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MONIQUE [...] (SBU) Monique Nsanzabaganwa is the Minister of Trade and Industry. She was born in 1971 in Muhororo, Ruhango District. She received an MA (cum laude) in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2002, winning the Department of Economics' award for best master's student. Sh [...] | 2009-12-15 13:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ETRD RW |
09KIGALI857 | SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...] | 2009-12-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS RW |
09KIGALI858 | PSP PARTY IN REBUILDING MODE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the small PSP party is a political unknown who is new to her position and has inherited a party that is still recovering from the departure of its former leader, a senator and high-profile figure, earlier in 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a December 2 meeting [...] | 2009-12-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RW |
09KIGALI859 | NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...] | 2009-12-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW |
09KIGALI86 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT OPERATIONS AND FOUR PLUS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the diplomatic corps on February 9 on the continuing joint military operations in the eastern Congo and the 4 Plus 4 talks held February 5-6 in Gisenyi between Rwanda and the DRC. Drawing from the 4 Plus 4 Joint Communique distributed at the b [...] | 2009-02-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS RW |
09KIGALI860 | MINISTRY OF HEALTH LOBBIES AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 7 heath sector meeting, Ministry of Health (MOH) permanent secretary, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, and National AIDS Control Commission executive director, Dr. Anita Asiimwe, criticized strongly draft legislation in parliament that would criminalize homosexuality, and said [...] | 2009-12-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KHIV RW |
09KIGALI862 | GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...] | 2009-12-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RW |
09KIGALI870 | RWANDA-FRANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON FAST TRACK [...] (C) Visiting French MFA Director General of Administration Stephane Romatet told Ambassador on December 17 that the Quai d'Orsay planned to have a full-time political officer in Rwanda by early January, 2010 and an ambassador here later that month. He said France intends to start quickly, at [...] | 2009-12-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON PGOV CG RW |
09KIGALI871 | RWANDA NAMES AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE [...] (SBU) During a December 16 cabinet meeting, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) designated Jacques Kabare to serve as Rwanda's next ambassador to France, less than a month after the two countries announced their intention to reestablish diplomatic ties. Since approximately 2005, Kabare has headed [...] | 2009-12-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR RW |
09KIGALI874 | RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...] | 2009-12-22 06:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RW |
09KIGALI894 | RWANDA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU)There were no acts of international terrorism in Rwanda in 2009. The Rwandan government worked to improve border control measures and prepared to create a financial investigations unit, in accordance with anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing legislation adopted the previous [...] | 2009-12-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC RW |
09KIGALI896 | TRENDS IN RWANDA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is no Rwandan law against homosexuality. The constitution provides for equality of all citizens but does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In December 2009, following lobbying and statements by key government figures, the lower chamber o [...] | 2009-12-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RW |
09KIGALI91 | RWANDA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC RW |
09KIGALI98 | RWANDA ON REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 06:45:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNHRC PHUM RW |
09KINGSTON1000 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...] | 2009-11-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
09KINGSTON1022 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) - DISAM INTL-PURCHASER (IT) course with starting date of 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-11-27 15:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1060 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Crime Scene Investigators Course with the starting date of 5 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidat [...] | 2009-12-08 17:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
09KINGSTON1062 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -International Officer Captain Career course with starting date of 22 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-12-08 17:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1072 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Maneuver SLC Course with starting date of 05 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name [...] | 2009-12-09 18:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1074 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Criminal Investigation DIV Special Agent Course with starting date of 04 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...] | 2009-12-09 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1088 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...] | 2009-12-10 20:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
09KINGSTON1098 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Naval Staff College Course with the starting date of 06 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...] | 2009-12-14 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1118 | JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL |
09KINGSTON113 | JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...] | 2009-02-12 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON1160 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Officer Course with the starting date of 08 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...] | 2009-12-22 15:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1162 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance Course with the starting date of 15 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...] | 2009-12-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1164 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Combat Engineering Officer Course with the starting date of 26 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candi [...] | 2009-12-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON1190 | JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13 [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...] | 2009-12-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON131 | URGENT REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the IDEC pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...] | 2009-02-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON14 | CORRECTED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in an Army-provided Infantry Training, February 20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propos [...] | 2009-01-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON140 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Fire Protection Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...] | 2009-02-24 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON141 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Air Traffic Control Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candida [...] | 2009-02-24 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON142 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Advanced Engineering Aid Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-02-24 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON143 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-02-24 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON149 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Builder Class 1 Advance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-02-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON150 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Information Technology Specialist Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...] | 2009-02-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON151 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Military Police Investigator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate [...] | 2009-02-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON156 | JAMAICA: APPELLATE COURT RULING DISPELS PROSPECT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 20:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD |
09KINGSTON167 | JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has high expectations for the 2009 SOA to be held April 17-19 in Port-of-Spain. Post is implementing a number of public diplomacy outreach initiatives, and the SOA has begun to receive attention in the local media. End Summary. Foreign Minister's Expectations [...] | 2009-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL KPAO KSUM JM XL |
09KINGSTON175 | JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD IDB CDB |
09KINGSTON184 | JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...] | 2009-03-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON187 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR VIP [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the VIP Security Training Course, being offered by DS/ATA, April 27 - May 15, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogato [...] | 2009-03-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON22 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Aircraft Flight Equipment (Sys) Apprentice Course, Sheppard AFB, TX, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-01-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON221 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S RULING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD |
09KINGSTON224 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in Basic and Advance I2 Training Courses, being offered April 1-6 and April 7-9, respectively, held here at the U.S. Embassy Kingston, pursuant to the Leahy Act [...] | 2009-03-24 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON226 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the MILITARY INTEL OFFICER BASIC COURSE, INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL, FT. HUACHUCA, ARIZONA, APRIL 29, 2009 . pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post ha [...] | 2009-03-24 19:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON227 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Boatswains Mate A Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...] | 2009-03-24 19:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON228 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Small Arms/Towed Artillary Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...] | 2009-03-24 19:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON23 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics Technician Course, US Coast Guard Training Center, Petaluma, CA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...] | 2009-01-12 17:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON230 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Criminal Invest Division Special Agent Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...] | 2009-03-24 20:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON231 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-03-24 20:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON232 | JAMAICA: RULING LABOUR PARTY (JLP) CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD |
09KINGSTON248 | JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY |
09KINGSTON255 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 2009 [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the 2009 International Fugitive Investigators Conference, being held May 5-7, 2009 in Toronto, Canada, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. P [...] | 2009-04-02 18:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON270 | JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...] | 2009-04-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM |
09KINGSTON277 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the International Sea Cargo Interdiction Training 2, being held April 27-May 8, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Po [...] | 2009-04-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON28 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Colombian Military, Colombia, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...] | 2009-01-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON294 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...] | 2009-04-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON295 | JAMAICA: CARICOM Multilat at FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV JM XL |
09KINGSTON31 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Columbian Military, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post [...] | 2009-01-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON315 | JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...] | 2009-04-24 18:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON318 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT Maritime Law Enforcement Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...] | 2009-04-27 18:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON319 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics ADV Digital OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candi [...] | 2009-04-27 19:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON321 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combat Engineer Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-04-27 20:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON328 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...] | 2009-04-30 16:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON329 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...] | 2009-04-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON330 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Damage Controlman/OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...] | 2009-04-30 17:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON331 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Dental BNCOC Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...] | 2009-04-30 17:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON332 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Machinery Tech ADV/Refrigerator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...] | 2009-04-30 17:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON429 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT.Officer Captain Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...] | 2009-05-27 18:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON431 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the US Sergeant Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...] | 2009-05-27 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON436 | JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16 [...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...] | 2009-05-29 20:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL |
09KINGSTON437 | JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANS TO [...] (C) In his May 27 address to the Annual Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF),National Security Minister Dwight Nelson defended police officers accused of official misconduct and promised to recruit lawyers for their defense, eliciting a firestorm of controversy and demands for an [...] | 2009-06-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC ELAB XL JM PGOV |
09KINGSTON438 | Jamaica: ICE launches of Operation JOLT to target lottery [...] (U) Jamaica -- May 27-28, the Charg d'Affairs and ICE Attach opened the first JOLT Task Force joint training session and operation - that's the Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing. In 2008, it is estimated that more than USD 30 million was transferred to Jamaica by victims of the lottery [...] | 2009-06-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL |
09KINGSTON439 | JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES RETRACTION, [...] (U) National Security Minister Dwight Nelson has withdrawn his May 27 statement before the annual conference of the Jamaican Police Federation (JPF) that seemed to reflect government tolerance of police misconduct. The retraction followed two days of criticism from human rights groups, the opp [...] | 2009-06-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB PGOV JM XL |
09KINGSTON452 | JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...] | 2009-06-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL |
09KINGSTON453 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Training of the Trainers Course, being held mid June 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory in [...] | 2009-06-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON458 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ELECTION OF NEW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to determine whether Jamaica will present a candidate or support another country's candidate for Director General (DG) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at its biennial meeting in October in Montego Bay, Jamaica. D [...] | 2009-06-09 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AGR AORC EAGR ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV |
09KINGSTON462 | JAMAICA: Mid-year report card for the 2010 Major's List [...] (U) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) continues to make progress in combating the significant flow of illicit drugs, fighting public corruption, and assisting in the extradition of wanted fugitives from U.S. Justice. Although the GOJ expresses a desire to combat criminal activities and continues [...] | 2009-06-10 19:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL |
09KINGSTON467 | JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST [...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...] | 2009-06-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM |
09KINGSTON478 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche advising Jamaica of its tier ranking and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's imminent release to Mr. Samuel Blake, Director of the Office of Organized Crime and Defence in the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of National Security and Chair [...] | 2009-06-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JM |
09KINGSTON482 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...] | 2009-06-17 15:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON483 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Captains Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...] | 2009-06-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON490 | JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY [...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...] | 2009-06-18 19:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL |
09KINGSTON493 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID COMET Gang Investigation Training, being held in July here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...] | 2009-06-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON502 | JAMAICA: PM GOLDING G20 LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 Post received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with a copy of a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to President Barack Obama relating to the G20 Summit in September. The original was sent to the White House through the [...] | 2009-06-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN SOCI TRSY OAS IBRD XL |
09KINGSTON508 | JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL |
09KINGSTON509 | JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trade relations between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) heated up again in May after Trinidad detained a container of Jamaican meat patties for several weeks before releasing them on June 1. An ensuing media debate subsequently brok [...] | 2009-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EFIN EMIN SOCI TRSY OPIC XL |
09KINGSTON512 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Training July, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. N [...] | 2009-06-29 17:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON526 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the JCF to participate in the Police Role in Combating Terrorism held here in Jamaica, July 27-31, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of prop [...] | 2009-07-07 19:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON531 | JAMAICA: CRIME ON THE RISE; 5733 MAJOR CRIMES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major crimes are up 20 percent for the first seven months of the year, a majority of the increase is related to property crimes, according to Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, who addressed the issue at a breakfast meeting of the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) o [...] | 2009-07-08 19:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC SOCI SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR XL JM |
09KINGSTON539 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JDF) to participate in the Community-based Policing training pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...] | 2009-07-14 17:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON543 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-07-15 21:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON545 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for ANG, Pre-Ranger/Ranger training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of propo [...] | 2009-07-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON549 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Counter-Terrorism Mobile Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...] | 2009-07-17 14:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON550 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...] | 2009-07-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON551 | JAMAICA: IMF NEGOTIATIONS IGNITE DEBATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. A Government of Jamaican (GOJ) delegation led by Don Wehby, Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, visited Washington the week of July 6 to intensify negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOJ's failure to reach most of its ec [...] | 2009-07-17 16:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB |
09KINGSTON559 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Methods Workshop to be held here in Jamaica August 19-20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derog [...] | 2009-07-22 17:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON566 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...] | 2009-07-24 19:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON581 | JAMAICA ON VERGE OF IMF STAND-BY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of negotiations, the Government of Jamaican (GOJ) is on the brink of signing a Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This disclosure was confirmed by lead IMF representative, Trevor Alleyne, at a meeting with the donor community held at Post [...] | 2009-08-03 19:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC IADB |
09KINGSTON59 | JAMAICA: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM |
09KINGSTON601 | JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN [...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...] | 2009-08-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB |
09KINGSTON610 | JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITS OF [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following units from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for Mobile Team Training, FMF and 1206, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the unit battalion unit comm [...] | 2009-08-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON611 | JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING [...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...] | 2009-08-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL |
09KINGSTON613 | JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) [...] | 2009-08-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB |
09KINGSTON614 | JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND DOWNGRADES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) a [...] | 2009-08-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON622 | JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: ENERGY AND PETROCARIBE, WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Jamaica continues to suffer under the global economic recession, but the island has been hit harder than other nations because of its high energy costs and reliance on petroleum for electricity. The lack of viable short-term solutions, and increasing dependence on the [...] | 2009-08-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV JM XL |
09KINGSTON629 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR USAID TRAINING - COMMUNITY POLICING WORKSHIP SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON631 | JAMAICA: STEWART TO LEAD JAMAICA TEACHERS UNION, EDUCATORS [...] (SBU) As Michael Stewart takes the reins of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA),one of the island's largest public sector unions, he finds himself caught between: a public education system in disarray; an Education Ministry facing severe fiscal restraints, demanding greater accountability [...] | 2009-08-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON634 | JAMAICA: A SERIOUS LAG EFFECT FOR POST RECESSION [...] (C) Despite signs of stability in the Jamaican dollar and moderating inflation, the island nation is still far from seeing post-recession green shoots. Even when an economic recovery takes hold in the United States, it will do little to pull Jamaica out of its ongoing economic malaise. Major [...] | 2009-08-25 18:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PGOV PIND TRYS |
