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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07KATHMANDU702	SPEAKER CONCEDES KEY ELECTION LAWS, MINORITY [...] (C) Interim Parliament Speaker Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador April 4 that the Parliament needed to pass two more electoral laws before the June 20 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections: the CA Court bill, which would create a special court to hear electoral disputes, and the CA Member E [...]	2007-04-05 07:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP

07KATHMANDU719	AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE [...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...]	2007-04-06 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP
07KATHMANDU720	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION [...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]	2007-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU728	SECOND PHASE OF MAOIST COMBATANT REGISTRATION [...] (C) A Nepali journalist told the Ambassador April 5 that, on a recent tour of one of the Maoist cantonments, he had observed military training of new People's Liberation Army (PLA) recruits. He claimed that many of the PLA's most skilled combatants remained outside the UN-monitored camps; mos [...]	2007-04-09 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU732	THE KING AND THE MAOISTS: FROM FOE TO FRIEND TO FOE [...] (SBU) An article by a former senior Maoist turned dissident that appeared in mid-January 2007 in one of Nepal's leading newsweeklies casts light on the somewhat bewildering turns that have characterized the relationship between King Gyanendra and Maoist chief Prachanda. Maoist dissident Rabin [...]	2007-04-09 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR IN NP
07KATHMANDU738	NEPAL: HEART DOCTOR EXAMINES MAOIST CHIEF [...] (C) Dr. Bharat Rawat, a prominent cardiologist who works at Norvic Escorts International Hospital in Kathmandu, told the Ambassador recently that he had received a request that he could not refuse from the Maoists not long ago. According to Dr. Rawat, a group of Maoists had shown up at his off [...]	2007-04-10 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR AMED NP
07KATHMANDU739	AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]	2007-04-10 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU740	FORMER PM TO INDIA TO ASCERTAIN FATE OF MONARCHY [...] (C) On April 9, Royal confidant Prabhakar SJB Rana told the Ambassador that Former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa would travel to New Delhi soon to confer with top Indian political leaders about the fate of Nepal's monarchy and the country's uncertain future. Rana requested that the Ambas [...]	2007-04-10 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU741	NEPAL: DIFFICULT TO HOLD ELECTION ON TIME [...] (C) Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES Nepal, and Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),told the Ambassador April 6 that holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the proposed June 20 date would be difficult. Erben outlined the major technical [...]	2007-04-10 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU747	NEPAL: SENIOR MP CALLS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) Hirdayaram Thani, a Nepali Congress Member of the Interim Parliament and the former chairman of the State Affairs Committee, told Emboff recently that the Maoists had failed to abide by their peace commitments. Thani, whose committee has oversight over the police and the Election Commissi [...]	2007-04-11 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU748	NEPAL: NEPAL BAR ASSOCIATION WILL OBSERVE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On April 9, Bishwa Kanta Mainali, President of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA),told the Ambassador that the NBA planned to monitor the June 20 Constituent Assembly election. Mainali had recently been elected President of the NBA and planned to make the NBA an apolitical association. Th [...]	2007-04-11 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU751	TIBETAN REFUGEES: NANGPA-LA SURVIVOR TELLS HIS [...] (C) According to Lhopsang Penjore, a Tibetan refugee who was present at the time, recently provided more details regarding the September 2006 murder of a Tibetan nun by PRC border guards. Penjore told RefCoord on April 10 that the 76-person group was ten days from Lhasa when Chinese armed pol [...]	2007-04-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CH NP
07KATHMANDU753	UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]	2007-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU759	MFA COMMENTS ON IRAN'S STATUS AS SAARC OBSERVER [...] (C) On April 12, Arjun Bahadur Thapa, the Joint Secretary for the Foreign Ministry's South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, stated to Emboff that Iran had sent a note to the Prime Minister of India and the SAARC Secretary General expressing its interes [...]	2007-04-13 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SAARC IN IR NP
07KATHMANDU761	PRIME MINISTER SAYS ELECTION DELAY LIKELY, [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador April 13 that an election delay was likely. The Ambassador acknowledged that free and fair elections now would be difficult, noting that security in the country remained poor and marginalized ethnic groups continued to feel excluded from the poli [...]	2007-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MASS ETRD IN BT NP
07KATHMANDU762	ELECTION COMMISSION CALLS FOR ELECTION DELAY; [...] (C) IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Ambassador April 13 that Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel had given a letter to Prime Minister Koirala stating that a Constituent Assembly election could not be held by June 20. Pokhrel and his fellow commissioners were asking f [...]	2007-04-13 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU77	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST--WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that they trusted the police as a legitimate force to restore security and lamented the fact that the police were not allowed to do their jobs. There was, for the [...]	2007-01-12 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID NP
07KATHMANDU771	NEPAL ELECTION: TO BE OR NOT TO BE? [...] (C) On April 13, the Election Commission publicized a letter it had sent to the Interim Cabinet one day earlier stating that it could not hold a Constituent Assembly election by June 20, the date the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed upon when they formed the Interim Government o [...]	2007-04-16 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU774	NEPAL: NC-D PARTY CHIEF PLEASED THAT ELECTION [...] (C) President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba stated to the Ambassador April 16 that it was good that the Constituent Assembly election had been delayed from its planned June 20 date. The situation in the countryside was still bad, and a free and fair election would [...]	2007-04-17 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU78	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]	2007-01-12 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07KATHMANDU79	NEPAL: MAOISTS RELEASE LIST OF MEMBERS OF [...] (C) On January 11, the Maoists released a list of 73 individuals who will represent them in the interim parliament to be formed on January 15 (ref A). The list includes people from different castes and ethnic groups, women, the disabled, and dalits. Although the list is strikingly inclusive, [...]	2007-01-12 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU808	2006 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KWMN EFIN PGOV EAID NP
07KATHMANDU809	CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU82	NEPAL: STUDENT LEADERS TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE [...] (C) Student leaders from four districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25, 2006 that they were ready for change in Nepal's political system. Students lamented the fact that they had no option outside of the mainstream political parties for having their voice [...]	2007-01-12 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU824	MAOIST ABUSES/MADHESI UNREST CONTINUE IN [...] (C) Political party leaders, business community representatives, human rights monitors and minority rights activists in southeastern Nepal told the Ambassador during an April 17-19 visit that they were increasingly dissatisfied with the general lack of security. Threats, extortion and intimid [...]	2007-04-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF KDEM ECON NP
07KATHMANDU825	NEPAL: ELECTION PROCESS FLAWED, MAOISTS BENEFIT [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),and Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES, told the Ambassador that the election process thus far had been flawed -- to the Maoists' advantage. The new constituencies t [...]	2007-04-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU830	CENTER-LEFT LEADER SAYS MAOISTS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) MK Nepal, General Secretary of the center-left Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),told the Ambassador April 21 that he believed there was an internal struggle within the Maoist ranks that made it difficult to predict their next move. MK Nepal reiterated his frust [...]	2007-04-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU831	NEW CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) On April 19, the Ambassador met with recently appointed Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prithvi Gurung to reiterate his concern about the presence of Maoist porters at the cargo terminal at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. The Maoists were a designated terroris [...]	2007-04-24 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAIR ETRD NP
07KATHMANDU858	NEPAL: PM SAYS NOVEMBER ELECTION LIKELY; POLICE [...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the Ambassador April 27 that the eight parties would set a date for the Constituent Assembly election "very soon," likely for late November 2007 following Nepal's autumn holidays. The Ambassador stressed that an election date announcement was ke [...]	2007-04-27 13:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU859	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SAYS MAOISTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Katawal (COAS) told the Ambassador April 27 that the Maoists could not be trusted and stressed that the Nepal Army (NA) had to be kept intact. For law and order to be restored, a new Home Minister would have to be appointed. Katawal expressed his gratitude for [...]	2007-04-28 07:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU869	NEPAL: YCL CONTINUES TO INTIMIDATE IN RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Nepal Police and Nepal Army sources told Emboff during a trip with Defense Attaches from the U.S., Great Britain, China, Pakistan, and India on April 25 to Dolpa and Dang Districts in rural western Nepal that the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) continued to intimidate people [...]	2007-05-01 06:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU88	NEPAL: MAOISTS JOIN INTERIM PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Nepal's Parliament, which had been reinstated after the successful People's Movement of April 2006, promulgated the interim constitution and dissolved itself on January 15. Immediately upon dissolution, the Maoists joined a new, Interim Parliament. In a feel-good session welcoming the Mao [...]	2007-01-16 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU883	NEPAL: POLITICO PREDICTS BAD TIMES AHEAD [...] (C) Dr. Narayan Khadka, Central Committee Member of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D),told Emboff April 30 that Nepal was heading in a bad direction with the Maoists poised to take control. Prime Minister Koirala had been acting alone, and all the main parties in the coalition gove [...]	2007-05-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU884	MPRF EXPECTS TO DOMINATE THE VOTE IN THE TERAI [...] (C) Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Nepali lawyer and second-in-command of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),told Emboff May 1 that the MPRF had recently registered as a political party and had been gaining strength in the Terai (along Nepal's southern border with India),especially in the wes [...]	2007-05-03 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU895	NEPAL TAKES DELIVERY OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On April 26, the Government of Nepal (GON) took delivery of an estimated USD 35 million of military equipment, including excess defense articles (EDA) and 500 night vision goggles, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. The EDA consisted of non-lethal equipment, such as body arm [...]	2007-05-04 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS NP
07KATHMANDU896	UNHCR PREPARES TO RESETTLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) On May 3, UNHCR International Protection Division Deputy Director and Head of the Resettlement Service Vincent Cochetel and UNHCR's Country Representative Abraham Abraham informed Charge d'Affaires that the United States needed to clarify its preferred methodology to identify and process th [...]	2007-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU907	NEPAL: FORMER PM ENCOURAGES INDIANS TO SEND CLEAR [...] (C) On May 4, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa expressed concern to the Charge that the Maoists would increase their efforts to destabilize the country in the coming months. During recent consultatio [...]	2007-05-07 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU914	FAR-LEFT LEADER APPOINTED MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) On April 29, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala appointed People's Front Nepal (PFN) leader Giriraj Mani Pokharel as Minister for Health and Population. Although the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed that the far-left party would have two representatives in the Interim C [...]	2007-05-08 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EAID NP
07KATHMANDU915	MAOIST TAKES THE HELM AT MINISTRY OF WOMEN, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Prem Shukla (please protect),an Indian national and the Country Director of Plan Nepal, the new Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma, explained that he wanted to restructure the ministry to ensure that the maximum amount of be [...]	2007-05-08 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID KWMM KOCI CVIS NP
07KATHMANDU916	UNMIN: HURRY UP AND WAIT ON PHASE II OF ARMS [...] (C) UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Political Advisor John Norris told the Charge May 7 that UNMIN was in "hurry up and wait" mode regarding the start of Phase II of the arms management process. UNMIN Chief Ian Martin had declared publicly May 1 that UNMIN was ready to begin verification of Peo [...]	2007-05-09 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU919	SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]	2007-05-09 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU92	PM KOIRALA ASKS FOR U.S. ADVICE ON COMMUNISTS AND [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister GP Koirala told the Ambassador January 17 that he planned to tell Maoist Supremo Prachanda later the same day in plain terms that, with the Maoists in the interim parliament, the time had come for them to end their violence and extortion and dissolve their "people's gover [...]	2007-01-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU96	NEPAL: JAPANESE TO ASSESS AREAS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On January 17, Ambassador Moriarty met with Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka to discuss U.S. and Japanese assistance plans as a follow up to their December meeting (reftel). Now that the Security Council was close to a resolution on Nepal, Hiraoka reported, Japan's Director [...]	2007-01-18 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID JA NP
07KATHMANDU965	NEPAL: ROYAL CONFIDANT CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) On May 12, royal confidant Prabhakar Rana expressed optimism to the Ambassador that the Government of India might take a more positive role in Nepal's politics. According to Rana, who met with Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on May 11, Mukherjee planned to push Prime Minister Koir [...]	2007-05-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU973	PEACE MINISTER'S DIALOGUE WITH MADHESIS STALLED [...] (C) Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador May 15 that Madhesi insistence on the immediate formation of a high-level Commission of Inquiry into events in the Terai had delayed his scheduled dialogue with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF). However, P [...]	2007-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU974	NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula suggested to the Ambassador May 15 that the security situation had improved. Nepal Police had taken action against the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) in three districts, but police were ill-equipped to effectively implement law and order. The Amba [...]	2007-05-16 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU975	INDIAN AMBASSADOR AGREES ON NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador May 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee was hopeful that problems with the Madhesi rights groups would be resolved soon, but pessimistic about the law and order situation in Nepal generally. Mukherjee noted that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandr [...]	2007-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU988	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED [...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]	2007-05-17 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU989	AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST: U.S. [...] (SBU) Mr. Deputy Secretary, during our recent consultation in Washington, you requested that I send you my reflections on how the new foreign assistance reform process was working for Nepal. As we discussed, a historic window of opportunity has opened in Nepal to ensure its transition to a pea [...]	2007-05-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID UDEM NP
07KATHMANDU990	NEPAL: CARTER CENTER WORRIED ABOUT THE TERAI [...] (C) On May 7, Peter Burleigh, Carter Center consultant, described the situation in the Terai as one of fundamental insecurity. Burleigh told the Charge d'Affaires that the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to set a firm date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and expressed concern over [...]	2007-05-18 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KHARTOUM1	Sudan/Uganda/DRC: Special Envoy for LRA Issues Returning [...] (SBU) The UNSYG's special envoy for areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, is tentatively planning return to the region January 11-22 for extensive consultations. Government of Southern Sudan-brokered peace talks, now in recess, are expecte [...]	2007-01-03 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SU CG UG PREL
07KHARTOUM1005	REGIME HARDLINER TO CDA: THERE IS A GOLDEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 24 meeting with CDA Fernandez, regime hardliner Magzoub al Khalifa declared that a "golden opportunity" exists for progress on Darfur. Expressing his eagerness to work with the U.S., Khalifa stated that the next six months will be crucial for building a platform condu [...]	2007-06-24 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1006	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: UN/AU UPDATE ON THE EVE OF [...] (SBU) On the eve of the June 25 ministerial summit in Paris, United Nations and African Union representatives in Khartoum provided detailed updates on the Darfur political process. They said that the immediate focus should be on repairing the rift between the Darfur rebels' political and mili [...]	2007-06-25 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM1018	DARFUR - HUNGER SEASON BRINGS CHRONIC BUT STABLE NUTRITION [...] (U) Available indicators on malnutrition, including new admissions to feeding centers, food security levels, and sentinel site data, indicate a generally stable nutrition situation in Darfur as compared to the same time last year. Exceptions include areas in South Darfur currently receiving new [...]	2007-06-26 14:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1028	SUDAN - THE BLUES OF BLUE NILE STATE [...] (U) Blue Nile State, which lies in the fertile woodland savannah belt of eastern Sudan, has a strong potential for agricultural production. However, several challenges exist for this special administrative area as defined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. War destroyed most basic infrastr [...]	2007-06-28 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1036	DARFUR SAGE EXPOUNDS ON SOME UNCOMFORTABLE GROUND [...] (C) CDA caught up with Al-Fasher University Professor Abdulajabbar Abdullah Fadul, probably the single most knowledgeable Darfuri academic alive today, on June 28 right before his departure for London to participate in a panel on social science research methods on Darfur. ------------------- [...]	2007-06-29 10:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1037	IRC PRESIDENT SEES TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN GOS [...] (SBU) CDA met with International Rescue Committee President George Rupp and his visiting delegation (and IRC Country Representative Nicky Smith) to get a sense of their week-long stay in Sudan and interaction with the GOS. The delegation was generally quite pleased with their meetings with GO [...]	2007-07-01 09:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1040	PRESIDENT BASHIR ON HYBRID FORCE, CHAPTER SEVEN UN COMMAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 at a press forum conducted by the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA),President Al-Bashir was reported to have "renewed Sudan's rejection to international forces in Darfur," while at the same time stating that Sudan had accepted the hybrid force. Al-Bashir remained vagu [...]	2007-07-01 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1043	DARFUR: MAINTAINING FOCUS IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) A recent African Union-sponsored conference on the Abuja talks and the current Darfur peace process provided insights into the direction of the UN/AU strategy. In the lead up to a July meeting of special envoys in Tripoli, Libya, the U.S. can exert leverage with the UN, AU, and key govern [...]	2007-07-02 07:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER LY
07KHARTOUM1044	AFTER KHALIFA: WHO WILL BE THE GOS POINT MAN ON [...] (C) Summary: The death in a traffic accident of Presidential Advisor (and Darfur Peace Agreement negotiator) Dr. Magzoub al-Khalifa on June 27 has focused speculation that "the Darfur file" in the GOS is up for grabs. Confirmation of this came in the form of press reports in the local Arabic l [...]	2007-07-02 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1047	DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS: UN/AU PLANS STILL LACK [...] (C) In advance of the Darfur summit meeting scheduled for Tripoli July 15-16, the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) are assessing the viability of two parallel efforts to energize the Darfur political process: a conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories hosted by the [...]	2007-07-02 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM1049	OUT WITH THE DINAR, IN WITH THE POUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 30, the Central Bank of Sudan came one step closer to converting its currency, announcing that the dinar is now invalid in commercial transactions. Although the general public can still trade in dinars at banks until September 1 of this year, vendors are no longer oblig [...]	2007-07-03 09:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM105	KHARTOUM CDA PRESENTS CASE ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) On January 24 CDA Hume met Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail in the airport's VIP departure lounge to ask that President Bashir not submit his candidacy for AU Chairman. Hume explained that, with AU troops still in Darfur, a Bashir candidacy would present questions of a conflict of inte [...]	2007-01-24 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AU SU
07KHARTOUM1051	BETWEEN DEFIANCE AND COMPLIANCE - THE KHARTOUM [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with a wide range of local players and observers reveal a Sudanese regime that is aggressively honing its survival strategy in the wake of its apparently real but very reluctant acceptance of the UN/AU Hybrid Force. Seeking to navigate a "middle path" between outrig [...]	2007-07-03 11:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1053	SLA/M REP ALLEGES IMPENDING ATTACKS [...] (S) Mahboub Idris Abdulrasool, chairman for the North Darfur Security Arrangements Committee and a member of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi, informed S/CRS Poloff on June 24 that National Congress Party (NCP) functionary Ismail Abdalla Barghouth had convened a recent meeting at his [...]	2007-07-03 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1057	JEM REPOSITIONS ITS FORCES, BUT IS READY FOR PEACE [...] (SBU) According to African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and Sudanese Government sources, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces are moving southward from Um Kedada to reclaim land held by the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. Cease-fire Commission JEM representative General Mohamed [...]	2007-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM106	SAVING THE NORTH/SOUTH PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),the keystone of U.S. policy toward Sudan, is at risk. The death of John Garang, the south,s charismatic leader, and the marginalization of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, the co-architect of the peace agreement, have taken vision and energ [...]	2007-01-24 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1060	DARFUR: IMPROVING AMIS UNDER AGWAI [...] (SBU) With the arrival of the new AMIS force commander, the international community has the opportunity to strengthen the security provisions of the DPA to increase stability on the ground. U.S. leadership could lead to substantive improvements in the operation of the Cease-fire Commission an [...]	2007-07-05 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1063	SPLM, SLM TO COOPERATE ON LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DPA [...] (SBU) During a July 3 meeting in Khartoum, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development Michael Makuei Lueth and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) legal counsel Abdulaziz Sam discussed the importance of developing a plan to integrate the Darfur Peac [...]	2007-07-05 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1066	UN ENVOY ELIASSON BRIEFING ON AU/UN ROADMAP [...] (SBU) In a July 6 briefing for chiefs of mission in advance of the upcoming Tripoli meetings (July 15-16),UN Secretary -General Special Envoy for Darfur Mr. Jan Eliasson discussed recent efforts made in support of the three-phased AU/UN roadmap. He described the "convergence" phase of the road [...]	2007-07-08 11:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1080	DARFUR - NEW IDPS OVERWHELM AL SALAM CAMP [...] Begin summary: Since early May, an influx of newly displaced persons arriving in Al Salam camp near Nyala, South Darfur, has created a localized humanitarian emergency. New arrivals are often in poor health, and relief agencies are providing much-needed humanitarian aid. USAID field staff r [...]	2007-07-11 08:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1083	FACILITATING SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE: GAME PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Confusion over the UN/AU roadmap and SPLM initiative persists despite face-to-face meetings between SPLM and UN/AU officials. Both the UN/AU and the SPLM have not communicated their plans clearly enough to each other to eliminate misunderstandings. As a result, the SPLM plans t [...]	2007-07-11 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1085	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFURIANS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) During a July 9 visit to Nyala, Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, and US Embassy Charg Alberto Fernandez conducted a series of meetings with IDP camp representatives, the Magdoum of the Fur and civil society activists, as well as an impromptu meeting with the d [...]	2007-07-12 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1086	SUDAN - FLOOD RESPONSE IN NORTHERN SUDAN [...] Summary: In July, unseasonably heavy rains and subsequent flooding have affected more than 28,000 households in Khartoum, Northern Kordofan, White Nile, Kassala, and Blue Nile states in northern Sudan, according to Sudanese government officials and humanitarian organizations. Government agen [...]	2007-07-12 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1090	SUDAN OFFICIALS DIFFER ON DARFUR PKO, POLITICAL [...] (C) On July 12, Special Envoy Natsios met separately with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie, and Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs (and UN/AU hybrid negotiator) Mutriff Siddiq to discuss deployment of the hybrid peace-keeping force and bolster UN/AU efforts to ach [...]	2007-07-13 10:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM1092	DARFUR: SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met with UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and EU Envoy Torben Brylle in Khartoum on July 12 to discuss the Darfur political process. Eliasson planned to use the upcoming Tripoli summit to declare an end to the first, "convergence" phase of the UN/AU roadmap and to launch the seco [...]	2007-07-13 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM1094	S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR (CORRECTED COPY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]	2007-07-13 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU AU
07KHARTOUM1095	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH ACTING UNMIS HEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a July 13 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, CDA Fernandez and others, UNMIS Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Taye-Brooke Zerihoun stressed the need to focus on supporting the CPA, which was still vulnerable despite significant progress in some are [...]	2007-07-15 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM1097	MINAWI PROPOSES U.S.-NCP DIALOGUE, DISCUSSES [...] (S/NF) Reporting on recent conversations with two senior National Congress Party (NCP) figures, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has renewed a previous proposal to facilitate a regular dialogue between the CDA and the NCP on the Darfur c [...]	2007-07-15 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM1100	MINAWI TO S/E NATSIOS: IDP CAMPS POLITICIZED FROM [...] (C) During a meeting with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi, Special Envoy Natsios solicited insights on the UN/AU political process, rival SLM leader Abdulwahid al-Nur, and widespread reports of the resettlement of Chadian Arab groups in [...]	2007-07-15 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1102	DARFUR: S/E NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) In a July 13 meeting in Khartoum with ambassadors representing the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Special Envoy Natsios provided a concise analysis of the challenges facing the Darfur political process and exchanged views on the role of the African Union (AU),civil s [...]	2007-07-15 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU UK FR CH
07KHARTOUM1105	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS JULY 11 MEETING WITH SPLM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Envoy met with GOSS senior officials Luka Biong Deng, Paul Mayom, and Cirino Hiteng to discuss the status of CPA implementation, U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Abyei impasse, road development in the South, and the SPLM's efforts on Darfur. Despite the u [...]	2007-07-16 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM EPET EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1109	NCP OFFICIAL IMPLICATES U.S. IN ALLEGED COUP [...] (SBU) Influential regime hard-liner Nafie Ali Nafie has implicated the USG in a coup plot that the Sudanese Government claims to have disrupted on July 14. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the Presidential Assistant and former director of the security services accused the U.S. of supporting an attempt [...]	2007-07-16 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1112	Ceasefire Commission, July 4-11 [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General Rurangwa continued to chair the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) from July 4 to 11. Several meetings focused on concerns about appropriate representation on the CFC at both the headquarters and the military group site (MGS) level. The new force commander of the Afri [...]	2007-07-16 13:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM1116	MFA U/S, CDA DISCUSS NCP VISIT TO U.S., NAFIE [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq, CDA Fernandez said that the U.S. would welcome the visit of Sudanese officials to Washington in the near future to discuss a "range of issues." This question had been raised by the Government with S/E Natsios duri [...]	2007-07-18 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1119	SUDAN - S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH NGOS [...] Summary: On July 12, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Alberto Fernandez and others, met with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee in Khartoum to discuss issues facing the humanitarian community in Sudan. The NGOs noted that the Joint Communiq [...]	2007-07-18 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1124	SUDAN - DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN SUDAN [...] Summary: This cable declares a disaster due to flooding in Sudan and requests U.S. Government (USG) emergency assistance for those in need. Unseasonably heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding since late June have affected hundreds of thousands people in Khartoum, Northern Kordofan, White Nile [...]	2007-07-19 16:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1129	DARFUR: UN/AU PLANS FOR POLITICAL PROCESS SHOW [...] (C) A July 19 briefing by UN Envoy Jan Eliasson in Khartoum and subsequent conversations with two UN staffers shed light on the UN/AU's plans for the August 3-5 meeting in Arusha, the role of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),and internal deliberations on the format for negotiatio [...]	2007-07-20 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1130	SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE CONTINUES, DIALOGUE NEEDED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) intends to continue its regional consultations over the next few weeks with the Darfurians with the goal of still holding a conference in Southern Sudan in early August, as originally outlined by its Darfur Task Force (Task Force). [...]	2007-07-22 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1132	ARAB TRIBAL RESETTLEMENT IN DARFUR ISSUE MORE [...] (SBU) The much-anticipated report by the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) on the influx of Arabs from Chad into Darfur will determine their legal status rather than assess whether the Sudanese Government has launched a program to resettle Chadian Arabs in the region, according to UNHCR D [...]	2007-07-22 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM EAID SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1133	DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES SAUDI TRIP, PREVIEWS TRIP [...] (S) Buoyant after his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi described his visit to Jeddah--which had included a rare 40-minute private meeting with King Abdullah and promises of financial support for the SLM--as " [...]	2007-07-22 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR SU SA UN AU
07KHARTOUM1134	SLM TRIAL BEGINS FOR DEADLY MARCH CONFRONTATION IN [...] (C) The trial of five members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) involved in the Spring confrontation with Sudanese security services in Khartoum began July 2. SLM Legal Advisor Abdulaziz Sam told Poloff on July 19 that the five are accused of killing three policemen and wounding six afte [...]	2007-07-22 15:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1135	SPLM Diaspora Conference in Juba [...] Summary: Over 100 Sudanese Diaspora SPLM members participated in the First Sudan People's Liberation Movement Chapters' Conference. The purpose of the conference was to familiarize Sudanese Diaspora members with the reality in Southern Sudan, to mobilize resources and, if possible, to draw upon [...]	2007-07-23 05:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM1136	DELAYS RAISE CONCERNS AT AEC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 16 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) meeting at the National Assembly, the chairman, Mr. Tom Vraalsen, and international observers expressed their concerns and questions about delays in the formation of the Political Parties Commission and National Civil Service [...]	2007-07-23 08:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM1137	CENSUS DELAY LIKELY - POLITICS AND MONEY CAUSE [...] (C) Summary: The Census Technical Working Group is planning for the delay of the nation,s first nationwide census (and Comprehensive Peace Agreement milestone) by at least one month. The cause: continued delay in the release of long-promised funding by Khartoum to census programmers in both [...]	2007-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1138	OIL AND ABYEI - AEC PLENARY RAISES CONTENTIOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) plenary session, representatives from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) addressed several unresolved and contentious issues including: the relationship between the National [...]	2007-07-23 08:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM1141	SPLA DEPLOYS NEW TACTICS IN REDEPLOYMENT QUAGMIRE [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM and NCP are renegotiating a redeployment deadline of 9 November 2007 for southern-deployed Sudanese Armed Forces. In contrast, the SPLA has commenced redeployment of SPLA forces north of the 1956 line in advance of standing CPA deadlines, despite significant hardship, in [...]	2007-07-23 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS SU UN
07KHARTOUM1143	SUDAN DENOUNCES UNMIS SPOKESWOMAN [...] (SBU) Sudan denounced United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) spokeswoman Radhia Achouri for stating that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had not completed the withdrawal of its troops from Southern Sudan, in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In a July 21 statement, SAF spokes [...]	2007-07-23 12:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO KPAO MARR MOPS UN SU
07KHARTOUM1144	EGYPT VERIFIES COUP PLOT, "OBJECTS" TO UNSCR, [...] (C) Meeting with Poloff on July 22, Egyptian Deputy Chief of Mission Osama Shaltout (strictly protect) asserted that the alleged coup by Umma Reform and Renewal Party leader Mubarak Al Fadil and a group of retired military officers was a true attempt to destabilize the Sudanese Government (re [...]	2007-07-23 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPKO UN AU SU EG LY

07KHARTOUM1150	BASHIR IN DARFUR: UNITY, STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) President Bashir and members of the Sudanese cabinet made an unprecedented trip to Darfur July 21-23 in an attempt to portray the region as stable, emphasize the unity of the Sudanese people, underscore the need for development, and call for the return of the internally displaced to their [...]	2007-07-24 14:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1157	DENG ALOR: NCP-SPLM AT LOGGERHEADS ON ABYEI, SAF [...] (U) This cable has an action request (see para. 11). 2. (C) The SPLM and the NCP have reached an impasse on the status of Abyei and the redeployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces from Southern Sudan, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez. Following senior-level internal c [...]	2007-07-25 13:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM116	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONF INCHES FORWARD, THREAT [...] (C) The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur is inching forward. In a meeting on January 25 with S/CRS Poloff, North Darfur Wali Yousef Kibir said that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) general from Khartoum met with local military commanders and poli [...]	2007-01-26 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1165	BASHIR ADVISOR: SUDAN AT END OF TETHER WITH U.S. [...] (C) Meeting with CDA Fernandez on July 25, Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin mused about the deterioration of the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Recalling the last 18 years of National Congress Party (NCP) rule in Sudan, Salaheddin said that Khartoum was at "the end of its tether" in [...]	2007-07-25 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1167	DARFUR - USAID AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Current USAID emergency agriculture interventions in Darfur have successfully improved the livelihoods and food security of small farming and agro-pastoralist households in many rural areas. However, ongoing conflict and insecurity make sustained agriculture and livestock interventi [...]	2007-07-26 11:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1172	DARFUR - ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Between July 12 and 19, USAID staff met with key civil society representatives in South and West Darfur to follow up on issues raised during the U.S. Special Envoy's visit to Nyala, gauge the views of civil society representatives in El Geneina, and assess possible areas of USG [...]	2007-07-29 07:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1177	PRIVATE OIL FIELD SECURITY TIED TO NISS, SAYS AL-JAZ AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A July 28 Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) special session on the oil sector revealed new information on the sensitive subject of oil field security. The session featured a presentation by and dialogue with the Minister of Energy and Mining, Mr. Awad Al- [...]	2007-07-29 14:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV MARR MOPS SU
07KHARTOUM118	U.S./SUDANESE RELATIONS: IN A LONG WAR, NO QUICK [...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy toward Sudan confronts a fundamental contradiction: although legally Sudan is organized as a nation-state, in reality Khartoum is an Arab capital struggling to rule a vast African hinterland. Ethnic conflict, economic change, and the declining legitimacy of Khartoum' [...]	2007-01-26 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM SCUL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM119	CHINA IN SUDAN: RISING DRAGON OR PAPER TIGER? [...] (C) Summary: China has quickly become Sudan's most important market, absorbing nearly 70 percent of its total exports in 2004, and 96 percent of its oil exports in 2005. Chinese investment and immigration have risen sharply in the past five years, especially in Khartoum, creating a kind of Ch [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI SU CH
07KHARTOUM120	SUDAN'S PRESIDENT BASHIR WILL NOT CONTEND AU [...] (C) On January 27, Presidential Adviser Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Hume that President Bashir had decided not to contend the African Union (AU) chairmanship. Ismail said he would fly with Bashir later in the day to Addis Ababa for the AU summit. On behalf of President Bashir, he would enga [...]	2007-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM1210	SUDAN FLOODING UPDATE [...] Summary. The Government of National Unity (GNU),Government of South Sudan (GOSS),and humanitarian community continue to respond to flooding that has affected hundreds of thousands of people throughout Sudan in July. The GNU Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) estimates that flooding has dama [...]	2007-08-05 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1213	DARFUR - EL GENEINA'S NORTHERN CORRIDOR AT RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent USAID visit to El Geneina, West Darfur, U.N. staff alerted USAID to serious security problems and human rights abuses in the northern corridor of West Darfur. Arab nomadic groups and armed militia are terrorizing the residents of Abu Sorug, Sirba, Silea, and Bir [...]	2007-08-05 14:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1236	SUDAN - USAID AIRLIFTS PLASTIC SHEETING FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED [...] On August 8, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez and Undersecretary for the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Charles Manyang welcomed the arrival of a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) airlift carrying plastic sheeting for flood-af [...]	2007-08-09 06:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1261	EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 9-10 visit to the northern town of Shendi in River Nile State, and also birthplace of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, CDA Fernandez met with the newly-appointed commissioner, presented books to the vice chancellor of Shendi University, and toured area farms and te [...]	2007-08-13 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1271	SUDAN - USAID FLOOD AND RETURNEE ASSESSMENT IN UNITY STATE [...] Summary. From August 7 to 9, a USAID staff member traveled to Unity State to assess the flood emergency. Three counties in Unity State are seriously flooded, and between 6,000 and 13,000 families displaced statewide. Aid agencies and local officials are concerned because flooding began in J [...]	2007-08-14 12:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1288	EMBASSY RECEIVES 1ST FORMAL REQUEST TO LIFT COMPANY FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, Embassy Khartoum received its first formal request from a company asking to be removed from the specially designated nationals (SDN) sanctions list issued on May 29, 2007. Osman El-Hadi of the Shiekan Insurance and Reinsurance Company contends that although the compa [...]	2007-08-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1289	INAUSPICIOUS RESUMPTION OF AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION [...] (SBU) After a nearly three week hiatus of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings, proceedings in the First Chamber were dominated by continued SLA-Minawi protests regarding cuts in Monthly Subsistence Allowance (MSA). The rebel reps walked out of the CFC before its conclusion. There was no discu [...]	2007-08-17 10:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1296	SUDAN - USAID FLOOD ASSESSMENT IN KASSALA STATE [...] Summary. From August 6 to 9, USAID/SUDAN staff traveled to Kassala State to assess the effects of recent flooding, following unseasonably heavy rainfall in early July. Flooding has affected an estimated 40,000 people, destroyed more than 2,600 homes, and resulted in 10 deaths and extensive d [...]	2007-08-19 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1297	DARFUR - MALNUTITION UPDATE [...] Summary: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that recent Darfur nutrition survey results indicate the first significant increase in malnutrition in the region since 2004. According to USAID partner the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF),six localized nutrition [...]	2007-08-19 14:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1303	SLM AWAITS SAUDI RESPONSE TO AID REQUEST [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is awaiting a response from the Saudi Arabian government to his request for financial assistance to maintain the loyalty of his forces, integrate SLM fighters into the civilian population, and treat t [...]	2007-08-20 10:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID SU SA
07KHARTOUM1308	GITMO DETAINEE RELATIVES, ACTIVISTS PROTEST [...] (U) SUMMARY: About 25 demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum on August 19 to protest the continued detention of nine Sudanese citizens held in Guantanamo Bay. The demonstration included six relatives of the detainees who carried photographs of their family members. Appr [...]	2007-08-21 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPAO PINS PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1321	UPDATE ON DETENTION OF UMMA PARTY LEADER MUBARAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, PolOff met with family members of detained Umma Reform and Renewal Party leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi. According to the family, Al-Fadil remains in solitary confinement in Khartoum's Kobeir Prison. Al-Mahdi was arrested along with some 20 others on July 14 (see r [...]	2007-08-22 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1337	DARFUR: USG CAN SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESSFUL UN/AU [...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union have developed a timetable for the Darfur political process that culminates in negotiations between the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories and the Sudanese Government in early October. However, unrealistic expectations of the outcome of thes [...]	2007-08-23 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU LY ER CD CH
07KHARTOUM1338	RAISED VOICES AND HOSTILITY REVEALED AT AEC PLENARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 23rd session of the Assessment and Evaluation's (AEC) plenary session led to many tense moments on peripheral issues such as: the approval of prior minutes; the AEC chairman's independence; and the status of the working groups' reports on 'the implementation of [...]	2007-08-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM1342	CANADA, EU TAKE DIFFERENT TACKS ON EXPULSION ORDER [...] (SBU) Canada and the European Commission (EC) are taking two different tacks on Sudan's threatened expulsion of their chiefs of mission. Both delegations had sent identical letters to National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh in early August to request inf [...]	2007-08-27 10:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU EUN CA
07KHARTOUM1359	AU ENVOY: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, COMPENSATION [...] (C) At the tail-end of his recent visit to Sudan, AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told the international community in Khartoum that agreement on a cessation of hostilities and compensation between Sudan and Darfur's rebels were "doable" outcomes for the UN/AU-led negotiations scheduled to begin in [...]	2007-08-29 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1366	SUDAN - STATUS OF IDP RETURNS TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] Summary. In a recent meeting with USAID, the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reported that 1.24 million former internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to the Three Areas and Southern Sudan since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005. Based on IDP surv [...]	2007-08-30 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1368	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION STILL HAMPERED BY SLA/MM [...] (SBU) Although the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi representatives attended the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings at the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) headquarters in El Fasher, the majority of their representatives in the sectors stayed off the job, despite instructions to return [...]	2007-08-30 14:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1369	SLM/MINAWI COMMANDER VENTS ON AMIS AND DISCOUNTS [...] (SBU) S/CRS Field Officers met with Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Minawi General Commander Jumah Hagar and three of his staff to discuss security in areas of Darfur under his control, alleged SLA-Minawi involvement in carjackings, strained relations between the rebel group and AMIS, and prospect [...]	2007-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1372	CODEL JACKSON-LEE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28 courtesy call, Codel Jackson-Lee briefed Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on their visit to Darfur. The delegation also urged the expeditious implementation of UNSCR 1769, full implementation of the CPA, unfettered access for humanitarian NGOs, expedited [...]	2007-08-30 15:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1373	ON THE ROAD AHEAD, MINAWI SEES ALL DEAD ENDS [...] (S/NF) Characterizing the DPA as "dead, except to the U.S.," predicting that the UN/AU political process will fail, doubting that NCP policies toward Darfur can be changed through the 2009 elections and yet convinced that a return to war is useless, SLM leader Minni Minawi is seeking to chart a [...]	2007-08-31 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1384	ON EVE OF UNSYG VISIT, UN CHIEF DISCUSSES NCP, [...] (C) Noting that the relationship between Sudan and the UN had improved in the last year, the UN Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General told CDA Fernandez that UNSYG Ban Ki Moon's September 4-8 visit comes at an ideal time to sustain momentum on the Darfur peace process, pave th [...]	2007-09-04 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM1385	SUDAN - FLOOD RESPONSE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] Summary. Since June, flooding has affected more than 91,000 people in Lakes, Warrab, Unity, Upper Nile, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and Jonglei states in Southern Sudan, according to the U.N. It is unclear whether the floods are worse than in previous years; however, non-governmental organizati [...]	2007-09-04 08:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1386	MINAWI: "WE WILL NOT BE VICTIMIZED" [...] (U) See para. 10 for recommendation. 2. (S/NF) In a recent meeting with CDA Fernandez, SLM leader Minni Minawi lamented the loss of international support for the DPA and warned that "we will not be victimized." While supportive of enhancing the agreement in the context of upcoming negotiat [...]	2007-09-04 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER UN AU SU SA
07KHARTOUM1389	JEM/SLA-UNITY LAUNCH BRAZEN ATTACK AHEAD OF PEACE [...] (SBU) An estimated 250 rebel fighters allied with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity struck a police installation in North Kordofan on August 29, resulting in the death of nearly 50 policemen, according to a variety of credible Embassy sources. I [...]	2007-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1390	DARFUR - HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE [...] Summary: On September 1, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur met in Khartoum. In the capacity of donor observer, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, accompanied by a USAID represen [...]	2007-09-04 13:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1401	SUDAN MOVES CLOSER TO RELEASE OF SULEIMAN JAMOUS [...] (SBU) Both the Arabic and the English press on September 5 reported widely President Omar Al bahshir's remarks following his meeting with visiting UNSYG Ban Ki Moon on September 3, reiterating the Sudanese Government's intention to allow the release of former Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) hu [...]	2007-09-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM1402	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE BUSINESSMAN OSAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese entrepreneur Osama Daoud asserted to the Charge that U.S. economic sanctions are having an effect on Sudan,s economy, but contended that the burden is being borne by private sector and its employees, rather than by the regime. He contended that his sanctioned company [...]	2007-09-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1403	IMF RESREP BRIEFS SUDAN DONOR COMMUNITY ON CURRENT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep described 2006 as a &challenging8 year for Sudan, as the government, with only limited success, wrestled with a combination of growing expenditure commitments and disappointing revenues. As a whole the economy grew by a robust 12%. A one-time, 300% jump in inflati [...]	2007-09-05 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL IMF IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM1411	UN/AU, SPLM IRONICALLY OUT OF STEP ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UN/AU and the SPLM are proceeding along two parallel tracks in their political initiatives for Darfur. While the SPLM hopes to hold a meeting in Southern Sudan in the next two weeks to bring unity to the SLM and prepare the movement for negotiations, the UN/AU have positioned themselve [...]	2007-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1415	SAF/SPLA STAND-OFF COMES CLOSE TO EXPLODING [...] (C) Summary: The tank-supported SAF encirclement of an SPLA platoon in Muglad, Southern Kordofan, has reportedly been resolved. The Joint Defense Board convened an emergency session in Khartoum the morning of September 8, and the Ceasefire Political Commission met and ordered SPLA forces to im [...]	2007-09-09 10:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS EPET SU
07KHARTOUM1416	AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ADAMANT ON HAVING CFC US AND [...] (C) Several days before the visit of the UN Secretary General to Darfur, the GoS announced on short notice that it was sending out a delegation to discuss the Janjaweed/Armed Militia Disarmament Plan in El Fasher with AMIS. Force Commander GEN Agwai met with the Ceasefire Commission (CFC),in [...]	2007-09-09 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1417	NO CFC FORMAL MEETINGS, BUT FOUR STOLEN LABADO VEHICLES [...] (SBU) Formal CFC meetings were cancelled this week due to a meeting with a Sudanese Government delegation to discuss the Janjaweed Disarmament Plan (septel) and the visit of the UN Secretary General. However, some progress was made on a key CFC SIPDIS case when some of the vehicles stolen f [...]	2007-09-09 16:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1427	AU, UN, PARTNERS PLAN ACTION ON SECURITY [...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) called a long-awaited working group meeting in Khartoum on September 4 to invigorate discussion of the ailing security provisions of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). With the arrival of Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada and Force Comma [...]	2007-09-11 09:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM143	SO. SUDAN: UPDATE ON UNMIS PKO KILLING AND LRA [...] (C) Summary: A January 26 ambush of a UN peacekeeping convoy southeast of Juba left one Indian peacekeeper dead and one injured. The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is suspected of responsibility for the attack. The incident follows a breakdown in peace talks between the LRA [...]	2007-01-30 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM SU UG CG KE
07KHARTOUM1432	AL-SAMANI: SUDAN READY FOR THE HYBRID [...] (C) Summary: Reiterating Sudan's committment to the hybrid force in a September 11 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani said the ball was now squarely in the UN's court. Appealing to the perceived close relationship between the US and the south, al-Sa [...]	2007-09-11 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1436	TRACK TO LIBYA TALKS FRAUGHT WITH HURDLES [...] (S) While the announcement of UN/AU-brokered negotiations between Sudan and Darfur's rebels is a very positive step toward ending the conflict, five hurdles obstruct the track to talks in Libya at the end of October: disunity within the rebel factions; ongoing hostilities on the ground; the Fur [...]	2007-09-11 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US LY
07KHARTOUM1439	VIOLENCE IN HASKANITA LINKED TO ATTACK IN KORDOFAN [...] (C) A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attack near Haskanita, South Darfur on September 9, which had included aerial bombardment, was in direct response to the August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan led by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Unity (reftel). [...]	2007-09-12 09:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM144	AEC Plenary Minutes - Jan. 15, 2007 Meeting [...] Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 16th plenary session in Khartoum on January 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen sounded a pessimistic note regarding the slow pace of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),noting that implementation lagged far behind pr [...]	2007-01-31 04:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM1442	CDA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, DARFUR WITH KEY NCP [...] (SBU) In a meeting with National Congress Party (NCP) Chair for Mobilization Ibrahim Ghandour on September 12, CDA Fernandez underscored the importance of a transition to democracy in Sudan under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),including free and fair elections in 2009. Despite the d [...]	2007-09-12 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1446	SUDAN - USAID FLOOD ASSESSMENT RENK COUNTY, UPPER NILE [...] Summary. From August 28 to 30, USAID/OFDA staff visited Renk County in northern Upper Nile State, Southern Sudan, to assess the effects of recent flooding. Flooding caused severe damage to homes and livestock and affected an estimated 10,000 households, or approximately 50,000 people. Non-g [...]	2007-09-13 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1453	HAROUN SPEAKS OUT ON THE ICC AND DARFUR [...] (SBU) In a interview which appeared in the September 15 edition of independent Sudanese daily Al-Rai Al-Aam's special political supplement, war crimes suspect and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Ahmad Haroun lashed out at the International Criminal Court, calling his indictment a cynica [...]	2007-09-16 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREC KPKO AU PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM146	Sudan's New Currency [...] Summary: Commencing January 9, Sudan started phasing in its new national currency, the pound, as a major step in implementing the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and in promoting national unity. The par value is one pound per 100 dinars; the pound is subdivided into 100 piast [...]	2007-01-31 04:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV AFIN AMGT PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1461	UN/AU UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS IN LEAD-UP TO [...] (SBU) One week before the September 21 meeting on Darfur in New York, the UN/AU provided an update on the peace process for representatives in Khartoum. With the exception of a proposed meeting of Darfur rebel leaders in N'djamena from September 16-17, the UN/AU provided few details on its pl [...]	2007-09-17 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU CD LY SU
07KHARTOUM1462	MINISTER KOSTI: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS IMPROVING [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In a September 15 courtesy call with CDA Fernandez, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Kosti Manibe reported that humanitarian access inside Sudan was improving, and that no travel permits for NGO workers were required outside of Darfur. The case of the CARE country director was s [...]	2007-09-17 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM US SU
07KHARTOUM1464	KHARTOUM: EUSR BRYLLE DISCUSSES CPA, DARFUR [...] (SBU) In a September 17 meeting in Khartoum, EU Special Representative for Sudan Thorben Brylle and CDA Fernandez agreed that the Darfur crisis should not detract from international attention on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Brylle noted that his current trip to S [...]	2007-09-18 06:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN SU ER
07KHARTOUM1469	DEVELOPING PEACE DIVIDENDS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, the Darfur Donors Coordination Group convened for the first time in several months to discuss criteria for resuming the DJAM and possible activities taking place in Darfur outside the DJAM framework. In addition to core donor representatives, non-traditional dono [...]	2007-09-18 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREC PHUM EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1470	FORCE COMMANDER CHAIRS HIS FIRST CFC MEETINGS, MAKES [...] (SBU) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai took over Cease-fire Commission (CFC) meetings and is making positive changes (including some that we recommended). However, the inability to investigate the Haskanita violence highlights how weak the CFC will remain, despite internal reforms. [...]	2007-09-18 11:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1472	FM AKOL DISCUSSES UNGA, U.S.-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, CDA Fernandez previewed two critical issues that would be raised during Akol's visit to New York on September 21: Sudan's cooperation on facilitating the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the hold put on the r [...]	2007-09-18 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1473	SOUTHERN SUDAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE ON THE [...] (U) Summary: A letter from Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Mawien to Secretary Rice outlines objectives for the impending GoSS visit to Washington to explore ways to mitigate the impact of U.S. economic sanctions on Southern Sudan. End Summary. 2. (U) On the eve of [...]	2007-09-18 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1477	NEW--AND GROWING--CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT DARFUR [...] (SBU) Calls for an independent Darfur--infrequent in the past--have now taken a more prominent place in the region's political discourse. In a recent television interview, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim warned that the failure of negotiations with the Sudanese Gover [...]	2007-09-19 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU US SU
07KHARTOUM1480	TO GO OR NOT TO GO: DARFUR REBELS DEBATE LIBYA [...] (C) Many Darfur rebel groups are ambivalent about attending the UN/AU-sponsored negotiations scheduled to begin in Libya on October 27. This ambivalence is a consequence of three factors, which have influenced each of the rebel factions in different ways: 1) Disunity within the Sudan Liberati [...]	2007-09-20 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER LY
07KHARTOUM1482	CENTRAL BANK'S GOVERNOR GIVES OPTIMISTIC READOUT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a September 19 visit with EconOffs, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Dr. Sabir Hassan, presented an optimistic outlook of the Sudanese economy. Although Hassan named U.S. sanctions, economic diversification, and poverty reduction as challenges, he stated that the Su [...]	2007-09-20 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PINR IMF SU
07KHARTOUM1488	WHAT'S IN A NAME? FOR MINAWI, EVERYTHING [...] (C) While flexible on many elements of the DPA--including a willingness to renounce his position as Senior Assistant to the President--SLM leader Minni Minawi will reject a change in the agreement's name or any result from the UN/AU negotiations that ignores the "courage" his movement showed i [...]	2007-09-21 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1492	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT STEADY BUT BIGGER TESTS STILL TO COME [...] (SBU) While obstacles to the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) exist--primarily at the local level--deployment of the force has been steady, and there are no indications that Sudan is blocking UNAMID as a matter of official policy. However, as CDA Fernandez explaine [...]	2007-09-23 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1497	U/S SIDDIQ: TRIPOLI IS THE LAST CHANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and the Sudanese government's UNSCR 1769 implementation coordinator Dr. Mutrif Siddiq called Sudanese support for the resolution "unanimous." Any delays or question regarding UNAMID deployment were [...]	2007-09-24 08:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM15	GOS BOMBS VILLAGES AFTER AU OUTREACH TO REBEL [...] (C) Summary: As an outgrowth of the December 15 Cease Fire Commission and with the support of UNMIS, the AU Force Commander traveled to Um Rai in North Darfur to meet with non-signatory rebel commanders on December 28. He reportedly obtained an agreement by the rebels to join the second chamb [...]	2007-01-04 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1509	SPLM TO PROCEED WITH DARFUR INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Despite the failure of recent overtures to Darfur rebel leader Abdulwahid al Nur, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) intends to proceed with an initiative in the next 10 days to prepare Darfur's rebel groups for negotiations scheduled to begin in Libya at the end of October, a [...]	2007-09-26 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1510	CEASE-FIRE COMMISSION: FRUSTRATION WITH HASKANITA WHILE [...] (SBU) Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai chaired meetings of both chambers and pushed to reduce each chamber to one formal meeting per week. No report on the Kalma IDP incursion has yet been received from the sector, nor have any AMIS officials been able to investigate the Haskanita fighting. [...]	2007-09-26 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1523	DARFUR - HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE [...] Summary: On September 24, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur met in Khartoum. In the capacity of donor observer, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, accompanied by a USAID represen [...]	2007-09-30 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1526	AMIS CAMP IN HASKANITA ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On the evening of September 29 the AMIS Military Group Site (MGS) in Haskanita came under brazen attack by an unidentified force using small arms fire, machine gun fire, and rocket-propelled grenades, but the attack was repulsed. In the early hours of September 30, the MGS was attacked [...]	2007-09-30 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1532	HAC: MORE DEVELOPMENT, LESS FOOD AID [...] (SBU) Summary: In a lengthy September 26 meeting with CDA Fernandez, deputy head of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Hassabo Abdelrahman praised the U.S. role in humanitarian relief operations in Sudan, but maintained that the focus should shift to early recovery and development. There was [...]	2007-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PHUM AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1535	HASKANITA ATTACK PART OF INCREASED VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) One day after the September 29 attack on the its camp near Haskanita, South Darfur, AMIS evacuated 10 dead and 14 wounded peacekeepers with the help of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Reports abound on the number and identity of the assailants, ranging from two Darfur rebel factions to [...]	2007-10-01 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1539	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Meeting with S/E Natsios in Nyala on September 30, South Darfur Governor Ali Mahmoud explained that the current conflict had exacerbated tribal divisions. He criticized the peace process for re-inforcing these divisions and warned that if the parties to the conflict participated in nego [...]	2007-10-03 06:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1540	MEETING WITH S/E NATSIOS, FUR LEADERS ENDORSE [...] (SBU) From the Fur stronghold in West Darfur, influential Fur leaders told S/E Natsios that Abdulwahid Al Nur remains their sole legitimate representative and that six maximalist conditions affecting security, compensation, and land must be met before they can participate in peace negotiations [...]	2007-10-03 08:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1541	CFC WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24: NO MEETINGS BUT WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Neither the First nor Second Chamber of the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) met the week of September 24 because Force Commander Agwai had left for Nigeria and Deputy Force Commander Karake was traveling the area of operation. The working group, however, addressed the two general topics of i [...]	2007-10-03 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1548	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFUR'S WARRING ARAB [...] (SBU) In a visit to South Darfur, S/E Natsios met with representatives of two warring Arab tribes, the Turjum and the Rizeigat, to explore the antecedents to their internal-tribal conflict, discuss the prospects of reconciliation, and encourage a cessation of hostilities and support for the de [...]	2007-10-04 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM155	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONFERENCE IN FLUX [...] (C) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) again postponed the conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur to February 5 due to logistical problems in transporting the commanders to the event site, having already moved 24 commanders to North Darfur on [...]	2007-02-01 16:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1554	SPLM TELLS S/E NATSIOS NCP IMMUNE TO PRESSURE, IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-06 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1556	FUR SHURA COUNCIL TO S/E NATSIOS: WE NEED GUARANTEES BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, members of the Fur Shura Council in Khartoum claimed that Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid Nur would attend negotiations in Libya if he had 'guarantees' that Fur rights, such as compensation, security and return, would be satisfa [...]	2007-10-08 06:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM156	Pres. Advisor Claims U.S. Seeks to Undermine Sudan from [...] (U) The United States seeks to dismantle Sudan, said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, according to a January 31 account in the Sudan News Agency, a state-operated media outlet. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs also is quoted as stating that the U.S. strategy towards Sudan had s [...]	2007-02-02 13:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV US SU
07KHARTOUM1563	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH UN ENVOY ON EVE OF STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On the eve of a UN and AU retreat in Addis Ababa to strategize on the Darfur political process, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson told S/E Natsios that the first order of business for the Darfur peace negotiations will be achieving a cessation of hostilities. It is important to "stay the course" de [...]	2007-10-08 10:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1564	SLM SEEKS TO BE PART OF SOLUTION TO DARFUR, MINAWI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-08 10:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1565	DARFUR - BRAZEN CARJACKINGS BRING NGOS TO TIPPING POINT [...] (U) Recent attacks on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working throughout Darfur, including USAID partners CARE and World Vision, have impacted the delivery of humanitarian services. Brazen daytime carjackings in Nyala town, the capital of South Darfur, have prompted the UN to impose a 14 [...]	2007-10-08 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1567	RIZEIGAT: WE CAN EITHER BE WITH YOU...OR AGAINST YOU [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abd al-Raheem Hamdan Dagalo, a son of the notorious and influential Rizeigat umda Juma Dagalo, described the marginalization of the Arab tribes in Darfur as worse than that of those in IDP camps. The Arab tribes were an integral part of [...]	2007-10-08 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1569	S/E NATSIOS, MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) S/E Natsios and Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie agreed that they have low expectations for the initial Darfur peace talks in Tripoli, but hope that it may start a process that will eventually bear fruit. Nafie responded defensively to S/E Natsios, proposal for a package of confi [...]	2007-10-08 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM158	CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: UPDATE ON UN SUPPORT FOR AMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: 37 out of 105 military staff, 29 out of 33 civilian police, and four out of 48 civilian staff have deployed to El Fasher and Khartoum as part of the UN light assistance package to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). UN officers hope to have the entire contingent in place [...]	2007-02-05 03:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1581	UNMIS HEAD TO S/E NATSIOS: SPLM MUST EMPOWER ITSELF [...] (SBU) The SPLM must develop strategies that empower the party within the Government of National Unity over the next three years or risk irrelevance, UNMIS head Taye Brooke-Zerihoun told S/E Natsios. Support for the SPLM is "wide and deep" in Northern Sudan and the movement must "flex its musc [...]	2007-10-09 09:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM1585	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Note: This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. End note. The Arab League, the government of Sudan and other regional entities are planning an Arab donors conference on Darfur to be held October 30-31 in Khartoum. Foreign Minister Lam Akol and presidential advisor Mustafa [...]	2007-10-09 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1587	AS DARFUR VIOLENCE SPREADS, SLM THREATENS RETURN [...] (C) Violence in South Darfur--set off by an August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan--continues to escalate with the onset of an attack on Muhajeria that began October 8 (Ref. A). The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi, which controls Muhajeri [...]	2007-10-09 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS AU SU
07KHARTOUM1589	`S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with S/E Natsios, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail charged that a hostile United States has poisoned the atmosphere, and that the U.S. must prove itself a neutral partner before Sudan can accept its proposals to reduce tensions between North and South. S/ [...]	2007-10-09 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM159	Darfur: AMIS CivPol Killed in Feb. 1 Hijacking in Kutum [...] (U) On February 1, unidentified assailants shot and killed an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) civilian police (CivPol) officer during a hijacking of an AMIS vehicle in Kassab internally displaced persons camp in Kutum, North Darfur, on the morning of February 1. 2. (U) AMIS condemned [...]	2007-02-05 03:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PREF PHUM AU SU
07KHARTOUM1593	Turabi to S/E Natsios: NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT ON ROCKY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 6 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, Dr. Hassan al-Turabi of Sudan's Popular Congress Party talked about North/South relations and Darfur possible developments. End of summary. 2. (SBU) Al-Turabi claimed that people expected improvements in their lives after th [...]	2007-10-10 10:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1596	SUDAN, AU IMPLICATED IN SOUTH DARFUR ATTACK [...] (U) Please see para. 10 for an action request. 2. (C) A Sudanese Government representative, the UN, and the SLM have reported that AMIS requested SAF intervention in Muhajeria, South Darfur, precipitating an attack that has left at least 30 civilians dead and an equal number missing. SLM of [...]	2007-10-10 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM16	UNMIS POLICE AND MILITARY CONTINGENTS STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and CDA Hume met with UNMIS Darfur Military Staff Chief and UNMIS Civ/Pol Director on January 1 and 3 to gain a very early assessment of the UN-AU lash-up. The picture for Civ/Pol is encouraging, for the military far less so. Civ/Pol Director reported a smooth integration [...]	2007-01-04 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1600	SUDAN - DISASTER REDECLARATION [...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG humanitarian assistance in Sudan saves lives, mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelih [...]	2007-10-11 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1602	SUDAN - UNHCR FUNDING SITUATION AND PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] On October 2, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Deputy Representative for Sudan Craig Sanders briefed international donors, including USAID, on UNHCR's funding situation for the remainder of 2007. In addition, UNHCR discussed progress in expanding Darfur operations a [...]	2007-10-11 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1608	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1609	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1610	UN ENVOY, AU BRIEF ON DARFUR VIOLENCE, POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (U) Please see action request para. 13. 2. (SBU) Briefing the "Tripoli Format" on October 12, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU officials called for "maximum restraint" among the belligerents and international condemnation as violence escalates in Darfur in advance of peace talks, with one diplom [...]	2007-10-15 05:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN KPKO SU