09KINGSTON638 | JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER INTERESTED IN BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 19:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID IMF IBRD IDB TRSY |
09KINGSTON643 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following cadidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET),pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...] | 2009-08-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON644 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of [...] | 2009-08-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON645 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...] | 2009-08-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON646 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...] | 2009-08-27 19:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON647 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of p [...] | 2009-08-27 20:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON648 | JAMAICA: AUGUST LABOR REVIEW, PUBLIC SECTOR UNREST GROWS [...] (U) -- Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding reiterates promise not to cut public sector jobs despite Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s worsening financial prospects. -- National Workers Union (NWU) President Vincent Morrison expresses skepticism toward PM's promise, expects GOJ austerity measures to [...] | 2009-08-28 17:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON649 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in USAID-funded Non-geographical Community Policing Workshop pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...] | 2009-08-28 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON651 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USMS-funded Defensive Tactics Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...] | 2009-08-28 18:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON653 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...] | 2009-08-28 21:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON654 | CORRECTION - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...] | 2009-08-28 21:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON655 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER HESITANT ON EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Charge', accompanied by EmbOff, paid an introductory courtesy call on Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on the morning of August 28. Charge' requested assistance from Baugh on a recent dipnote regarding the extradition request for [...] | 2009-08-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CJAN ETRD EAID SNAR AID DEA JM XL |
09KINGSTON656 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON661 | JAMAICA: GOJ VIEWS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REVIEW [...] (SBU) Although Jamaica does not manufacture or export weapons of mass destruction (WMD),the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is active in international disarmament fora and is proud of its leadership role in establishing Latin America and the Caribbean as the first nuclear weapon-free zone in the w [...] | 2009-09-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV UNGA JM XL |
09KINGSTON666 | JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR |
09KINGSTON676 | JAMAICA: KEY OPPOSITION FIGURE DESCRIBES PRIME [...] (C) Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and the opposition People's National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on National Security, praised the USG's August 30 request that Christopher "Dudus" Coke be extradited to stand trial on federal drug charges. Describing Prime Minister (PM) Golding's position [...] | 2009-09-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR |
09KINGSTON679 | UPDATED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON680 | JAMAICA: PROSPECTIVE AMBASSADOR TO U.S. SAYS GOJ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 20:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI OFDP |
09KINGSTON681 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USG-funded Critical Incident Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...] | 2009-09-09 18:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON682 | JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...] | 2009-09-09 20:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL |
09KINGSTON684 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS THAT PROSPECTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 18:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID |
09KINGSTON689 | LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY, [...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...] | 2009-09-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL |
09KINGSTON695 | JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...] | 2009-09-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON697 | JAMAICA: GOJ WILL REFUSE COKE EXTRADITION REQUEST; PM FAVORS [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding advised CDA that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) would not comply with the USG's extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke on "technical grounds" and that a dipnote to that effect is being prepared (Reftel A). During a later telephone conversation w [...] | 2009-09-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR EIND ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR |
09KINGSTON699 | JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...] | 2009-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON700 | UPDATED: Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF)who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...] | 2009-09-17 19:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON701 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 22:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON704 | JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Kenneth Baugh on September 18, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated September 18, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of [...] | 2009-09-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON705 | British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request [...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...] | 2009-09-25 21:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON709 | JAMAICA: PM ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE POLITICAL MOMENTUM, GOJ [...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated pre-dawn address to Parliament, Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding called for a "paradigm shift" in the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s civil service and government finances. Confronting a moribund economy, unsustainable budget deficits, and a resurgent opposition Peop [...] | 2009-10-01 17:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SOCI ECON EFIN IMF IBRD ENRG EINV |
09KINGSTON712 | JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY [...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...] | 2009-09-22 19:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN |
09KINGSTON731 | JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 30, 2009 [...] (C) On October 30, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated October 30, from the Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ): (Begin text of MOJ DIP NOTE) Re: Request for extradition of Christopher Coke I have the honour of addres [...] | 2009-11-02 18:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON732 | JAMAICA: DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] The following information is keyed to reftel, paragraph 15: A) The Jamaican Diaspora is a readily identifiable community in both North America and the U.K. The Friends of Jamaica, University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni Association, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s annual Diaspora Co [...] | 2009-09-24 19:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09KINGSTON733 | JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS [...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...] | 2009-11-04 18:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON749 | EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON753 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...] | 2009-12-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON761 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE SEES "NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES" [...] (C) Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, told Post's Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Patricia Attkisson that she believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under the "pernicious influence" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel regarding the contentious U.S. extradition [...] | 2009-12-14 20:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN |
09KINGSTON767 | CORRECTED COPY: JAMAICA: DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON770 | JAMAICA: OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] Jamaica is a signatory to the WTO Agreement and has generally demonstrated a commitment to undertaking its obligations. While the Golding administration, reeling under the effects of the global economic crisis, has championed the need for the country to replace particularly agricultural import [...] | 2009-09-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF TRGY |
09KINGSTON79 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Light Infantry Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...] | 2009-01-28 16:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON80 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Basic Officer Leaders/INT Student Prep Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...] | 2009-01-28 16:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON800 | JAMAICA: JAMAICA'S FISCAL MALAISE [...] (SBU) Only five months after outlining its spending plans, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced a USD 67 million increase in expenditures for the current fiscal year. The hike comes after repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding about deep cuts in the expenditure [...] | 2009-10-08 20:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI IMF IBRD |
09KINGSTON806 | JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS? [...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...] | 2009-10-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE |
09KINGSTON826 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...] | 2009-10-13 19:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM ASEC |
09KINGSTON830 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...] | 2009-10-13 20:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON838 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidate: Name: [...] | 2009-10-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON844 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of pr [...] | 2009-10-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON852 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...] | 2009-10-15 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
09KINGSTON902 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the candidacy of Dr. Victor Villalobos for Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) meeting in [...] | 2009-10-27 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD EAGR AORC ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV PREL |
09KINGSTON906 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending a [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for a NAS/USMS sponsored surveillance course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-10-28 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
09KINGSTON926 | JAMAICA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche regarding the Goldstone Report to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the morning of November [...] | 2009-11-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL |
09KINGSTON948 | : DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Per reftel, Charg???? delivered demarche on upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. As directed, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) was solicited to vote "no" on "no action" motions and "yes" on substantive resolutions highlighting human rights abuses in these countries. D [...] | 2009-11-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL |
09KINGSTON958 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for International Military Education and Training (IMET) with starting dates of 30 Nov 09 and 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and F [...] | 2009-11-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
09KINGSTON962 | JAMAICA: PNP GENERAL SECRETARY DISCUSSES COKE EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) On November 12, Emboffs organized a largely informational meeting at Post between representatives of the Mission's law enforcement community and Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting, General Secretary and Opposition Spokesman for National Security for the opposition People's National P [...] | 2009-11-17 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID KCOR |
09KINGSTON966 | JAMAICA: WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" AND IRAN RESOLUTIONS, [...] (U) Per reftels, on November 13 Charg???? delivered demarche to Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. At that time, Charg???? received assurances that the GOJ's Permanent Represent [...] | 2009-11-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL KN BM IR |
09KINGSTON97 | JAMAICA: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TRYS IADB IBRD PGOV |
09KINGSTON992 | JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL [...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...] | 2009-11-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM |
09KINHASA1056 | SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe visited Kinshasa November 13-17 as the culmination of his six-country salutatory tour of the region. In his meetings with senior GDRC decision makers, Wolpe outlined the Obama Administration's objectives in Central Africa and pro [...] | 2009-12-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS CG |
09KINSHASA1022 | MONUC PERSPECTIVE ON ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Mathew Brubacher from MONUC's DDRRR Office in Goma met with TDY Goma PolOff on November 17 to discuss the arrest of FDLR President Ignace Murwanashyaka and Vice-President Straton Musoni in Germany on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity between January 2008 and July 2009. Bru [...] | 2009-11-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1023 | THE APCLS: THE HUNDE MILITARY FORCE [...] (SBU) Members of the APCLS (Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo) come almost exclusively from the Hunde ethnic group. Hundes comprise about 5% of North Kivu's population and are concentrated in Masisi Territory, where the group historically controlled the land through its tra [...] | 2009-11-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA1025 | EQUATEUR ELECTIONS: THE END OF THE OPPOSITION? [...] (SBU) Summary: The interim governor, Jean-Claude Baende, won a special gubernatorial election in Equateur Province. Baende is an independent with close ties to President Kabila's AMP. As the AMP now controls all 11 provinces, it is well-situated to crush a feckless opposition in (unlikely) 2 [...] | 2009-11-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS CG |
09KINSHASA1027 | MONUC WITHHOLDING ASSISTANCE TO FARDC'S 213TH [...] (C) Summary: MONUC's decision to suspend support for elements of the FARDC's 213th Brigade is based on a draft report from the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO),implicating the FARDC in the killings of at least 62 civilians in the vicinity of Nyabiondo between May-September 2009. The t [...] | 2009-11-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA1032 | DRC 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Since the June 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has made progress in the development of strategies and legislation, but there is still significant work needed in the area of enforcement. The GDRC shows a growing politica [...] | 2009-11-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA1033 | CLAN FIGHTING: EQUATEUR PROVINCE REMAINS TENSE [...] Summary: Dongo, the sleepy Ubangui river town that was the scene of recent fighting between the rival Enyele and Manzaya clans, is calm, but completely deserted. A small detachment of MONUC's Ghanaian force is in Dongo, along with 300 Congolese Rapid Intervention Police (PIR) elements. The [...] | 2009-11-24 17:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1036 | DRC INSTILLS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) Summary: Since the approval of the Forestry Code by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) in 2002, the Congolese government has engaged in several mandatory reforms. In fact, the GDRC has begun to recognize the multiple social, economic, and environmental values of [...] | 2009-11-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | DCOM ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1041 | THIS JUST IN: GDRC SET TO ANNOUNCE 2011 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Jean-Pierre LOLA KISANGA told PolOff today (November 27) representatives of the executive and legislative branches of government and the independent electoral commission (CEI) met Thursday, November 26 and agreed on local and national election dates. Municipal and local [...] | 2009-11-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1042 | War Crimes Ambassador Rapp visits DRC; [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for War Crimes (S/WCI) Stephen Rapp visited the DRC from November 12-14 as part of a follow-on mission to Secretary Clinton's August visit. He interacted with a variety of Congolese and international actors in meetings with the Minister of Justice, the Vice [...] | 2009-11-30 06:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA1043 | KABILA ENGAGES DIP CORPS ON MONUC, ELECTIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ECON CG |
09KINSHASA1044 | EU, SWITZERLAND AND U.S. TELL COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassadors of Sweden, Spain, plus local EU Commission head and U.S. DCM, met November 27 with Communications/Media Minister Lambert Mende to press for a halt to Congolese government's (GDRC) harassment of foreign journalists. Led by Swedish ambassador as current EU president, [...] | 2009-11-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1048 | THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1049 | HOW MANY FARDC SOLDIERS ARE IN THE KIVUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) completed a census of troops assigned to newly integrated units in the Kivus. Although registration was below projections, the numbers represent the first credible manpower base-line for chain of payments analysis, assessments [...] | 2009-12-02 06:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MCAP CG |
09KINSHASA105 | KABILA PRESS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EASTERN DRC [...] (SBU) DRC President Joseph Kabila held a press conference January 31, addressing questions on the situation in the East and on the state of the economy in the DRC. Kabila defended his decision to allow Rwandan troops into the DRC to pursue FDLR combatants, stressing that both Ugandan and Rwan [...] | 2009-02-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS ECON KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA1050 | U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battalio [...] | 2009-12-02 06:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1052 | Rumors and Realities of Rwandan Returnees in North Kivu [...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics from UNHCR, MONUC, the Congolese National Commission for Refugees (CNR),and independent field investigations indicate that significant numbers of ethnic Tutsis are entering North Kivu from Rwanda. UNHCR's estimate of 12,000, while plausible, is probably inflated. [...] | 2009-12-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1056 | SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS CG |
09KINSHASA1060 | DEMARCHE TO DRC: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1062 | FARDC REQUESTS SENIOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING [...] (SBU) Major General Dieudonne Amuli Bahigwa, FARDC Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, has formally requested a USG training team to conduct a senior leadership seminar on civil-military operations. Post will follow up immediately with the FARDC to maintain momentum, as this represents a m [...] | 2009-12-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1063 | GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC [...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...] | 2009-12-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG |
09KINSHASA1064 | SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 3/3: BOSCO, GOMA II, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC leaders and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 salutatory visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftels B and C). In meetings with former GDRC Vice P [...] | 2009-12-07 14:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1066 | DRC ACCREDITS RWANDAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Rwandan Ambassador Amandin Rugira submitted his credentials to DRC President Joseph Kabila on December 2 in a brief ceremony at the presidential offices, Palais de la Nation. Prior to formally assuming his duties, Rugira met with USG officials to discuss the new Rwandan diplomati [...] | 2009-12-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1071 | PROMINENT PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN ON KIMIA II, SGBV, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with polcouns, Jean Mbuyu Luyongola, a prominent PPRD parliamentarian, stressed that sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) was a societal problem in the DRC. Ill-disciplined FARDC and police aggravated SGBV, as did the culture of impunity. Creating n effe [...] | 2009-12-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN MOPS KPKO KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA1072 | U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 07:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1073 | U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT THE PUBLIC IN KISANGANI [...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battali [...] | 2009-12-10 08:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1079 | CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...] | 2009-12-14 06:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG |
09KINSHASA108 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 3 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Human Rights Watch on Bosco --------------------------- 2. (SBU) In a February [...] | 2009-02-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA1080 | AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED TREASURER [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Deputy Augustin Katumba Mwanke resigned as Executive Secretary of the ruling coalition, the "Alliance pour la Majorite Presidentielle" (Alliance for the Presidential Majority -- AMP) last week. He relinquished the position amid pervasive rumors of an impending [...] | 2009-12-14 06:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1083 | DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY [...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announc [...] | 2009-12-15 10:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG |
09KINSHASA1084 | DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY [...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announce [...] | 2009-12-15 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG |
09KINSHASA1085 | LRA UPDATE REPORT - DRC [...] Below is information keyed to reftel request. This report represents a compilation of statistics and information from various governmental, non-governmental, MONUC, and press sources. Post cannot fully verify the various information, nor ensure that the information is exhaustive. It represen [...] | 2009-12-15 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA1089 | CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...] | 2009-12-16 07:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1090 | CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...] | 2009-12-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1095 | Greenpeace, Rainforest Foundation, Global [...] (U) Summary: In an eight -page "open letter" to the World Bank, co-signed by Greenpeace Africa, Rainforest Foundation UK, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Global Witness, the four agencies raised wide-ranging questions to the World Bank regarding the forest policy reform program in the DRC. I [...] | 2009-12-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1096 | EMBASSY KINSHASA TEAM VISITS BAS CONGO TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy Kinshasa team comprised of two political officers, a representative of the office of the defense attache, and a USAID/OFDA representative visited the province of Bas-Congo on November 3-4 to look at the humanitarian situation. Angola has expelled approximately 140,00 [...] | 2009-12-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PREF PGOV KWMN PREL AG CG |