07KHARTOUM1612	GOS MINISTERS URGE SPLM TO RETURN TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the MFA convoked the diplomatic community in Sudan to a briefing at the MFA focusing on the Government's reaction to the Communique issued on October 4 by the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB). The briefing was chaired by State Minister Ali Karti with the parti [...]	2007-10-15 05:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1620	SPLM RESOLUTIONS AND COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) This cable conveys the text of the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB) resolutions and communiqu from the IPB's October 4 to 11 Meeting. SPLM Interim Political Bureau Resolutions: ----------------------------------------- BEGIN TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS Â [...]	2007-10-16 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1639	AFTER CONVINCING CFC REPS, AGWAI PRESENTS MSA PLAN TO [...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai and Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada have requested donor assistance to pay CFC representatives four months of arrears of the monthly subsistence allowance (MSA) and then suspend the CFC. While the CFC representatives expressed no oppos [...]	2007-10-22 15:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1640	HUMANITARIAN AGENCY DRIVERS KILLED; AGENCIES WATCH FOR [...] In two separate incidents, three U.N. World Food Program (WFP) contracted drivers were killed in the past week. On October 16, media reported that two drivers were killed in South Darfur while on their way back to El Obeid after delivering their food supplies. On October 12, on the road betwe [...]	2007-10-22 15:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1646	SLM ADOPTS LEGALISTIC APPROACH TO LIBYA TALKS, [...] (SBU) Despite UN and African Union efforts to invite the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi to the upcoming Darfur peace negotiations in Libya as a member of the Government of National Unity (GNU),the SLM characterizes this formulation as "political suicide," three senior SLM leaders told [...]	2007-10-22 16:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1648	UN/AU CONFRONT CHALLENGES TO PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) The UN/AU are confronting myriad challenges in securing inclusive participation in the upcoming Darfur peace negotiations, the UN/AU told the Khartoum diplomatic corps on October 21. The majority of rebel factions have since announced that they will either abstain from the talks or atte [...]	2007-10-23 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1649	SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CONSTRUCT A [...] (SBU) Budgetary planning by the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) is hampered by excessive personnel costs and dependence on unreliable revenue sources. The GoSS is working to correct these deficiencies, but faces an uphill struggle given a lack of institutional capacity and likely resistance [...]	2007-10-23 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1652	SPLM MINISTERIAL SUSPENSION OF PARTICIPATION ESCALATES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 11 Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Ministerial level suspension of participation in the Government of National Unity (GoNU) continues, with each side resorting to a war of words, through press statements and in public fora. The SPLM remained firm in their r [...]	2007-10-24 04:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1653	SPLM TO DIPLOMATS: NCP MUST ACT ON OUR DEMANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM leaders, principally Deputy Chairman Malik Agar, told members of the diplomatic community that the SPLM believed that they had no choice but to suspend ministerial level participation in the GoNU in order to pressure the NCP to act on SPLM core issues. The SPLM blamed NCP [...]	2007-10-24 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1659	SUDAN - UN/DONOR PRINCIPALS MEETING RESUMES [...] On October 21, the UN reinstated the UN high-level donor coordination meeting in Khartoum. The UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in Sudan (D/SRSG) and the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) in Sudan, Ameerah Haq, chaired the meeting. At this f [...]	2007-10-25 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1663	BANK OF SOUTHERN SUDAN: LABORING TO BUILD A [...] (U) Summary: The Bank of Southern Sudan is struggling to establish the foundation for an independent financial system in the South in the face of physical difficulties and passive resistance from the authorities in the North. End summary. ---------------------------------- One Country, Tw [...]	2007-10-25 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1664	OIL COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS REBEL ATTACK [...] (SBU) On October 25, the Vice President of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC),Dr. Yousif Mohamed Ahmed, confirmed that a rebel force took two GNPOC contractors and two Sudanese drivers hostage on October 24. Ahmed was not able to confirm that the rebels were tied to the Jus [...]	2007-10-25 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1669	DARFUR - HAC PROPOSES TO DIVIDE IDP CAMPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 07:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1670	JEM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFRA ATTACK AND CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) On October 28, Abdulaziz Nur Ushar, who claimed to be the Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM,) told EconOff that his movement is responsible for the October 24 attack on the Defra oil facility where JEM fighters allegedly captured five hosta [...]	2007-10-29 10:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM168	AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REACHES OUT TO DPA NON-SIGNATORIES IN [...] (SBU) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Luke Aprezi, accompanied by United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Regional Head of Office, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) participants, S/CRS Poloffs, and other members of the international community, met February 4 in West Darfur with r [...]	2007-02-05 13:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1680	UNREST AND TURMOIL IN CAMPS CREATE SUSPICIONS OF GOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1684	AMIS INVESTIGATION REPORT ON HASKANITA ATTACK [...] (SBU) Summary: An informal Ceasefire Commission (CFC) report on the Haskanita attack blames SLA/Unity and JEM for the unprovoked assault. Rebel superior firepower and AMIS poor readiness and communications capability contributed to the worst battlefield loss since the deployment of AMIS. End s [...]	2007-10-31 07:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PMIL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1689	SUDAN - RIFT VALLEY FEVER [...] On October 28, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been confirmed in three states in northern Sudan. RVF is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also can infect humans. WHO reported that out of 70 known human cases 40 deaths had occu [...]	2007-10-31 09:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1692	AEC PLENARY MEETING - October 27, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen convened a special session of the AEC plenary on October 27 to discuss how the AEC can best move forward. The AEC Coordinators proposed this meeting to address the changed playing field after the SPLM suspended its participation in the Government in mid Oct [...]	2007-10-31 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1696	CPA Fiscal Oversight Chairman shows independence [...] Summary: As Coordinator of the Wealth Sharing Working Group, Embassy organized a special AEC plenary October 24 featuring Dr. Mohammed Osman Ibrahim, Chairman of the GOS's Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC). The presentation was organized to seek additional ins [...]	2007-11-01 05:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM17	UN LIGHT PACKAGE IN DARFUR NEEDS AN ENERGIZER [...] (C) Summary: A January 3 visit to El Fasher revealed numerous problems with the initial deployment of the UN light package. As reported septel, the small initial UN military contingent has yet to be integrated with the AMIS peace-keeping force. The UN police contingent is trying to define a [...]	2007-01-04 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM170	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE NON-SIGNATORIES [...] (C) Summary: The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders has again been delayed to allow time for more commanders to assemble in North Darfur. A variety of Embassy contacts report that efforts to unify the commanders, facilitate negotiation within the framework of [...]	2007-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1702	CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND ON INTENTIONS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Despite differences in ideologies and political platforms, leaders of Darfur groups are expressing a common level of suspicion about the Government of Sudan's (GOS) current actions with regard to Darfur. They believe the GOS is pursuing a strategy to further undermine the efficac [...]	2007-11-01 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1705	AEC CHAIR PESSIMISTIC FOLLOWING BASHIR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen provided a readout November 1 to AEC Coordinators on his October 31 meeting with GOS President Al-Bashir. Vraalsen said Bashir was positive about the importance of the AEC and of the two-year report. However, the embittered Vraalsen left convinced that th [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1706	NCP INSIDER TALKS ABOUT ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (C) Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 31 with National Congress Party (NCP) insider and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Sayed Al-Khateeb. Khateeb, who helped negotiate the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and is still heavily involved in representing the NCP in ongoing [...]	2007-11-03 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1708	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]	2007-11-04 11:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM171	CHINA: LITTLE REVEALED ON DARFUR DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) The February 2-3 visit to Khartoum of Chinese president Hu Jintao involved substantial pageantry, a variety of aid and trade agreements (septel),and a series of high-level meetings, but little new information on efforts to address a transition to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. The visit, the [...]	2007-02-05 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UN CH SU
07KHARTOUM1719	SUDAN: SEPARATE ABYEI'S OIL AND LAND NEGOTIATIONS AND PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan Anders Hannevik reported that he has urged Sudanese leaders to separate Abyei's oil and land negotiations. He also shared his calculations of northern and southern percentages of [...]	2007-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG SU
07KHARTOUM172	DARFUR: UNDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON NYALA ASSAULTS [...] (C) Summary: Reftels detail the January 19 incident wherein 20 UN, NGO, and African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) personnel were arrested following the violent breakup of a social event, which resulted in serious injuries to several of the humanitarian personnel. On January 30, UN Deputy Special R [...]	2007-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID PREF SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1720	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]	2007-11-05 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1721	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT ALI OSMAN [...] (C) Summary: S/E Andrew Natsios met November 3 with GOS Vice President Ali Osman Taha. Taha, the chief NCP negotiators of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),said that there is "no time to waste" on implementation of the CPA. He said all of the decisions taken the previous night by [...]	2007-11-05 07:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1723	S/E NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SPLA SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 1 meeting in Juba, the senior leadership of the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPLA),told U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios that the SPLA is showing restraint in the face of provocations by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) along the North-South border and avowed [...]	2007-11-05 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SU
07KHARTOUM1727	THREE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY SPLA/JIU SOLDIERS [...] According to several sources including UNMIS Police reports, a group of six Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) soldiers shot and killed three police officers in Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan. Initial reports indicate that three SSPS (Southern Sudan police) senior o [...]	2007-11-06 05:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1738	UNAMID PLANNING CHIEF PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OPERATION'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 introductory meeting with recently arrived Chief of the Planning Unit for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Muldo Urquhart, Urquhart saw a narrow and potentially diminishing window of opportunity to turn around the African Union Mission i [...]	2007-11-07 07:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1742	UNAMID: PERSONNEL WILL BE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting with FieldOff, a senior United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) officer corroborated assessments from other UNAMID officers (septel) that the main shortcoming threatening deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is not the Sudanese [...]	2007-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1744	SUDAN: NORTH-SOUTH TRANSPORT STOPPAGE REFLECTS [...] (U) The Governors of White Nile State (in Sudan's "North") and Upper Nile State (part of South Sudan)were to confer November 7 on reopening North-South river and road traffic along the Nile. National Congress Party (NCP) White Nile Governor Mohamed Nurallah had halted North-South transport o [...]	2007-11-08 05:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SU
07KHARTOUM1752	JEM CFC REP WARNS OF LOOMING CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a sobering November 6 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement representative to the Second Chamber of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) at AMIS Headquarters warned that the current widespread deployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) throughout the three Darf [...]	2007-11-08 15:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1761	NCP SEES SPLM AS INCREASINGLY HARDLINE [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials participating in negotiations with the SPLM on a way out of the current political crisis complained that the SPLM has reneged on past agreements during the negotiations, and that the SPLM has become more hardline in its tactics with each meeting. Based on Embassy me [...]	2007-11-12 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1764	ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet SIPDIS briefed Ambassadors in Khartoum on UNAMID deployment issues. While in Sudan, Mulet will seek Sudanese commitment on outstanding issues including approved compositio [...]	2007-11-13 05:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1765	FUR ELDER BRIEFS CDA AFTER MEETINGS WITH REBEL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Recently returned to Northern Sudan from visits to Paris, Juba, Kampala, and Nairobi to meet with Darfur rebel leaders, the legitimate Maqdoum (literally, "viceroy," one of the traditional Darfur tribal titles) of the Fur, Ahmed Abdelrahman Rijal, told CDA Fernandez on November 12 that he [...]	2007-11-13 08:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1767	VERDICT REACHED IN TRIAL OF MURDERED SUDANESE JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) On November 10 a Khartoum criminal court convicted ten individuals in the 2006 murder of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, including a U.S. Embassy local guard. While most press reports indicated that the convicted men were all from the troubled Darfur region, an E [...]	2007-11-13 12:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1770	ADADA CITES "PROGRESS" IN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Encouraged by his meeting with MFA State Minister Al Wasila earlier in the day, Joint Special Representative Adada told Western governments on November 13 that UNAMID deployment is "progressing" and that Sudan has re-affirmed its commitment to facilitate the force's deployment through th [...]	2007-11-14 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1771	DARFUR - USAID NUTRITION UPDATE [...] Recent nutrition surveys in pockets of Darfur reveal that the nutrition status of children under five has deteriorated since May 2007 to levels approaching those recorded in 2004 -- the beginning of the Darfur humanitarian response when the nutritional situation was at its worst. From Septemb [...]	2007-11-15 07:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1780	SPLM OUTLINES RISKY STRATEGY OF BRINKSMANSHIP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met November 15 with SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Amum said the SPLM could no longer afford to play the National Congress Party's (NCP) game, which is just to play for time in talks over implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in order to continue to [...]	2007-11-15 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1782	NOTHING NEW AT DEMONSTRATION IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) On November 14 El Fasher local broadcasting stations announced that there would be a November 15 student demonstration to condemn the attempt of the French organization Zoe's Ark to "abduct" Sudanese children from Chad. UN agencies operating in El Fasher announced through their daily rad [...]	2007-11-15 15:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1787	MINISTER AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID, BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani on November 15, CDA Fernandez strongly cautioned the minister that while his visit to Washington in September and Foreign Minister Lam Akol's UNGA visit later that month had produced some positive results, the bi [...]	2007-11-18 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1793	MEDIA BATTLE ESCALATES WHILE NCP-SPLM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The media battle between the NCP and the SPLM has intensified, with President Bashir mobilizing the Popular Defense Forces (septel) and rallying the "mujahadeen" at a mass rally south of Khartoum November 17, seemingly in response to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum's widely publ [...]	2007-11-18 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1795	DARFUR - THE HAC AND WALI DISCUSS KALMA ISSUES AND THE [...] (U) On November 10, the Charge d'Affaires Fernandez, the USAID Mission Director, and the USAID Darfur Team Leader met with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and the Governor (Wali) of South Darfur to discuss the current state of affairs with Kalma internally d [...]	2007-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1796	PRESIDENT BASHIR ESCALATES WAR OF WORDS WITH SPLM [...] (U) President Al Bashir delivered his most bellicose speech in recent memory yesterday, warning the South that the North is ready for war, and branding western countries as greedy tyrants. He insisted the north would not compromise over oil-rich Abyei. The President was speaking at an annual [...]	2007-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC UN SU
07KHARTOUM1798	AS SLM FRAYS, MINAWI STANDS BY POSITION ON UN/AU [...] (C) Despite NCP demands to the contrary, SLM leader Minni Minawi insists that his movement will only participate in the UN/AU-led Darfur peace process as a signatory to the DPA and not as a member of the Government delegation. Secretary General Mustafa Tirab defied the SLM's official position [...]	2007-11-19 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM18	DARFUR: DSRSG DEFENSIVE ON LIGHT PACKAGE, CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting between Charge d'Affairs Hume and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in SIPDIS Sudan Manuel Aranda d'Silva, the two discussed the CDA's recent visit to UN Light Package elements in El Fasher (ref [...]	2007-01-05 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN
07KHARTOUM1804	UNAMID PLANNERS RECOMMEND DELAYING DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate conversations with FieldOff on November 15 and November 18 in El Fasher, two UN senior military transition planners shared the joint recommendation they had made to UNAMID Force Commander GEN Agwai that deployment of UNAMID police elements be put on hold until the inf [...]	2007-11-19 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1807	GULF BETWEEN AFRICAN AND ARAB TRIBES IN DARFUR [...] (C) During his November 13-14 visit to El Fasher, Darfur, both African and Arab tribal representatives told CDA Fernandez that they have historical grievances that are not being addresses adequately by the UN/AU peace process. Both groups feel marginalized by the process and believe that neit [...]	2007-11-19 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM181	Darfur: Pres. Bashir Reiterates Rejection of UN [...] (U) During a February 5 address at the National Records Authority in Khartoum, President Bashir clearly reiterated Sudan's opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur, stating that the Sudanese were the children and grandchildren of those revolutionaries who killed Major General Charles [...]	2007-02-06 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO US SU
07KHARTOUM1810	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) The next critical milestone in the Darfur peace process is UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson's briefing for the UN Security Council scheduled for November 27. While admitting that the rebel factions were unprepared to engage in negotiations in Sirte in late October, the UN and AU have set a t [...]	2007-11-19 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1813	SHINING AN AMERICAN LIGHT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: With the ongoing political crisis between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in its second month, the conflict over the oil-rich Abyei region takes center stage once again as the key irreconcilable difference between the two parties, th [...]	2007-11-20 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1814	JSR CALLS MSA "BIGGEST THREAT TO UNAMID" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On his first official day in the new El Fasher Headquarters, Joint Special Representative (JSR) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Rodolphe Adada told Charge Fernandez in a November 14 meeting that the single biggest threat to UNAMID's success was the [...]	2007-11-20 10:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1816	FIRST MEETING OF THE CIVIC AND VOTER EDUCATION GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Election Donor Group (EDG) held the first meeting of its sub-group for civic and voter education on November 18, at the European Commission headquarters in Khartoum. The meeting was a brainstorming session to discuss the objectives and terms of reference (TOR) for the group, [...]	2007-11-20 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1817	SUDANESE CENSUS MAY BE DELAYED FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH [...] USAID and emboffs spoke November 19 with Herbert B. Kandeh, Chief Technical Advisor with the UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) office in Khartoum. Kandeh confirmed that the UNFPA, which is advising both the national government's and the GOSS's census bureaus on the upcomin [...]	2007-11-20 16:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1819	LAM AKOL CRITICIZES SPLM FOR NEGOTIATING IN BAD [...] (C) Summary: Erstwhile Minister of Foreign Affairs, potential Minister of Cabinet Affairs and SPLM renegade Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez November 13 that the SPLM is engaged in dangerous brinksmanship and is negotiating in bad faith with the NCP. He said that if the SPLM wants to make accusati [...]	2007-11-21 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1821	SOUTHERN SUDAN - LAINYA COUNTY UPDATE [...] From November 4 to 6, program officers from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Lainya County in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan, to review the status of the planned transition of USAID/OFDA-funded programs to the Government of Southern Sudan (GOS [...]	2007-11-21 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1822	CONCILIATORY AL-BASHIR ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT AT [...] (SBU) Less than five days after a warmongering speech to militia forces (reftel b),a more statesman-like President Al-Bashir called for peace, national unity and democracy in an address to party faithful at the National Congress Party (NCP) Annual General Assembly on November 21. A full house [...]	2007-11-21 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1828	AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1832	SOUTHERN SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR TRANSITION UPDATE [...] Over the past three fiscal years, USAID has been able to steadily and responsibly decrease its non-food humanitarian budget from USD 88.3 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to USD 69.5 million in FY 2006 and USD 61.9 million in FY 2007 in anticipation of the eventual transition from relief to dev [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1834	ELECTIONS TIMELINE URGENT; DONOR GROUP TO EXPRESS CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Elections donor group Ambassadors met November 22 in Khartoum to discuss strategies to keep the elections timetable outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on track. All agreed there is an increasingly narrow window and the NCP and SPLM must resolve their differences [...]	2007-11-25 05:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1838	IMF RESIDENT DISMISSES EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with PolChief and EconOff, the resident representative of the International Monetary Fund in Sudan, Wabel Abdallah labeled the Central Bank of Sudan's decision to convert its reserves to the euro as unrealistic, dismissed the effect of U.S. sanctions on [...]	2007-11-25 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM184	Darfur: Pres. Bashir Speaks to Trade Unionists under [...] During a February 6 address to the International Trade Union Conference at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, President Bashir rejected the entry of international troops into Sudan. The account, carried by government-aligned Sudan Vision daily, said Bashir asserted the Darfur problem could only be [...]	2007-02-07 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO ELAB SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1842	BASHIR DENIES SUDAN IS DELAYING UNAMID DEPLOYMENT; BLAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir denied that Sudan was delaying UNAMID troop deployment and blamed any delays on the UN. He stated that Nordic troops are not acceptable and questioned the necessity of deploying Thai and Nepalese troops. End summary. 2. (SBU) According to local media reports [...]	2007-11-25 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1844	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT ROUNDUP [...] Summary: The Jordanian Embassy in Khartoum reports that the GOS has not approved its offer of a Multi-Role Logistics Company, while the Chinese Embassy confirms the arrival of Chinese UN blue-helmeted peacekeepers. End Summary. TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES LAST TO KNOW -------------------- [...]	2007-11-26 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1845	TWO MAJOR DARFUR FACTIONS STEP TOWARD UNION WHILE [...] (SBU) JEM/Collective Leadership and SLA/Unity, two of the strongest rebel movements in Darfur, have taken steps toward a tentative alliance, and JEM/CL plans to conduct consultations with SLA/Unity leaders Abdullah Yehia, Suleiman Jamous, and Sharif Harir in Darfur over the next week to solidi [...]	2007-11-26 05:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1846	MINAWI PRESSES QATAR FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Please see action request para. 4. 2. (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi traveled to Doha November 21 to 25 as part of a broader effort to solicit political and financial support from Arab capitals for his beleaguered movement [...]	2007-11-26 05:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU QA
07KHARTOUM1847	NCP EAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH SPLM, OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: NCP negotiator Dirdeiry Mohammad Ahmed told polchief November 25 that the NCP is eager to resume discussions with the SPLM. He claimed SPLM sources told him that First Vice President Kiir would be open to an invitation to meet with President Bashir by the end of the week, when th [...]	2007-11-26 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1848	IN "HISTORIC SHIFT", SUDAN AGREES TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 08:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS SU
07KHARTOUM1853	DARFUR - ADMINISTRATOR FORE SITE VISIT TO EL FASHER [...] (U) On November 22, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the Mission Director for USAID/Sudan traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur, to re [...]	2007-11-27 06:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1854	UN UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL PROCESSES IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Briefing the donor community on November 25, UN DSRSG Ameera Haq introduced an agenda that included an update on the Darfur political process and humanitarian access situation, as well a preview of the launch of the UN's 2008 workplan (donors will be invited to a formal presentat [...]	2007-11-27 08:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1856	SUDAN - NGOS BRIEF AA/AFR ON CURRENT CHALLENGES [...] On November 21, representatives from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee and other USAID implementing partners briefed the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist on the current operating environment in Sudan. The NGOs reported that their [...]	2007-11-27 09:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1858	SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The American invitation to the National Congress Party (NCP) to participate in a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Ministerial on December 5 in Ethiopia with Secretary Rice and regional countries has caused SIPDIS consternation for NCP officials who are unsure exactly how to [...]	2007-11-27 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU IGAD SU
07KHARTOUM1859	SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES AMONG SLA AND JANJAWEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some rebel and political leaders on the ground in Darfur are signaling a shift in the current political climate where by some support for Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction leader Abdelwahid al-Nur is shifting to Ahmed Abdelshafie and whereby some Arab militias (encouraged by t [...]	2007-11-27 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1861	AEC PLENARY: VRAALSEN URGES PARTIES TOWARD GREATER CPA [...] Summary: At the November 27 monthly plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),departing Chairman Tom Vraalsen used his farewell statement to warn of the dangers of the current stalemate on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He urged the AEC's [...]	2007-11-27 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1862	ADDRESSING ABYEI [...] (SBU) The complex issue of Abyei has haunted implementation of the CPA since the beginning. It is the only part of the agreement that seen zero progress towards implementation since the signing of the peace accord in 2005. A warning should be sounded to any in the international community who se [...]	2007-11-28 07:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1866	CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS [...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]	2007-11-28 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1871	FEAR OF LOSS OF INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY MAY KEEP JEM ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 27 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) representative in El Fasher admitted that despite the movement's unhappiness with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),JEM would not carry out the threats its leadership has [...]	2007-11-29 09:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1873	BASHIR MEETS WITH UMMA PARTY CHIEF SADIQ AL-MAHDI [...] (SBU) President Bashir met with opposition Umma party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on November 27 to discuss "national reconciliation," according to the media. Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) Vice President Nafie Ali Nafie in press statements characterized the meeting as fruitfu [...]	2007-11-29 12:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1874	ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT REFUGEES IN [...] (U) In a meeting with EconOff November 29, the chairman of the Eritrean Nahda Party, Noor M. Idris, claimed that hundreds of Eritrean refugees arrive in Sudan every day from Eritrea and Ethiopia, and estimated that there are over 200,000 Eritreans living in Sudan. Idris expressed concern for [...]	2007-11-29 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PREF SU
07KHARTOUM1881	AEC COORDINATORS REVISE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Khartoum November 29, AEC Working Group coordinators (UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy Ambassador plus US CDA) decided to delay presentation of their proposal on strengthening the role of the AEC chair till after presenting and gaining confirmation of the proposed UK cand [...]	2007-11-30 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1883	ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY SEEKS RECONSIDERATION AS [...] (SBU) Representatives from the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) called on embassy November 27 to discuss their organization's designation as a sponsor of terrorism. The delegation consisted of Dr. El Jizouli Dafaal, former Prime Sudanese Minister (in the early 1980s) and Chairman of the IA [...]	2007-11-30 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1884	USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO SOUTHERN SUDAN: LUNCH [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM Crisis Committee members told Administrator Fore that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is providing an opportunity to advance democracy and development throughout Sudan. They identified the "three areas," independent media, and rural development as priorities. Deput [...]	2007-11-30 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1886	NYALA MAQDUM DENIES JANJAWEED TURNCOAT TREND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 29 meeting with FieldOff, the Maqdum (traditional viceroy of the Fur) of Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, denied reports that members of the janjaweed in Darfur were deserting their traditional benefactor, the Government of Sudan (GoS),in favor of rebel movements, as reported [...]	2007-11-30 11:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1888	OCHA: NO EASY SOLUTION TO COMPLEX KALMA CAMP ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: OCHA field officers see no real solution to the massive problems confronting the very large Darfur IDP camp of Kalma, a particular target of Sudanese Government ire. They recommend engagement with the GOS on the issue while cautioning that the Khartoum regime will certainly manipu [...]	2007-11-30 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1889	JEM/CL CLAIMS ZAGHAWA UNIFYING, WARNS UN/AU LOSING [...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on November 29, cadres of the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) were optimistic that it will finalize its consolidation with the other major Zaghawa military elements in Darfur after upcoming field consultations and will be ready to resume ne [...]	2007-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1890	NCP BLAMES SPLM FOR LATE CENSUS AND DEFENDS BELLICOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with poloffs November 27, Center for Strategic Studies Director Sayed Al-Khatib predicted that the GOS would attend the Addis talks (he was later contradicted by the MFA, though it's not out of the question that the NCP will send someone). Khatib said Abyei should not s [...]	2007-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1891	AEC TWO-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT UPBEAT ON ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen presented the AEC's two-year progress report to Sudanese President Al-Bashir on November 3. There has not been any public reaction by the Government as yet, no doubt because the report notes the major areas of deficiency in implementation, chief among t [...]	2007-12-02 05:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1892	DARFUR: TENSION, MISTRUST CONTINUE TO AFFLICT AMIS-SLM [...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Agwai's proposal to restructure payment of the MSA and the rebel movements' representation in the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) has set off a wave of mutual recriminations between AMIS and the SLM. The incident is just the latest in an unfortunate history of tension an [...]	2007-12-02 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1893	ALEX DE WAAL ON SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan expert Alex de Waal told poloff on November 28 his thoughts on the current situation in Sudan. De Waal cautioned that the international community should not expect an immediate success with the UNAMID deployment, and that the situation in Darfur has turned from genocide int [...]	2007-12-02 07:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1894	NCP AND SPLM READY TO RESUME TALKS BUT DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir and First Vice President Kiir will meet again December 3 to try to clear the way for the NCP and SPLM to resume negotiations to end their political stalemate, representatives of both parties confirmed. The SPLM is still holding out for a negotiating agenda that i [...]	2007-12-02 10:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1903	USG HOLMES: GOVERNMENT WILL EXTEND HUMANITARIAN MORATORIUM [...] (SBU) On November 29, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes briefed the donor community on his conversations with Sudanese government officials and previewed his upcoming trip to Darfur. He thanked the international community for its support, saying that the UN's h [...]	2007-12-03 10:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN PHUM KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1904	MINAWI PUSHES FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION, SUSPICIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Sole signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Mini Minawi told CDA Fernandez he plans to work through regional partners and the international community to pressure the Government to implement the agreement. Despite sitting in a regal office on the grounds of the Presidential [...]	2007-12-03 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1907	FUR LEADERS EVASIVE ABOUT JANJAWEED TIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nyala Fur leaders were tight-lipped in a December 2 meeting with FieldOff about rumors of a growing alliance between the Fur and some janjaweed formerly loyal to the Government of Sudan (GoS). They spoke instead about growing insecurity throughout Darfur as a result of heighten [...]	2007-12-04 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
07KHARTOUM1908	BEJA CONGRESS: WE NEED INVESTMENT IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory call with CDA on December 3, Beja Congress president and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amna Dirar stressed the need for investment in the eastern states of Kassala, Gedarif and Red Sea to promote development in the impoverished region ("Now, it's just us and the sun [...]	2007-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1911	ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER, OPPOSITION LEADER RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) After more than four months in Khartoum's Khober Prison, accused of plotting a coup against the government but never formally charged, Umma Party Reform and Renewal leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi has been released. On December 2, family members told poloff that his release seemed immine [...]	2007-12-04 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU

07KHARTOUM1913	SOUTHERN SUDANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS CDA WITH [...] A multi-party parliamentary delegation from the Southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly called on CDA Fernandez December 3 as part of their visit to Khartoum. The Delegation is in town appealing to GNU officials for an end to the current SPLM-NCP stalemate over implementation of the CPA wi [...]	2007-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1914	SOUTHERN SUDANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS CDA WITH [...] A multi-party parliamentary delegation from the Southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly called on CDA Fernandez December 3 as part of their visit to Khartoum. The Delegation is in town appealing to GNU officials for an end to the current SPLM-NCP stalemate over implementation of the CPA wi [...]	2007-12-04 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1916	DEPUTY SRSG ON PROSPECTS FOR CPA [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Deputy SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun December 2 to discuss the prospects for CPA implementation. A shrewd observer of Sudan and the region for many years, Zerihoun is not overly concerned by the current crisis and believes war is unlikely. The parties are comf [...]	2007-12-04 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1917	CDA MEETS WITH FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER FADLALLA BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Defense Minister and Umma party adherent Fadlalla Burma Nasir told CDA Fernandez on December 4 that the NCP-Umma party dialogue initiated on November 27 might be beneficial to both sides "if the dialogue is genuine." He said the NCP recognized that Sudan's international r [...]	2007-12-04 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1918	FREE FROM KHALIL IBRAHIM, JEM/CL OPTIMISTIC ON PACT WITH [...] (SBU) Characterizing Khalil Ibrahim as a "dictator" unable and unwilling to lead his movement to productive peace negotiations, the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) claims that its strength increases daily as Ibrahim's supporters realize his course is a dead-end. Si [...]	2007-12-05 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1919	JUBA/DARFUR: CONVERGANCE CONTINUES, NOW WITH THE JANJAWEED [...] (SBU) SPLM Darfur Taskforce Member (DTF) Edward Lino informed ConGen PolOff that Musa Hilal will be arriving in Juba on December 5. Expected to spend at least two days in the South's capital, the Janjaweed leader will be meeting with a cross-section of newly-consolidated Darfur rebel movemen [...]	2007-12-05 07:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1924	"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]	2007-12-05 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1925	MEDIA REACTION: NCP REFUSAL TO ATTEND ADDIS MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum daily newspapers reported December 5 the refusal of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to accept the Secretary's invitation to meet in Addis Ababa, adding that the NCP "does not object" to the American effort. All reports noted that the SPLM had accepted the U.S [...]	2007-12-05 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1926	KOSTI'S NEW IDLE PORT INDICATIVE OF CPA DELAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 visit to the city of Kosti, the "the river gateway to the south," emboffs visited the city's new port that remains unutilized due to Sudanese bureaucratic in-fighting. Motivated by the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Sudan Sea Ports Corporation (SP [...]	2007-12-05 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1927	SOUTHERN SUDAN - ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S SITE VISIT TO JUBA [...] On November 23, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the USAID/Sudan Mission Director traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to review progre [...]	2007-12-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1928	SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF OYAI DENG ON MILITARY STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA Chief of Staff Lt. General Oyai Deng Ajak told CDA that he was pessimistic about any great progress in deploying SAF-SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),and downplayed the significance of remaining southern troops on the border areas such as Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He [...]	2007-12-06 06:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM1929	AEC CHAIRMAN VRAALSEN ARGUES FOR MORE INDEPENDENCE AT FINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen, wrapping up a contentious two year stint in Khartoum, held a final press conference December 3. He used his statement to warn of the dangers of the current NCP-SPLM stalemate and to argue for a more pro-active AEC led by a chairman with increased indepe [...]	2007-12-06 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1930	VP TAHA: AMERICA CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: VP Ali Osman Taha sees steady progress on the CPA, even on Abyei, entering a decisive phase next week. The Sudanese Government remains deeply suspicious of American intentions and believes that its "improved behavior" in recent months has not been appreciated by the United States [...]	2007-12-06 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1933	UNMIS SAYS GUEHENNO "NOT LYING" IN NOV 27 BRIEFING TO UNSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 5 meeting with FieldOff, Head of Office in El Fasher for the United Nation Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) asserted that Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno "was not lying" in his November 27 briefing to the UN Secur [...]	2007-12-06 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1934	WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]	2007-12-06 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1935	GEN AGWAI UPDATES ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 5 meeting with PolOff and FieldOff, AMIS Force Commander GEN Agwai described himself as the target of Government of Sudan (GoS) displeasure for his current stance on the Ceasefire Commission and articulated his plans to seek a sit-down with the GoS in the near futu [...]	2007-12-06 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1936	SWEDISH SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ON SUPPORTING CPA [...] (SBU) Summary: Michael Fruhling, Swedish Ambassador and Special Envoy for Sudan, called on CDA Fernandez December 6 to discuss issues relating to Southern Sudan. He said his Government is looking for ways to be more active, "as a smaller country," on helping to advance the CPA process. He pr [...]	2007-12-07 09:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1937	DARFUR TASK FORCE MEMBER ON JUBA TALKS AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6, SPLM Darfur Task Force member Edward Lino asserted that the National Congress Party (NCP) is alarmed by the success of the Juba Darfur initiative and is seeking to thwart its success. He said that the Darfur rebel groups have continued to talk in Juba and make p [...]	2007-12-07 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1938	SPLM AND NCP SPIN PEACE TALKS PROGRESS, MANUEVER [...] (C) Summary: If all outstanding CPA issues including Abyei are not resolved by January 9, the SPLM may rejoin the Government of National Unity, but will not partner with the NCP in the 2009 elections, according to SPLM Deputy SG for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman. Meanwhile NCP sources ind [...]	2007-12-07 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1939	SLA/UNITY: CHALLENGING KHARTOUM REQUIRES BOTH [...] (SBU) The lesson of the DPA is that the Sudanese Government will only compromise when challenged by a movement with both political and military strength, and SLA/Unity is the only group among Darfur's numerous rebel factions that combines these two elements, SLA/Unity operatives told Poloff in [...]	2007-12-07 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL US AU SU
07KHARTOUM1940	PREVIEW OF UNAMID'S 2008-2009 BUDGET FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN HQ's budget team presented its initial framework for UNAMID's 2008-2009 budget to JSR Adada December 5. This strategic document lays out goals and outputs for achieving UNAMID's mandate but does not yet include funding requirements. Although a first step in the budget process, [...]	2007-12-07 12:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1943	UNAMID CISS: DEPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES REMAIN DESPITE SLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) addressed the Government of Sudan's December 5 rebuttal of charges leveled against it by UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno on November 27 of imposing obsta [...]	2007-12-09 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1950	RIZEIGAT LEADER: PLANNING FOR A BAGGARA ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) On December 6 CDA met with Waleed Madibbo, head of a local governance NGO and nephew of Rizeigat Nazir Said Madibbo. Speaking of his uncle, who has struggled to keep his tribe relatively neutral and above the fray encapsulating Darfur, Madibbo said that he was "honest, influential, but wi [...]	2007-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1955	U.S. SANCTIONS HURT SUDAN'S ECONOMY SAY CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007 in a conference entitled "Sudan in a Global Economy," almost all speakers stated that U.S. sanctions have hurt the Sudanese economy. Presenters claimed that U.S. sanctions have resulted in a shortage of medical supplies, prevented the economy from fully libe [...]	2007-12-11 07:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1956	AMIS TAKES STOCK [...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a combined review session, awards ceremony, and tribute to fallen AMIS soldiers on December 9. Speakers included Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team (DPAIT) Head Sam Ibok, Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada, and AMIS Military [...]	2007-12-11 08:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1957	MSA ISSUE MOVES TO RESOLUTION BUT PROBLEMS LINGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Payment of overdue Mission Subsistence Allowance (MSA) to CFC party representatives began in El Fasher December 6 and continues this week. Donors appear willing to cover the entire US$4.6 million MSA estimated cost under certain conditions. Although the MSA arrears issue may be [...]	2007-12-11 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1961	EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 3 site visit to Kenana Sugar Corporation, the managing director of one of the world's largest integrated sugar farms told emboffs that U.S. sanctions have affected his business, forced it to use inferior non-U.S. products, and hurt the overall efficiency of his com [...]	2007-12-11 09:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1964	JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]	2007-12-11 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1965	SLA/UNITY STRIVES FOR "GRAND ALLIANCE" [...] (SBU) SLA/Unity is striving to form a "grand alliance" with Khalil Ibrahim and Abdulwahid al Nur through mobilization of Fur and Zaghawa IDPs, according to several of its representatives in North Darfur. Frustrated with the inertia of the UN/AU-led political process and doubtful that the NCP w [...]	2007-12-11 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1968	JANJAWID WARLORD: WE WANT AMERICA AS OUR PATRON [...] Summary: Alleged Janjawid turncoat Juma Dagalo claims that his well-armed movement is sincerely opposed to Khartoum, despite sketchy evidence to the contrary, and has forged new ties with mostly African Darfur rebel groups. He seeks American moral and political support for a confrontation with [...]	2007-12-12 09:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1970	AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE" [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1979	REAL PROGRESS SEEN BUT SUDAN PREPARES ADADA FOR PROTRACTED [...] (SBU) During a December 11 meeting with Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada, mid-ranking Sudanese officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense agreed to negotiate the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)'s Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) based on the UN/AU dr [...]	2007-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1986	AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 11 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires and USAID Mission Director, Nyala AMIS Deputy Sector Commander and Deputy Chief Police Supervisor called the disarmament of Kalma IDP camp the "greatest challenge" facing the Mission. The Deputy Sector Commander mentioned the p [...]	2007-12-13 05:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1987	DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME CDA IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 05:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1988	DARFUR - WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE UPDATE [...] From November 11 to 24, a water, sanitation, and hygiene specialist from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations for future interventions. The USAI [...]	2007-12-13 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1989	MILITANT DARFUR IDP LEADERS: NO CHINESE, ARABS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Kalma IDP camp disavow having any weapons while at the same time admitting that they successfully drove out thousands of fellow IDPs in an October uprising. The Kalma sheikhs claimed AMIS was a failure and UNAMID would also fail if it consisted only of African, Arab an [...]	2007-12-13 06:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1994	CORRECTED COPY - DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires (CDA) and USAID Mission Director, South Darfur Deputy Wali (Governor) Farah and South Darfur Police Commander Mohamed encouraged the CDA and Mission Director to see the "reality" in South Darfur as the first step in solving Darf [...]	2007-12-13 09:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1995	CHIEF MEDIATOR RIEK MACHAR ON LORD'S RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley met briefly with GOSS Vice President and Chief Mediator Riek Machar before the opening of a Human Rights Day ceremony at the Juba National stadium on December 10. Machar opened the meeting by stating that [...]	2007-12-13 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1996	DENG ALOR ON THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley met with future GNU Foreign Affairs Minister Deng Alor to update him on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),recent developments in Garamba Park, and to ask for his assistance in ending the 21-year w [...]	2007-12-13 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2001	South Sudan: Finance Minister Delivers a Sober 2008 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Finance Minister Mawein delivered a sober assessment of the governance challenges facing South Sudan on December 10, when delivering the draft 2008 budget to the Legislative Assembly (SSLA). Mawein identified a bloated workforce, almost total dependence on oil revenues, an [...]	2007-12-14 07:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM2003	SAF AND SPLA FORCE REDEPLOYMENT FACES TOUGH DEADLINES, [...] (SBU) Media reported on December 12 that Joint Defense Board (JDB) spokesman Lt. General Abdalrahman Mohammed Zain said that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) forces will begin redeployment consistent with the 1/1/56 border the weekend of December 14. [...]	2007-12-14 07:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2004	LOOKING TOWARD U.S. TRIP, MINAWI OUTLINES SLM'S [...] (S/NF) The SLM has two priorities, according to chairman Minni Minawi: 1) Supporting its fighters in Darfur to maintain their loyalty and 2) Stabilizing the political party. Minawi hopes to focus on addressing the grievances of the SLM's military wing during a trip to Washington and return to [...]	2007-12-14 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SU LY
07KHARTOUM2005	NORTHERN SUDAN - USAID-FUNDED NATIONAL NGO CPA ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) The recall of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials from the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the political crisis that followed has derailed implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and CPA-related activities throughout Sudan. Since mid-October, hara [...]	2007-12-14 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2006	SPLM THINKING ON OIL AND SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) During the course of their meetings in Juba December 9 to discuss the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),future GNU Foreign Minister and SPLM member Deng Alor spoke with Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley about SPLM oil interests after 2011 and the effect of sanctions on Su [...]	2007-12-16 04:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2007	TURABI DECRIES LACK OF REAL POLITICAL FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese government is afraid of political freedom and the opposition parties don't know what political freedom means, Hassan al Turabi told CDA Fernandez during a meeting December 12. The former leader of the National Islamic Front, former Justice Minister, and current lea [...]	2007-12-16 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2008	FUR MAQDUM REASSURES ABOUT UNAMID AND HINTS AT TRIBAL [...] (SBU) In a December 12 meeting, the Maqdum (traditional "viceroy") of the Fur in Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, discussed with FieldOff the latest sentiment among the South Darfur Fur community with regard to deployment of the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Maqdum inquired about the Decem [...]	2007-12-16 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM2009	AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, KALMA CAMP [...] (SBU) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila told CDA Fernandez December 12 that Sudan has resolved all issues related to UNAMID deployment and will prepare a letter this week regarding troop contributions. Al-Samani said Sudan would like to see the Egyptian and Ethiopian troop [...]	2007-12-16 07:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM201	FPOTUS CARTER PROVIDES READOUT ON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Former President Jimmy Carter provided a read-out to Charge Hume following his February 10 meeting with President Bashir. Regarding the North-South situation, Carter reported that Bashir was in favor of further involvement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD),perhaps [...]	2007-02-11 16:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM2010	GHAZI SULEIMAN: US SUDAN POLICY "SATISFIES MORAL [...] (C) Summary: Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) National Assembly leader and human rights advocate Ghazi Suleiman sees the SPLM as almost certainly running with and not against the National Congress Party in 2009 elections, criticized US Sudan policy as "too clumsy," described power in [...]	2007-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM2011	SUDANESE ELECTIONS FACE A TIGHT TIMEINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiation on the national election law is ongoing in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). It is unlikely that the draft law will be agreed upon and ratified this month, pushing passage of the law until at least April 2008 when the next parliamentary session be [...]	2007-12-16 09:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2013	MINAWI: SLM CRIPPLED BY INTRIGUE AS NCP ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Para 7 contains an action item recommending demarching the UAE government on the appropriate channel for UAE assistance to Darfur. 2. (C) The Sudan Liberation Movement's (SLM) political paralysis has grown worse in recent days as Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie is using SLM Secreta [...]	2007-12-16 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM2016	NCP STOOGE BONA MALWAL: SPLM IS UNDERMINING THE CASE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Southern turncoat and longtime supporter of an independent southern state, GNU Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) member Bona Malwal organized a rally of the Southern Sudan Democratic Forum to criticize the recent actions of the SPLM. He alleged SPLM financia [...]	2007-12-16 15:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2017	NORTH DARFUR INSECURITY ON THE RISE [...] (QBU) The week of December 10 saw a sharp rise in carjackings, banditry and insecurity in North Darfur, culminating on December 14 with a violent car-jacking attack on the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS),whose El Fasher Force Headquarters are located in close proximity to USG residen [...]	2007-12-17 06:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2019	WISE WORDS FROM FREED OPPOSITION LEADER MUBARAK [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez on December 17, Umma Renewal and Reform leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi urged the US to encourage widening the CPA to include parties other than the NCP and SPLM. Al-Fadil described President Bashir as essentially a 'fall guy' for the [...]	2007-12-17 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM202	UPDATE ON AL-WATAN THREAT [...] (C) On February 7, an article in a local newspaper in Khartoum reported that a group of masked men visited Al-Watan, an independent Arabic daily newspaper, claiming that they were responsible for sending terrorist threats to both the UN and the U.S. diplomatic mission in Khartoum. One of the [...]	2007-02-11 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2020	AEC COORDINATORS TO PUSH UK CANDIDATE WITH WARY SPLM [...] (SBU) Summary: UK and Norwegian Ambassadors briefed other Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) coordinators December 16 on their presentation of the UK candidate for the now vacant AEC chairmanship. While the NCP has been non-committal, SPLM representatives have expressed concerns about [...]	2007-12-17 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2026	PAGAN AMUM: ABYEI IN EXCHANGE FOR NCP/SPLM UNITY [...] (C) Summary: The NCP has made a strategic decision to meet all SPLM demands and ultimately will have to accept the ABC report on Abyei if it wants a partnership with the SPLM in the 2009 election, according to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Although SPLM Ministers will rejoin the Governmen [...]	2007-12-18 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2027	BLASPHEMY AT THE KHARTOUM INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR [...] (SBU) In a twist on the recent "teddy bear scandal" that saw a British schoolteacher sentenced to prison, pardoned by the President and ultimately expelled from Sudan, two Egyptian booksellers were convicted of insulting Islam by distributing a book allegedly critical of the prophet Mohammad's [...]	2007-12-18 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU EG
07KHARTOUM2028	CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DARFUR'S "GREATEST WARLORD" [...] (SBU) The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UN DSS) told FieldOff in late November that the threat it feared most in Darfur comes from a Mahariya Arab called Mohamed Hamdan, aka "Hamety." He is at the helm of a Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory group which includes disaffect [...]	2007-12-18 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM2029	AS STALEMATE CONTINUES ON DPA, MINAWI ASKS FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with senior representatives of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie underscored that any previous timetable for implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) agreed between the SLM and late-Presidential Advisor Maghzoub al Kha [...]	2007-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SU SA LY
07KHARTOUM203	DARFUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT SECURITY TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese government has scaled back the execution of sustained military operations in Darfur since the beginning of Ramadan in the fall of 2006. From Ramadan to present, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears focused on troop rotation, garrison activities, and logistical st [...]	2007-02-11 16:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM2030	KHARTOUM CENTRAL BANK GRANTS THE SOUTH AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) On December 15 the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) Board of Directors approved the "Central Bank of Sudan Policies for the Year 2008." Inter alia, the "2008 Policies" document grants the Bank of Southern Sudan (BoSS) the authority needed to promulgate long-delayed independent financial regul [...]	2007-12-21 11:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM2031	MORE TO COME WITH JEM-GOS IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 20 conversation with FieldOff, a commander of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in El Fasher assessed that Government of Sudan (GoS) frustration with JEM for a December 16 attack on a GoS convoy in West Darfur was to blame for the GoS' continued detention of a [...]	2007-12-21 12:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM2038	MFA CLAIMS IT HAS "NEGATIVE REPORTS" ABOUT DYNCORPS [...] On December 23, the MFA delivered a Note Verbal to CDA Powers in response to the Embassy's dipnotes 750 and 803 concerning delays currently faced by DnyCorps International in obtaining visas and travel permits to enable it to fulfill its maintenance and support roles for AMIS operations. CDA [...]	2007-12-23 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2041	SRSG PLEDGES TO PUSH SUDANESE TOWARD ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 23 December 2007, members of the Electoral Donor Group (EDG) met with UN SRSG Ashraf Qazi to share concerns regarding Sudan's preparation for the 2009 elections. The EDG is worried that because the GNU has not passed the electoral law nor established a National Electoral Comm [...]	2007-12-26 07:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2044	JEM THREATENS TO SHOOT DOWN GOS PLANES IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) On December 24 a Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representative in El Fasher told fieldoff that JEM would shoot down any aircraft flying into its West Darfur territory - specifically El Geneina, Kulbus, Tine, and Saraf Omra - as a way of pre-empting aerial attacks by the Government of [...]	2007-12-26 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD
07KHARTOUM2045	CEASEFIRE COMMISSION UNDER UNAMID - LONGTERM PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ceasefire Commission (CFC) needs reform and the impending transfer of authority from AMIS to UNAMID provides the opportunity for needed change. However, significant improvement in CFC operations, which should result in better monitoring and implementation of the ceasefire, i [...]	2007-12-26 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2046	GOSS EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR MAJOR WORKFORCE REDUCTION [...] (SBU) The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has engaged an international consulting firm to explore options for downsizing its bloated and unproductive workforce. The GoSS payroll is estimated to be overstaffed by over 30% (67,000 individuals) and salaries consume over half of the GoSS budget. [...]	2007-12-26 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAID PGOV SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM2048	HSP DELAYS REQUIRE LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) officials must rapidly address key issues required for ensuring that the Chinese and Bangladeshi HSP units become operational. While there will always be some excuse for delay, the units have the equipment necessary to do their jobs in [...]	2007-12-27 11:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC
07KHARTOUM2053	SPLM MINISTERS SWORN IN, PAGAN AMUM IS MINISTER OF CABINET [...] (SBU) The GNU announced a cabinet reshuffle December 26 as part of a deal that ends the two-month long crisis provoked when the SPLM walked out of the government in mid-October 2007. The new ministers were sworn in December 27 at 11:30 a.m. local time, and were expected to take part in their [...]	2007-12-27 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2058	CHINESE HAVE YET TO BEGIN NYALA SUPERCAMP CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Defense Attache told poloff December 24 that Chinese engineers have not started construction on the Nyala supercamp and are still waiting for AMIS escort of heavy construction equipment (Ref A) which arrived in Sudan November 10. Dong said he was comfortable with the prog [...]	2007-12-27 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2059	SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]	2007-12-27 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KHARTOUM2060	REPORTS OF SPLA CLASHES WITH MISSERIYA ARABS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese news media reported December 24 that Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) forces clashed with nomadic Misseriya Arab tribesmen on December 22 and December 23 along the Kordofan-Bahr al Ghazal border. Newspapers quoted Misseriya sources claiming 30 SPLA soldiers and nin [...]	2007-12-28 10:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2072	RIEK MACHAR CLAIMS PDF IS BEHIND MISSERIYA ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum is trying to destabilize the Abyei region by organizing the Misseriya Arab Popular Defense Forces (PDF) to attack SPLA positions, claimed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. Machar claimed the Misseriya forces have been using vehicles with 12 [...]	2007-12-31 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2073	PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR CALLS FOR GREATER NATIONAL UNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 31 December, Sudanese President Al-Bashir delivered a speech to the nation to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Sudanese independence. In the speech, the President stressed the importance of national unity and consensus. He affirmed his commitment to the CPA and alleged peace [...]	2007-12-31 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM208	REBELS' DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS [...] (C) On February 7, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) completed the airlift of many Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders to attend the leadership conference in North Darfur. Some additional commanders may move to the conference site by ground in the coming days. Comman [...]	2007-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN US
07KHARTOUM210	Student Confrontation Results in Death [...] On February 8, a confrontation between groups of students aligned with the National Congress Party (NCP) and with the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) turned deadly, with one student killed and several more injured. The incident, which took place on the campus of Al-Nilein Universi [...]	2007-02-13 07:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV PHUM ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM211	GOSS 2007 Budget Adopted [...] Summary: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) adopted its 2007 budget on January 29 with a projected revenue level of USD 1.536 billion. The anticipated amount flows from oil, non-oil, and non-tax revenue sources, excluding donor grants. The budget, as in 2006, allocates over 40 p [...]	2007-02-13 07:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PINR ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM215	REV. GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Rev Franklin Graham, founder and CEO of Samaritan,s Purse (SP),met with President Bashir on February 12, after visiting South Darfur and Southern Sudan. The Sudanese government excluded former Senator Bill Frist, who is traveling as a guest of SP, from the meeting. Graham characterized [...]	2007-02-13 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SU US
07KHARTOUM216	Darfur Security Update, February 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNDSS characterizes the security situation in Darfur over the past week as "calm but unpredictable." The threat of carjackings persists, especially in areas with increased Arab militia activity, and there remains the possibility of military confrontation between Sudanese Armed [...]	2007-02-14 03:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM218	Presidency Appoints Chair of Commission on Rights of [...] (U) On February 8, President al-Bashir issued a presidential decree, with the approval of First Vice President Salva Kiir, appointing Joshua Dao as Chair of the Commission on the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital. The membership of the Commission will be announced later by the Pres [...]	2007-02-14 03:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL KIRF SU
07KHARTOUM224	CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]	2007-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM228	DARFUR APPOINTMENTS: A HOLLOW GESTURE [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with poloffs, Ibrahim Madibbo -- a signatory to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) and Rizeigat leader -- admitted that the January 4 announcement of his appointment as chairman of the Darfur Resettlement and Rehabilitation Commission was unexpected (reftel). Mad [...]	2007-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM232	GIVE "PLAN A" A CHANCE [...] (C) In the past six months Khartoum has grudgingly shifted toward acceptance of the UN/African Union (AU) three-phase peace-keeping plan. President Bashir knows that the plan of regime hard-liners for a military solution to the problems of Darfur has failed, and persistent efforts by the USG, [...]	2007-02-15 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM235	ELIASSON, SALIM: POLITICAL PROCESS TAKING OFF [...] (C) The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and the Africa Union's Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim briefed ambassadors near the conclusion of their February 12-17 visit to Sudan. Despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation, they underscored the renewed willingness of the Su [...]	2007-02-16 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LI US
07KHARTOUM239	CDA MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAH [...] (C) On February 18, CDA Hume met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah ed-Dine to discuss the situation in Darfur, the threats to humanitarian operations, and peace-keeping. Hume said the USG was deeply concerned about trends in Darfur and about President Bashir's recent statements criticizing [...]	2007-02-18 12:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM248	GOSS BUDGET SHOWS NEED FOR DONOR ACTION [...] Summary: The GOSS 2007 Budget highlights the need for donor action to assist Southern Sudan with budgeting, civil service administration, and cash management in order to assure success of the CPA. The budget also exposes the problem of weak legislative oversight of the military. The GOSS needs [...]	2007-02-19 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM250	DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID/DCHA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR [...] (U) From January 20 to 25, USAID Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Assistant Administrator Michael E. Hess visited Sudan. Hess and six USAID/Sudan staff members traveled to North and South Darfur to gain a better understanding of the current humanitarian, political [...]	2007-02-19 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM251	SUDAN - BLUE NILE STATE - HEALTH CARE FOR RETURNING [...] The USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA),accompanied by the Blue Nile State Minister of Health and the Dean of the Academy for Health Sciences, visited the Chali Way Station to consider options to improve working and living conditions for health care providers. The group also visited the r [...]	2007-02-19 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM256	UNSYG REP DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN, PEACEKEEPING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with CDA Hume, the acting head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) described the Sudanese government's obstruction of UN operations, the deteriorating security environment confronting the humanitarian community, and the difficulties in implementation [...]	2007-02-20 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY UN US
07KHARTOUM272	SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT [...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]	2007-02-22 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM274	FEBRUARY AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group, chaired by the USG, convened two sessions in advance of the February 15 AEC plenary to bolster implementation of critical components of the CPA's wealth sharing provisions. The meetings focused on the curre [...]	2007-02-22 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM275	STATE OF DARFUR: THE POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: CDA Hume traveled to Darfur from February 19-21 to gauge the status of the political process, monitor the conditions for humanitarian operations, and assess the status of the peace-keeping operation stipulated in the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006. In visits to [...]	2007-02-22 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM280	STATE OF DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). In North, South, and West Darfur, INGO and UN agencies' opera [...]	2007-02-23 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US EUN