09KINSHASA1097 | PRESS FREEDOM IN KIVUS FACES SERIOUS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists and local radio media outlets in the Kivus told visiting assistant public affairs officer (APAO) they continue to receive threats, and they suspect harassment will continue in the lead-up to the 2011 local elections. The unclear future of Radio Okapi, coupled with [...] | 2009-12-17 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PREL PHUM KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA1098 | USAID AND UNFPA SUPPORT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] Summary: USAID has helped to pave the way for the repositioning of Family Planning (FP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),thus creating an opportunity for increased support to capitalize on the present momentum to expand the FP activities in the DRC. A December 8-9 National Confe [...] | 2009-12-17 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1099 | AMBASSADOR HOLMES PRESS BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Summary: During his briefing with local press on December 14, Ambassador Anthony Holmes, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military activities, stated that AFRICOM seeks to help African countries build capacity in security sector in order to more effectively protect their own civi [...] | 2009-12-17 08:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1101 | DURING DRC VISIT, ICC PRESIDENT CALLS FOR BOSCO'S [...] (U) During a keynote speech at a December 10-12 International Parliamentary Conference on Justice in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region, ICC President Sang-Hyun Song reiterated calls for the GDRC to transfer former CNDP chief of staff Bosco Ntaganda to the Hague. Song underscored that "the q [...] | 2009-12-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1102 | RADIO FRANCE SIGNAL REPORTEDLY TO BE REINSTATED [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent meeting with representatives of a Congolese press freedom NGO, Minister of Media and Communications Lambert Mende assured the leaders of that organization that the signal of Radio France International (RFI) would be restored in early 2010. End summary. 2. [...] | 2009-12-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1105 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba on December 17 to discuss MONUC's mandate renewal, fighting in the Dongo area of Equateur Province, and DRC-Angolan relations. Septel reports on discussions regarding finding a site to build a new embassy, as well as GD [...] | 2009-12-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG AG |
09KINSHASA111 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. DRC-Rwandan Joint Operations ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC repor [...] | 2009-02-04 12:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA1110 | RELIGIOUS KILLINGS IN BUKAVU CREATE MARTYRS -- [...] Summary: Bukavu, dubbed the murder capital of the DRC, has been the site of targeted attacks against journalists, human rights defenders and religious authorities. A priest and a nun were assassinated within days of each other in early December provoking fear and outrage amongst the predomin [...] | 2009-12-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI CG |
09KINSHASA1112 | THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a two-part series on the GDRC's long road towards HIPC completion point, with a look at some of the many bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 and the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PG [...] | 2009-12-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1116 | LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION (LIB) TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United States training of a Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) is scheduled to commence Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Major efforts to identify forces to conduct and support training are underway, as are efforts to contract for construction su [...] | 2009-12-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI CG |
09KINSHASA1121 | STRENGTHENING PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1122 | STRENGTHENING PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1123 | STRENGTHENING PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1125 | SURVEY FINDS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS MOST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent public-opinion survey found President Barack Obama is the most popular political figure in Kinshasa, but obtained just two votes more than his nearest rival, President Joseph Kabila. Other findings in the survey attest to the pervasive impact of television, especially [...] | 2009-12-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL CG |
09KINSHASA1127 | NGO REPORT ON DRC PRESS FREEDOM SAYS VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 annual report on press freedom in Central Africa by NGO "Journalistes en Danger" (Journalists In Danger - JED) notes a significant decrease in recorded violations of press freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the previous year. However, the report al [...] | 2009-12-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA1135 | THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (SBU) Background: This is the second in a two-part series on the GDRC and the HIPC completion point. Part 1 (ref A) was a look at some of the bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 as the GDRC inched its way toward the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction [...] | 2009-12-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1141 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER: [...] Per reftel, on December 22 DCM and Poloff delivered information on changes to the Child Soldier Prevention Act to Minister of Human Rights Upio Kakura Wapol. Kakura responded with candor after listening to the salient points of the demarche concerning the definition of a child soldier, the i [...] | 2009-12-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KMCA KTIP PGOV KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG |
09KINSHASA1144 | KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...] | 2009-12-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1149 | MASISI LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP YIELDS PROMISING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 12 Michel Kassa briefed USAID Mission Director and TDY poloff on a Wilson Center-organized leadership training workshop held November 23-27 in Goma that brought together 100 representatives of six communities in Masisi District, North Kivu. The end results show prom [...] | 2009-12-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF AORC PREL CG |
09KINSHASA116 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Transformed Into Political Party? -------------------------------------- 2 [...] | 2009-02-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA1160 | AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES "ESPOIR" PROGRAM TO [...] Summary: On December 10 Ambassador Garvelink, together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Gender Issues, launched USAID's "ESPOIR" project as the main event of the UN's 16 Days of Activism to Combat Violence Against Women. Linked to Secretary Clintn's announcement to provide $17 mil [...] | 2009-12-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1162 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS IN [...] In response to reftel, no known specific anti-gay laws are on the books in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),nor is any bill under consideration in parliament that would make homosexuality illegal, as long as the relationship is not violent or flaunted publicly. Several articles of the [...] | 2009-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI CG |
09KINSHASA1164 | CONGOLESE REPORTER'S TAKE ON CHINESE NEWS AGENCY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congolese participant at a recent Chinese News Agency (CNA) seminar for African journalists in Nairobi told us the seminar was little more than a "marketing campaign" for CNA and the Chinese government. According to our contact, a discussion between CNA representatives and t [...] | 2009-12-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL CG |
09KINSHASA12 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Ousted? -------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that CNDP Spokespe [...] | 2009-01-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA120 | DRC: A Look Back on 2008 and a Preview of 2009 [...] (SBU) The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) faced substantial challenges in 2008 but made tangible progress in dialogue with armed groups, judicial, decentralization, and economic reforms and development cooperation. In 2009, the DRC faces many of the same challenges that [...] | 2009-02-05 18:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF EAID KDEM KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA122 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Operation Umoja Wetu (Our Unity) -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...] | 2009-02-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA128 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Pareco Opts for Political Path ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Apparentl [...] | 2009-02-09 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA130 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. DRC Spokesman: Rwanda Will Extradite Nkunda ----------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-02-10 10:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA136 | DRC RESPONSE TO OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (U) Post is pleased to comment on the proposed OPIC-supported investment funds described in refs A and B. Both funds support the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s overall economic development framework, target key sectors in the DRC for private investment, and would enhance access to cr [...] | 2009-02-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA138 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Special Parliamentary Session on RDF/FARDC Operations? ------------------------------ [...] | 2009-02-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA140 | FOREIGN MINISTER'S FEBRUARY 11 BRIEFING TO AMBASSADORS ON [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted embassy late February 9 to request ambassador's attendance at briefing next day by Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwanke at MFA headquarters. Present at the briefing were ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, South Af [...] | 2009-02-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
09KINSHASA143 | DRC RESPONSE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel questions in advance to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. PolCouns followed up with Kimpembe on February 10. Kimpembe confided that the GDRC, while supporting the overarching goals of the NPT, did not actively participate [...] | 2009-02-12 08:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09KINSHASA144 | NO GDRC REQUEST FOR U.S. MILITARY OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 08:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA145 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 12 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC noted reports of clashes be [...] | 2009-02-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA149 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC sources confirmed a Reuters [...] | 2009-02-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA154 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Eastern DRC --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...] | 2009-02-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA155 | UNHCR ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Deputy Representative, Mohamed Toure, recently met with PolCouns and PolOff to discuss security and humanitarian issues in Eastern DRC, as well as civilian protection challenges stemming from the separate joint operations against th [...] | 2009-02-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CG UG |
09KINSHASA158 | CNDP ENTERS NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Local radio in Goma announced on February 15 that there had been a shake-up of the North Kivu provincial cabinet. Most significantly, the CNDP received several ministerial positions in the government. In addition, several new or restructured ministries seemingly reflect the CNDP leader [...] | 2009-02-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF CG |
09KINSHASA159 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Eastern DRC --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...] | 2009-02-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA163 | DRC: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The key challenges facing the GDRC's non-military security apparatus is the corruption, limited capacity, and lack of resources prevalent in all Congolese security and governmental services, rendering them ineffective at best and predatory on the population at worst. They are, [...] | 2009-02-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC CG |
09KINSHASA164 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Operations against the FDLR --------------------------- 2. (SBU) The 21st FARDC [...] | 2009-02-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA168 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES PRECARIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank Governor said on February 18 that the DRC has been in a recession since the second quarter of 2008, due to both a contraction in the mining sector and the effects of the global financial crisis. He said the DRC needs USD 667 million in foreign assistance immed [...] | 2009-02-20 09:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA169 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 20 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Operations --------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff and post have received info [...] | 2009-02-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA172 | OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER: SITUATION FROM DUNGU [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff recently traveled to Dungu in Haut Uele with MONUC escorts to gather information related to Operation Lightning Thunder. All MONUC personnel remain garrisoned at the Dungu airstrip, which is well guarded by an unknown number of UPDF and FARDC battalions. No MONUC f [...] | 2009-02-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA173 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 23 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC [...] | 2009-02-23 16:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA175 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC [...] | 2009-02-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA176 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 25 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. RDF Departure Ceremony ---------------------- 2. (SBU) A large crowd at the Goma [...] | 2009-02-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA179 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 26 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. End of Operation Umoja Wetu (Our Unity) --------------------------------------- 2 [...] | 2009-02-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA180 | DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CONTINUES CRITICISM OF MONUC [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. MSF: MONUC Should Be More Pro-active ------------------------------------ 2. (SB [...] | 2009-02-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA187 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Accor [...] | 2009-02-28 09:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA189 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Issues ----------- 2. (SBU) As part of the February 25 ceremony held in Gom [...] | 2009-03-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA190 | BALANCE SHEET ON THE DRC-RWANDAN JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite some significant risks and political fall-out, the joint FARDC-RDF operations were a success on the whole. Most significantly, the operations have solidified the rapprochement between the GoR and GDRC, who were at the brink of war just three months ago. The FDLR is in [...] | 2009-03-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA191 | CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOMS AS POWER STRUGGLE [...] (S) Summary: President Kabila's determination to remove National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe is quickly becoming a political and, possibly, constitutional crisis that will be resolved one way or another by March 15 when Parliament opens its upcoming spring session. As the President has [...] | 2009-03-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA192 | MONUC ANALYST DISCUSSES EVENTS IN THE KIVUS, [...] (C) Summary: Johan Peleman, Chief of MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Cell, told PolCouns and visiting Washington analysts on February 26 that, although the joint FARDC-RDF operations against the FDLR had been successful in North Kivu, dealing with the FDLR in South Kivu represented enormous c [...] | 2009-03-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA194 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 3 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu Province ----------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA196 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HANGS ON; PRIME [...] (C) Not much appears to have changed since yesterday's report (ref A) on efforts by President Kabila and his advisors to secure the resignation of National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. One new development is that the fifth of six National Assembly executive directorate (Bureau) members [...] | 2009-03-03 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA197 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Issues in South Kivu ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Interna [...] | 2009-03-04 12:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA20 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 7 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that C [...] | 2009-01-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA202 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Issues in North Kivu and Orientale ----------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA219 | AMBASSADOR, UN'S ASSISTANT SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink had a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Mulet reported that opinion is divided within the GDRC with respect to MONUC's redeployment plan pursuant to UNSCR 1856. He also said that, [...] | 2009-03-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA220 | ANGOLAN TROOP INCURSIONS INTO BAS-CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local press reports, groups of Angolan soldiers crossed the DRC border and occupied the villages of Sava Ina and Kuzi in Bas-Congo on February 27 and 28 respectively. A Belgian diplomat told us that a Congolese delegation from Bas-Congo province met with Angolan co [...] | 2009-03-06 12:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS AO CG |
09KINSHASA222 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 6; THE [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) USG personnel in Goma met recently with a Congolese civilian who has worke [...] | 2009-03-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA223 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 9; SOUTH KIVU ARMED GROUPS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) U.S. personnel in Goma met on March 6 with Vincent Ngeya Tambwe, who repre [...] | 2009-03-10 07:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA226 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 10; IDP UPDATE FOR NORTH KIVU [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) U.S. personnel met on March 9 with Gloria Fernandez, head of OCHA in the D [...] | 2009-03-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA23 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (C) A senior MONUC political offi [...] | 2009-01-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA231 | ANGOLAN EMBASSY IN KINSHASA REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Further to reftel on alleged Angolan army incursions into DRC territory, a letter from Afonso Lufuaquenda, the Charge d'Affaires of the Angolan embassy in Kinshasa, appeared in the March 10 edition of the local newspaper "Le Potentiel." Lufuaquenda emphasizes in the letter that it was [...] | 2009-03-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS MOPS AO CG |
09KINSHASA232 | PRESIDENT KABILA'S SPEECH IN GOMA [...] (U) Local press has reported that, in a March 9 speech in Goma, President Kabila emphasized the need for political actors and civil society to refrain from any action or discourse that would harm the process of restoring peace in the Kivus. Kabila stressed that, thanks to the end of the war i [...] | 2009-03-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA233 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 12; INTEGRATION PROCESS FAVORING [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Goma sources recently spoke with two well-informed individuals, who mainta [...] | 2009-03-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA237 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 13; STATUS OF GDRC-CNDP TALKS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) International Facilitation members in Goma met on March 11 with MONUC Poli [...] | 2009-03-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA241 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 16: WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. UPDF Withdrawal --------------- 2. (SBU) Somewhat unexpectedly, the withdrawal o [...] | 2009-03-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA245 | KAMERHE DEFIES KABILA; TO PUT QUESTION OF RESIGNATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid great speculation he would announce his resignation, National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe delivered the keynote speech at the March 16 ceremony opening of the spring session of the national legislature. Kamerhe said he was unwilling to step down without referring the [...] | 2009-03-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA246 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 17: ONGOING INSECURITY IN KIVUS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Continuing LRA Attacks ---------------------- 2. (U) Both Caritas and MSF have i [...] | 2009-03-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA249 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) During a March 16 briefing, MONUC Goma noted that Uruguayan reinforcements [...] | 2009-03-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA25 | EBOLA CASES CONFIRMED IN DRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA251 | NGO OFFICIALS RELEASED AS KABILA-KAMERHE [...] (C) Summary: Human Rights NGO officials, arrested March 15 to pre-empt street violence the following day in conjunction with the opening of Parliament, have been released. The National Assembly has not yet taken steps to remove its president, Vital Kamerhe, who is locked in a power struggle w [...] | 2009-03-18 17:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA259 | NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST KAMERHE SCHEDULED [...] (C) We spoke March 19 with Lydie Omanga, Communications Director for National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. She explained the "Conference of Chairmen" of the National Assembly met March 19 to set the "ordre du jour" or legislative agenda for the first plenary session to take place March 2 [...] | 2009-03-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
09KINSHASA264 | GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: We met in Goma last week with an influential Congolese clergyman who is close to the GDRC delegation involved in the Obasanjo/Mkapa-facilitated talks. He said the GDRC and CNDP were hard at work on an agreement which could be wrapped up soon (Note: Post subsequently learned fro [...] | 2009-03-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA266 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 23: GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. GDRC-CNDP Agreement ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC informed post on March 23 [...] | 2009-03-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA269 | PM'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF HIGHLIGHTS GDRC [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis Muzito's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, assured DCM and Economic Counselor during a March 20 meeting that Freeport McMoRan's contract review would be completed shortly and that the government of the DRC remained committed to renegotiating the Sin [...] | 2009-03-23 16:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV CH CG |
09KINSHASA270 | UNCONFIRMED REPORTS LINK SUDAN TO [...] (C) Post has received several reports alleging that Antonov planes have air dropped supplies to the LRA at Banda, site of a March 14-15 LRA attack. One report states that at least one Antonov aircraft made a total of three drops near Banda on March 19. The source stated that the plane did no [...] | 2009-03-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG SU |
09KINSHASA272 | GDRC-CNDP FINAL AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) Summary: As expected (reftel),but with little specific advance notice, the GDRC and CNDP signed an agreement March 23 in Goma, effectively ending the CNDP's status as a politico-military group and committing it to transform into a political party. Minister of International and Regional [...] | 2009-03-24 14:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA273 | TEXT OF GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the GDRC and CNDP signed a final agreement March 24 in Goma, culminating the peace process overseen by UN Special Envoy Olsegun Obasanjo and AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa. Unofficial embassy translation follows at para. 2; original French is at para. 3. 2. (S [...] | 2009-03-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA275 | ATTEMPTS TO BRING STATE AUTHORITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC-trained police are deploying to former CNDP-occupied areas, as the GDRC attempts to establish state authority in the region north of Goma. Police who worked under the CNDP administration remain in the region, and integration with the national police (PNC) has been uneven [...] | 2009-03-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA277 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 26: FURTHER ANALYSIS OF [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Aftermath of GDRC-CNDP Agreement -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A numb [...] | 2009-03-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA28 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) The CNDP released a commu [...] | 2009-01-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA283 | KAMERHE RESIGNS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) During a March 25 plenary session, National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe resigned. Apparently sensing that the majority of deputies would vote to oust him, Kamerhe proposed a single-item agenda: his resignation. An overwhelming number of deputies, according to FSN employee who wa [...] | 2009-03-26 18:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA284 | KABILA RETURNS FROM EASTERN DRC ROAD TRIP [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila returned March 22 to Kinshasa from a 26-day tour of the provinces, interrupted by at least one short return to the capital. The primary focus of the trip was on "eastern issues," including a meeting in Kasindi with Ugandan President Museveni before traveling on [...] | 2009-03-26 18:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA285 | POSSIBLE U.S.-EU ENGAGEMENT ON SECURITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) On March 18 EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van der Geer met with Ambassador, DCM and USAID director to discuss possible U.S.-EU cooperation in the area of Security Sector Reform. Van der Geer came with a large retinue including General Jean-Paul Michel, head of European Security Cooperat [...] | 2009-03-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BE CG |