07KHARTOUM281	STATE OF DARFUR: PEACE-KEEPING AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). This message--the last of three cables on these meetings--focu [...]	2007-02-23 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD US
07KHARTOUM287	DARFUR: UN/AU TASK FORCE NEEDS USG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) On February 25, UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Director for Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua briefed Poloff on the progress made in establishing the joint UN/African Union (AU) task force to engage with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) n [...]	2007-02-26 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM290	SPLM: PLAN "B"ACKFIRE [...] (C) In a February 23 conversation with USAID Mission Director and Poloff, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Secretary General for the Northern Sector Yasser Arman described a crack in the National Congress Party's (NCP) control of Sudan, comparing it to "perestroika." He said t [...]	2007-02-26 13:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM30	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]	2007-01-08 16:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM303	Darfur CFC: Stolen Vehicles Returned [...] Summary: The key issue in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the week of February 19 was funding for faction representatives' Mission Support Allowance (MSA),which is several months in arrears. Force Commander Luke Aprezi asked the representatives to consider six options for realigning the CFC, i [...]	2007-02-28 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM304	DARFUR: CFC SECOND CHAMBER COLLAPSES [...] (SBU) In the February 12 Ceasefire Commission First (CFC) Chamber, African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander (FC) Aprezi expressed his dissatisfaction with the CFC Secretariat's presentation of cases for the February 7 Joint Commission (JC) meeting. He reviewed his efforts to persu [...]	2007-02-28 12:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREC KPKO AU UN SU

07KHARTOUM307	DARFUR: ERITREAN MEDDLING, TENSIONS BETWEEN [...] (C) At the February 27 meeting of the Darfur Partners Group, two European political officers who had attended the recent summit in Tripoli said that Eritrea had pressed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory leaders to join a political process outside the joint UN and African Union (AU) [...]	2007-02-28 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU ER CD LY EUN
07KHARTOUM313	DENG ALOR: NCP WILLING TO ENGAGE, SPLM TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In the wake of the announcements from the International Criminal Court (ICC),Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on February 28 that the indictments might soften some of the hard-liners in the National Congress Party (NCP) and might "make them mor [...]	2007-02-28 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU CD ER LY
07KHARTOUM317	SLM DISCONTENT ON DARFUR APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Though the Sudanese government has moved forward with appointments to the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA),the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minni Minawi has not signed off on any of the nominations prior to their announcement. In a February 27 meeting with Poloff, Minawi [...]	2007-03-01 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM324	NORTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: PERMITS, ACCESS [...] (C) In a follow-on meeting to their February 20-21 visit, CDA Hume and USAID Director Almquist met again on February 27 with North Darfur Governor Yousef Kibbir in his El Fasher headquarters. Accompanying Governor Kibbir were the State Minister for Information, the State Humanitarian Affairs C [...]	2007-03-01 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM328	SUDAN - LAUNCH OF SUDAN HUMANITARIAN POLICY 2007 [...] On February 1, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and two USAID/Sudan officials attended the launch of the Sudan Humanitarian Policy 2007 by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The policy document disseminated to attendees included general goals of improving coordinatio [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM329	SUDAN - IOM AND DONORS MONITOR RETURNS [...] From January 22 to 27, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and representatives of five European countries participated in a donor mission at the invitation of the International Organization of Migration (IOM). The group assessed registration and departure preparations in Khartoum-area [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU EAGR
07KHARTOUM330	EX-SUDAN ARMED FORCES SOLDIERS PROTEST IN JUBA [...] (C) A group of 150-200 ex-soldiers from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) marched across central Juba March 1 before staging a brief demonstration in front of the Juba headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The decommissioned soldiers, who fought for the north during Sudan's [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM331	ELUSIVE SLA COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) commanders conference in North Darfur remains indefinitely postponed as the various factions attempt to resolve internal differences and persuade additional key military leaders, such as former G-19 leader Adam Bakhit, to participate in the process [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM332	AHMADINEJAD: DOWN, DOWN USA; COME TO JESUS [...] (C) Summary: In a speech March 1 at the Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated the U.S. for its role in the region, support for Israel and opposition to Iran's nuclear program, as well as heaped criticism on the United Nations and Israel. L [...]	2007-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU IR
07KHARTOUM34	POLICE RAID KHARTOUM EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL [...] (U) Police raided All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum early on the morning of January 1, injuring six worshippers, one of them seriously. Some 500 people had gathered in the cathedral -- seat of the Episcopal Church of Sudan Diocese of Khartoum -- late on New Year's Eve for an annual prayer servi [...]	2007-01-09 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM340	SPLA CLASHES WITH LRA ON THE BORDER OF CAR [...] (C) A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) detachment came under attack March 1 from a group of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters at the border between Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). One SPLA soldier was killed in the attack, and one wounded, according to SPLA Chief of Sta [...]	2007-03-05 06:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM350	(C) SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF DOESN'T LIKE HIS SAF [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng told ConGen Juba staff recently that he has a poor relationship with his Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) counterpart. Deng and SAF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hajj Ahmed el-Jailee Hajj Ahmed ("el-Jailee") met "one-on-one" on the [...]	2007-03-05 12:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM351	UN ENVOY MEETS WITH LRA CHIEF KONY; PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met with Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony March 2 in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to sources in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). Chissano, the UN special envoy for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) pro [...]	2007-03-05 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM360	SE NATSIOS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie and Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Salah Ghosh, SE Natsios outlined the three goals of USG policy in Darfur: advancing the political process, ensuring the continuation of huma [...]	2007-03-08 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PINR AU UN SU CD LY ER
07KHARTOUM361	INGOS TO SE NATSIOS: DARFUR SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting in Khartoum, members of the INGO steering committee briefed Special Envoy Natsios on humanitarian operations in Darfur. The INGOs, including CARE, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Goal and MedAir, reported that the situation on the ground had deteriorated since his last v [...]	2007-03-08 10:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM362	NATSIOS-BASHIR MEETING, MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met President Bashir at his residence for a two-hour frank exchange on Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Bashir said he agreed to see him despite doctor's orders that he rest. Foreign Minister Lam Akol was pres [...]	2007-03-08 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LY US
07KHARTOUM384	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH FM LAM AKOL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, SE Natsios described the USG's frustration at the delay in implementation of the November Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements, called on Sudan to provide an immediate response to the UNSYG's January 24 letter on the Heavy Support P [...]	2007-03-13 08:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV KPKO PTER AU UN SU US CD LY
07KHARTOUM388	SE NATSIOS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SE Natsios delivered a strong message of support for the modernization of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in a meeting with senior SPLA officers on March 6. SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng said he faces enormous difficulty in simultaneously absorbing thousands of former militia int [...]	2007-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM390	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH UN, AU, TROIKA PLUS [...] (C) Representatives from the UN, African Union (AU),UK, Norway, the Netherlands, the European Commission, and Germany (on behalf of the EU Presidency) met with SE Natsios on March 7 to discuss international coordination for the Darfur political process. AU head of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) [...]	2007-03-13 13:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LB ER US
07KHARTOUM391	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS SEEM LIKELY TO [...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met leadership of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border March 11 and secured an apparent agreement that the LRA will return to peace talks once various LRA concerns are addressed. L [...]	2007-03-13 15:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CG UG
07KHARTOUM392	SUDAN REJECTS UN HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (C) President Bashir's March 6 letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon on assistance for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rejected the UN's Heavy Support Package. Bashir's response contradicted the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006 and the Presidential Statement in the UN Security [...]	2007-03-13 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM394	DPA SIGNATORIES CLAIM HELP NEEDED NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ongoing frustration at the lack of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation boiled over in El Fasher as signatory factions forcibly entered the USG-funded Peace Secretariat to demand that their concerns be addressed. The factions claim that their soldiers are "starving" and [...]	2007-03-13 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM395	CFC HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR SUPPORT FOR SLM/MINAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: Cease-fire Commission (CFC) activities the week of February 26 highlighted the continued need for non-military logistical support to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. This support would divert his men away from the extortion and banditry that is an all too common line i [...]	2007-03-13 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM396	SHOW ME THE MONEY: MAKING THE CEASEFIRE COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a March 11 meeting to inform and seek input from the international community on the functioning of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) and efforts to re-energize the Second Chamber for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories. There was conse [...]	2007-03-14 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM40	JOINT PRESS STATEMENT OF GOV. RICHARDSON AND [...] New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and the Sudanese government issued a joint press statement at 1730 local time. 2. The text of the statement is as follows: (Begin text) H.E. Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, accompanied by a delegation sponsored by and including members of the [...]	2007-01-10 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM406	SUDAN, ACCEPTING ISOLATION, TURNS TO IRAN, QATAR [...] (C) Egypt's influence on Sudan's leadership and its ability to persuade the government to engage in constructive dialogue with the international community has waned, Egyptian diplomat Hani Khedr (please protect) told Poloff on March 15. Sudan has accepted its growing isolation from the West, m [...]	2007-03-15 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UN SU EG IR CD QA
07KHARTOUM407	CFC Week of March 5 -- Fireworks Follow the Killing of Two [...] (SBU) Summary: The killing of two Nigerian soldiers by Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi soldiers in Graida dominated the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) this week, with tensions rising between the faction and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in both the CFC and in the sectors. The CFC i [...]	2007-03-16 13:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM409	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR ER US
07KHARTOUM410	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR US
07KHARTOUM437	STATEMENT OF THE ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE [...] (SBU) Following is the text of remarks given by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Mr. Taye Brooke-Zerihoun to the Sudan Consortium on March 20, 2007. Further consortium reporting will follow septel. (Begin Text) Mr. Chairman, Honourable Ministers and Delegate [...]	2007-03-20 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU EAID PINS MARR PHUM
07KHARTOUM438	CFC VISIT TO ABECHE: MGS CONSTRAINTS AND JEM INTRANSIGENCE [...] (SBU) Members of the AMIS Ceasefire Commission traveled to Abeche, Chad to receive an operations update from the local Military Observer Group Site (MGS) Commander and to engage the JEM leadership. The MGS faces severe logistical constraints, including transportation and communications, which [...]	2007-03-20 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM44	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS PRESIDENT BASHIR AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Governor Bill Richardson met again with Sudan's President Omar El Bashir and concluded his visit to Sudan. At the end of the Richardson/Bashir meeting, representatives of the Save Darfur Coalition (which sponsored Richardson's trip) spoke briefly with Bashir. The tw [...]	2007-01-11 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM442	UN PREVIEWS ELIASSON/SALIM VISIT TO KHARTOUM [...] (C) UN Director of Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua told Poloffs on March 20 that both the international community and the Darfur rebel movements have unrealistic expectations about the political process. UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim, who are scheduled to arrive in Kha [...]	2007-03-21 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD
07KHARTOUM445	CFC Week of March 12 - SLA/Minawi Takes Responsibility for [...] (SBU) Summary: The Force Commander announced that the next Joint Commission would not be held in El Fasher because of insecurity but did not suggest a date or an alternate venue. He discussed the new arrangements in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) with a drop in MSA payments and a reduction in [...]	2007-03-22 05:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM451	DENG ALOR: TWO ROADS FOR U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on March 19 that the National Congress Party (NCP) has decided to confront the international community on Darfur. He admitted that his belief in productive engagement with Khartoum "was getting weaker and weaker [...]	2007-03-22 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN AL SU EG SF NO US
07KHARTOUM455	SUDAN: TENSION OVER ARREST OF SENIOR SPLA GENERAL [...] (C) A top officer of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was placed under house arrest in Juba March 20, provoking tensions between troops loyal to the officer and other military elements. Juba was calm in the immediate aftermath of the arrest. The officer, Major General Obutu Mamur M [...]	2007-03-22 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR SU
07KHARTOUM456	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER SUSPENDED OVER CORRUPTION CHARGES, OTHER INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING [...] Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Finance Minister Arthur (Akuien) Chol was suspended following months of speculation about his alleged involvement in a government vehicle purchasing scandal. Akuien is the most senior GOSS official to be implicated in the ongoing corruption scand [...]	2007-03-22 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM SU PGOV
07KHARTOUM458	UN/AU: USG SHOULD ATTEND TRIPOLI FORUM [...] (C) UN and African Union officials in Khartoum expressed strong support for U.S. representation at the proposed multilateral coordination meeting in Tripoli (reftel) scheduled for April 16. UN Director of Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua and the deputy head of the AU's Darfur Peace Implementa [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN LY SU CD ER US
07KHARTOUM459	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 19: SECOND CHAMBER [...] (SBU) SLA-Minawi raised objections to the African Union Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) potential restructuring of the CFC Second Chamber, contending that the proposals may violate the DPA. Carjackings remain a persistent threat, and AMIS is seeking input from all key stakeholders on means to mitiga [...]	2007-03-22 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM460	US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...]	2007-03-23 11:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN
07KHARTOUM466	MINAWI CONSIDERS RETURN TO DARFUR AFTER ATTACK ON [...] (C) A force of nearly 200 police and elements of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) attacked a house inhabited by partisans of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi and then raided the SLM party headquarters in the Omdurman section of Khartoum on March 24. Of the 29 SLM [...]	2007-03-25 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM468	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER SUSPENDED OVER CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Finance Minister Arthur (Akuien) Chol was suspended following months of speculation about his alleged involvement in a government vehicle purchasing scandal. Akuien is the most senior GOSS official to be implicated in the ongoing corruption s [...]	2007-03-25 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM SU PGOV
07KHARTOUM470	SUDAN: SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE MIGHT BE [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng has had a history of disagreement with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, and admits that Kiir may replace him. Deng blames Kiir for inaction on problems facing the SPLA, and denies rumors that [...]	2007-03-25 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU UG
07KHARTOUM477	MARCH 22 MEETING OF THE AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: The March 22 meeting of the Wealth Sharing working group of the AEC focused on the introduction of the new currency, which has been one of the relative success stories in the CPA. The Governor of the Central Bank used the meeting to complain of slow delivery of donor support for the CP [...]	2007-03-27 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM478	ELIASSON, SALIM CONSIDER UN/AU SUMMIT ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: During their March 22-27 visit to Sudan, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told CDA Hume of the need to develop a credible political process for Darfur involving key stakeholders in Sudan and in the region. CDA Hume emphasized that the UN and AU had a limited ti [...]	2007-03-27 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM48	Gov. Richardson Visits Darfur, Presses for Cease-Fire, [...] (SBU) Summary: On a day-long visit to Darfur January 9, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson met with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory rebels, representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/MM) faction of Minni Minawi, and the African Union (AU) Force Commander. Richardson [...]	2007-01-11 16:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM480	SUDANESE GOVERNMENT: SET A FIXED TIMELINE FOR [...] Summary: CDA Hume met with presidential advisor Maghzoub al-Khalifa on March 26 to discuss Sudanese government plans on Darfur in light of the current visit of special envoys Eliasson and Salim. Al-Khalifa called for renewed international cooperation on DPA implementation, including assistance [...]	2007-03-27 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM484	MINAWI CONTEMPLATES DARFUR RETURN [...] (C) In private, Minni Minawi continues to contemplate a return to Darfur in the wake of the March 24 attack on Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) facilities in Khartoum and the ambush of a prominent SLM commander near Nyala. Minawi is pressing the Sudanese government to account for the dead, wou [...]	2007-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM485	BASHIR ADVISOR: STRUCTURE DARFUR PROCESS [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Hume on March 28 that Sudan and the U.S. government had an "intellectual duty" to address the urgent aspects of the Darfur crisis. He suggested that the two governments structure a process to lay the groundwork for resolution of these issues [...]	2007-03-28 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM505	DARFUR - DESPITE OBSTACLES USAID PARTNERS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Despite significant bureaucratic impediments and security concerns, a recent USAID monitoring and assessment mission to Darfur confirmed that USAID partners are providing critical, quality, life-saving services to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. [...]	2007-03-29 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM506	DARFUR - INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives again appealed to donors for support in addressing the deteriorating humanitarian environment in Darfur and growing obstacles in providing assistance. Painting a particularly bleak picture, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Man [...]	2007-03-29 06:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM507	SUDAN - IOM OVERVIEW OF IDP RETURNS [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration (IOM),the primary operational agency in the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Southern Sudan, recently provided a breakdown of projected IDP returns and an overview of current operations. Although establishing the logistical infr [...]	2007-03-29 06:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM510	DARFUR: BREAKTHROUGH ON HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Six weeks of sustained negotiation between the international community and the Sudanese government culminated in a Joint Communique to alleviate the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian operations in Darfur, said the UNSYG's Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs, Ma [...]	2007-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM511	MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) CDA Hume met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh on March 29 to discuss the current impasse on the deployment of UN peace keepers in Darfur. CDA underscored that the UN Security Council, including China, viewed UN command and contro [...]	2007-03-29 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM515	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 26: DYSFUNCTION [...] (SBU) With no specific cases to examine, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions continued to revolve around AMIS' proposed restructuring of the body. SLA/Minawi, this week joined by the Sudanese government and other DPA signatories, railed against the proposed reduction in salary payments and [...]	2007-04-01 04:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM520	CPA: PROGRESS MADE IN SHARING PETROLEUM DATA [...] Summary. Under the CPA, the Government of National Unity is required to share information on oil production, revenues and contracts with the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). In the past, the GOSS has repeatedly alleged that this information is not being made available. Now, it appears tha [...]	2007-04-02 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM521	STATUS OF UN/AU POLITICAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) The UN and AU plan to begin negotiations with the non-signatory rebels in late June. Many UN and AU contacts, however, question Special Envoys Eliasson and Salim's commitment to the process and ability to lay the groundwork for successful negotiations. Though Eliasson has secured a renun [...]	2007-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM522	NCP DIVIDED ON COOPERATION WITH ICC [...] (C) Discussions between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regarding the Government's position on the International Criminal Court (ICC) have revealed divisions within the NCP. Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director an [...]	2007-04-02 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU US
07KHARTOUM524	SLM NEEDS USG HELP AFTER KHARTOUM ATTACK [...] (C) Most members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) arrested during a March 24 raid on SLM facilities in Khartoum have been released or taken to hospitals for medical treatment. Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi has maintained calm within the movement in the a [...]	2007-04-03 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM529	DARFUR - HAC RANKS LOCAL NGOS, USAID PARTNERS "DISMISSED" [...] (SBU) On March 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Office in Nyala, South Darfur, publicly posted the results of an evaluation report ranking local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the Nyala HAC office. According to U.N. Civil Affairs, a total o [...]	2007-04-04 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM53	Southern Sudan: WFP Driver Killed in Ambush [...] On January 11, the World Food Program (WFP) issued a press release stating that an ambush along the Juba - Torit road on January 10 resulted in the death of a Sudanese WFP driver, who was riding in a pickup truck. The incident also resulted in a local GTZ employee and two accompanying SPLA so [...]	2007-01-12 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM530	DARFUR: MORNEI, WEST DARFUR - THE EYE OF THE STORM? [...] (U) On March 5 and 6, USAID staff traveled to Mornei, West Darfur, to monitor USAID-funded humanitarian programs and to assess current conditions. This represented the first visit by USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance staff to Mornei in more than sixteen months due to restricted [...]	2007-04-04 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM531	DARFUR - AMIS ENGAGEMENT IN ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES RAISES [...] (U) On March 3, USAID staff attended a tense meeting in Nyala, South Darfur, between the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Sector 2 leadership, AMIS Civilian Police (AMIS/CIVPOL),and the humanitarian community. Although the aim of the meeting was to improve communication and understandin [...]	2007-04-04 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM536	SUDAN - U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR COMMUNITY ON RECENT TRIP [...] (U) On March 26, U.N. Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community on his trip to Sudan, which included visits to Juba and Darfur and meetings with various government officials. Holmes voiced concern over the [...]	2007-04-05 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM537	DARFUR - BEIDA, WEST DARFUR - LIVING ON THE EDGE [...] (U) On March 14, the first USAID team to visit Beida, West Darfur, in more than 16 months traveled to the border town with representatives of the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) to monitor humanitarian programs and assess current conditions. Travel to the area had not bee [...]	2007-04-05 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM54	UN ENVOY ELIASSON VISITS SUDAN [...] (SBU) In his first trip to Sudan as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG) Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson underscored the UN's commitment to advancing the political process in Darfur. He called for a visible reduction in violence between the Sudanese Government and Darfur rebel groups, whi [...]	2007-01-13 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM544	SUDAN: AN ECONOMIST SHARES HIS PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) The economic advisor to the Khartoum stock exchange expressed pessimism on the outlook for the Sudanese economy for the near term. He predicts "turmoil" because of the pressures on the budget. He described how the ruling NCP is skimming off money in preparation for elections, and alleg [...]	2007-04-05 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM549	CDA HUME URGES CHANGE IN SUDANESE POSITION ON [...] (C) Summary: Previewing the forthcoming visit of Deputy Secretary Negroponte with Presidential Advisor Ismael, CDA SIPDIS Hume said that Secretary Rice was sending Negroponte to Sudan because of her concern about the overall outlook for U.S.-Sudanese relations. Secretary Rice was concerned [...]	2007-04-07 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM55	Southern Sudan: Four Die in Jan. 2 Ambush Southeast of [...] (U) Summary: On January 2, at 12:30 p.m., assailants ambushed a truck carrying approximately 35 passengers about 100 kilometers southeast of Juba, killing at least four and wounding six individuals. A survivor, a local PA&E employee, stated that the assailants were LRA rebels; she provided Co [...]	2007-01-14 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM56	Southern Sudan: More Ambushes Near Juba [...] Summary: A series of armed attacks east and southeast of Juba on January 7 and 10 claimed three lives, injured 13, and left two missing. There is still no concrete evidence as to the identity of the assailants, but suspicion centers on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). End summary. ----- [...]	2007-01-14 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM563	SUDAN - USAID RED SEA STATE ASSESSMENT [...] (U) From March 7 to 11, a joint USAID assessment team comprised of representatives from USAID's offices of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI),U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),and Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited Red Sea State to monitor USAID-funded activities and assess curre [...]	2007-04-11 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR SU
07KHARTOUM564	SOUTHERN SUDAN - USAID WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE [...] (U) To facilitate the development of a USAID water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) strategy for FY 2007, USAID/Sudan and USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) staff recently assessed USAID-funded WASH interventions in Southern Sudan. The assessment team reported that U [...]	2007-04-11 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM567	LRA PEACE TALKS SET TO RESUME AMID RENEWED ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM MARR MOPS SU UG
07KHARTOUM57	KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION IN OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-14 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM572	DARFUR - UNDP RULE OF LAW OVERVIEW [...] (U) The USAID-supported UN Development Program's (UNDP) Darfur Rule of Law Program, launched in September 2004, targets the region's absence of rule of law practices and institutions. The program has made a significant contribution to raising awareness of human rights and rule of law procedur [...]	2007-04-12 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM574	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...]	2007-04-14 06:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM583	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]	2007-04-16 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM590	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORTH DARFUR WALI [...] (C) Summary: In his April 14 meeting with the wali of North Darfur Yousef Kibbir, Deputy Secretary Negroponte stressed the strong interest taken by the US government and the American people in the situation in Darfur and the need for the Sudanese government to implement commitments made in the [...]	2007-04-16 10:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PMAR
07KHARTOUM592	Sudan - Juba Teaching Hospital [...] (U) Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) faces numerous challenges as it adapts to rapidly increasing demand and the new management of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). The imminent withdrawal of longtime supporter International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be a serious test for the ho [...]	2007-04-16 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM60	RETRANSMISSION: KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-15 07:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM613	SPLA AND FORCES LOYAL TO FORMER MILITIA LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) military police had a standoff over food rations at SPLA Headquarters (HQ) with forces under the control of the current Deputy Commander in Chief (also the former Southern Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) leader, Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip [...]	2007-04-19 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM621	SUDAN - LOCAL AND NATIONAL NGO HARASSMENT [...] (C) While acts of violence and intimidation of international humanitarian organizations and staff are well documented, particularly in Darfur, the harassment of national and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has received comparatively limited attention. Activities funded by USAID an [...]	2007-04-19 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM636	SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]	2007-04-23 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM637	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UN AND AEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khartoum's rejection of the international community's concept for Darfur peacekeeping continues to impede resolution of the crisis. UN officials caution, however, that UN bureacratic obstacles -- and a dearth of willing troop-contributing countries -- will delay force deployment [...]	2007-04-23 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV KPKO PINS PINR
07KHARTOUM643	POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF SLA/M SOLDIERS BY AMIS TROOPS [...] (S) Post draws Department attention to the information report referenced above, supported by photographic evidence, which suggests that three Sudan Liberation Army Minawi (SLA/M) soldiers may have been executed by Senegalese troops in retaliation for the deaths of five of their own. The incid [...]	2007-04-24 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM644	SENIOR UN OFFICIALS PROPOSE STRUCTURE FOR TRIPOLI [...] (C) The April 28 summit in Tripoli on the Darfur political process presents an opportunity to harmonize international efforts to overcome the political stalemate and establish a common set of principles for re-invigorating peace negotiations, according to senior UN officials in Khartoum. Agree [...]	2007-04-24 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LY ER US
07KHARTOUM657	KHARTOUM: DARFUR PARTNERS DISCUSS OUTCOMES FOR [...] (C) Meeting on April 25 and 26, the UK convened a meeting of the U.S., EU, EC, Norway, France, and the Netherlands to discuss a set of potential outcomes for the upcoming Tripoli talks. The goal of the Darfur Partners' discussions was to promote a coordinated approach among the Western envoys [...]	2007-04-26 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU EUN SU CD LY ER EG
07KHARTOUM671	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS RESUME IN JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Warning the parties not to squander an opportunity for peace, Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano formally reopened talks in Juba between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) April 26. Chissano and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) GOSS P [...]	2007-04-29 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UG CG KE CT MZ ZA TZ SU
07KHARTOUM676	DARFUR - MOVING FORWARD FROM TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) Following the conclusion of the April 28-29 Tripoli talks on Darfur, Poloff met with Khartoum-based representatives of the UN, AU, EU, Norway, and the Netherlands, as well as the Arab League Secretary General's point person on Africa, to discuss ways to SIPDIS sustain momentum on the D [...]	2007-04-30 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM678	SUDAN - USAID ABYEI AND SOUTHERN KORDOFAN ASSESSMENT [...] (U) From February 25 to 28, a joint USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) assessment team traveled to Abyei and Southern Kordofan State to monitor USAID-funded water interventions, identify potential conflict-mitigation ac [...]	2007-05-01 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM679	SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT TRANSITION [...] (U) Nearly two decades of civil war in Southern Sudan has resulted in a region with some of the worst health indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. As USAID prepares to transition its assistance in the region from relief assistance to development programming, USAID's health sector non-governmental [...]	2007-05-01 10:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM68	DARFUR: MOMENTUM ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The long-proposed conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward. Following a January 15 Sudanese government guarantee of security assurances, the AU may begin to transport rebel commanders to a conference site in North Darfur [...]	2007-01-16 16:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN EUN
07KHARTOUM693	Governance, Capacity and Infrastructure Challenges in [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Juba staff visits to key Southern Sudan cities reveal weak but emerging local governments trying to fill the void of undelivered services from the central government. Capacity is limited, with most decision-making concentrated in a few people trained in the Diaspora. In [...]	2007-05-02 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM695	FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]	2007-05-03 03:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM70	Darfur: Inauguration of Second Chamber of CFC, Clearing [...] (SBU) Summary: The AMIS Cease Fire Commission met January 8 and 10 to clear out a backlog of cease fire violations, receive briefings on the Force Commander's outreach to non-signatory rebel factions (septel),and inaugurate the Second Chamber for non-signatories. The First Chamber meeting on [...]	2007-01-17 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM711	SUDAN - NUBIAN VIEWS ON NILE DAM PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Poloffs met with two representatives of the Nubian Popular Committee, Dr. Sabbar and Mr. Faisal Barry, on May 1. Discussions confirmed that the Nubian community in Northern Sudan continues to oppose Government of Sudan intentions to construct two additional dams al [...]	2007-05-08 12:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PHUM KPAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM717	UNDP Conference for Sudanese Women in Politics in Juba [...] (U) Summary: The first annual National Conference on Sudanese Women in Politics, held May 7 - 11, was convened at Juba University under the sponsorship of the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MPA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). GOSS [...]	2007-05-09 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM718	MAY 3 AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: The May meeting of the wealth sharing working group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) featured two presentations on intergovernmental transfers. For the first time, representatives from the Government (GNU) of National Unity (GNU) and the Government of Southern Sudan (G [...]	2007-05-09 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM72	MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]	2007-01-17 16:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM720	GOSS Governor's Forum Focuses Tackles State Budgets and [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Fourth Governors' Forum (the Forum) has brought into sharp focus the budget crises in the ten southern states. GOSS President Salva Kiir admonished the governors to put in place good governance practices, downsize their civil services, p [...]	2007-05-09 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU

07KHARTOUM737	ACTING GOSS MINISTER OF FINANCE OULINES PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Acting Minister of Finance (MOF) for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Gabrielle Changson Chang outlined his immediate objectives for establishing a fully-functioning GOSS financial structure. The gap between GOSS capacity in this area and the imperative nature of est [...]	2007-05-12 08:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM749	SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: PLANS FOR LRA MOVEMENTS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Proposed corridors for the movement of the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to a single assembly point on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border have not yet been accepted by LRA leadership, according to sources in ongoing peace talks between the LRA a [...]	2007-05-13 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM763	LACK OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO WEAKEN [...] (C) Recent comments by the Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) underscore the disconnect between the political and military arms of the AU and the incoherent leadership that continues to weaken the mission. In an introductory meeting with S/CRS Poloff in El Fasher, Maj [...]	2007-05-15 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM764	DARFUR - JOINT COMMUNIQUE - WHERE ARE WE NOW? [...] (U) On April 21, USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu met with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva in Khartoum to discuss the March 28 Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian affairs (REFTEL). The [...]	2007-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM765	DARFUR - NGOS REQUEST USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND UN [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting with the Khartoum-based NGO Steering Committee, NGOs stated that as long as OCHA does not have a presence in areas outside of the Darfur state capitals it will not be able to sufficiently serve as a buffer between the Sudanese government and the NGOs. Currently, OCHA [...]	2007-05-15 15:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM766	SOUTHERN SUDAN - RELIEF TO RECOVERY PROGRESS IN CENTRAL [...] (U) Since March 2005, the USAID/OFDA-funded ZOA primary health care project in Lainya County has provided life-saving services to more than 95,000 people at its three primary health care centers and 11 primary health care units. The total population of the county is more than 200,000 people. [...]	2007-05-15 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM767	DARFUR - UNHCR NEEDS TO FULFILL IDP CLUSTER OBLIGATION [...] (U) In an April 21 meeting in Khartoum, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva informed the USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu that he had urged UNHCR starting in 2004 to increase engagement in the care and prot [...]	2007-05-15 15:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM768	AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]	2007-05-16 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM772	AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 (Corrected Copy For [...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]	2007-05-16 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM775	DARFUR - HUMANITARIAN ACCESS DOWN BY 40 PERCENT IN SOUTH [...] (U) In all three Darfur states, an estimated 900,000 people out of a total affected population of 3.8 million people currently can not be accessed by aid agencies. The inaccessible populations live in rural areas outside of towns or IDP settlements with helicopter landing sites. USAID/OFDA is [...]	2007-05-17 07:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM793	Darfur: UN/AU, SPLM Initiatives Lack Specifics [...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union released their joint roadmap on the Darfur political process to Western donors in Khartoum, who expressed concern over the framework's lack of specificity. Though cleared by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and AU Chairman Alpha Omer Konare, the docum [...]	2007-05-22 13:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM798	DARFUR - UN AGENCIES PLAY VITAL ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) UN agencies are crucial to the provision and coordination of humanitarian assistance in Darfur. The UN agencies provide important leadership, through coordinating a wide variety of assistance activities, acting as a liaison between the humanitarian community and the Sudanese government, an [...]	2007-05-23 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM80	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES DPA NON-SIGNATORIES: RETRANSMISSION [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-19 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM800	SOUTHERN SUDAN - FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) During the civil war, USAID's humanitarian programs in Southern Sudan supported essential services in the vast rural areas where most internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees originated. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID's Office of Food for [...]	2007-05-23 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM801	SOUTHERN SUDAN - DISPLACED SOUTHERN SUDANESE RETURNING HOME [...] (U) As of early May, IOM reported to the USAID team that it had assisted 26,000 displaced Sudanese to return home. IOM expects to assist between 50,000 and 55,000 additional people to return home by the end of 2007, a total of less than the original goal of 83,000 people. The shortfall is due [...]	2007-05-23 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM802	SUDAN - KASSALA STATE [...] (U) NGOs operating in Kassala State expressed the need to increase the population's self-reliance, as the situation in the state can no longer be considered a humanitarian crisis. NGOs also identified peacebuilding activities as a priority to address the disillusionment and marginalization of [...]	2007-05-23 14:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM81	DARFUR: GOV DIVIDED ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Two Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fighter planes overflew El Fasher on January 15. Several Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory commanders, who were planning to attend a commanders conference in North Darfur in the coming days, have characterized the flyover as an attempt by the Sudanese g [...]	2007-01-19 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM813	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE: ABDELWAHID AND FINANCES [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement continues to move towards a June 11 commencement of "consolidation talks" between Darfur rebels interested in participating in a rejuvenated political process. Limited financial resources and a lack of clarity on future funding streams i [...]	2007-05-24 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM814	SOUTHERN LEADERS WELCOME U.S. SUPPORT FOR DARFUR [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has deployed teams to Darfur and Chad to try to gain support for a planned conference of Darfur rebel groups to be held somewhere in southern Sudan by mid-June. Senior SPLM officials welcomed a strong message of U.S. support for their initiati [...]	2007-05-24 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM817	DARFUR: EGYPT SEEKS STRATEGY FOR POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Meeting with Poloff on May 21, Egyptian DCM Osama Shaltout underscored his government's desire for a clear UN and AU strategy for advancing the political process in Darfur. Shaltout said he had reiterated the points reported in reftel with Khartoum-based representatives of UN Envoy Jan El [...]	2007-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU EG
07KHARTOUM822	Summary of the CFC Meetings, Week of May 14 [...] (SBU) The Cease-fire Commission (CFC) did not meet on May 14. During the May 16 meeting of the Second Chamber, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) sparred with the Deputy Force Commander over access to helicopters and the restructuring of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into three [...]	2007-05-28 03:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM832	MINAWI OFFERS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN NCP AND WEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
07KHARTOUM837	DEATH OF UN DARFUR PEACEKEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death of Lieutenant Colonel Ehab Nazih marks the first death in Darfur of a United Nations peacekeeper. There is no indication that the death was politically motivated, but the incident underscores the increasing banditry and lawlessness on the ground. Sudanese government, [...]	2007-05-29 13:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM839	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY FORCES [...] (C) Summary: "Most" Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces east of the Nile in southern Sudan have now crossed to the west and gathered in the vicinity of Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Peace tal [...]	2007-05-29 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM840	Darfur: Briefing for AU PSC Delegation [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 22, Western representatives briefed a fact-finding mission of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) on the situation in Darfur. They highlighted the importance of an effective peace-keeping force and cease-fire mechanism, a specific UN/AU strategy for the [...]	2007-05-29 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM849	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE SPLM INITIATIVE [...] (C) Recent meetings with First Vice President Salva Kiir, SPLM insider Luka Biong Deng, and SPLM Darfur Task Force members have underscored the SPLM's intention to bring DPA non-signatories to Southern Sudan to prepare them for negotiations with the Sudanese Government. Though the SPLM views [...]	2007-05-30 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM85	PRESS STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] Post issued a press statement on January 21 supporting UN and African Union (AU) efforts to facilitate a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory military commanders and to encourage the Sudanese Government to provide the security assurances necessary for the conference to proceed. [...]	2007-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM854	Ceasefire Commission: Week of May 21 [...] (SBU) Allegations of ceasefire violations appear to be on the up-swing in both Chambers of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC). The CFC Chairman formed a sub-committee to review the objectivity of the report on the April 1 killing of AMIS soldiers in Umm Barru. JEM described the Sudanese Governmen [...]	2007-05-31 08:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM855	COMMANDER OF JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS PROVIDES GRIM [...] (C) Summary: The commander of Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIU) provided a grim assessment of the JIUs, their progress toward forming the nucleus of a new national army under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the prospects for withdrawal of the Khartoum-based Sudan Armed Forces ( [...]	2007-05-31 09:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM857	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM STATE ANNOUNCES INTENT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Khartoum State has announced in the press that the street in front of the U.S. Embassy will be immediately reopened to vehicular traffic. The Embassy is currently seeking assurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the street will actually remain c [...]	2007-05-31 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM859	DARFUR DONORS CONCERNED ON HAAVISTO APPOINTMENT, [...] (C) Meeting on May 30, the core group of Western donors in Khartoum expressed reservations over the appointment of former EU Special Envoy for Sudan Pekka Haavisto as UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's new representative for the Darfur political process. While Haavisto's terms of reference had not yet b [...]	2007-05-31 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CH
07KHARTOUM878	DARFUR - TAWILA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE ON THE VERGE OF [...] (U) Maintaining a humanitarian presence in Tawila is crucial to preventing a deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the potential movement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to nearby El Fasher. In May 2007, a sustained and worsening trend of carjackings and attacks on relief agen [...]	2007-06-04 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM879	SPLM LEADERSHIP TO DEFINE TASKFORCE, SUPPORT [...] (C) Discussions continue within the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on the structure and focus of its role in the Darfur political process. Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun said that the party recognized that resolution of the [...]	2007-06-04 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM882	SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]	2007-06-05 11:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM883	SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]	2007-06-05 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM884	AMIS AND SLA CLASH IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) A fatal road traffic accident on May 30 between an AMIS APC and an SLA/Minawi truck in South Darfur left one SLA dead and nine injured. The accident sparked a reprisal from SLA fighters, who later shot three AMIS soldiers and commandeered 13 AMIS vehicles. The incident illustrates SLA le [...]	2007-06-05 11:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM889	Ceasefire Commission Week of May 28 [...] (SBU) With the killing of a UN peacekeeper on May 25, security issues and ceasefire violations remained at the center of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions this week. Additionally, a new rebel movement, the SLA United Front, announced itself at AMIS' expense. End summary. -------------- [...]	2007-06-05 14:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM890	MINAWI ON JEM DYNAMICS, ARAB-GOVERNMENT CONFLICT [...] (C) Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi discussed the shifting power dynamics within the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the increasing disaffection among Arab tribes toward the [...]	2007-06-05 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU CD
07KHARTOUM897	SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON UNHCR CLUSTER ROLE IN DARFUR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In response to the points of the demarche, the Officer in Charge of UNHCR noted that the cluster approach has not yet been formally launched in Sudan, and that UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are still collaborating on camp coordination and prot [...]	2007-06-07 06:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM898	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: "DECLARATION ON ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In one of the stranger twists of the protracted Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace process, the chief mediator has issued a detailed "declaration" of arrangements for the Ugandan rebel group to cross the Nile in southern Sudan and assemble at the Sudan/Congo border--despite the fa [...]	2007-06-07 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM900	UN/AU PROCESS FLAILING [...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of a specific UN/AU plan for the Darfur political process has led to an increase in competing international initiatives. The UN and AU appear unable to exert the necessary leadership to shape these initiatives into a coherent strategy. They have wavered in their sup [...]	2007-06-07 16:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM901	CFC TEAM VISITS MUHAJERIA AND HEARS SLA DEMANDS [...] (SBU) Members of the Force Headquarters Ceasefire Commission (CFC) flew to Muhajeria Military Group Site (MGS) June 5 to interview witnesses to the May 30 vehicle collision between the African Union Mission to Sudan (AMIS) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi (reftel). The team hoped [...]	2007-06-07 16:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM902	REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...]	2007-06-07 16:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU
07KHARTOUM903	Ceasefire Commission Week of June 4, 2007 [...] (SBU) As the incident between AMIS and SLA Minawi near Labado on May 30 (reftel) occupied the majority of the CFC's time this week, the First Chamber meeting on June 4 and Second Chamber meeting on June 6 were cancelled. The tone of the meetings held was subdued. An investigation team for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM904	SPLM Appeals for Funds, Outlines Efforts for Darfur [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to organize a conference of various Darfur factions faces significant logistical and financial obstacles but is moving forward. In several meetings in Juba, members of the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) provided a detai [...]	2007-06-08 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM906	DARFUR - A CARJACKING A DAY KEEPS NGOS AWAY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-10 05:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM91	DARFUR: ASSAULTS AGAINST HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Government of National Unity National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officers arrested 20 staff members of the UN, non-governmental organizations (NGO),and African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) during a social event at the American Refugee Committee (ARC [...]	2007-01-22 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM912	ARAB POP STAR EVENT UNDERSCORES SUDANESE, ARAB [...] (U) Newly arrived CDA was invited at the last moment by the Libyan Ambassador to a late night concert/reception for Arab pop music stars who are performing in Sudan in solidarity with the suffering people of Darfur. The event included a concert by local Sudanese musicians (some from Darfur it [...]	2007-06-10 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM922	DARFUR - GEREIDA CALM BUT UNPREDICTABLE [...] (U) On May 22, a USAID assessment team traveled to the SLA/Minawi-held town of Gereida, South Darfur, in the first USG visit since a violent attack on humanitarian agencies led to their withdrawal in December 2006. In the absence of other relief organizations since the attack, the Internationa [...]	2007-06-11 11:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM925	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM MAINTAINS THAT EMBASSY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez met the Governor of Khartoum State, Dr. Abdulhalim al Mutaafi, to discuss the Governor's May 30 declaration that the street directly in front of the U.S. Embassy will be reopened to vehicular traffic. In the meeting, al Mutaafi dir [...]	2007-06-11 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM926	SUDAN - NUBA MOUNTAINS USAID MONITORING TRIP [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 15:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM927	SUDAN - NUBA MOUNTAINS USAID MONITORING TRIP [...] (U) Talodi locality in the eastern hills of the Nuba Mountains, Southern Kordofan State, has received a large number of returnees in comparison with other areas. From September 2006 to March 2007, approximately 2,594 returnees arrived in Talodi, according to Save the Children/US (SC/US). Acce [...]	2007-06-12 03:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM929	DARFUR: SPLM OUTLINES CONFERENCE STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with donor governments, regional representatives, and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Taskforce on Darfur, Secretary General Pagan Amum emphasized that the SPLM would play a facilitation not a mediation role in the Darfur political process and outlined three-pha [...]	2007-06-12 14:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM93	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES CHADIAN CONNECTION [...] (C) In a January 20 meeting with Poloff and a January 21 meeting with AF/SPG Deputy Director Jason Small, Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi described the Chadian connection to the Darfur crisis and to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA [...]	2007-01-22 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM930	APREZI RETURNS, SLM REP MELTS DOWN [...] (SBU) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Lt. Gen. Luke Aprezi returned to AMIS Force Headquarters on June 11. He expressed doubts that Gen. Martin Luther Agwai was a good selection to replace him as AMIS force commander, though admitted Agwai would be well-positioned to lead [...]	2007-06-12 16:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM934	HYBRID FORCE AS SPUN INTERNALLY TO THE SUDANESE - [...] (U) On June 13, semi-official Khartoum daily "Akhbar al-Yawm" clarified the meaning of the Sudanese Government's acceptance of the AU/UN Hybrid Force to its pro-regime, Arabic speaking readership. It did so in a half-page "dialogue" in a question and answer format based on telephone conversat [...]	2007-06-13 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO KPAO OIIP SU AU
07KHARTOUM935	SPLM/DARFUR: AMUM REITERATES FOCUS ON REBELS, SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Meeting with Acting CG Juba and Poloff on June 13, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary General Pagan Amum said that he shared U.S. concerns about the first phase of the SPLM's conference on Darfur. As outlined by the SPLM, phase one would bring together civil society grou [...]	2007-06-13 12:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM938	DARFUR - STILL WATERS RUN DEEP IN MUKJAR [...] (U) Mukjar and the surrounding area in southern West Darfur is populated predominantly by the Fur ethnic group. The current population is approximately 15,000 people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs),300 refugees from Chad, and an estimated 400 of the original 5,000 residents. Mo [...]	2007-06-14 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM94	TIME TO TEST PRESIDENT BASHIR ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy in Sudan is blocked on three fronts. This message, the first in a three-part analysis, examines the worsened situation in Darfur and identifies a narrow window of opportunity to implement Plan A by re-activating the Darfur peace process and by pushing for UN peacekee [...]	2007-01-22 15:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM943	SCENESETTER FOR AMB KHALILZAD VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (C) In keeping with the last twenty years of the bilateral relationship, the USG continues to use three instruments to implement our policy in Sudan: sanctions, humanitarian and development assistance, and diplomacy. An end to the crisis in Darfur is being pursued along two policy tracks--pea [...]	2007-06-14 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM945	NAVIGATING SUDAN'S MINEFIELDS [...] (U) A May 22-31 visit to Sudan by Col. Stu Harris, Deputy Director for Programs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs helped address the growing tension among Sudanese officials, local mine action groups and international non-governmen [...]	2007-06-14 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP DMINE SU
07KHARTOUM947	EMBASSY'S PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN [...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. On June 12 the Embassy's Regional Affairs Officer and Regional Security Officer met with the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in order to seek clarification concerning the Sudanese Government's intention to reopen the stre [...]	2007-06-14 15:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGMT SU
07KHARTOUM948	FIRST SUDATEL, NOW SUDAN AIRWAYS - PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Sudanese State Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sudan Airways, Kamal Abdel Latif, announced that Sudan Airways will be privatized. The following day the government of Sudan (GoS) signed the deal with Aref Investment Group of [...]	2007-06-14 15:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM951	MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]	2007-06-15 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KHARTOUM952	Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas [...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]	2007-06-15 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM953	SPLM SUGGESTS DELAY IN CONFERENCE WITH DPA [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) will most likely postpone the second and third phases of their conference in Southern Sudan because key leaders of the Darfur rebel movements have not agreed to attend. The first phase of the conference--focused on civil society groups, tradit [...]	2007-06-15 18:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM956	BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM957	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH SUDANESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Meeting with the United Nations Security Council on June 17, Sudanese officials emphasized Sudan's commitment to the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006 and the conclusions reached in Addis Ababa on June 11-12 to permit a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping force. According to Foreign Minister [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM959	DARFUR: MUTRIFF REITERATES SUDAN'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Sudan reiterated its acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force during a June 18 briefing in Khartoum. Siddiq Mutriff, the Government's lead negotiator during the recent consultations in Addis Ababa, said that this acceptance included UN command and control, non-African personnel, and a full tr [...]	2007-06-18 15:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM960	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he h [...]	2007-06-19 09:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM962	"BROKEN PROMISES:" RESENTMENT GROWS WITHIN THE SLM [...] (C) Resentment toward the lack of financial and political support from the U.S. is growing within the ranks of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),a mid-ranking cadre in Khartoum told Poloff on June 17. Emphasizing that he was "speaking frankly among friends," the SLM member said that after [...]	2007-06-19 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM965	CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" [...] (x) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you d [...]	2007-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM966	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he ha [...]	2007-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM970	Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas [...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]	2007-06-20 04:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM972	CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" (CORRECTED COPY [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you [...]	2007-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM974	MINAWI WARNS OF NEW WAVE OF NRF ATTACKS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi warned Poloff on June 19 of a new infiltration of National Redemption Front (NRF) forces into South Darfur near Haskanita. UN reports of June 18 had indicated that a group of NRF fighters had m [...]	2007-06-20 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM975	Confusion and Criticism Follow Further Changes to Foreign [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 29, in an action widely understood as a measure designed to prevent capital flight following tightened U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Exchange Administration of the Central Bank of Sudan announced an amendment to its foreign exchange regulations (reftel). After widespread cr [...]	2007-06-20 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM978	(C) SAF WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE WILL BE MISSED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not complete the withdrawal of their troops from southern Sudan by the July 9 deadline mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Moreover, UNMIS recalculation of figures tied to earlier troop movements now places the total percentag [...]	2007-06-21 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM EIAD SU
07KHARTOUM98	DARFUR: UPDATE ON NYALA ASSAULT [...] (U) A January 22 press release from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and an UNMIS News Bulletin the same day attributed the January 20 physical assault on UN staff in Nyala to local police (reftel). According to the same statements, the raid on the compound of an international non- [...]	2007-01-23 13:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM980	DARFUR IDP YOUTH ACTIVISTS WANT SECURITY AND A [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with youth activists from two major IDP camps on the outskirts of Nyala, capital of South Darfur. The ninety minute dialogue in Arabic with five intense young men (and one woman) of Fur origin from the Otash and Kalma refugee camps focused on the hopes and aspi [...]	2007-06-21 14:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU ASEC
07KHARTOUM983	KAJBAR VIDEO SYMBOLIZES SUFFERING OF DARFUR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, police killed four demonstrators protesting the construction of a dam near Kajbar (reftel) . Several days later, a ten minute video of the dead and wounded from Kajbar appeared on the Internet. On June 20, in the Sudanese independent daily "Al-Ayaam," Murtadi Al-Gh [...]	2007-06-21 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM984	DENG ALOR SEES CHANGES IN NCP POSITIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with CDA Fernandez, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor characterized the National Congress Party (NCP) as split between those who acknowledged the "new reality" of Sudan--where the NCP could no longer make unilateral decisions and needed to engage in dialogue [...]	2007-06-21 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM985	SPLM Re-Assessing Darfur Initiative [...] (SBU) The SPLM is re-assessing its effort to bring together Darfurians after postponing its planned conference in Rumbek. Clement Janda, the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) Chairman, was disappointed by the failure of key rebel factions to attend and the lack of support it received from the i [...]	2007-06-22 03:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM986	Darfurians Worry About and Welcome the Hybrid [...] (SBU) Summary: In his inaugural trip to Nyala and El Fasher June 18-20, CDA Fernandez met with a wide range of Darfurian actors, including IDPs, tribal elders, INGOs and UN agencies and Sudanese government officials. While all welcomed the recent announcement that the Sudanese government would [...]	2007-06-22 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM987	DARFUR A VICTIM OF POOR GOVERNANCE, THE BUSINESS OF WAR [...] SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez, two prominent Darfur civil society activists described war in Darfur as a business with many partners. Traditional leadership and negotiating mechanisms had been lost, they said, replaced by rebels with no real connection to Darfurians them [...]	2007-06-22 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM99	(CORRECTED COPY MRN: KHARTOUM 00080): MINAWI [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KIGALI1005	Rwandan 2008 Budget Highlights [...] Summary. Minister of Finance James Musoni officially presented the 2008 budget to the Parliament on October 16. The overall budget is approximately USD 1.1 billion, a 15 increase from the previous year. Musoni predicted 6.6 growth in the economy with inflation dropping to 5 by 2008. He [...]	2007-11-02 06:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1016	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] IT Summit: Rwanda hosted the African Heads of State Connect Africa Summit October 29 and 30. Six African presidents and corporate executives attended. The summit's goal was to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Tour, Secretary General of the International [...]	2007-11-06 07:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1033	UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]	2007-11-09 10:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1040	UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]	2007-11-14 14:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1041	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO RWANDA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit of Senator Kerry to Rwanda. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide when upwards of one million Rwandans lost their lives, and the nation's infrastructure, economy and society were terribly [...]	2007-11-15 07:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1060	MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT DRC-RWANDAN COMMUNIQUE [...] Rwandan media, taking their cue from senior GOR officials, have given positive coverage of the Nairobi Joint Communique on a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and security in the Great Lakes Region. On Monday, November 12, pro-government daily "New Times" ran under the headline [...]	2007-11-15 13:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO PINR PINS RW CG
07KIGALI1062	IT FOR AFRICA: RWANDA LEADS THE WAY [...] Summary. Rwanda hosted the Connect Africa Summit October 29-30. Six African presidents, 53 communications ministers, and 19 corporate executives attended the summit which was intended to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the Int [...]	2007-11-16 05:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1069	RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR [...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]	2007-11-19 11:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1092	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]	2007-11-29 16:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI110	GACACA PROBLEMS, GACACA REFORMS [...] (SBU) The GOR seeks to streamline its gacaca system, lowering penalties for those convicted of genocide crimes, narrowing the jurisdiction of regular courts over genocide suspects, and reducing the numbers of judges per gacaca court. A new prisoner release is also soon to occur. By these r [...]	2007-02-05 06:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI1110	AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI: NEEDED BUT ELUSIVE [...] Summary. The housing industry in Rwanda is fragmented and in need of assistance. Individuals are currently allocated plots and build according to their convenience, taste and capacity, irrespective of the area. The results are environmentally, aesthetically, and logistically problematic for [...]	2007-12-10 10:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1113	"BETTER THAN PRISON" - RWANDA'S POST-GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Evariste Bizimana, Executive Secretary for the Rwandan Travaux d'Interet General (TIG) National Committee, discussed the state of the community service program with emboffs on December 4. Approximately 45,000 people - referred to as "TIGists" - have been registered by the TIG [...]	2007-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1114	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]	2007-12-10 15:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1115	SUMMARY OF G/TIP SMALL GRANTS PROJECT OUTCOMES [...] (U) Embassy Kigali welcomed the opportunity to use FY 2005 Economic Support Funds (ESF) for anti-trafficking in persons projects, and submits the following summary of project outcomes. (Note: Final narrative project reports have been submitted to G/TIP via e-mail. End note.) --------------- [...]	2007-12-11 10:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RW

07KIGALI1120	DRC REFUGEES TO RWANDA - UNHCR PREPARING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Kigali Representative Annette Nyekan and External Relations Officer Christina Alfirev met with Poloff recently to discuss current movements of refugees to Rwanda from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Refugee flows to Rwanda have slowed recently, despite the [...]	2007-12-14 11:09:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
07KIGALI1145	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]	2007-12-27 09:18:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1146	LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW-INCOME RWANDANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Inflation in Rwanda is officially reported at under 10 percent but the reality behind the numbers is much more serious for low-income Rwandans, the majority of the population. Certain food prices have increased as much as 350 percent and virtually none less than 10 percent ov [...]	2007-12-27 12:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI142	GOR INVESTIGATING ATTACK ON JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) Summary. Rwandan police are investigating a 9 Feb attack on Jean Bosco Gasasira, chief editor of independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umuvugizi." Gasisira was attacked by three men with tire irons outside a bar in Kigali, he sustained serious injuries to his leg, arm and head. B [...]	2007-02-12 16:11:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI146	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS LEAHY MESSAGE TO FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. On 12 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to deliver demarche per reftel. This meeting was a follow up to a 2 Feb meeting with Minister of State for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali where Ambassador first formally informed MINAFET that the USG had derogatory [...]	2007-02-14 12:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ASEC SU RW