09KINSHASA291 | SARKOZY'S KINSHASA VISIT GOES OFF WELL; WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: During a March 26 speech to the DRC Parliament, French President Sarkozy acknowledged that outside interference had hindered the DRC's development, but he also pointed to domestic factors contributing to political instability and lack of economic prosperity: mismanagement (corr [...] | 2009-03-27 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA292 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in the Kivus ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Near Pin [...] | 2009-03-27 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA293 | KINSHASA NEWSPAPERS GIVE AMPLE COVERAGE [...] Summary: On March 17 USAID Mission Director Stephen Haykin and Economic Counselor Elizabeth Jaffee appeared at a press roundtable on the global economic situation. They explained the causes and the domestic and international consequences of the crisis to a dozen local Congolese print and broa [...] | 2009-03-30 06:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO CG |
09KINSHASA294 | SSR DISCUSSION WITH HEAD OF DRC DESK AT BELGIAN MFA [...] (SBU) PolOff met March 26 with the visiting Head of the Belgian MFA's DRC desk, Koen Adam, to discuss security sector reform (SSR) in the DRC. Adam emphasized that Belgium remains keenly interested in coordinating SSR efforts with the USG and other partners. PolOff gave Adam an overview of [...] | 2009-03-30 08:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS PHUM CG BE |
09KINSHASA295 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 30: STEPS TOWARDS NORMALIZATION [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. DRC-Rwandan Diplomatic Relations -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Durin [...] | 2009-03-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA3 | MONUC RESPONSE TO CNDP CLAIM OF FARDC TROOP MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) MONUC SRSG Alan Doss refuted CNDP claims of FARDC troop movements within disengagement zones north of Goma in a December 29 letter to CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda. Doss also called on CNDP and FARDC to provide for the free movement of people and goods and to protect the "fundamental" ri [...] | 2009-01-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA30 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 12 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC military officials re [...] | 2009-01-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA306 | DRC-RWANDAN "4+4" COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) The DRC and Rwandan Foreign Ministers met in the "4+4" format in Kinshasa March 27-28. Embassy Kigali has obtained a copy of the joint communiqu from the meeting; the original English version is at paragraph 2. Most notably, the document reaffirms agreement between the ministers for an [...] | 2009-04-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG RW |
09KINSHASA307 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 1: DRC SENATE COMMISSION [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Amnesty Law ----------- 2. (U) The DRC Senate's Defense, Security and Border Cont [...] | 2009-04-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA308 | PREPARATIONS FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Election Commission (CEI) has announced that the GDRC will commit $31.3 million for the 2009 elections, an important step in leveraging crucial support from donors. Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito underscored the GDRC's commitment in a March 24 letter to UN [...] | 2009-04-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA31 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 13 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Issues ----------- 2. (SBU) MONUC Force Commander Gaye told Goma PolOff, [...] | 2009-01-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA312 | (C) PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS CONFIRM COMMITMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador queried influential presidential advisor Augustin Katumba March 26 and presidential staff member (and former Foreign Minister) Antoine Ghonda March 30 on the government of the DRC (GRDC)'s commitment to renegotiat [...] | 2009-04-01 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CH CG |
09KINSHASA314 | A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL JOHN NUMBI [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of March 31, Ambassador Garvelink met with General John Numbi and discussed a range of issues. Topics included the GDRC-GOR joint operations in North Kivu, the demise of the CNDP, MONUC, the resignation of Vital Kamerhe as President of the National Assembly, and [...] | 2009-04-02 06:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR MOPS IN CG |
09KINSHASA316 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...] | 2009-04-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA317 | IMF STAFF MISSION PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE TO DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Staff Mission presented donors on March 31 with a mixed picture of their two-week visit (Reftel) to the DRC to conduct Article IV consultations and engage in technical discussions on a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, PRGF). Positive developme [...] | 2009-04-02 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA319 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 3: AMNESTY LAW STALLED IN [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Amnesty Law Still Pending ------------------------- 2. (U) On April 2, the DRC Se [...] | 2009-04-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA321 | DCM AND DATT MEET WITH BELGIAN COUNTERPARTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission and Defense Attache met March 31 with Belgian counterparts to discuss possible U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as mentioned ref (A). Belgians were receptive to idea of working more closely with the U.S. to advance military aspe [...] | 2009-04-06 06:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV MARR MOPS SOCI MNUC BE CG |
09KINSHASA322 | FARDC INTEGRATION PROCEEDS, HALTINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Father Apollinaire Malu Malu recently shared data (as of March 30) with the International Facilitation on North Kivu integration activities. According to his data, around 11,000 of the approximately 28,000 persons who have undergone some form of military integration since Janua [...] | 2009-04-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA323 | OPERATION KIMIA II - MORE STICK, LESS CARROT? [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC and the FARDC are ramping up preparation for Operation Kimia II with an aggressive campaign to increase steadily pressure on the FDLR. In contrast to Operation Umoja Wetu, the new operation will not include DDRRR outreach efforts to convince Rwandan rebels to return home [...] | 2009-04-06 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA324 | MONUC -- NO EASY SOLUTION FOR ANTI-LRA OPERATIONS [...] (S) Summary: According to MONUC Kinshasa, the FARDC will deploy up to three new brigades in Haut-Ulele for Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). Rudia II operations against the LRA will assume a more aggressive stance, as well as deploying Joint Protection Teams to help augment civilian protect [...] | 2009-04-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA325 | UPDATE ON GDRC-CNDP PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources have informed us that, as a follow-up to the GDRC-CNDP Agreement, a cabinet reshuffle, at the national level, could bring in a CNDP minister and another to represent the other armed groups. However, the issue of a "total" amnesty that would prevent any arrest in the DR [...] | 2009-04-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA326 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) Armed men looted the International [...] | 2009-04-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA328 | TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...] | 2009-04-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA33 | THE CNDP RIFT: VIEWS OF TWO PROMINENT EASTERNERS [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolCouns and PolOff on January 8 and 9, Eugene Serufuli, former North Kivu Governor, and Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a South Kivu civil society activist and former parliamentarian, discussed the recent CNDP split, as well as the prospects of joint DRC-Rwandan mil [...] | 2009-01-13 14:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG |
09KINSHASA331 | CENTRAL BANK RECEIVES ESF FUNDS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, informed post that the Congolese Central Bank (Banque Centrale du Congo, BCC, in French) received on March 27 the approximately $200 million in IMF emergency assistance under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shock [...] | 2009-04-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA334 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...] | 2009-04-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA336 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...] | 2009-04-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA342 | DATE SET FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUREAU ELECTION [...] (U) The National Assembly has set April 17 as the date for elections of a new Executive Directorate ("Bureau" in French). The elections, to be managed by an ad hoc working group under the supervision of the outgoing Executive Directorate, will determine a successor to National Assembly Presid [...] | 2009-04-08 17:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA347 | DRC FORESTRY TITLE CONVERSION PROCESS: [...] (U) Summary: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has initiated the post-conversion process of forestry titles following the completion in January 2009 of a government year-long review of 156 logging titles. The review was completed following a presidential decree that o [...] | 2009-04-09 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID ETRD EINV PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA349 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 9; FARDC ABUSES INCREASING [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FARDC Abuses Increasing ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Most of the rank and fil [...] | 2009-04-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA361 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The FARDC clashed with the FDLR in [...] | 2009-04-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA362 | GUNMEN STORM UVIRA PRISON AND FREE PRISONERS [...] (SBU) Both MONUC and press articles report that gunmen stormed the central prison in Uvira (in South Kivu, across Lake Tanganyika from Bujumbura) in the early morning hours of April 9, freeing over 200 prisoners in the process. MONUC reported that the gunmen were identified as fighters from t [...] | 2009-04-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA369 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES ABUSES BY [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and poloff presented the French translation of the 2008 Human Rights report to the Minister of Human Rights on April 9. The Minister readily acknowledged that Congolese security forces, specifically the Republican Guard, commit human rights violations. He said [...] | 2009-04-13 17:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KTIP CG |
09KINSHASA370 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Political and Security Situation -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Genera [...] | 2009-04-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA374 | INTERIM RESPONSE: DEMARCHE TO AVERT INDIAN TROOP [...] (C) Ambassador has requested a meeting with President Kabila to discuss reftel objectives. The Presidency informed post that a meeting on April 16 or 17 was likely. Post has also contacted counterparts at the UK, French, Chinese, Belgian, and South African Embassies to inquire about possibl [...] | 2009-04-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG IN |
09KINSHASA377 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 16 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) According to media sources, Uganda [...] | 2009-04-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA378 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EUGENE SERUFULI: [...] (C) During an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, Eugene Serufuli, former RCD Governor of North Kivu, clearly advocated for a decoupage of North Kivu into a Rwandophone-dominated Petit Nord and a Nande-dominated Grand Nord. He cautioned against viewing ethnic relations in Eastern DRC through [...] | 2009-04-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA382 | OPPOSITION MEETINGS BROKEN UP BY POLICE [...] (C) In two separate cases in the past week, Kinshasa police broke up opposition political meetings. On April 12, police prevented approximately 40 AMP and opposition MPs from meeting, apparently as the group was considering the creation of a political movement under the leadership of outgoing [...] | 2009-04-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA383 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC, the FARDC cla [...] | 2009-04-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA387 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICTOR NGEZAYO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 17 with influential North Kivu businessman Victor Ngezayo. Unsurprisingly, Ngezayo was highly critical of the GDRC, particularly its efforts to bring peace to the East, which he characterized as superficial. Ngezayo maintained that the new CNDP was a Rwandan [...] | 2009-04-20 12:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA388 | DIMENSIONS OF THE RWANDOPHONE RISE IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: It appears likely that, as previously reported, one of the central dynamics in North Kivu in the coming months will be the rise of "Rwandophone" power. The context of this dynamic is that in late 2008, Presidents Kabila and Kagame probably made a deal whereby Kagame would deact [...] | 2009-04-20 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA389 | BOSHAB ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Evariste Boshab, majority candidate for National Assembly President, easily beat opposition leader Francois Mwamba in the April 17 election to replace the National Assembly Executive Directorate ("Bureau Executif" in French). Boshab, Secretary General of the presidential party PPRD ("Pa [...] | 2009-04-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA39 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC official tol [...] | 2009-01-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA390 | POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE RWANDOPHONE AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary: Reftel was analysis of key aspects of what appears to be an active policy, closely connected with recent Kinshasa-Kigali rapprochement, to secure Rwandophone dominance in North Kivu, specifically in the "Petit Nord". This message outlines the likely sources of resistance to this [...] | 2009-04-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA393 | EASTERN DRC NOTES -- APRIL 21 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to media reports, the FD [...] | 2009-04-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA394 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 22 [...] The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. Radio Okapi reports that relative calm has [...] | 2009-04-22 13:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA397 | FREEDOM OF PRESS QUARTERLY: JANUARY - MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Kivu provincial Director of Communications threatened on February 16 to shut down radio and television stations that broadcast criticisms of the government. A Mbandaka civilian court sentenced a television correspondent to six months in prison for defamation against [...] | 2009-04-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP CG |
09KINSHASA399 | KATANGA'S ECONOMIC WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's resource-rich Katanga province has been particularly hard hit by lower prices and demand for key minerals. Government officials and private economic operators shared a common message with Economic Counselor during a visit to the province the week of April 13: the eco [...] | 2009-04-23 13:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EMIN EINV PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA4 | CNDP STIPULATES VERIFICATION OF ALLEGED FARDC TROOP [...] (SBU) A January 1 CNDP statement mass emailed by spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa stipulated the "verification" of CNDP claims of FARDC troop movements into disengagement zones in areas north of Goma. CNDP states that verification is a prerequisite to the resumption of bilateral talks between CNDP [...] | 2009-01-02 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA40 | EUSECS WORK WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: According to the North Kivu team head of the European Security Mission in the DRC (EUSEC),Jean-Louis Pecheux, money to pay all FARDC soldiers in North Kivu for the month of March has arrived in Goma. However, most of the newly integrated troops have still not been paid for Janu [...] | 2009-04-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA400 | VISIT TO A FORMER FDLR STRONGHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) travelled on April 17 to Nyabiondo, which lies 20 kilometers southwest of Masisi, to assess the situation on the ground, particularly with regard to the status of the FDLR in the area. JMG-TF members received a briefing from the MON [...] | 2009-04-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA403 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 24 [...] The items contained in this report consist rincipally of spot information from various soures. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all te information contained therein be confirmed at ths time. Security Situation ----------------- 2. (SBU) Based on movements of LRA cadre, MOUC beli [...] | 2009-04-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA406 | CEREMONY TRUMPETS COMPLETION OF INTEGRATION PROCESS [...] (SBU) Goma officer, together with other international community representatives, participated in a ceremony in Goma on April 18 to mark the end of the integration process in North Kivu. Representatives of all armed groups in North and South Kivu, except the FRF, were present. 2. (SBU) Rep [...] | 2009-04-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA409 | NANDE CONCERNS WITH INTEGRATION AND RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) Summary: The military leader of PARECO-Nande, "General" LaFontaine, recently told us that, although the FARDC was readily integrating his rank and file troops, it was allegedly shunning him and his officers. LaFontaine complained that the FARDC had readily accepted CNDP and PARECO-Hutu [...] | 2009-04-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA410 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC sources say the villages of [...] | 2009-04-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA413 | CONVERSATION WITH PROMINENT GOMA NGO LEADER ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Alois Tegera, head of a Goma NGO, to discuss the rise of Rwandophone influence in North Kivu. Tegera expressed hope that the Kabila-Kagame rapprochement would bring long-term stability to North Kivu, while at the same time evincing regret about what he perc [...] | 2009-04-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA422 | MEETING WITH NEW CNDP LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with members of the new CNDP leadership who, while remaining generally patient with the government, nevertheless displayed some anxiety and distrust over certain aspects of the new dynamics in North Kivu. This was displayed primarily in their continued antipath [...] | 2009-04-30 07:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA424 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 30; BOSCO ALLEGEDLY PART [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Bosco Allegedly Part of Kimia II -------------------------------- 2. (U) BBC and [...] | 2009-04-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA425 | MINISTER THREATENS TO CLOSE FRENCH RADIO SERVICE; SIMILAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Communications and Media Affairs Minister Norbert Mende Omalanga threatened last week to close Radio France International (RFI) for allegedly attempting to destabilize the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). According to a French embassy source, a number [...] | 2009-04-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA426 | MINISTER THREATENS TO CLOSE FRENCH RADIO SERVICE; SIMILAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Communications and Media Affairs Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga threatened last week to close Radio France International (RFI) for allegedly attempting to destabilize the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). According to a French embassy source, a number [...] | 2009-04-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA429 | DISCUSSION WITH A SENIOR MEMBER OF PARECO-HUTU [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with a senior political advisor from PARECO-Hutu, who claimed that blocks of CNDP fighters are still outside the FARDC, most of whom are still loyal to Nkunda. Nkunda, he said, remains extremely popular among Tutsis and the "real CNDP." Many Hutus want closer t [...] | 2009-04-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PINR CG |
09KINSHASA430 | EUSEC'S WORK WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: According to the North Kivu team head of the European Security Mission in the DRC (EUSEC),Jean-Louis Pecheux, money to pay all FARDC soldiers in North Kivu for the month of March has arrived in Goma. However, most of the newly integrated troops have still not been paid for Janu [...] | 2009-04-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA431 | KAMERHE ADVISOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, Diplomatic Advisor to former National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe and GDRC delegate to the GDRC-CNDP political talks, told Emboffs that the transition from Kamerhe to the new Assembly President, Evariste Boshab, has been smooth. She expressed some concern t [...] | 2009-04-30 17:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA432 | DRC AIRPLANE CRASH [...] A Boeing 737 aircraft crashed 135 miles southwest of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the morning of April 29. Seven persons on the flight were killed; there were no American fatalities. The plane left Brazzaville at 9:42 a.m. local time and crashed while attempting to land i [...] | 2009-05-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA435 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC reported significant, but uns [...] | 2009-05-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA438 | TRANSFORMATION OF KIVU ARMED GROUPS INTO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on recent conversations in Goma, it appears that a majority of the armed groups in North and South Kivu will coalesce into four political parties. The CNDP and PARECO-Hutu will create individual parties, and most of the various Mai-Mai groups will form two umbrella groupin [...] | 2009-05-05 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA441 | MEETING WITH UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES ON REFUGEE RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with the UNHCR team in North Kivu. They are under political pressure as a result of the recent thaw in relations between the GDRC and the GoR to facilitate the return of Congolese refugees to the Petit Nord. At the moment, those in Rwanda are staying put, but [...] | 2009-05-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA443 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. GDRC-CNDP Negotiations ---------------------- 2. (U) Local media in Kinshasa rep [...] | 2009-05-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA446 | CURRENT CNDP INTERNAL DYNAMICS: NKUNDA LOYALISTS [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Maitre Muiti, one of Nkunda's former right-hand men. He confirmed the return of Nkunda loyalists to the CNDP political fold. However, Muiti underscored the CNDP leadership's anxiety about the GDRC's commitment to the March 23 agreement, and he cast doubts o [...] | 2009-05-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG |
09KINSHASA448 | GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN FRENCH RADIO FREQUENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Making good on previous threats, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) shut down one of six frequencies allocated to Radio France Internationale (RFI) on May 5. Singling out an RFI reporter for criticism, the Government alleged that RFI is fomenting "de [...] | 2009-05-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA45 | DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...] | 2009-01-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG |
09KINSHASA450 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 16:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC CG MA |
09KINSHASA451 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with ambassador, South Kivu Governor Louis Muherhwa said he had stressed to senior GDRC officials the need to coordinate upcoming Kimia II military operations with the provincial government. Muherhwa noted that, although integration had generally be [...] | 2009-05-07 18:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CG |