07KIGALI152	FDLR POLITICAL OPERATIVES IN RWANDA [...] (C) Summary. GOR sources confirm recent reports of activity in Rwanda by political operatives of the exiled Forces Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). FDLR operatives have been arrested both inside the country, and at its borders. These incidents reflect episodic attempts by the [...]	2007-02-15 11:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI167	GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS [...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]	2007-02-21 06:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI168	GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS [...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]	2007-02-21 06:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI176	RWANDA OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL WARD VISIT [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Commander, Headquarters, US European Command, General William E. Ward. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. Upwards of [...]	2007-02-22 11:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI178	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]	2007-02-22 17:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI185	RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR A/S POWELL [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina SIPDIS Powell. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. [...]	2007-02-26 13:32:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI194	RWANDA: NEXT STEPS ON BURUNDI [...] (C) Mission delivered reftel demarche on February 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amandin Rugira. Rugira agreed that events in Burundi were at a sensitive juncture, and said that the GOR supported the recent changes in the composition of the CNDD-FDD and the GOR. Former [...]	2007-02-28 06:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI195	RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]	2007-02-28 06:43:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI209	OFFICE OF AUDITOR GENERAL ON USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS [...] (U) The Auditor General sees recurring failings in use of public funds by some government offices, to be rectified by training, appointment of appropriate oversight officials, the production of consolidated financial statements by the Ministry of Finance, and a new Accountancy law. Assistance [...]	2007-03-01 15:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI210	JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES [...] (U) Summary. On July 23 Jean Leonard Rugambag , ajournalist for the Kinyarwand fortnight newspaper 'Umura,' was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one month [...]	2007-03-01 15:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI218	RWANDA: RECENT CHINA ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments conduct their long-standing and productive relations on a number of levels. Last year the Chinese Minister of Cooperation and a senior Communist party official visited Kigali in August, under the aegis of the Fifth Rwanda-China Joint Committee on Econ [...]	2007-03-05 05:57:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI219	PLEASE DISREGARD KIGALI 210 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 05:57:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO RW
07KIGALI281	KAGAME ON TRIPARTITE-PLUS, DARFUR, AND REFUGEE [...] (C) On March 16 AF DAS James Swan advised President Kagame on the principal successes of the just-completed Tripartite Plus conference, detailing progress on "active approaches" toward eliminating Negative Forces, and a common "Wanted List" to be circulated among the four nations by means of [...]	2007-03-19 14:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
07KIGALI285	MONUC COOPERATION WITH ICTR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On the margins of the Tripartite Plus meetings in Kigali March 15-16, ICTR Chief Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with SRSG for the DRC William Lacy Swing to discuss MONUC assistance to the ICTR, specifically the location of suspe [...]	2007-03-21 07:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC RW
07KIGALI289	CONGOLESE JOURNALIST RELEASED, EXPELLED [...] (SBU) On March 21, Rwandan authorities released from custody Congolese journalist Idesbald Byabuze, in detention for approximately a month, and under investigation for a 2005 article criticizing the alleged Tutsi domination of the Hutu majority in Rwanda (reftel). At the central "1930" prison [...]	2007-03-21 15:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI291	UGANDA HANDS RWANDA 10 MEMBERS OF DISSIDENT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On March 12 Ugandan security forces transferred to Rwandan authorities ten members of the dissident organization RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais). These individuals are now in the custody of military investigators, who are determining their personal identity and status wit [...]	2007-03-21 16:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI296	WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador at large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Rwanda March 10-14, meeting with senior GOR officials, diplomatic missions, ICTR officers, and members of the human rights community. He also visited the Mpanga prison being readied for the potential reception [...]	2007-03-22 15:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI306	GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN SW RWANDA VANDALIZED [...] (U) Summary. In early morning on 23 March a hand grenade was used to vandalize a Genocide Memorial Site near the border town of Cyangugu. The unidentified perpetrators were driven off by GOR security forces without causing extensive damage to the site. Few additional facts are available b [...]	2007-03-28 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV RW
07KIGALI313	PRESIDENT OF MILITARY COURT ON RECORDS, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 22 DCM and polchief met with Major General Patrick Nyamvumba, President of the Military High Court, to discuss the military justice system and prospects for access to records. Nyamvumba described a system grounded in the civilian criminal code and procedure, with car [...]	2007-03-29 16:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS RW
07KIGALI342	FORMER PRESIDENT BIZIMUNGU RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Rwanda released former President Pasteur Bizimungu from prison on April 6. This release apparently occurred without prior notice to the public and without condition. Coming thirteen years to the day from the start of the 1994 genocide, and on Good Friday, thi [...]	2007-04-06 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI388	JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]	2007-04-24 15:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI391	RWANDA PETITIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE [...] (U) Rwanda on April 18 petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the November 2006 issuance of arrest warrants by French judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere against nine senior Rwandan officials. These officials, according to an investigation conducted by Bruguiere, were allegedly [...]	2007-04-25 13:23:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS RW
07KIGALI405	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The High Court recently issued a temporary injunction against Dane Associates, dissolving the Board of Directors of Kibuye Power (KP1) Limited and preventing the company from being party to methane extraction activities at Lake Kivu. Dane has been embroiled in a breach of contract dispute wit [...]	2007-05-02 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI406	AMIS NON-PAYMENT JEOPARDIZES RWANDAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (U) The African Union continues to owe the GOR approximately USD 20 million, which amounts to 0.7% of GDP, for funds expended in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). 2. (SBU) The IMF, during the latest Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) mission to Rwanda, advised the GOR to con [...]	2007-05-02 09:46:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI412	RWANDA: TRIPARTITE PLUS DEFENSE CHIEFS MEETING [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense and armed forces officials on May 2 to discuss the recent chiefs of defense staff meeting in Bujumbura (Reftel). Ministry Secretary General Zac Nsenga, Generals Rutatina and SIPDIS Musemakweli, RDF Spokesman Rutaremara and Military Prosecutor [...]	2007-05-03 15:19:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RW
07KIGALI42	Rwanda 2007 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Rwanda: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The GOR is making progress economically as it recognizes that the private sector is an essential engine of development. The government [...]	2007-01-18 15:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI454	REPORTS OF EXTRA-JUDICAL KILLINGS BY THE RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary. Dutch colleagues, the local representative of Human Rights Watch, and the Executive Secretary of LIPRODHOR (Rwanda's most well-known human rights organization) report 8 to 10 incidents of extrajudicial killings by Rwandan police since the new year, mostly in April. The major [...]	2007-05-14 14:42:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI493	RWANDA HOSTS EAST AFRICA BROADBAND CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY. The GOR, in conjunction with the U.S. government, hosted an East African Broadband workshop in Kigali from May 8-10 to produce a roadmap for expanding broadband connectivity in East Africa. 2. President Kagame opened a two-day East African Broadband workshop jointly hosted by the [...]	2007-05-23 14:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ECPS PGOV EINV ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI496	GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS RISING RAPIDLY; MORE [...] (SBU) Gacaca courts trying genocide suspects have greatly increased their rate of adjudication, following adoption of the new genocide statute on March 1. As of mid-May, gacaca courts have processed nearly 400,000 cases, approximately half the existing caseload. Judicial authorities are rep [...]	2007-05-23 15:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI530	PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONVICTED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Francois Byuma, a local human rights activist, received a nineteen year sentence from a Kigali gacaca court on May 27 for his participation in attacks on a Tutsi citizen during the 1994 genocide. Byuma, head of the human rights organization Turengere Abana (Protect Our Child [...]	2007-06-04 08:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI546	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Global Fund has pledged USD 59 million over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS. The project will emphasize prevention, expanded access to anti-retroviral treatment, improved care, support of orphans and people living with AIDS, and improved linkage between tuberculosis and HIV services. [...]	2007-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI563	RWANDA COMMITS TO FURTHER JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS [...] (U) Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama chaired a June 8 presentation of results from a two day Justice Sector retreat that included 12 justice sector institutions, among them the Ministry of Justice, the Prison Service, the Prosecution Service, the National Gacaca Service, the Military Cou [...]	2007-06-15 11:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI592	CHALLENGES IN THE RWANDAN COFFEE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. RwandEx, a coffee export company recently privatized to a group of Belgian investors who have been involved in the company since its inception in 1964, is having an increasingly confrontational relationship with the GOR. Coupled with the relatively low coffee harvest season, thes [...]	2007-06-25 11:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ETRD BTIO RW
07KIGALI599	RWANDA PRISON CONDITIONS: WORSENING STEADILY AS [...] (C) Polchief and visiting PRM officer called upon International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Chief Pierre Wettach on June 26 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wettach described a worsening situation in the nation's 16 prisons, due exclusively to the ever-increasing number of geno [...]	2007-06-27 15:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI6	RWANDA: OVERSEAS OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition political parties based outside Rwanda appear fractured and ineffectual, composed of disparate groupings of disaffected former officials or relatively unknown politicians nursing various grievances against the present government. What unites them is a visceral disl [...]	2007-01-04 08:00:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI633	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 15:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI639	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]	2007-07-10 11:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI656	DEMARCHE ON OCTOBER 1 AU/UN HYBRID FORCE UNSCR [...] (U) On Monday, July 16 Ambassador met with Rosemary Museminali, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, to deliver reftel demarche on a UN Security Council resolution that sets an October 1 date for the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to transition to the UN/AU [...]	2007-07-16 14:45:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO SU RW
07KIGALI66	Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential [...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]	2007-01-24 05:50:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI668	RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]	2007-07-20 13:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI669	RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]	2007-07-20 13:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI680	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA [...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...]	2007-07-30 15:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW
07KIGALI700	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Japan promised Rwanda USD 1,509,150 to boost economic development and poverty eradication, most specifically directed towards the agricultural sector. The World Bank will administer both grants from the Japanese government under its Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD). The gran [...]	2007-08-03 10:38:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI746	RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD? [...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]	2007-08-20 15:17:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI747	TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]	2007-08-20 16:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI754	FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]	2007-08-22 14:08:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI755	KIVUS STRATEGY DEMARCHE: RWANDA IN AGREEMENT [...] (C) On August 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the USG Kivus strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande. Ambassador asked that the GOR: 1) reiterate its previously declared opposition to any form of recruitment within Rwanda by General Nkunda and work to prevent s [...]	2007-08-22 16:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI758	RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]	2007-08-23 14:23:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759	RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS [...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]	2007-08-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI792	AMBASSADOR SEZIBERA ON FOREIGN MINISTER TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on September 6 to discuss the recent meeting in Kinshasa between the Rwandan and Congolese Foreign Ministers (which Sezibera attended). Sezibera described the interactions as "about what we expected," and said th [...]	2007-09-06 15:52:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI793	RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MEETING IN KINSHASA [...] (SBU) On September 7 Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the local diplomatic corps on his recent visit to Kinshasa to discuss events in the Kivus with his Congolese counterpart. Murigande expressed satisfaction with the several joint mechanisms announced in the communique is [...]	2007-09-07 11:09:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI796	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the U.S. Mission, launched a USD 10 million extensive anti-malaria Indoor Residential Spraying (IRS) campaign for Kigali on August 10. The goal of the campaign is to reduce malaria-related mortality by 50 percent among those in most vulnerable categ [...]	2007-09-10 05:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI822	GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE" [...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]	2007-09-17 08:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI83	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR LEADER [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following GOR officials nominated to attend the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 Feb - 9 MAR 2007: -- Mr. Ben Balthazar Rutsi [...]	2007-01-29 09:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PHUM RW
07KIGALI849	TWO GENERALS ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) On September 21, a military court acquitted Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka of obstruction of justice charges. Rusegara, the head of a military training school, and Kaka, a retired officer now serving as a member of parliament for the ruling RPF, had been granted bail o [...]	2007-09-25 08:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI865	RWANDA'S LIBERAL PARTY IN TURMOIL [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party (PL) leadership has been embroiled in a continuing leadership dispute, the losing faction in hotly contested national congress elections alleging corruption and general misuse of party funds by the winning side. First suspended by party leadership, five senior p [...]	2007-10-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882	RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 13:48:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI933	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]	2007-10-15 08:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI934	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]	2007-10-15 08:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI96	Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential [...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]	2007-01-31 15:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI961	Rwanda Oil Pipeline: Feasible, Profitable, and Necessary [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9, Energy and Communications Minister of State Albert Butare opened a workshop to review the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA)-funded findings on the extension of an oil products pipeline from Kampala to Rwanda. The report clearly supports extension of [...]	2007-10-22 08:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI962	PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 14:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI970	GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR [...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]	2007-10-24 07:56:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI985	REFUGEES IN RWANDA - A CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The refugee operation in Rwanda is having difficulty keeping pace with the growth of the Congolese refugee population. In the past six-months, over 3000 Congolese have entered Rwanda, fleeing fighting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 60 percent of the [...]	2007-10-30 10:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF PGOV RW
07KIGALI989	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]	2007-10-30 14:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINGSTON1001	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]	2007-06-27 17:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1036	JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY [...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...]	2007-07-03 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON1071	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION [...] (U) Ending months of speculation and prophecizing, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) called faithful People's National Party (PNP) members to rally in Kingston on July 8 ostensibly to introduce the 60 PNP candidates running for election. After hours of standing and waiving PNP [...]	2007-07-09 20:43:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SNAR XL
07KINGSTON108	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 4 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]	2007-01-22 15:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON110	JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON111	JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1126	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER ONE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 11:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1127	JAMAICA'S "FINANCE MINISTER IN WAITING" ROLLS OUT [...] (C) In a private meeting with DCM and EMBOFFS, JLP Shadow Finance Minister and member of Parliament Audley Shaw outlined a slew of policies, including a new debt management program and tax reforms, to restructure the Jamaican economy. After 18 years in opposition, "Jamaica's Finance Minister in [...]	2007-07-20 11:59:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL XL JM
07KINGSTON1144	JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1161	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 20:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1170	JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171	JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO [...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]	2007-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1193	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR OAS CARICOM
07KINGSTON1209	JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT [...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]	2007-08-07 17:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1211	JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT [...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]	2007-08-07 18:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1237	A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]	2007-08-09 21:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1247	JAMAICA/BRAZIL: LULA OPENS ETHANOL PLANT, GIVES [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 12:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EAGR EFIN EPET PGOV PREL EAIR JM
07KINGSTON1252	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 12:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1270	JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 22:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINGSTON1288	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 20:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1301	JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 11:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1302	JAMAICA: SEVEN (7) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]	2007-08-29 15:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1306	JAMAICA: THIRTEEN (13) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following thirteen (13) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The proposed gr [...]	2007-08-29 17:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1307	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 12:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1309	REQUEST FOR TWO (2) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTINGS FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: N [...]	2007-08-30 13:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON131	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-01-26 13:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1311	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR THREE (3) HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: Na [...]	2007-08-30 18:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1314	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR FIVE (5) HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates for OAS/CICAD - NAS funded Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montegto Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]	2007-08-30 19:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1317	JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 14:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1321	JAMAICA: THREE (3) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following OAS/CICAD - NAS candidates funded for Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montego Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informatio [...]	2007-08-31 14:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM

07KINGSTON1325	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-01 16:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN [...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]	2007-09-01 16:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON133	JAMAICA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER PATTERSON BELIEVES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EIND ETRD ECON EWWT EFIN ECIN
07KINGSTON1335	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidte of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Information regarding the candidate: [...]	2007-09-04 18:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1336	JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1348	JAMAICA: AMEMBASSY KINGSTON PARTICIPATES IN OAS OBSERVER [...] On September 3, 2007, National General Elections were held in Jamaica. The Organization of American States (OAS) was present at the invitation of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to serve as impartial observers for the electoral process. OAS fielded 38 volunteers in two-person teams and cover [...]	2007-09-05 16:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS CASC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1369	JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING TO BE SWORN-IN AS PRIME MINISTER ON [...] On the afternoon of September 6, Embassy received an advance facsimile of the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of Diplomatic Note 8/802/380) ---------------------------------------- "The Min [...]	2007-09-07 19:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON OVIP JM XL
07KINGSTON1381	JAMAICA: ONE (1) REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for trainnig in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Name: EVERALD, Mort [...]	2007-09-10 20:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1389	JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 14:08:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1400	JAMAICA: A SUGGESTED U.S. AGENDA WITH THE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 13:10:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR EFIN ETRD EAID MASS SOCI
07KINGSTON1416	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has not derogatory information. Name of proposed candidate: Nam [...]	2007-09-17 18:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1418	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following five (5) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in San Salvador, El Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of [...]	2007-09-17 20:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1419	JAMAICA: NEWLY INAUGURATED PRIME MINISTER BRUCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-17 20:48:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER SOCI ASEC MARR OFDP UNDP
07KINGSTON1423	JAMAICA: THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 18:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON143	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]	2007-01-29 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1445	JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 17:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL
07KINGSTON1462	JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 16:14:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON1470	JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 16:25:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON148	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-01-30 16:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1490	JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE [...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]	2007-10-01 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1491	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]	2007-10-02 12:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1496	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Port Security Corps, who are presently in management positions and have been nominated for training in Kingston, Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...]	2007-10-02 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1525	JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 15:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON158	JAMAICA: LOOKING AHEAD-- WHY THE POST-ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 11:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI EINV ENRG ECON EFIN
07KINGSTON1626	JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 20:59:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL
07KINGSTON1681	JAMAICA: BEGINNING TO CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 20:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ENRG ECON EFIN ASEC KCOR
07KINGSTON1686	JAMAICA:LOCAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Fresh from their first successful Parliamentary elections in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is poised to carry that success over to local elections. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding recently announced that the local elections for over 200 local government seats will be held on De [...]	2007-11-21 15:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON169	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF NOMINEES TO [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act for the ILEA TIP course in Salvador. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Proposed candidates for screenin [...]	2007-02-02 15:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1706	Jamaica: Ambassador meets with Minister of Justice [...] Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Johnson, the Deputy Chief of Mission and NAS Director held their first meeting with Jamaica's new Minister of Justice, Dorothy Lightbourne. Also in attendance was Carole Palmer, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary. The Minister, who comes from the private ba [...]	2007-11-26 19:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1739	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON186	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 16:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON215	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI CARICOM KCOR JM
07KINGSTON25	JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE [...] (U) Malaria infections (refs A and B) continue to be detected with the latest number of confirmed cases standing at 192 as of January 3. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues to fog and distribute mosquito netting to at-risk communities. In addition, the MOH has been assisted by USAID which [...]	2007-01-05 18:15:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
07KINGSTON250	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 05 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-02-20 17:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON251	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-02-20 18:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON252	JAMAICA: SEEKING A 505 AGREEMENT THAT MAY APPLY TO [...] Per Reftel, PolOff and MLO met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Amb. Maxine Roberts, and MFAFT Legal Counselor Michelle Walker on the afternoon of February 12, and provided text of proposed new agreement. 2. [...]	2007-02-20 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON253	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-02-20 20:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON254	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 29 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-02-20 20:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON287	JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 11:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON292	JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 18:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON303	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 12 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-03-02 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON343	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: CONTRACTOR GENERAL OF [...] Summary: Please see the action request in paragraph 12. Currently, the Mission is exploring mechanisms for encouraging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to curb corruption. In keeping with the Mission's evolving strategy plan on anti-corruption, we are meeting with heads of Jamaican governmen [...]	2007-03-12 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV
07KINGSTON35	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 16 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-01-08 20:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON380	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON382	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 26 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-03-19 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON385	CONTRABAND ENFORCEMENT TEAM DISCUSSED WITH CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting NAS Director (NASDIR) followed up earlier conversations with Assistant Commissioner Cecil Brown and Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) Director Karl McKen (reftel) by meeting with Commissioner of Customs Hector Jones on March 9. The purpose was to get the Commissioner's [...]	2007-03-20 15:16:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV JM
07KINGSTON393	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION LEADER DEEPLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON EINV EPET MASS CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON394	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: AUDITOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBASSY'S PLAN TO PROMOTE ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES, ACTING NARCOTICS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR (NASDIR) CALLED ON JAMAICA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, ADRIAN STRACHAN, IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE IN COUNTERING CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS. N [...]	2007-03-21 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KJUS PGOV JM
07KINGSTON413	MURDER MYSTERY TARNISHES JAMAICA'S CWC TRIUMPH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Robert Woolmer, Pakistan's Cricket World Cup (CWC) coach and a British national, has been ruled a murder. At a press conference March 22, Jamaica Constabulary Force officials confirmed that Woolmer "died as a result of asphyxia due to manual strangulation." Publicly [...]	2007-03-23 18:42:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM
07KINGSTON434	JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]	2007-03-28 11:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON439	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-03-29 14:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON486	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 15 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-04-04 13:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON49	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-01-11 19:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON56	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] Per Reftel, on the morning of Jan. 11 Charge' provided background on the President's new Iraq strategy to the Permanent Secretary of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Amb. Douglas Saunders. 2. Post will report any GoJ response. HEG [...]	2007-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JM
07KINGSTON560	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Organized Crime Fugitive Team and Special Branch who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2 [...]	2007-04-18 15:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NAS USMS JM
07KINGSTON590	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]	2007-04-24 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON591	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]	2007-04-24 13:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON613	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-04-27 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON637	JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...]	2007-05-02 17:48:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON69	JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME & [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07KINGSTON70	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-01-17 15:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON700	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2007-05-10 17:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON771	JAMAICA: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the contrary view provided by the Jamaican Commissioner of Elections, (reftel),the Ministry of National Security remains very worried about violence prior to and on election day during the upcoming elections. High level Ministry staff have concluded that as both the curr [...]	2007-05-21 15:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON803	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES TO WIN AT LEAST [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 16:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON820	JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS [...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...]	2007-05-25 14:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM
07KINGSTON887	JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF [...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]	2007-06-06 18:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON89	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS VENEZUELA GIVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 18:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ABLD AMGT ENRG KCOR KCRM
07KINGSTON897	JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]	2007-06-07 20:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINGSTON92	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2007-01-18 20:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON949	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]	2007-06-18 13:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON953	JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
07KINGSTON962	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]	2007-06-20 18:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON975	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]	2007-06-22 19:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON985	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The following supervisory law [...]	2007-06-25 18:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON994	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]	2007-06-26 17:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON998	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]	2007-06-27 13:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON999	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]	2007-06-27 13:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