09KINSHASA453 | KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...] | 2009-05-08 09:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CG |
09KINSHASA454 | SSR IN THE DRC: EMBASSY CONVENES GREAT LAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: We convened a meeting of the DCMs and DATTs from the Great Lakes Contact Group countries and organizations on May 4 to hold a discussion on the way forward on SSR (defined as military reform issues for the purposes of this meeting) and to generate field input for the upcoming C [...] | 2009-05-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR CG |
09KINSHASA455 | SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...] | 2009-05-08 10:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA456 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) FARDC troops rescued four Congole [...] | 2009-05-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA458 | DRC PARLIAMENT PASSES AMNESTY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 5, the National Assembly sent a law granting amnesty to Congolese citizens for acts of war and insurrection in North and South Kivu to President Kabila for promulgation. The GDRC committed to pass an amnesty law in the agreement closing the January 2008 Goma peace confere [...] | 2009-05-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MOPS PREL CG |
09KINSHASA46 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Precise information regardi [...] | 2009-01-15 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA460 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC reports that the LRA ambush [...] | 2009-05-11 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA462 | MINING ISSUES IN NORTH KIVU...AND RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) We met on May 8 with a contact at MPC, the South African mining company that holds the GDRC-granted concession on North Kivu's largest cassiterite mine, located at Bisie in Walikale. He confirmed that control on the ground at the mine has passed from the FARDC's 85th brigade to newly int [...] | 2009-05-11 16:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EMIN CG |
09KINSHASA463 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 12: MAI-MAI WITHDRAWAL FROM MARCH [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Mai Mai Withdrawal From March 23 Agreement ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-05-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA465 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 13: GDRC MEETING WITH [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. First Meeting between Kivu Armed Groups and the GDRC -------------------------------- [...] | 2009-05-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA471 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. South Kivu Integration ---------------------- 2. (SBU) We followed up with sever [...] | 2009-05-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA472 | DAY OF CELEBRATION: AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES MOBA HOSPITAL [...] Summary: Ambassador inaugurated a hospital May 6 in Moba, Katanga, which was rehabilitated by the FY2008 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. Local officials and several hundred villagers from Moba welcomed the Ambassador with much fanfare. Following the inauguration ceremony, the delegation reviewed t [...] | 2009-05-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA475 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported a FARDC-LRA clash [...] | 2009-05-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA479 | IMF DISCUSSES PRGF TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS, MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: DRC technical discussions with the IMF on a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) are virtually complete, but IMF Board approval of a new program is unlikely until there is a solution to address the debt-sustainability aspects of the Sino-Congolese mining and investmen [...] | 2009-05-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA487 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 20 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Visit of UNSC Ambassadors ------------------------- 2. (U) Ambassadors to the Un [...] | 2009-05-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA492 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA [...] (C) Summary: After the May 19 UN Security Council meeting with President Kabila, Ambassador Rice had a bilateral session with the Congolese president. Ambassador Rice told Kabila the new Administration looked forward to a cooperative working relationship with the Congo and congratulated him on [...] | 2009-05-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL USNC KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA493 | TFM EXPORTING COPPER DESPITE UNRESOLVED CONTRACT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador visited the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) site, the largest U.S. investment in the DRC, on May 7. TFM is currently producing copper and will soon be in cobalt production as well. The visit provided an opportunity for the ambassador to see first-hand TFM's USD 1.75 bil [...] | 2009-05-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | ECON EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA495 | PROMINENT NORTH KIVU TUTSI ON GOVERNOR PALUKU, [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Tutsi businessmen Emmanuel Kamanzi recently told us that North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku is in a political fight to maintain his position, with President Kabila favoring his replacement by former governor Eugene Serufuli. However, Kamanzi noted that it is still unce [...] | 2009-05-26 06:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA497 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 26 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The UPDF recently clashed with [...] | 2009-05-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO KTIP CG |
09KINSHASA498 | WHO INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE H1N1 CASES IN DRC [...] (U) USAID's Dr. Emile Bongo was able to contact a representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) today (May 26, 2009) and obtained the following update on the three possible cases of Swine FLU (H1N1) that were being investigated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2. (U) The p [...] | 2009-05-26 17:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA5 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) CNDP issued [...] | 2009-01-02 11:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA501 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 28 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) There have been unconfirmed repo [...] | 2009-05-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA503 | NORTH KIVU HUNDE DISCUSSES RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) Summary: A North Kivu Hunde contact recently told us that both DRC President Kabila and Rwandan President Kagame want North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku to step down. While Nande do not oppose Paluku being replaced, they do not want a Rwandophone governor or vice-governor. The GDRC, in t [...] | 2009-05-28 14:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA509 | AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...] | 2009-06-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
09KINSHASA510 | ANTI-RWANDOPHONE SENTIMENT AMONGST THE HUNDE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with two prominent members of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free Congo (APCLS),the Hunde-led organization vowed to continue its armed struggle against Rwandophones, whom they characterized as "Rwandan refugees." The APCLS remains convinced that the Go [...] | 2009-06-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA512 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 2 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) On May 25, LRA soldiers attacke [...] | 2009-06-02 10:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA516 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 3 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The FARDC has deployed additi [...] | 2009-06-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA519 | KABILA AND SENIOR GDRC OFFICIALS MEET WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC, including at the presidential level, has held separate meetings with the CNDP, South Kivu Armed Groups (SKAGs),and the North Kivu Armed Groups. We have received a readout on the first two. The CNDP has officially been recognized as a political party, but there is ju [...] | 2009-06-05 09:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA520 | IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR'S VISIT ADVANCES, BUT DOES [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para. 14. 2. (C) Summary: The May 23-25 visit of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the DRC advanced, but did not resolve, outstanding issues with the China agreement necessary for approval of a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growt [...] | 2009-06-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG |
09KINSHASA521 | RWANDOPHONIE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS -- THE [...] (C) Summary: Since the early 2009 rapprochement between Kinshasa and Kigali, there has been great focus on the phenomenon of Rwandophone ascendancy in North Kivu to the detriment of other ethnic groups. Much has been reported (reftels) about the different aspects (political, economic, and s [...] | 2009-06-05 11:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON PREF PHUM MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA522 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...] | 2009-06-08 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA523 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...] | 2009-06-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA524 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...] | 2009-06-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA525 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...] | 2009-06-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA529 | VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK: OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Virunga National Park in the eastern DRC reopened for limited tourism in early May 2009 following two years of inactivity. There are still pockets of FDLR rebels and Mai Mai militia in the park, but Park Director Emmanuel de Merode believes tourism is vital to the park's surviva [...] | 2009-06-08 07:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EIND PGOV PREL PREF CG |
09KINSHASA530 | EMBASSY KINSHASA MAKES THE MOST OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] Summary: Embassy Kinshasa hosted three viewings of President Obama's Cairo speech on June 4 and 5, reaching a direct audience of 80 journalists, opinion leaders (Muslim and non-Muslim),and Muslim women, as well as promoting the speech through local contacts, the Embassy website, Facebook pages [...] | 2009-06-08 08:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA531 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH IMPRESSED THE CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Obama's speech received wide media coverage in Kinshasa. Major print and broadcast media reported on the presidential address, providing, in some cases, opinion and commentary generally welcoming President Obama's effort to forge a new relationship with the Muslim world [...] | 2009-06-08 08:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA532 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONCERNED ABOUT VULNERABILITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, expressed serious concern over the vulnerable state of human rights defenders in the DRC at a June 3 briefing for the diplomatic corps. In a series of findings, she found that security for human rights defend [...] | 2009-06-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA535 | GDRC CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Diplomatic and host government sources in Kinshasa and Goma indicate that a cabinet reshuffle by President Joseph Kabila is imminent. A major reason behind the reshuffle is the integration of former CNDP and armed group members into mainstream political and administrative posit [...] | 2009-06-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA541 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 10 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) On June 7-8, there were skirmis [...] | 2009-06-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA546 | FARDC AND MAI MAI CONVICTED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent trials in the DRC produced convictions of FARDC soldiers and Mai Mai rebels for human rights abuses. Congolese armed forces (FARDC) military tribunals conducted the trials, which were held in Walikale (North Kivu) and Lieke Lesole (Orientale). The prosecution team in [...] | 2009-06-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA55 | CONTINUING MONUC DDRRR EFFORTS [...] (SBU) MONUC/DDRRR is prepared to transport combatants from the Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD),cantoned at Kasiki, to Rwanda under its existing process. MONUC/DDRRR Officer in Charge Bruno Donat has proposed bringing trucks to Kasiki on or around January 23 to initially transport to Goma [...] | 2009-01-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA552 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 12 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that 10 abduct [...] | 2009-06-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA555 | INTERNATIONAL CHINESE MEDIA OUTLETS BROADCAST IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The government-run Radio Chine Internationale (RCI) and China Central Television (CCTV)are currently broadcasting in Kinshasa via satellite, in support of China's attempt to expand its strategic partnership with the DRC. RCI is planning to broadcast across the DRC's territory i [...] | 2009-06-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA556 | INTERNATIONAL CHINESE MEDIA OUTLETS BROADCAST IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The government-run Radio Chine Internationale (RCI) and China Central Television (CCTV)are currently broadcasting in Kinshasa via satellite, in support of China's attempt to expand its strategic partnership with the DRC. RCI is planning to broadcast across the DRC's territory i [...] | 2009-06-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA557 | FRENCH RADIO FREQUENCY STILL SILENCED IN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC Government is still preventing the population of Bunia, Orientale province, from listening to Radio France Internationale's programs. RFI Bunia's frequency was 'silenced' on May 5 (reftel) in retaliation for the French radio station's alleged continued attempts to destab [...] | 2009-06-16 07:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA558 | Integration in South Kivu Moving Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary: Integration in South Kivu continues to be hampered by logistical problems and the FRF's decision not to participate in the process. MONUC is optimistic (perhaps overly) that it can overcome the logistical issues and that lead negotiator Malu Malu will be able to persuade the F [...] | 2009-06-16 11:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF MASS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA56 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 20: GDRC AND BOSCO [...] (SBU) At a January 16 press conference in Goma, it was announced that CNDP renegade Bosco Ntaganda had signed a peace agreement with the GDRC. Ntaganda and other high-level CNDP commanders were at the press conference, as well as GDRC and GoR representatives. The press conference was precede [...] | 2009-01-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA560 | GDRC STABILIZES CURRENCY MARKET--BUT RISKS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Following a rapid depreciation of the Congolese Franc (franc congolais or FC, in French) in late 2008/early 2009, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has successfully helped stabilize the FC through a series of interventions in the foreign exchange market. Spe [...] | 2009-06-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA562 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 16 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) Precise information about LRA [...] | 2009-06-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA567 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 17 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Unknown me [...] | 2009-06-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA573 | FORMER NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR SERUFULI ON DECOUPAGE, [...] (C) Summary. Former North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli has reiterated complaints about the power of ethnic Nande in North Kivu Province and his support to split the province into Nande and "Rwandophone" dominated zones ("decoupage"). He described his relationship with detained Tutsi rebel l [...] | 2009-06-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF PINR PREL CG RW |
09KINSHASA574 | MAI MAI KIFUAFUA STILL SUPPORT INTEGRATION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: A spokesman for the Mai Mai Kifuafua told us that, although the group has repeatedly demonstrated its interest to integrate more of its troops, FARDC unresponsiveness and ineptitude has prevented the process from moving forward. Kifuafua claims to support FARDC operations again [...] | 2009-06-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PINR CG |
09KINSHASA575 | RWANDA VISIT ADDS PERSPECTIVE FOR JMG-TF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Rwanda (GoR) sponsored a visit of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) to Rwanda June 4-6 to enhance understanding of the repatriation process for FDLR rebels remaining in the DRC. The 18-member group of DRC-based diplomats (Note: Goma Liaison Offic [...] | 2009-06-18 12:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA578 | DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN? [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...] | 2009-06-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG |
09KINSHASA579 | GDRC ATTENDANCE AT JULY 1-3 AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSUM PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA580 | DRC RESPONSE: SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SADC CG MA |
09KINSHASA581 | EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 19 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation -- Haut Uele/Dungu -------------------------------------- 2. [...] | 2009-06-19 14:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA589 | EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 22 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time Security situation in Haut Uele ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) An NGO s [...] | 2009-06-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA590 | REACTION IN THE DRC TO CONFIRMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against DRC opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba June 15. The court revised the charges, which stem from acts committed by Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement de Liberation du Congo" in French) t [...] | 2009-06-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CG |
09KINSHASA596 | DR CONGO: KAMBASU NGEVE -- CNDP'S LEADING NANDE [...] (C) Serge Kambasu Ngeve is the secretary general of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) political wing, which has abandoned ethnic Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and is now negotiating for a place in the Kinshasa government. Kambasu, an ethnic Nande formerly affilia [...] | 2009-06-23 16:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
09KINSHASA597 | GOMA: ONE DEAD, EIGHT INJURED, 20 RAPED IN ATTEMPTED PRISON [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of inmates at Goma's Munzenze prison killed one police officer and injured eight others in an attempted prison break on June 21. Rioting prisoners also raped approximately 20 female inmates. National police (PNC) surrounded the prison after inmates dug escape tunnels t [...] | 2009-06-23 18:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA6 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - January 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP and an unspecified Mai [...] | 2009-01-05 09:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA600 | NKUNDA STATUS -- MONUC'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM? [...] (C) During a June 18 briefing to Kinshasa based diplomats, MONUC's Political Affairs Division Officer in Charge (PAD-OIC) Christian Manahl (please protect) voiced concern that progress on improving DRC-Rwanda bilateral relations had "cooled", noting that the "4X4" bilateral commission (reftel [...] | 2009-06-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS RW CG |
09KINSHASA602 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 24 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - Haut Uele ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) On June [...] | 2009-06-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA614 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 29 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) A UPDF liaison to MONUC report [...] | 2009-06-29 13:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA616 | PARECO-HUNDE RELUCTANT TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The APCLS ("Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre" in French -- aka PARECO-Hunde) is reluctant to join the North Kivu integration process, ostensibly due to fears that newly FARDC-integrated members will be deployed outside of Hunde areas in North Kivu and leave their commu [...] | 2009-06-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA618 | POSITIVE TREND: CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM desk officer and poloff visited the Congolese refugee camps in northeast Zambia, escorted a return convoy of 511 refugees to Katanga, and visited refugee return and reintegration projects June 11-17. The government of Zambia (GRZ) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner [...] | 2009-06-29 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV KTIP ZA CG |
09KINSHASA624 | SUMMARY OF ARTICLES RESULTING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reaction to June 25 PD section's monthly press roundtable (reftel) on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) was widespread and largely positive. Highlights follow. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mission's public diplomacy section organizes a monthly Press Roundtable at th [...] | 2009-07-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KWMN OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV |
09KINSHASA625 | FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] (U) Summary: Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Minister of Agriculture Norbert Bashengezi Katitima, highlighting USG initiatives and commitment to achieve global food security. Minister Bashengezi expressed strong support for USG efforts and voiced his appreciation for existing USA [...] | 2009-07-01 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA626 | KIVU ARMED GROUPS AND THE INTEGRATION PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with representatives of various armed groups in North and South Kivu and MONUC to discuss the current state-of-play within the CNDP, the APCLS (PARECO-Hunde),PARECO-Nande, FRF, and Mai Mai Yakutumba. Intra-CNDP tensions persist with Nkunda loyalists belittling [...] | 2009-07-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA628 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AND DEFENSE COOPERATION CHIEF [...] (SBU): Summary: Charge d'affaires and director of office of security cooperation (OSC) held separate meetings June 25 with foreign minister's chief of staff and acting director of military operations respectively to urge the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take quick an [...] | 2009-07-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KWMN OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV |
09KINSHASA63 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) MONUC has confirmed that 1,500-2,000 Rwandan troops entered the DRC at 6:30AM on January 20, moving towards Rumangabo, approximately 30 kilometers north of Goma. The RPF forces will reportedly link up with FARDC and CNDP elements in Rumangabo to carry out joint operations against the FD [...] | 2009-01-21 16:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA632 | PRESIDENT PRESIDES OVER NATIONAL DAY FESTIVITIES IN GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila presided over well-executed and lavish Independence Day ceremonies in Goma on June 30. Charge and Goma emboff attended ceremonies on behalf of the USG. Observers were impressed by a parade of smart-stepping soldiers, well-equipped police, and a wide array of [...] | 2009-07-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA633 | DEATH OF JEANNOT BEMBA SAOLANA [...] (SBU) DRC senator and businessman Jeannot Bemba Saolona, father of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, died of cardiac arrest in Brussels on July 1. Local media in Kinshasa announced the death of Bemba, a former Minister of Economy during the 2003-2006 transition and ex-head of the DRC chamb [...] | 2009-07-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA639 | SRSG MEETS WITH SENIOR DIPLOMATS ON EVE OF TRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Following are notes on July 5 meeting between Alan Doss with representatives (ambassadors or DCM's) of Belgium, France and the U.S. just prior to his departure for New York to attend the Security Council's July 10 on MONUC. UK rep was unable to attend. Ambassador will meet th [...] | 2009-07-06 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC MARR RW CG |
09KINSHASA64 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Continued attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have displaced thousands of citizens in the DRC. UNHCR estimates that there are currently over 104,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dungu Territory. In 2008, UNHCR reported that it assisted with the return of over 39,000 [...] | 2009-01-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN |
09KINSHASA640 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 6 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The FARDC attacked LRA positio [...] | 2009-07-06 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA643 | DRC NOMINATES NORBERT NKULU, CLOSE [...] (SBU) The head of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Directorate, Banza Ngoy Katume, confirmed July 6 media reports that Norbert Nkulu Mitumba Kilombo is the DRC Ambassador to Rwanda-designate. 2. (SBU) Nkulu, born December 15, 1946, graduated in law from Lo [...] | 2009-07-06 16:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA644 | KABILA'S TAPED STATEMENT TO THE NATION [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila presided over Congolese Independence day ceremonies in Goma on July 1 (reftel). Kabila did not speak in Goma. Instead, prior to leaving Kinshasa, Kabila taped a speech for nationwide diffusion that was later broadcast via the news media. The speech is at para 3 be [...] | 2009-07-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA65 | PRESIDENT KABILA PROVIDES BRIEFING ON RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila met with UNSC Ambassadors on January 20 to provide an update on events in the Eastern Congo, particularly the entry of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldiers into DRC territory earlier that day. Following the meeting, Kabila and Ambassador met alone briefly. Kabil [...] | 2009-01-21 18:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA652 | EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE" [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...] | 2009-07-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR CG |
09KINSHASA663 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 9 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - Haut Uele ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Lord's R [...] | 2009-07-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA664 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) On July 9 DCM and acting polcouns delivered demarche per instructions reftel to Raymond Tshibanda, Minister of International and Regional Cooperation. Tshibanda acknowledged USG concerns over SADC's role in the Global Political Agreement (GPA),noting that the GPA had already produced res [...] | 2009-07-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG ZI |
09KINSHASA690 | DRC: INSIGHT INTO MARCH 23 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, GDRC member of the March 23 Agreements Monitoring Committee, briefed diplomatic corps members July 7 on GDRC negotiations with the CNDP and North and South Kivu armed groups. Moupondo reported ongoing discord in the presidential majority coalition over the entry o [...] | 2009-07-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA691 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 16 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Press reports state [...] | 2009-07-16 11:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA708 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 22 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Congolese Caritas employee killed --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A [...] | 2009-07-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA71 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 22 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Rwandan Soldiers in the DRC --------------------------- 2. (SBU) A MONUC spokesp [...] | 2009-01-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA715 | DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...] | 2009-07-28 06:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA719 | KABILA SHAKES UP MAGISTRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila, in a series of official decrees dated July 15, dismissed and retired over 100 magistrates and judicial officers, including the President of the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General of the Republic, for corruption and other abuses of office. The dis [...] | 2009-07-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA720 | DEMARCHED DELIVERED: RESULTS OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points July 29 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the International Organizations Directorate at the MFA. Ngoy expressed satisfaction with the improvement in U.S.- Russia relations and promised to convey our message to the Foreign Minister. GARVELINK [...] | 2009-07-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RS CG |
09KINSHASA721 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 30 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) During two July 11 L [...] | 2009-07-30 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA723 | CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT SILENCES RFI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO CF CG |
09KINSHASA731 | DRC: WRESTLING WITH IMPUNITY AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, the Kabila administration has taken some steps that indicate increased sensitivity to outside perceptions of impunity and corruption in the DRC. These include the public adoption of a FARDC "zero tolerance" policy for human rights abuses, the use of FARDC mil [...] | 2009-08-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA734 | GDRC SPOKESMAN CRITICIZES HUMAN RIGHTS NGO's [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Communications and Media Affairs Lambert Mende responded to international human rights organizations' criticism of the GDRC at a July 28 press conference in Kinshasa. Specifically, an International Federation of Human Rights Organizations July report warn [...] | 2009-08-05 08:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA736 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - AUGUST 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) In an August 4 BBC i [...] | 2009-08-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA741 | KABILA, KAGAME MEET AUGUST 6 AT BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents Kabila and Kagame met yesterday, August 6, in the adjoining border cities of Goma/Rubavu (ex-Gisenyi). We do not yet have information on the private meetings between the two heads of state; Kabila and his team are still in Goma where they will meet with Secretary Cl [...] | 2009-08-07 12:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA758 | DEMARCHE TO DRC ON RENTAL ARREARS FOR UN MISSION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche August 13 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy said the Foreign Ministry will send a formal request for these funds to the Finance Ministry. He added that, ideally, a member of the GDRC's delegation to UNGA c [...] | 2009-08-18 08:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OFDP CG |
09KINSHASA762 | DEMARCHED DELIVERED TO GDRC ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points August 13 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy expressed understanding and appreciation for our promotion of the UNESCO Director-General candidates from Austria, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Lithuania, and Tanzania. [...] | 2009-08-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNESCO CG |
09KINSHASA764 | VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...] | 2009-08-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG |
09KINSHASA768 | PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVES CANDID VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: PPRD parliamentarian and former DRC Great Lakes Envoy Jean Mbuyu Luyongola told Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns that dismissing Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito might push PALU into the opposition. Kabila will easily win the 2011 elections, in Mbuyu's opinion, unless some kind of [...] | 2009-08-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA78 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 23: NKUNDA CAPTURED [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Captured --------------- 2. (SBU) Multiple press sources reported that Nk [...] | 2009-01-26 07:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA784 | CIVILIAN PROTECTION AGAINST LRA ATTACKS [...] (U) Responses to reftel-specific questions for the DRC are in paragraph two below. Our response has been cleared by USAID/OFDA and DAO representatives at post. 2. (SBU) --What are the current MONUC and FARDC response capacities in LRA-affected areas? The FARDC has approximately 6,000 s [...] | 2009-08-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA786 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP REPORT TO FOREIGN [...] (U) Ambassador Garvelink was received August 25 by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba in the context of an appointment the ambassador had requested to discuss a broad range of issues. Also present were diplomatic advisor Clementine Shakembo and Americas director Louis Lokosu Nkulufa. Amb [...] | 2009-08-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CG |
09KINSHASA787 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO DRC: ADVANCING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: During her August 11 meeting with President Kabila, Secretary Clinton expressed U.S. willingness to provide technical assistance and expertise to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) address the country's significant challenges, including promoting Se [...] | 2009-08-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EAID CG |
09KINSHASA796 | IMPROVING DRC-GOR RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: All indications are that the main focus of the August 6 Kabila-Kagame discussions was development of Lake Kivu methane gas as an energy source. Specific details regarding the meeting, the first bilateral meeting between DRC and Rwandan presidents since 1998, remain sketchy, as t [...] | 2009-08-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG RW |
09KINSHASA801 | DRC ASSUMING SADC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC lead for SADC issues, Minister for International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda, told the Ambassador August 27 that the DRC hoped to focus on development and economic issues during its upcoming SADC Chairmanship. Tshibanda voiced optimism that political con [...] | 2009-08-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD CG |
09KINSHASA808 | ADVANCING THE SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE FOR DRC VIA US [...] (SBU) The Secretary's August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in several new areas for cooperation and assistance. Building on the Secretary's offer to President Kabila of U.S. technical assistance and expertise, post has launched a strategy for the five themes d [...] | 2009-08-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV MASS |
09KINSHASA81 | LRA OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER - THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an overview of information with respect to issues surrounding Operation Lightning Thunder against the LRA, since military action began in December 2008. It highlights LRA atrocities committed against the civilian population following and preceding the operat [...] | 2009-01-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA822 | Developing a matrix for follow-up actions to [...] Background: A number of possible areas for U.S.-DRC cooperation were discussed during Secretary Clinton's meetings with President Kabila and Prime Minister Muzito (reftels). Embassy has developed a matrix below, at para. 2., as the basis for implementing actions discussed during the Secretar [...] | 2009-09-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV |
09KINSHASA826 | DRC TAKES ON SADC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Zimbabwe and Madagascar were front and center at the September 7-8 SADC Summit. On Zimbabwe, the SADC leaders called for a lifting of all sanctions against the country, with some arguing that full implementation of the global political agreement should not be a pre [...] | 2009-09-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CG |
09KINSHASA842 | Scopes of work for follow-up actions to the [...] See guidance request at para. 3. 2. Ref A provides a matrix for follow-up actions to the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to Kinshasa and Goma. Additional information on the overall themes and strategy for each action item can be found in Refs B and C. This cable (para. 4) provides, as ind [...] | 2009-09-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV |
09KINSHASA845 | UNGA 64: USG GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TRANSMITTED TO [...] (SBU) Polcouns met with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, to present USG goals and objectives for the upcoming UNGA session, as outlined in reftel. Ngoy appreciated USG efforts in the UN framework on peacekeeping and conflict management, and gender [...] | 2009-09-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA846 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PGOV KV CG |
09KINSHASA849 | DRC EXTRADITES SUSPECTED GENOCIDAIRE TO ARUSHA [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, the GDRC extradited Rwandan genocidaire suspect Gregoire Ndahimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha. Ndahimana, who surrendered to MONUC's DDRRR on August 11, had been "grabbed up" by the FARDC and sent to Kinshasa. The long de [...] | 2009-09-21 07:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CG RW |
09KINSHASA85 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint Plan Briefing ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that GDRC repres [...] | 2009-01-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA852 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - SEPTEMBER 21: IDP CAMPS [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. IDP Camps Almost Empty ---------------------- 2. (SBU) UNHCR reported that most [...] | 2009-09-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA855 | MOVEMENT ON THE FARDC FIVE [...] (C) Polcouns met on September 18 with Todd Howland, head of the UN's Joint Human Rights Office in Kinshasa, to discuss the cases of five FARDC officers under investigation for rape, singled out to President Kabila for action by visiting UNSC ambassadors in May. Howland claimed that none of th [...] | 2009-09-21 16:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNSC CG |
09KINSHASA857 | S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: The visit of Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, to Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12, accompanied by Policy Planning staff Jared Cohen and Mira Patel, was an opportunity to advance progress on the new U.S. - DRC partnership following Secretary Clinton's August 10-11 visit [...] | 2009-09-22 12:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA858 | DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Michael Hershman, American co-founder of Transparency International, visited Kinshasa September 14-16. This cable is a summary of Hershman's meeting with Justice Vice-Minister Collins Musonda Lalusambo. Hershman's meeting with President Joseph Kabila is at reftel. His meeting Genera [...] | 2009-09-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV CG |
09KINSHASA86 | AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH PRIME MINISTER MUZITO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with DRC Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on the latter's request January 26 to discuss the economic crisis facing the country and the current situation in the east. In particular, Muzito asked for USG help with respect to IMF consideration of emergency financial ass [...] | 2009-01-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG |
09KINSHASA860 | PM MUZITO ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE IN AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito called in the Ambassador on September 23 to discuss next steps in following up on the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to the DRC (see reftels). Muzito pleaded for USG assistance for the GDRC's administrative functions -- customs, banking, finance, public ac [...] | 2009-09-23 10:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EAGR EINV CG |
09KINSHASA861 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM MOBUTU [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe told the Ambassador on September 21 that there would most likely be a cabinet reshuffle in early October, probably the last before upcoming elections in 2010 (local) and in 2011 (parliamentary and presidential). Muzito, who Mobut [...] | 2009-09-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA873 | PROLIFERATION OF MAI MAI GROUPS [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Goma, AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa and his aide, General Sumbeiywo, received complaints from various North and South Kivu Mai Mai (local militias) groups about non-implementation of the March 23 agreements. Citing GDRC inaction, especiall since the August mee [...] | 2009-09-24 17:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA874 | MOVES AFOOT TO REVISE CONSTITUTION? [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials by senior level GDRC officials, it appears an inter-institutional commission has met to discuss the possibility of constitutional amendments in three areas: halting plans to create 15 new provinces (part of the decentralization process); changing the presidentia [...] | 2009-09-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
09KINSHASA879 | EQUATEUR PROVINCIAL CRISIS COMES TO A HEAD [...] (U) On September 21, the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the January 2009 impeachment of and removal from office of Equateur Governor Jose Makila by the Equateur Provincial Assembly. The high court also called on the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) to organize an election for a new go [...] | 2009-09-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA886 | NGO ACTIVIST ON RUDIA II, KIMIA II, AND INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Noel Atama, a field researcher for the NGO ENOUGH, told PolCouns recently that, although the tide had turned against the LRA, capturing LRA leader Joseph Kony and dismantling the rebel group could ultimately take time. On Kimia II, Atama encouraged the FARDC to stay the course, [...] | 2009-09-29 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREF PHUM PREL CG |
09KINSHASA89 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 28 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint FARDC/RDF Operation ------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC announced on [...] | 2009-01-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA896 | DDRRR, the FDLR, and Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma PolOff recently met with DDRRR officials, who presented a snapshot of their efforts in the Kivus. Many ex-CNDP units, "integrated" into the FARDC, continue to use child soldiers, according to DDRRR interlocutors. FARDC cooperation with DDRRR over the last month has impro [...] | 2009-09-30 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREF PGOV PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA907 | DEATH OF ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER FUTA [...] (U) Minister of Economy and Trade Andre Philippe Futa died in Paris October 1, 2009 from an apparent heart attack. Futa had stopped in Paris on route back to Kinshasa after representing President Kabila at the Africa-South America Summit hosted by Venezuela. No foul play has been reported, t [...] | 2009-10-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA908 | S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) Introductory note: S/P staffers Alec Ross, Jared Cohen and Mira Patel visited Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12. Reftel is an account of the Kinshasa portion of their trip. This message refers their meetings in Goma. End introductory note. Courtesy Call with Vice Governor of North Kiv [...] | 2009-10-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA915 | RE-EMERGENCE OF CNDP'S NKUNDA WING? [...] (C) Summary: Former CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa recently told us that the "real CNDP," i.e., the Nkunda wing was poised to reenter the DRC political fray. Claiming that the Bosco wing had no authority to sign the March 23 agreement with the GDRC, Bisimwa presented us with a memo outlini [...] | 2009-10-07 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG |
09KINSHASA92 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 29 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint FARDC/RDF Operation ------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that [...] | 2009-01-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA922 | DRC BRIGADIR GENERAL ADDRESSES CORRUPTION AND [...] (U) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Transparency International Co-founder Michael Hershman, DRC Brigadier General Celestin Mbala Musense discussed issues concerning corruption, salary payment, and personnel management in the FARDC. Reftels are reports on Hershman' [...] | 2009-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA929 | GDRC WANTS ORDERLY RETURN OF REFUGEES FROM BURUNDI [...] (U) Minister of Communication Lambert Mende announced on October 8 that the GDRC was temporarily closing its border with Burundi to "avoid anarchy," as DRC refugees moved to return to the DRC (reftel). Press reports indicated that 480 refugees were turned away attempting to cross into the DRC [...] | 2009-10-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA936 | EASTERN DRC NOTES -- OCTOBER 13: BOSCO SAID TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Sources in Goma have told us that former CNDP military chief Bosco Ntaganda has met with several Mai Mai groups in North Kivu to discuss the possibility of establishing a new militia. A former member of Nkunda's inner circle, a lawyer named Muiti, opined that attempts by Nkunda [...] | 2009-10-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA94 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 30 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. LRA Issues ---------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that on January 27, LRA rebels kil [...] | 2009-01-30 08:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA945 | PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF TELLS CHARGE ALL [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires met October 8 with Adolphe Lumanu Mulenda, President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff, to review a number of issues. Also present were econ counselor and Mulenda's private secretary. Charge raised the issue of the "list of five" senior military officials suspected of se [...] | 2009-10-15 17:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS MARR PHUM KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA949 | TIN INDUSTRY SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The global tin association ITRI is actively working to seek support, both in the DRC and with international donors, for its Tin Supply Chain Initiative aimed at enhancing due diligence in the minerals trade in eastern DRC. The initiative comes in response to continuing pressur [...] | 2009-10-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA957 | DRC-ANGOLAN EXPULSIONS: CALMER BUT TENSION UNDER [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR estimates that the GDRC has expelled nearly 40,000 Angolans, mostly refugees with status, in the past two weeks in retaliation for the GOA's expulsion of 18,000 illegal DRC aliens. UNHCR noted that, according to a recent survey, as many as 42,000 Angolan refugees had expr [...] | 2009-10-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG AO |
09KINSHASA959 | Human Rights Watch criticizes Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers told Charge d'affaires that the impact of Kimia II on the civilian population is more brutal than MONUC reports indicate. HRW proposes a re-evaluation of Kimia II with pressure on both the GDRC and international community. Two of t [...] | 2009-10-21 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA967 | CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE [...] (C) Summary: Corruption and mismanagement continue to be endemic problems plaguing DRC's mining industry, as highlighted by a September 29 GDRC Senate report on the loss of up to 450 million in mining sector revenues due to alleged fraud and mismanagement. The report was issued at approxim [...] | 2009-10-23 10:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA968 | Tsvangirai Seeks More Active SADC Involvement in [...] (SBU) Following Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan's Tsvangirai's October 22 meeting with DRC President Joseph Kabila, Seraphin Ngwej, Ambassador-at-large in the presidency, said that Tsvangirai had briefed the DRC President on the current situation in Zimbabwe, including his decision to freeze r [...] | 2009-10-26 17:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CG ZI |
09KINSHASA969 | WORRIES THAT PRESS FREEDOM MAY BE ERODING CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Freedom of the press is increasingly threatened in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Ministry of Information and Media now requires domestic and international journalists to submit to a military code of justice. A Congolese military officer,s reported death threats [...] | 2009-10-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PREL |
09KINSHASA971 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SLAMS GDRC [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston told the diplomatic corps and the press separately that there was conclusive evidence that FARDC soldiers had killed at least 50 Rwandan refugees and abducted 40 women, subjecting them to SGBV in an attack at Shali [...] | 2009-10-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA976 | GDRC EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THE ARMED FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 1, a draft Law to Organize the Armed Forces, a critical component of national institutional reform, was introduced in the National Assembly. Parliamentarians invited Defense Minister Charles Mwando Nsimba to explain the reform plan on October 6. While the Kabila adm [...] | 2009-10-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MASS KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA98 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a February 1 press conference, President Kabil [...] | 2009-02-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
09KINSHASA980 | MEDIA MINISTER MEETS WITH RFI REPS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the July 26 shutdown of Radio France International's (RFI) signal throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a result of controversial reports by an RFI journalist (see refs a and b),French diplomats and representatives of RFI have met with GDRC officia [...] | 2009-11-02 06:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA994 | PARTERNING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and Head of USAID's Office of Economic Growth and Livelihoods delivered (Ref A) letter and proposal to Minister of Agriculture Norbert Basengezi Katitima on October 19, highlighting the USG commitment and approach to combating global hunger and promoting food s [...] | 2009-11-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG |
09KOLKATA101 | MAOISTS ATTACK ORISSA MINE ON EVE OF INDIAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 12, several days before polling began in the eastern India state of Orissa for both the parliamentary and state assembly elections, approximately 200 left-wing extremists, known as Maoists or Naxalites, mounted an armed attack on the public sector enterprise National Aluminum Com [...] | 2009-04-17 10:23:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV EMIN IN |
09KOLKATA105 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UPA DISCORD AND ANTI-INCUMBENCY FAVOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the mineral-rich tribal state of Jharkhand was carved out of the eastern Indian state of Bihar in 2000, it has been plagued by a string of poorly performing governments and political instability. Discord within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and underlying anti-inc [...] | 2009-04-22 07:14:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN IN |
09KOLKATA106 | VILLAGERS AND MAOISTS DETAIN TRAIN IN JHARKHAND ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) On April 22, on the eve of the second phase of India's parliamentary polls, approximately 200 villagers and Maoists took control of the 627 UP Barkakana-Dihari-Mughalsarai train for four hours in the Latehar district in Jharkhand. None of the 300 passengers were injured or killed during [...] | 2009-04-24 12:29:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA127 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT LIKELY TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) appears likely to continue its 15 year rule of the small mountainous Northeast Indian state strategically wedged in between Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. While it may not match the 2004 absolute sweep, it appears that it will retain its one L [...] | 2009-05-15 11:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ELTN EFIN EAIR IN NP BT CH |
09KOLKATA130 | GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER GORKHALAND STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in the West Bengal Darjeeling constituency elected the state's only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful candidate to parliament as part of their ongoing movement for the creation of a new "Gorkhaland" state within the Indian Union. The political organization Gorkha [...] | 2009-05-19 11:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC IN |
09KOLKATA132 | REGIONAL PARTIES, NOT CONGRESS, EMERGE AS WINNERS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Voters in Eastern India primarily supported regional parties that were outside the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that has returned to power. This trend has resulted in a divergence between the party and coalition in power at the national and state levels. Amongst the Ea [...] | 2009-05-22 04:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON IN |
09KOLKATA134 | CYCLONE HITS WEST BENGAL - NO AMCIT CASUALTIES, NO REQUEST [...] (SBU) On May 25, a Category 2 tropical cyclone named "Aila" hit the Eastern India state of West Bengal. Damage was concentrated in South and North 24 Paraganas, especially the low lying delta region of the Sunderbans. West Bengal government officials told post that approximately 40 people die [...] | 2009-05-26 12:16:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SENV IN |
09KOLKATA144 | WEST BENGAL'S "LEFT" - OUT IN THE COLD [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front in West Bengal is currently examining the reasons for the disastrous parliamentary election results, which saw its seat tally reduced from 35 to 15, the lowest since its came to power in 1977. Party members are divided, [...] | 2009-05-29 11:44:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
09KOLKATA148 | CANCELLATION OF TELEGRAM - GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 05:04:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC IN |
09KOLKATA153 | FRESH AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) On May 27, the GOI's central Ministry of Agriculture confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza among poultry at Hemtabad in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Hemtabad is located about 490 KM north of Kolkata and 20 KM from the border with Bangladesh. Contacts in West Bengal' [...] | 2009-06-08 04:44:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD |
09KOLKATA162 | MAOIST GROUPS STEP UP VIOLENCE IN EASTERN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, there have been daily attacks on police and political party leaders in the Western part of West Bengal, primarily in and around the town of Lalgarh. Leaders of these attacks appear to be members of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter ref [...] | 2009-06-18 12:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA164 | THE BATTLE FOR BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front is still reeling from its poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls (see Reftels). The perfect storm of issues appears to have worked against the Left Front. Some CPI-M leaders believe the party lost sup [...] | 2009-06-19 10:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER PSEC IN |
09KOLKATA167 | WEST BENGAL: POLICE WIN FIRST ROUND AGAINST MAOISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 03:41:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC IN |
09KOLKATA18 | FIRST CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN SIKKIM [...] (U) On January 19, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in poultry in Ravongla Municipality in South Sikkim district in the northeastern state of Sikkim. The epicenter is located approximately 40 km north of the last reported AI outbreak in India in Darje [...] | 2009-01-23 10:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN NP CH |
09KOLKATA189 | ORISSA'S BJD PARTY PROMOTES STATE INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CG travelled to Orissa in June to congratulate Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Biju Janata Dal's (BJD)'s best electoral performance since the party was formed in 1997. The impressive performance of the regional party in the 2009 parliamentary and state elections validated the p [...] | 2009-07-10 06:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IN |
09KOLKATA19 | A POLITICAL CRISIS IN JHARKHAND AS PRELUDE TO THE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Government of India's (GoI) Cabinet recommended President's rule and the suspension of the state assembly in the eastern state of Jharkhand after state legislators could not agree on a consensus candidate for Chief Minister. A state-level political battle for [...] | 2009-01-23 11:13:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA194 | POLICE IN WEST BENGAL ASSERT PRESENCE IN ALLEGED MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint operations by state and central police have brought more areas under control in and around West Bengal's rural Lalgarh without any significant opposition from the armed groups of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter referred to as Maoists, also known as Naxal [...] | 2009-07-16 05:39:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN |
09KOLKATA215 | GORKHAS PURSUE POLITICAL STRATEGY TO FURTHER STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past two years, the new political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has increased its efforts to carve out a new Indian state - Gorkhaland - from the existing state of West Bengal. Like other political parties in West Bengal, GJMM uses force and intimidation but it i [...] | 2009-08-03 11:20:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
09KOLKATA22 | ASSAM ELECTORAL PRIMER - ETHNICITY, ALLIANCES AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnicity and migration in the northeastern state of Assam will continue to be a key issue in the state during the upcoming national elections. The Congress Party is confident of maintaining its current number of parliamentary seats in the state contingent; however, the relative [...] | 2009-01-28 09:47:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN BG |
09KOLKATA237 | WEST BENGAL: JASWANT SINGH'S EXPULSION WEAKENS GJMM'S [...] (SBU) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) recent expulsion of Darjeeling's parliamentary representative Jaswant Singh (Reftel A),who supports political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha's (GJMM) efforts to create a new Gorkhaland state, is a temporary setback for GJMM who is now reassessing its rel [...] | 2009-08-21 12:41:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
09KOLKATA256 | ONE YEAR LATER, KANDHAMAL RESIDENTS REBUILD DIVIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 11:41:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IN |
09KOLKATA257 | LEFT'S ROUT IN NORTH BENGAL - ONE MORE NAIL IN ITS WEST [...] (SBU) The shaken Left Front in West Bengal was dealt another setback in the September 13 Siliguri municipal elections. The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and Congress Party alliance won 30 of the 47 wards (it previously represented 9) to break the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M [...] | 2009-09-18 08:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
09KOLKATA261 | WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING [...] Summary: Over the past three weeks there has been a decline in the rate of reported H1N1 infections in Kolkata. But thousands of people gathered in enclosed spaces during the ensuing Durga Puja festival could increase H1N1 transmission. The West Bengal government has launched a campaign to en [...] | 2009-09-24 06:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA267 | LAND POLITICS CONTINUE IN WEST BENGAL; BUSINESSES NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent statements from business leaders and politicians reinforced the idea that land acquisition will continue to be a political obstacle for businesses in West Bengal. Business leaders have recently begun acknowledging the importance of working with both the government and the [...] | 2009-10-06 11:05:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IN |
09KOLKATA276 | TRINAMOOL'S MAMATA BANERJEE: FROM OPPOSITIONAL STREET [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the May 2009 parliamentary elections elevated West Bengal's regional party, All India Trinamool Congress, from obscurity to the second largest constituent party in the United Progressive Alliance, its leader, Mamata Banerjee, has conscientiously sought to re-brand herself a [...] | 2009-10-20 06:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON IN |
09KOLKATA279 | DEVELOPING AND GOVERNING BIHAR: FORGING A WINNING COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made visible strides in developing and governing India's third largest state, and also one of its poorest, since forming the Bihar government in 2005. The national parliamentary elections in May 2009 confirmed the inroads his regional par [...] | 2009-10-22 04:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID EINV IN |
09KOLKATA28 | NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 30, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. The two avian influenza (AI) epicenters are in the villages of Nagar Bhagni and Uttar Dangkoba, in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of the district. The [...] | 2009-02-06 05:13:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD |
09KOLKATA282 | ELECTION AND SECURITY CONCERNS PROMPT INDIA TO POSTPONE [...] (SBU) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has postponed the National Games, India's premier amateur sporting event, that were to be held November 21 to December 5 in the eastern state of Jharkhand. According to the Jharkhand home secretary, the civil servant responsible for law and order, the [...] | 2009-10-23 10:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC SCUL IN |
09KOLKATA286 | WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER: PARTY MUST "CHANGE OR PERISH", [...] (C) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that his Communist Party of India-Marxist must "either change or perish" and he lamented the lack of technocratic expertise within party leadership in a meeting with the Ambassador in Kolkata on October 13. Bhattacharjee rei [...] | 2009-10-27 09:18:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IN |
09KOLKATA287 | MAOISTS/NAXALS DETAIN AND RELEASE TRAIN IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) On October 27 a group of armed and unarmed Maoist/Naxal supporters (press has reported 300) halted an express Bhubaneswar - New Delhi train in Jhargram, West Bengal to protest the deployment of central security forces in anti-Maoist operations and call for the release of one of their lead [...] | 2009-10-28 09:20:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC IN |
09KOLKATA3 | NEW CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 2 the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus in poultry in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of Darjeeling, a district in northern West Bengal. Avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in Matigara in southern Darjeeling and Tukdah in the northern pa [...] | 2009-01-07 09:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG |
09KOLKATA305 | WEST BENGAL RE-ESTABLISHES GOVERNMENT PRESENCE IN MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Since June 2009 state and central police have operated in West Bengal's three Maoist/Naxal insurgency-affected districts to re-assert government presence, eliminate anti-government armed resistance and win local tribal support. While police have re-established a limited governmen [...] | 2009-11-17 04:39:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN |
09KOLKATA307 | MAOISTS TARGET AND DERAIL PASSENGER TRAIN BEFORE JHARKHAND [...] (SBU) On November 19 alleged Maoists (also known as Naxals) detonated an explosive device targeting the Tatanagar-Bilaspur passenger train between Manoharpur and Poseita in the Maoist-affected state of Jharkhand. The blast occurred at 9:45 pm approximately 120 km southwest of Jamshedpur, Jhark [...] | 2009-11-20 11:00:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER IN |
09KOLKATA317 | OPPOSITION CONTINUES WINNING STREAK IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) In West Bengal, the Opposition and independent parties won nine of the ten state assembly seats in the November 7 by-elections to the state assembly. They retained all seven previously held seats and snatched two from the ruling Left Front coalition. Trinamool, the leading opposition part [...] | 2009-11-27 10:48:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
09KOLKATA328 | JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS EXPECTED TO YIELD YET ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Five-phase state assembly elections began in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on November 25 and will conclude on December 18. Results will be announced on December 23. Jharkhand has been without an elected government since January as no party had been able to form a gove [...] | 2009-12-11 10:15:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN |
09KOLKATA334 | INDIA-BANGLADESH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION HITS NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: India's recent arrests of United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) chairman and senior leadership is a setback for the northeastern state's most prominent insurgent group. While Bangladesh has officially denied facilitating the arrests, its cooperation with India appears to b [...] | 2009-12-22 11:03:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PGOV CASC IN BG |
09KOLKATA336 | JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS: NO OUTRIGHT WINNER, CONGRESS' UPA [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 23 the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand announced the results for its recent state assembly elections. No single party or pre-poll alliance won an outright majority, although the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the largest caucus. A majority of vo [...] | 2009-12-24 06:55:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN |
09KOLKATA337 | JHARKHAND: JMM'S SHIBU SOREN TO BE CHIEF MINISTER WITH BJP [...] (U) Summary: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo and parliamentarian Shibu Soren will become Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on December 30, heading a five-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Even though a Congress alliance garnered the highest number [...] | 2009-12-29 14:44:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN |
09KOLKATA35 | BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...] | 2009-02-10 10:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID IN NP |
09KOLKATA43 | AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL'S SOUTH [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Principal Secretary of West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI) H5N1 virus in backyard poultry of Barmahar village in South Dinajpur district. The latest epicenter is located approximately 300 km north [...] | 2009-02-20 04:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD |
09KOLKATA55 | NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER [...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...] | 2009-03-05 09:15:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG |
09KOLKATA56 | ASSAM: ULFA AND NDFB MAIN SUSPECTS IN OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Assam's Chief Minister confirmed that the separatist groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) are the main suspects in the October 30, 2008 terrorist attacks in Guwahati (Reftel). Assam officials, who believe that the attacks w [...] | 2009-03-05 09:47:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IN BG |
09KOLKATA67 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP IS DUMPED BY ORISSA ALLY [...] (U) Summary: On March 7, the 11-year-old National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),collapsed in Orissa when the regional party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD),withdrew from the coalition. On March 11, Orissa's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (BJD) won a trus [...] | 2009-03-13 08:51:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA7 | WEST BENGAL AFTER THE NANO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS BLEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after Tata withdrew its Nano project from West Bengal in the face of violent opposition against land acquisition, the investment climate in West Bengal is bleak. The Government of West Bengal (GOWB) has not developed a strategy to repair the state's damaged image an [...] | 2009-01-09 10:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA75 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...] | 2009-03-19 12:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09KOLKATA78 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...] | 2009-03-20 13:06:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09KOLKATA79 | WOMEN IN INDIA: MAMATA BANERJEE - WEST BENGAL FIGHTER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Firebrand communist-baiter Mamata Banerjee leads West Bengal's principal opposition party, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) that has aligned with Congress to challenge the Left Front's 32-year rule in the state. An astute politician - six term parliamentarian - with an e [...] | 2009-03-20 13:39:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN IN |
09KOLKATA88 | ULFA SUSPECTED IN MARCH 31 TERRORIST ATTACK KILLING ONE [...] (SBU) On March 31, an improvised explosive devise (IED) exploded in Jyotikuchi locality in Guwahati, the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Assam. The IED killed one person and injured 13. There were no American casualties. According to police contacts, the motorcycle borne IED was [...] | 2009-04-01 11:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV IN |
09KOLKATA96 | ULFA SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, nine people died and more than 30 were wounded in a series of six terrorist attacks in different parts of Assam, including the capital Guwahati. Police suspect that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),which celebrates its foundation day on April 7, conducted [...] | 2009-04-07 13:45:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PK IN |
09KOLKATA97 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Politics in Bihar is dominated by regional parties pushing their caste interests. Bihar's Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar heads the Janata Dal-United (JDU) party, presently a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and is winning over Bihar's poorest and lowest caste [...] | 2009-04-08 12:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
09KOLONIA106 | RECENT HAZMAT TRAINING USED IN RESPONSE TO AMMONIA LEAK [...] On July 21 a purse seiner at anchor in Pohnpei sprung an ammonia leak in one of its chillers. The leak killed one Filipino seaman. 2. Pohnpei Port Authority Acting General Manager and Safety and Security Manager Ron Reyes informed Econ/Conoff on July 23 that the Port's HAZMAT Team respon [...] | 2009-07-24 04:16:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EWWT EFIS FM |
09KOLONIA108 | US COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS POHNPEI, STRESSES FISHERIES [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen visited the island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),from July 19 to July 21. Admiral Allen met with FSM President Emanuel Mori and members of his cabinet, members of the FSM Congress, and Australian and Micronesian personn [...] | 2009-07-25 01:27:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA109 | CHINESE COMPANY LUEN THAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS TO OPERATE ALL [...] (C) The largest fishing operation in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Luen Thai, has reportedly submitted a proposal to FSM President Mori permitting the company to operate all port and fish processing facilities within the FSM. FSM National Government and State agencies responsible [...] | 2009-07-28 05:39:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS ECON PGOV PREL PINR FM |
09KOLONIA113 | ADDITIONAL EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST [...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO A REQUEST TO ASK FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST TRAINING SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE AND THE MICRONESIA TRANS [...] | 2009-08-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SNAR MASS PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA114 | EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND IN APRIL 2009, JIATF WEST CONDUC [...] | 2009-08-06 11:09:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MASS PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA116 | EMBASSY CONTRACT GUARD MURDERED WHILE OFF-DUTY [...] (U) At about two in the morning on August 8, a member of Embassy Kolonia's local guard force was killed. Initial reports remain unconfirmed, but it appears that Embassy Guard Isel Phillip, from Chuuk, was departing a bar when he was attacked by a group of men, believed to be Pohnpeian. Secur [...] | 2009-08-10 06:58:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SOCI PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA118 | AUSTRALIA SEEKING COORDINATION IN THE FSM ON ITS PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On August 7, Australian Ambassador Susan Cox met with Ambassador Hughes to discuss a planned visit by senior Australian assistance officials to the FSM. Cox stated the visit's focus would be on Australia's Paci [...] | 2009-08-19 00:50:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID FM AS |
09KOLONIA12 | COMPLAINTS OVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION HEARD AT OPENING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senators Halbert and Urusemal criticized the administration of the Compact during the recent opening of the FSM Congressional session. Post believes the remarks reflect frustration with the lack of progress on infrastructure projects and not increased anti-American sentiment. EN [...] | 2009-01-27 06:16:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID FM |
09KOLONIA128 | BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR SGT YOUVERT LONEY [...] (U) On September 5, FSM citizen and U.S. Army Sergeant (Sgt) Youvert Loney , a 28-year-old soldier assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, died of wounds suffered after an attack by enemy forces in Abad, Afghanistan. Sgt Loney's sp [...] | 2009-09-22 06:30:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA130 | FSM ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FSM National Government, through the offices of Research and Development, submitted a national Draft Energy Policy to each state on July 21. By Mid-September a number of the agencies and personnel responsible for implementation still had not seen the draft plan. Although [...] | 2009-10-06 04:44:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA137 | YAP STATE ATTEMPTS AT IMPLEMENTING ENERGY PLAN AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Yap State Legislators are hoping that the FSM National Government can provide a unified front to obtain international funding to meet the FSM's energy needs. Current funding from donor nations is greatly appreciated, but the project implementation process remains difficult. E [...] | 2009-10-30 01:06:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA138 | ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION SUBMITS ITS REPORT ON MARCH [...] (U) Summary: DRL Senior Advisor Chris Camponovo and Gerard Finin from the East West Center recently traveled to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to present the Final Report of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership's (APDP) March election observation mission to a range of Chuuk state a [...] | 2009-11-05 02:31:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID FM |
09KOLONIA140 | POHNPEI STATE CONCLUDES ITS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION [...] (U) Summary. Pohnpei State concluded its Second Constitutional Convention after ninety days of deliberations. Delegates considered fourteen proposed amendments to the state's twenty-five-year old constitution and approved ten. Voters must approve the proposals in a subsequent referendum in ord [...] | 2009-11-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA142 | IPR ISSUES IGNORED BY FSM GOVERNMENT; POPULATION DOESN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The only movie theater in the FSM may close its doors because it cannot compete against readily available pirated DVDs. Pohnpei State and the National Attorney General Offices concede that pirated DVDs are easy to obtain, but neither plans to take any action to limit their dis [...] | 2009-11-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA145 | POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 03:21:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG FM |
09KOLONIA157 | WASTE MANAGEMENT A GROWING CONCERN IN POHNPEI; WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pohnpei's Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on litter, pollution and waste management and how to implement an April 2006 law on those issues. The two largest environmental NGOs in Pohnpei meanwhile are concerned that the state is not adequately addressing a growing w [...] | 2009-12-22 04:57:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA17 | FSM STATES/NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE URGES MOVEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29 the FSM National Congress requested the President convene a leadership conference to consider the public infrastructure sector grant. Allocated funds were not moving to actual projects. During the February 4-6 conference, President Mori suspended debate on infr [...] | 2009-02-09 01:01:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EAID FM |
09KOLONIA18 | GOVERNOR SEEKING TO SIPHON FUNDING AWAY FROM SELF FUNDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pohnpei Port Authority (PPA) General Manager Iehsi complained to Ambassador Hughes on January 23 that Pohnpei Governor Ehsa is seeking to divert needed funds away from the PPA. Iehsi alleges that proposed funding changes will undermine the Port Authority's ability to meet intern [...] | 2009-02-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON FM |
09KOLONIA22 | PRESIDENT REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF COMPACT FIVE YEAR REVIEW, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Emanuel Mori used a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Hughes to reiterate the importance he places in the Compact of Free Association's upcoming five year review, saying all aspects of the Compact are on the table. Mori also sought assistance in passport processing [...] | 2009-02-25 03:32:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EAID CPAS FM |
09KOLONIA28 | US FUNDED ELECTION OBSERVERS GENERALLY POSITIVE ON NATIONAL [...] (U) The East-West Center (EWC),through the Department's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),provided an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the March 3, 2009 national elections for some Congressional seats in the Federated States of Micronesia. Observers concentrated their efforts i [...] | 2009-03-06 06:27:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM FM |
09KOLONIA29 | REPRESENTATIVE FALEOMAVAEGA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS COMPACT [...] (U) Summary. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega came to Pohnpei March 3 to lead the election observation mission during national and state elections. Congressman Faleomavaega remained on the island an additional six days and met with a number of national, state and traditional leaders. During one [...] | 2009-03-11 00:47:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL EAID FM |
09KOLONIA30 | BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICE OF SOLDIER DEMONSTRATES FSM AND [...] (U) On February 19, FSM citizen and Specialist (SPC) Cwislyn K. Walter, a 19 year old member of the Hawaii U.S. Army National Guard, died in a vehicle accident in Kuwait City, Kuwait. SPC Walter's parents reside in Hawaii, but they asked the U.S. Army Casualty Office in Honolulu to bring thei [...] | 2009-03-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA31 | COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS START IN THE FSM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID FM |
09KOLONIA34 | FSM REVISES METHOD TO SELECT JEMCO REPRESENTATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Although no official announcement has been made, Evelyn Adolph and Fabian Nimea are no longer the Micronesian representatives on the Joint Economic Management Committee (JECMO). All signs indicate that Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert and Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa [...] | 2009-03-17 03:28:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID FM |
09KOLONIA35 | POHNPEI STATE SEEKS TO OPEN TRADE OFFICE IN TAIWAN - CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY. People's Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Liu Fei recently complained to Amembassy officers that Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa planned to establish a Pohnpei trade office in Taiwan. Liu said China had raised strong objections and [...] | 2009-03-18 03:22:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW FM |
09KOLONIA38 | ELECTION DISPUTES IN CHUUK DELAY ANTICIPATED RUNOFF [...] (U) Summary: FSM national and Chuuk State elections took place on March 3, but state candidates still dispute the results. On March 26, the Chuuk State Supreme Court decided to hold a revote for voters in Honolulu on April 1 and hold the gubernatorial runoff election between the top two vote [...] | 2009-03-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM FM |
09KOLONIA39 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND [...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...] | 2009-03-30 04:36:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH |
09KOLONIA47 | RIFT OVER FSM SOCIAL SECURITY LAW HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI'S [...] President Mori's proposed amendments to the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) Social Security law ignited criticism from politicians and the public alike, particularly in Pohnpei State. The proposal gave more ammunition to those calling for secession ahead of Pohnpei's upcoming constituti [...] | 2009-04-09 08:11:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI FM |
09KOLONIA53 | FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-19 23:30:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID FM |
09KOLONIA65 | BIO OF ASTERIO TAKESY, NEW FSM SENIOR ADVISER FOR THE [...] (U) On April 17, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Office of Statistics, Budget & Economic Management, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management (SBOC) informed post that the FSM Government hired Asterio Takesy (Ah-STAIR-ee-o TAK-eh-see) to be its Senior Adviser during the F [...] | 2009-04-30 04:35:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA70 | FSM TREASURY DRAFTS UNIFORM REVENUE AUTHORITY LEGISLATION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Finance and Administration of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) continues to draft a Uniform Revenue Authority (URA) plan for eventual submission before the national congress. Tax Reform Project Manager Evelyn Adolph states that her Department designed [...] | 2009-05-04 06:06:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA73 | FSM COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE STARTS TO ROLL AND TO REQUIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 22:43:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV FM |
09KOLONIA74 | FORMER FSM AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Ambassador to the United States Jesse Marehalau was convicted of theft and over-obligation of government funds, charges arising from his long stint as the FSM Ambassador in Washington. The FSM Supreme Court sentenced Marehalau to 36 m [...] | 2009-05-09 03:48:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FM |
09KOLONIA84 | REACTION TO PRESIDENT MORI'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. In his second State of the Nation Address, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori identified many of the challenges that face his government. However, FSM national and state leaders criticized the President for not providing direction or guidance to resolve [...] | 2009-06-01 06:09:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID FM |
09KOLONIA91 | GOVERNOR EHSA'S PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI STATE'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 06:12:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID FM |
09KOLONIA99 | TRADITIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM LIMITS EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: From April to June American citizens in Pohnpei have reported multiple burglaries, assaults, and a murder. When asked about preventing such crimes, Pohnpei Police Chief Joe Roby comments that Pohnpei's traditional legal systems have limited his ability to enforce the law. Attor [...] | 2009-07-07 05:03:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV FM |
09KOROR11 | INAUGURATION OF PALAU'S EIGHTH CONSITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: On January 15 Palau's eighth constitutional government was inaugurated into office. The ceremonies began with the installation of the Senate and the House of Delegates followed by the swearing-in of President Johnson Toribiong and Vice President Kerai Mariur. The ceremonies took pla [...] | 2009-01-21 07:03:00 | Embassy Koror | UNCLASSIFIED | PS PGOV PREL |
09KOROR43 | PALAUAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON TORIBIONG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] On March 23, post received a letter from President Johnson Toribiong to Attorney General Eric Holder. In his letter President Toribiong requests the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation of the disappearance of a police weapon - a "mini M-14". The reque [...] | 2009-03-25 02:02:00 | Embassy Koror | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PGOV PREL PS |
09KUALALUMPUR1010 | MALAYSIA AND FORWARD THINKING ON THE "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: If approached as part of a joint, transparent outreach effort to Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries, the Government of Malaysia may modify its strong support for the UN "Defamation of Religions" resolution, or a new treaty along the same lines (ref A). In that [...] | 2009-12-22 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC |
09KUALALUMPUR1012 | PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA ON PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In mid-December, Malaysian and Thai contacts in Kuala Lumpur briefed Poloffs on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's visit to Thailand from December 7-9. All contacts emphasized that both Prime Ministers see the insurgency in Thailand's southern three provinces as an internal Thai problem t [...] | 2009-12-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH MY |
09KUALALUMPUR1013 | MALAYSIAN F-5 ENGINES CASE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PM PREL PGOV MARR MY |
09KUALALUMPUR1015 | MALASIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD FIRST FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The three main Malaysian opposition parties held their first official joint convention on December 19, agreeing to a core platform of unified party positions and setting their sights on taking over the government during the next general elections. The opposition coalition know [...] | 2009-12-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR1016 | MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 07:51:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PM PGOV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR102 | MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...] | 2009-02-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP |
09KUALALUMPUR1024 | BABY TRAFFICKERS CHARGED UNDER MALAYSIA'S ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Malaysian police have investigated what has been described as a "baby-factory" in Selangor. The police arrested 22 people in connection with this large-scale, family-run, baby-trafficking syndicate and rescued 10 young children. The syndicate allegedly paid for [...] | 2009-12-30 00:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY |
09KUALALUMPUR1025 | SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP TRAINING OF MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From December 8-16, a four-member United States Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (USDOJ-OPDAT) team, funded by the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),conducted two succ [...] | 2009-12-30 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY |
09KUALALUMPUR12 | GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...] | 2009-01-08 23:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN IS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR122 | MALAYSIA DPM NAJIB SEEKS STRONGER BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Najib reiterated Malaysia's desire to strengthen ties with the U.S. during a review of key issues in our bilateral relationship with the Ambassador on February 19. Najib extended an invitation for President Obama to visit Malaysia and encouraged other inc [...] | 2009-02-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR125 | MALAYSIA ON NPT ISSUES [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor met with Mr. Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division, on February 20 to discuss the current Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle. No Changes Foreseen, But A Co [...] | 2009-02-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA |
09KUALALUMPUR137 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL,S MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Trade and Industry Muhyiddin Yassin told Ambassadors Marciel and Keith February 23 that Malaysia "treasured its relationship with the U.S.", was ready to resume our bilateral FTA negotiations and hoped the Obama Administration would choose to continue the talks as wel [...] | 2009-02-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA |
09KUALALUMPUR147 | MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has taken the first steps to establish a maritime criminal investigation division (MCID) and has requested access to USG expertise as it does so. Embassy Kuala Lumpur and its Law Enforcement Working Group support a coordinated, i [...] | 2009-02-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY |
09KUALALUMPUR151 | MALAYSIA RELEASES MORE ALLEGED JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR159 | GOM AND CATHOLIC CHURCH STILL AT ODDS OVER "ALLAH" [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government's attempted ban on the Catholic Church's use of the word "Allah" continues to generate politically-charged controversy with the courts yet to resolve the matter. Just prior to a February 27 court hearing, the Home Ministry issued an order allowing the Catholic C [...] | 2009-03-04 10:56:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KIRF KISL MY |
09KUALALUMPUR160 | NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL [...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...] | 2009-03-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR187 | HINDRAF LEADERS REMAIN UNDER ISA DETENTION [...] (SBU) Malaysian courts denied a series of appeals by the five leaders of the government-banned Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since December 2007. Some reports, still unconfirmed, allege that Uthayakumar is at risk of losing a foo [...] | 2009-03-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR193 | MALAYSIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIRACY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Malaysia has officially invited United States participation in a May 18-19 "International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea" hosted by the Foreign Ministry. The conference aims to share experiences in the Straits of Malacca and Southeast Asia in support of th [...] | 2009-03-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHSA MARR EWWT MY |
09KUALALUMPUR194 | ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...] | 2009-03-16 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR195 | MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...] | 2009-03-16 23:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR199 | GOM PROSECUTES VETERAN OPPOSITION LEADER AND OTHER [...] (SBU) A Sessions Court judge charged Karpal Singh, a veteran opposition leader in Parliament, with sedition on March 17 for comments he made critical of the Sultan of Perak's decision to support the ruling National Front coalition (BN) during its takeover of the Perak State Government last mo [...] | 2009-03-18 09:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PINS KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR203 | PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...] | 2009-03-19 10:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR229 | NAJIB CLOSING MALAYSIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE? [...] (C) Malaysia's Home Ministry on March 23 banned two opposition party newspapers for a period of three months, a decision that came one day before the general assembly and elections for the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. The GOM suspended the newspapers for violating [...] | 2009-03-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR230 | MALAYSIA'S WOMEN'S MINISTRY PROVIDES TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General (DG) Noorul Ainur from the Women's Ministry briefed the Embassy on March 20 about recent Ministry efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The DG described progress in working with local NGOs and initiating a nascent TIP awareness program, and also prov [...] | 2009-03-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP MY |
09KUALALUMPUR231 | RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS [...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...] | 2009-03-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR245 | MALAYSIAN POLICE INVESTIGATES BURMESE REFUGEE TIP [...] (U) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan announced a joint investigation by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and Malaysia's Immigration Department into allegations that Immigration officials are involved in the trafficking of Burmese refugees along the Malaysia-Thai border. The April 1 [...] | 2009-04-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PINR PINS PHUM KTIP BM BX ID MY |
09KUALALUMPUR253 | NAJIB RAZAK SWORN IN AS MALAYSIA'S SIXTH PM [...] (U) Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on April 3, the week after he took over leadership of the ruling party from outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. During his short first address, Najib focused on unifying themes of reaching out to all Malaysians and moving the country fo [...] | 2009-04-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR258 | MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...] | 2009-04-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY |
09KUALALUMPUR259 | BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB [...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...] | 2009-04-08 10:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR265 | TWO POLICEMEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALTANTUYA MURDER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A Malaysian judge on April 9 found two police officers guilty in the politically-charged murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, a case that saw the acquittal of a former close political advisor to newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak. The poli [...] | 2009-04-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR MY |
09KUALALUMPUR266 | NAJIB UNVEILS CABINET, PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Razak publicly announced his cabinet on April 9, placing his loyalists in key positions and giving the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party control of 15 out of 24 ministries. Najib appointed Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister, reflecting h [...] | 2009-04-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR268 | NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK [...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...] | 2009-04-10 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ECON MY |
09KUALALUMPUR29 | MALAYSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGED IN UPR PROCESS [...] (SBU) Malaysia's civil society and leading NGOs are proactively engaged in the Universal Periodic review (UPR) process, though with limited interaction with the Malaysian government. The Coalition of Malaysia NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO),an umbrella organization of over 35 NGOs, coordi [...] | 2009-01-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC MY |
09KUALALUMPUR323 | PROMINENT BLOGGER FLEES SEDITION TRIAL [...] (C) Prominent blogger and government critic Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was jailed for two months in 2008 under the Internal Security Act (ISA),failed to appear for his sedition trail on April 23, and the court subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest. A member of his defense team informe [...] | 2009-04-30 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS KDEM UK MY |
09KUALALUMPUR337 | ARRESTS PRECEDE MAY 7 PERAK ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysian police arrested four opposition figures May 5-6, including two senior political party leaders, releasing two later on May 6. Two of the arrests are tied to potential protest actions surrounding the controversial May 7 state assembly meeting in Perak, which [...] | 2009-05-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR342 | PANDEMONIUM IN PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Following a riotous state assembly session in the Perak state capital of Ipoh on May 7, which featured police physically removing the speaker from the Peoples Alliance (PR) coalition, the ruling National Front (BN) coalition of Prime Minister Najib Razak succeeded in electing a new assembl [...] | 2009-05-07 11:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR352 | REMAINING HINDRAF LEADERS AMONG 13 RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Government announced on May 8 the decision to release 13 detainees held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA),including the remaining three leaders of the Hindu Action Front (HINDRAF) held since December 2007 and ten persons detained as suspected members or [...] | 2009-05-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PTER KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR361 | SCENESETTER FOR FM ANIFAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Foreign Minister Anifah Aman's visit to Washington May 14 to meet with Secretary Clinton is a clear signal of the priority new Prime Minister Najib places on improving U.S.-Malaysia ties. Najib is a more pragmatic and action-oriented leader, and more inclined to move Malaysia away from M [...] | 2009-05-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR365 | URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR378 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTER WANTS TO EXPAND U.S.-MALAYSIA [...] (S) Newly appointed Defense Minister Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi emphasized Malaysia's desire to strengthen our bilateral military relationship during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call. The Ambassador congratulated Zahid on Malaysia's anti-piracy efforts, while the Minister highlighted the [...] | 2009-05-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR380 | MALAYSIA: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary and comment: Central Bank Deputy Governor Ooi Sang Kuang reports that Malaysia is seeing signs of a U-shaped recovery with positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. Ooi credits GOM monetary and fiscal policy (Ref A) as well as financial sector liberalizations (Ref B) for the [...] | 2009-05-18 00:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV MY EINV |
09KUALALUMPUR392 | NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. - MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (S) We have come a long way in the first months of the new Administration's relationship with Malaysia. Secretary Clinton's congratulatory call to Foreign Minister Anifah and her early meeting with him in Washington as well as Prime Minister Najib's well publicized receipt of a letter of con [...] | 2009-05-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR4 | UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION A LITMUS TEST [...] (SBU) In a local political contest that will be closely watched in the capital, the Malaysian constituency of Kuala Terengganu will hold a by-election on January 17 to determine the successor for the late Member of Parliament (MP) Razali Ismail. The ruling United Malays National Organization [...] | 2009-01-06 05:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR404 | MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...] | 2009-05-26 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY |
09KUALALUMPUR413 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MALAYIAN DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador highlighted the need for stronger IPR enforcement during his call on Malaysia,s newly appointed Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Minister Ismail told the Ambassador that strengthening IPR protection was high on his priority li [...] | 2009-05-28 06:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR414 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERENGGANU AND KELANTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled from May 18-21 to the northeastern Malaysian states of Terengganu and Kelantan, the poorest and most religiously conservative states in peninsular Malaysia. The Ambassador raised border security and human trafficking issues with senior state government officials an [...] | 2009-05-28 07:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KISL KDEM MY |
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