07KINSHASA1	ANTOINE GIZENGA NAMED PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila named Antoine Gizenga as Prime Minister of the Third Republic on December 30. Gizenga's nomination was expected since his Unified Party of Lumumbists (PALU) entered into a coalition with Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) in October before the [...]	2007-01-03 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1008	DRC AND SOUTH AFRICA SIGN AID ACCORDS AT FOURTH [...] (U) Congolese and South African ministers signed accords on South African assistance to Congo's transportation and health sectors at the conclusion of Bi-national Commission meetings August 21. They also signed a declaration of intent regarding South African support for reform of the Congoles [...]	2007-08-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ELTN SOCI SF CG
07KINSHASA102	KABILA ALLIES WIN EIGHT OF NINE GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (U) Summary: Candidates allied with the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won eight of nine gubernatorial contests January 27, including Kinshasa. Jean-Pierre Bemba's Union for the Nation (UfN) coalition won just one race, in Equateur province. Elections in the two Kasai [...]	2007-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1024	VERDICT DELIVERED IN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen months after the death of independent journalist Bapuwa Mwamba, a military court returned a guilty verdict against the accused murderers. This is the second conviction in the death of a journalist in the past five months. End Summary. 2. (U) On August 24 a military tr [...]	2007-08-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1031	NEWS REPORTS OF BRAVO MIXED BRIGADE DEPREDATIONS [...] (U) Reuters reported August 22 that MONUC peacekeepers had found the half-buried bodies of at least six people at two abandoned North Kivu military camps, recently vacated by soldiers of the FARDC Bravo "Mixed" Brigade. Bravo, one of several units that include unintegrated FARDC troops and s [...]	2007-08-30 12:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MARR KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1032	CONGO, ANGOLA ANNOUNCE PLANS TO DEMARCATE BORDER, [...] (C) Summary. Congo and Angola agreed in July 24-31 meetings in Luanda to refer a lingering border dispute to a committee of experts, and to share certain offshore oil revenues. Presidents Kabila and dos Santos met July 30-31 and finalized these and other agreements. The two sides plan to c [...]	2007-08-30 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON PGOV EMIN CG AO
07KINSHASA1033	CENTRAL AFRICAN PRESIDENT VISITS DRC, PROMISES TO [...] (U) Central African Republic (CAR) President Francois Bozize promised to reopen the DRC-CAR border during an August 23-24 visit to Kinshasa. The 24-hour visit, which included a one-hour meeting between Bozize and President Joseph Kabila, focused on DRC-CAR cooperation and the reopening of the [...]	2007-08-31 07:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CG CT
07KINSHASA1040	KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]	2007-08-31 13:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1043	CODEL FEINGOLD VISIT TO KINSHASA AND EASTERN DRC [...] (U) Summary: In a three-day visit to Kinshasa and the eastern cities of Goma and Bunia, CODEL Feingold assessed the DRC's progress towards democratization and good governance, efforts to resolve ongoing tensions in the eastern provinces, MONUC's programs contributing to peace and security, and [...]	2007-09-04 07:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV KPKO EAID CG
07KINSHASA105	BAN KI-MOON VISITS THE DRC ON FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP [...] (U) Summary: Ban Ki-Moon, newly elected Secretary General of the United Nations, spent two days in the DRC en route to the African Union Summit. Ban met with President Kabila, Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, members of the parliamentary opposition, and addressed the National Assembly. Ban [...]	2007-01-29 16:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1050	KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]	2007-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1053	NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...]	2007-09-05 06:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG
07KINSHASA1056	LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS [...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...]	2007-09-05 12:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA1063	RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]	2007-09-05 17:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1069	DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]	2007-09-06 10:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1072	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/7/07 12:00 GMT): MONUC [...] (U) MONUC peacekeepers September 6 brokered a ceasefire between pro-government Congolese military (FARDC) units and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda. The accord was reached after Nkunda's forces threatened to overrun the strategic North Kivu town of Sake about 20 miles west of t [...]	2007-09-07 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1077	DRC-UGANDA JOINT COMMUNIQUE [...] Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda met in Ngurdoto, Tanzania Septemer 7-8. At para. 4 below is the official French text of the joint communique issued at the end of the summit. 2. Of particular interest in the communique i [...]	2007-09-10 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV CG UG MOPS
07KINSHASA1082	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/10/07 17:00 GMT): FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Fighting has diminished in North Kivu since pro-government forces and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda stopped shooting in and around Sake, 20 miles west of the provincial capital Goma, on September 6. There have been isolated incidents in Rutshuru territory and in northe [...]	2007-09-10 17:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1084	FEWER ITURI COMBATANTS THAN EXPECTED DISARMING AS [...] (SBU) With three days remaining in the current Ituri District disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion (DDR) program, approximately 1,000 of an anticipated 4,600 combatants -- less than one quarter -- have handed over their weapons. According to UNDP officials running the initiative, as of [...]	2007-09-11 10:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1085	EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ebola virus, one of the hemorrhagic fevers, was confirmed on September 10 in the province of West Kasai, where nearly 400 people have fallen ill and over 160 of those have died since June (ref Kinshasa 1075). DRC Minister of Health, Makwenge Kaput, received the results from a W [...]	2007-09-11 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1087	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/11/07 16:00 GMT): REGION [...] (SBU) North Kivu remained relatively calm September 11, five days after MONUC peacekeepers facilitated a halt in fighting outside the provincial capital Goma between soldiers loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials told [...]	2007-09-11 16:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1090	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/12/07 16:00 GMT): NO REPORTS [...] (U) There are no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) sources told us September 12 there have been no major clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops since MONUC peacekeepers intervened to [...]	2007-09-12 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1092	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/13/07 15:00 GMT): NO NEW [...] (U) According to MONUC, there were no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops. The situation in the province remains tense, and Masisi and Rutshuru districts remain heavily militarized. 2. [...]	2007-09-13 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF MOPS KPKO ASEC CG

07KINSHASA1098	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/14/07 11:00 GMT): NO NEW [...] (U) There have been no new reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours (ref A),however insecurity continued in the province with the murder of a local administrator and the discovery of mass graves at a recently vacated mixed-brigade camp. 2. (U) MONUC's Radio Okapi reported [...]	2007-09-14 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1100	SHORTLEY AND CHARGE DISCUSS EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14, 2007, Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley and Charge d'Affaires, Sam Brock met with President Kabila at his residence for one hour to deliver the following messages from A/S Frazer. Kabila outlined his three pha [...]	2007-09-14 16:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1101	MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...]	2007-09-14 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1102	SHORTLEY OFFERS ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution to Jendayi Frazer, AF A/S, met with Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi on September 12 to discuss efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. Charge Sam Brock and PolCouns also participated. Shortley de [...]	2007-09-14 16:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1103	MILITARY ATTACHES DISCUSS CONGOLESE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Military attaches and representatives from EUSEC, the UK, France, and the US met with the Charge and Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor to the A/S for African Affairs, to discuss insecurity in North Kivu and the DRC's security sector limitations on September 13. All participants c [...]	2007-09-14 16:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1111	Patriot Day Activities [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]	2007-09-18 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1120	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION [...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...]	2007-09-18 17:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1121	DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...]	2007-09-19 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1123	PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK [...] (U) Public school teachers across the DRC have been on strike for long-promised salary increases since September 3, when schools were supposed to open. The national Congolese teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants du Congo (SYECO),and the Catholic teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants de [...]	2007-09-19 13:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
07KINSHASA1126	KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S [...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...]	2007-09-19 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
07KINSHASA1133	DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR [...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...]	2007-09-21 05:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA1134	GDRC RESPONSE ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) PolOff spoke September 20 with Oscar Matondo, director of the Fffice of International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding reftel request for contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 2. (U) Matondo said the GDRC certainly wished to see those responsib [...]	2007-09-21 11:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNSC PTER LE CG
07KINSHASA1139	KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...]	2007-09-24 15:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1150	MONUC REPORTS SIX CONGOLESE DEAD, FOUR WOUNDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC reports that Ugandan troops killed six Congolese and wounded five others after firing on a Congolese vessel on Lake Albert September 24. All but one were civilians. The confrontation followed an incident earlier in the day in which MONUC naval forces intercepted and su [...]	2007-09-25 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV CG UG
07KINSHASA1151	NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/25/07, 18:00 GMT): LIMITED [...] (U) Limited skirmishes broke out in several locations in North Kivu in the early morning of September 24 between Congolese military (FARDC) troops and elements of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's forces, but had died down by midday. No casualty figures were available. 2. (SBU) FARDC De [...]	2007-09-25 17:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1168	DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]	2007-10-02 09:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA117	FARDC GENERAL DISMISSIVE OF CONCESSIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Major General Bulenda Padiri, Commander of the DRC's Ninth Military Region, does not agree with the GDRC's negotiated concessions to Laurent Nkunda's troops in North Kivu. He believes that real integration and eventual redeployment outside of the Kivus are necessary for these f [...]	2007-01-31 13:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1172	CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...]	2007-10-02 17:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1175	TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF DEFENSE MEETING -- [...] (SBU) The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 in special session to discuss joint operations, cross-border confidence building measures, and the reinstatement of the bilateral Rwanda-DRC Joint Verification Mechanism. The Joint Communique has been transmitted se [...]	2007-10-03 12:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1177	JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF [...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. 2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETI [...]	2007-10-03 16:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1179	ITURI DDR: PHASE III PASSES THE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) The official deadline for the Phase III disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion program (DDR) in Ituri District officially passed on September 30. However, disarmament points and the demobilization transit sites remain open. Nearly 35 per cent of those on the official lists from t [...]	2007-10-04 16:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA118	KABILA COALITION DOMINATES IN KATANGA SENATE [...] (U) Results of the January 19 senatorial vote in Katanga confirmed the dominance of President Joseph Kabila's AMP coalition in his home province. Nine of the 16 senators elected by the provincial assembly January 19 are members or allies of Kabila's AMP coalition. Only one of the parties al [...]	2007-01-31 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1183	PLANE CRASH KILLS OVER THIRTY IN KINSHASA; TRANSPORT [...] (U) An Antonov 26-100B airplane crashed immediately after taking off from Kinshasa's N'djili International Airport at 9:43am on October 4. According to the Congolese Air Authority, Regie des Voies Aeriennes (RVA) all but one of the 11 adults, 2 children, and 5 crew members on board were killed [...]	2007-10-09 06:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV CASC CG
07KINSHASA119	IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY [...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Bandundu gave Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) a narrow majority of seats in Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's home province. The pro-Kabila PPRD won two of the province's twelve Senate seats, as did Mbusa Nyamwisi's Forc [...]	2007-01-31 13:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1213	DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect),the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...]	2007-10-19 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1215	CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]	2007-10-19 20:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1232	DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE [...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...]	2007-10-30 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1237	LAURENT NKUNDA SITUATION - PERSPECTIVES ON DDR OF HIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1248	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO [...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...]	2007-11-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1249	ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]	2007-11-02 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1250	DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1251	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...]	2007-11-05 16:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA126	FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN BANYAMULENGE TROOPS IN [...] (C) Summary: Limited fighting between Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi) troops of non-integrated brigades of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and of dissident armed forces broke out in the Minembwe region of South Kivu province January 25 and continued sporadically through January 29. Details c [...]	2007-02-01 13:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1260	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 3 MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor Tim Shortley met with close advisors to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) on November 3 to discuss Shortley's just-ended trip to the eastern Congo, which included meetings with senior officers of the Congolese Armed forces (FARDC),the UN [...]	2007-11-06 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1264	AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo, [...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...]	2007-11-08 10:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1265	SPECIAL CONFLICT ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S BRIEFINGS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Frazer's Special Conflict Advisor, Tim Shortley, togeter with officers from AF/RSA (Julie Chalfin) andDoD/OSD (Lt. Col. Mark Ellington USA),met with UN human rights specialists November 1 in North Kiv to understand the impact and pervasiveness of human righ [...]	2007-11-09 09:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1267	RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING [...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...]	2007-11-13 09:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1270	MONUC'S INDIAN BATTALION BRIEFS SHORTLEY ON [...] (C) Summary: During his October 30-November 3 tour of North Kivu, an Indian Battalion from MONUC provided security for the AF Senior Adviser Shortley. Upon arrival in Goma on 30 October, Shortley was briefed by the commander of North Kivu Brigade who transmitted what was mostly MONUC,s party [...]	2007-11-13 14:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1272	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1274	Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between [...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...]	2007-11-14 05:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL
07KINSHASA1278	Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with [...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...]	2007-11-14 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA128	WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...]	2007-02-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1283	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...]	2007-11-15 09:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1288	: INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC: NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) Summary. While military assistance to the GDRC has grown over the past several years, staffing levels have not kept pace with resulting demands on the Mission. If newly proposed engagement materializes, all military assistance, in [...]	2007-11-19 13:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	APER MASS MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1289	November 13 attack on IDP camp near Goma [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of panicked IDPs fled three camps near Goma November 13 after FARDC artillery deployed nearby apparently opened fire. While the FARDC claimed pro-Nkunda CNDP forces had attacked the camps, and Nkunda blamed the FDLR, neither MONUC nor humanitarian organizations were a [...]	2007-11-20 05:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA129	CONGOLESE MILITARY JUSTICE FIGHTING AN UPHILL [...] (SBU) Summary. The numerous obstacles to effective application of military justice in the Congo are in stark evidence in the province of Katanga. Military courts are fighting an uphill battle against crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and the lack of legal training for practitioners [...]	2007-02-01 14:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1291	ARRESTS MADE AFTER RADIOACTIVE DUMPING - CLEAN-UP AND [...] (U) Didace Pembe, GDRC Minister of the Environment, announced November 9 that police had arrested seven people, including law enforcement officers, in connection with the illegal dumping of roughly four tons of radioactive waste in the Katanga province. Pembe said those arrested included all wh [...]	2007-11-20 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN PGOV CG
07KINSHASA130	ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES GUBERNATORIAL VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) January 26 postponed the scheduled January 27 election for governors and vice governors in the two Kasai provinces until February 10. The ruling followed challenges alleging two prominent candidates possessed dual nationality in v [...]	2007-02-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1301	NOVEMBER 21 GOMA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Unfounded claims were received from both government and Nkunda about CNDP occupying Rutshuru. Some may make their way into the international press. As noted in separate conversations with embassy, such claims would appear to be false. While in Rutshuru with a WFP/OFDA/UK team (includi [...]	2007-11-26 07:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS PHUM PREF KWMN CG
07KINSHASA1305	Rutshuru incident exaggerated, but North Kivu tensions [...] (SBU) Summary. Initial reports of FARDC-CNDP combat in the North Kivu town of Rutshuru November 21 exaggerated the scale and the impact of the fighting. Claims by both sides that CNDP forces had occupied the town were false. Eyewitness reports confirm pro-Nkunda fighters attacked a FARDC ba [...]	2007-11-26 13:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1307	DRC GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE [...] Summary: Late in the evening of Sunday, November 25, the DRC government, led by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, announced a cabinet reshuffle. Major changes include a reduction in the number of ministries from 40 to 33, the reduction of ministries of state from six to three, the appointment o [...]	2007-11-26 14:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1311	November 22 Goma Update [...] (SBU) Commercial traffic between Goma and Masisi is flowing again after MONUC installed a mobile operating base at Mushake at midweek. CNDP forces had set up a roadblock there that, in the words of Governor Paluku, was "strangling" the provincial capital. Prices of staples such as beans had e [...]	2007-11-27 05:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1313	UNHRO REPORTS MASS GRAVES, MASS RAPE, AND ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) recently made public its Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for September 2007. The report described 70 different cases of abuse committed by armed groups including Nkunda forces, Mayi Mayi militia, and FARDC soldiers. This [...]	2007-11-27 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1316	November 24 Goma Update [...] (SBU) The FARDC attacked a CNDP position above the Goma-Rutshuru road near Rugari yesterday morning. A Dakar-based AP team reported observing FARDC troops loading mobile rocket-launders onto trucks in the vicinity around midday following the action. They said a FARDC colonel told them CNDP p [...]	2007-11-27 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1328	DRC CABINET RESHUFFLE: DOING THE SAME WITH LESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GDRC's long-awaited cabinet reshuffle was announced November 25 (reftel). The new cabinet gives President Kabila provincial/ethnic balance without weakening his ruling AMP alliance. The biggest change is a reduction in the number of ministers from 60 to 45, as a number of p [...]	2007-12-03 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1329	AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...]	2007-12-03 14:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA134	PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...]	2007-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1340	Ambassador Garvelink in Goma December 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink's introductory trip to Goma December 3 coincided with commencement of military action in the Mushaki area (west of Sake) by the FARDC against Nkunda's forces. MONUC/North Kivu commander General Narayan told the Ambassador that, the previous day, Nkunda's f [...]	2007-12-05 15:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1341	DRC NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - Palm Oil Imports Flow Again, Local Industry Resumes Production of Margarine, Soap Forestry - NGO Encourages GDRC to Complete Logging Concession Conversion Process Infrastructure - Kinshasa Roads Bad, Getting Worse, Parliament Investigates - New Forklifts M [...]	2007-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1344	President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation" [...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...]	2007-12-07 05:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1347	Goma Report for December 6, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...]	2007-12-07 09:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1350	Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...]	2007-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1351	VATICAN NAMES CONTROVERSIAL PRELATE TO HEAD ARCHDIOCESE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See has named Laurent Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CENCO),to become the new Archbishop of Kinshasa. He succeeds the late Frederic Cardinal Etsou. Monsengwo is known for keen intelligence, strong polit [...]	2007-12-10 11:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1356	Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...]	2007-12-11 10:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA136	BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN [...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]	2007-02-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1360	Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...]	2007-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1361	PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...]	2007-12-12 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1362	Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...]	2007-12-13 16:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1364	Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...]	2007-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1369	Goma Situation Report for December 14, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Fallout from the army's reversal continues apace. FARDC held its position on the Rutshuru axis December 13 but the region's deputy commander was reportedly shot in the shoulder by his own men. General Narayan estimates 5,000 deserters, of whom some are in Goma where they coul [...]	2007-12-17 08:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1372	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe said that the DRC would consider our request to join the United States votes on the fo [...]	2007-12-17 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV UNGA
07KINSHASA1373	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Tim Shortley, met Laurent Nkunda at his headquarters near Kirolirwe late December 14. Shortley found Nkunda amenable to compromise, apparently worried that his sweeping military victory had within it the seeds [...]	2007-12-17 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1377	HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]	2007-12-18 10:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1384	Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...]	2007-12-19 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1391	Goma Situation Report for December 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The military situation in North Kivu remained calm for a second day December 19; reports of fighting in Masisi and Sake appear to be incorrect. MONUC Generals Singh and Narayan advised FARDC General Kayembe that FARDC could not mount a second offensive for six months. FARDC m [...]	2007-12-20 08:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1392	MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DIILS [...] Summary: Following up on its assessment of the Congolese military justice sector (reftels),the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) has completed preparations for a DRC-wide training program focusing on military magistrates and judicial police. In what hopefully evolves [...]	2007-12-20 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MASS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA140	MINEMBWE UPDATE: FLARE-UP ON FEB 2; MONUC/FARDC [...] (U) Fighting briefly flared up on February 2 in the remote Haut Plateau region of South Kivu province between Banyamulenge troops under General Patrick Masunzu and dissident Banyamulenge fighters of the Moramvia Group and Group of 47. The dissident troops attempted unsuccessfully to take the [...]	2007-02-05 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1405	Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...]	2007-12-26 08:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1406	Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...]	2007-12-26 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW
07KINSHASA1409	PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING [...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila received the P-3 plus 2 ambassadors/charges at his residence on December 20. The meeting was called with 15 minutes' notice, officially in response to a request made several weeks earlier to discuss military operations in North Kivu. Topics covered included the [...]	2007-12-27 06:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA142	NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary. Ministerial appointments by DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister-designate Antoine Gizenga were announced the evening of February 5. The new cabinet will be very large, with a total of 60 members. While some of the new ministers represent the established Congolese pol [...]	2007-02-06 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1423	Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Embassy acting Goma rep spent most of first day in meetings on the upcoming Kivus Conference. Information below is preliminary and subject to change. Initial Notes ------------- -- The location of the conference is the Free University of the Great Lakes (Universite Libre des Pays [...]	2007-12-28 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1424	Visit of UN High Commissioner for Refugees [...] UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres arrived in Kinshasa December 13 to assess the humanitarian situation in North Kivu, where 800,000 people have been displaced by ongoing armed conflicts. He traveled to North Kivu December 15-17, visiting IDP camps near Goma and Gasasa in Kiwa [...]	2007-12-28 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN CG
07KINSHASA1425	DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]	2007-12-31 09:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA1426	Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) [...] The second meeting of the JMG-TF was held December 29 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. Ref (A) is a report on the first meeting, held December 22 at the same venue. Participants ------------ 2. The following is a list of attendees: Government of Rwanda: -- Team Leader: Maj. Franco R [...]	2007-12-31 10:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1427	Goma situation report for December 28-29, 2007 [...] (U) The subject line in ref (A),the most recent report in this series, is incorrect. Subject line should read: "Goma situation report for December 27 (not December 22),2007." This is the last report for 2007; reports will resume January 2, 2008. Conference Update ----------------- 2 [...]	2007-12-31 10:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA143	DRC MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS - COMPLETE LIST [...] (U) The complete list of DRC government ministers appointed February 5, 2007 (reftel) follows below. Ministers of State ------------------ Minister of State for Agriculture: Francois Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe Minister of State for Interior, Decentralization, and Security: Denis Ka [...]	2007-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA144	ORIENTALE PROVINCE ELECTS 16 TO DRC SENATE [...] (U) Results of the January 19 DRC Senate elections in Orientale province gave President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) nine of the province's 16 seats. The pro-Kabila PPRD won four seats, while Mbusa Nyamwisi and Olivier Kamitatu's Forces du Renouveau (FR) won tw [...]	2007-02-06 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA149	DRC JANUARY 2007 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The IMF may visit the DRC in February for an informal review of the Staff Monitored Program. - The GDRC has not yet drafted a 2007 budget. - Strikes and threatened work stoppages continue to increase. - The outgoing head of DRC's gold mining parastatal, OKIMO, has anno [...]	2007-02-08 05:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA153	DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of armed groups in the DRC remains a significant challenge. CONADER, the Congolese agency responsible for DDR efforts, remains ineffective and mired in inertia. While it has made progress in disarming and demobilizing form [...]	2007-02-08 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KPKO MARR CG
07KINSHASA154	DDR IN KATANGA: DESPITE DESIRE TO DISARM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Demobilization, disarmament and reintegration programs (DDR) remain in disarray in the Katanga province, as they are throughout the DRC. Mai Mai fighters already certified for inclusion in the government's DDR program continue to wait, and those not yet certified are ignored. [...]	2007-02-08 15:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPKO MARR CG
07KINSHASA161	BAS-CONGO UPDATE: COURT GRANTS APPEAL FOR [...] (U) The Court of Appeals in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi granted a request February 8 by Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party for a re-vote for governor by provincial deputies. The court agreed on technical grounds with the MLC's contention that DRC electoral law in this case requires the winning [...]	2007-02-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA175	MONUC, UNSC MEMBERS CONSULTATION IN KINSHASA [...] (SBU) In follow-up to informal discussions among several Chiefs of Mission in Kinshasa, SRSG Swing invited the Ambassadors and Charges from all UNSC members with resident diplomatic representation in the DRC to a "consultation" session on Saturday, February 10. Ten of the fifteen UNSC members [...]	2007-02-14 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG
07KINSHASA176	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOSTS AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly President Kamerhe and the Assembly executive officers hosted a group of Ambassadors February 12 for what was billed as the first of regular sessions to exchange views. Kamerhe briefed regarding a "moratorium" regarding controversial "double nationality" enforc [...]	2007-02-14 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA177	WORLD BANK REVEALS IMMEDIATE FUNDING PLANS [...] (U) Summary. The World Bank plans to spend USD 140-180 million on immediate reconstruction projects in the DRC. The DRC World Bank (WB) office aims to fund rapid, visible impact projects in order to help the GDRC begin meeting the population's expectations quickly. The WB Board will review the [...]	2007-02-14 14:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID CG
07KINSHASA178	TRIAL OPENS IN ANVIL MINING CASE [...] (U) Summary. The criminal trial of three civilians and several FARDC soldiers in a Katanga military court is increasing attention on the DRC's extractive industries. A GDRC military court in Lubumbashi, Katanga province is hearing preliminary matters in the case, which arises from the widely- [...]	2007-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV KHUM PGOV CG
07KINSHASA179	DRC'S COURTS SLOW TO RESOLVE ELECTORAL DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 100 electoral disputes over seats in the DRC's National Assembly remain unresolved nearly seven months after the July 30 vote. The Supreme Court has been largely incapable of handling the large number of challenges filed, leading to a delay of more than three months in [...]	2007-02-14 16:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA180	NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY STILL TENUOUS TWO MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's volatile North Kivu province remains tenuous. Two months after fighting erupted between government forces and dissident troops loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda, North Kivu officials consider the province to be over-militarized and are pe [...]	2007-02-14 17:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA181	DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #2 [...] (U) Summary. DRC's three mining parastatals are considering public offerings of their shares. DRC's copper/cobalt and gold mining parastatals continue two much-publicized disputes with foreign mining companies. The CEO of DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal has said he intends to focus on a [...]	2007-02-15 12:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA184	MINEMBWE UPDATE: MANSUNZU SENDS 200 TROOPS FOR [...] (C) General Patrick Masunzu, commander of the Congolese army's (FARDC) non-integrated 112th Brigade in South Kivu, has reportedly sent approximately 200 of his troops for military integration. MONUC officials in the provincial capital of Bukavu confirm the soldiers left Minembwe in the High Pl [...]	2007-02-15 15:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG

07KINSHASA185	ANDRE KASONGO ILUNGA, R.I.P. [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade minister Kasongo Ilunga was one of the many unknowns named to the DRC cabinet February 5. A true non-entity, he left the political scene this week with a singular flourish that has humiliated his political godfather. In fact, he never existed. The episode demonstrates [...]	2007-02-15 15:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KDEM CG
07KINSHASA186	AMP CANDIDATES WIN KASAI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Candidates aligned with President Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won the February 15 gubernatorial races in Western and Eastern Kasai provinces over rivals from Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) party. Transitional Vice Minister of Budget [...]	2007-02-15 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA199	DRC PM-DESIGNATE PRESENTS FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Gizenga has presented the new DRC government's plan of action for consideration by the National Assembly. It highlights initiatives in a wide range of areas and includes a special focus on governance issues. The government can begin work officially o [...]	2007-02-20 14:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN CG
07KINSHASA200	BAS-CONGO UPDATE: DRC SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court ruled February 16 to uphold the election of Simon Mbatshi Batshia, an independent candidate allied with President Joseph Kabila, as governor of Bas-Congo province. The Court's ruling overturns a February 8 verdict by the Bas-Congo appellate court ordering a runoff e [...]	2007-02-20 15:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA201	SOME NORTH KIVU IDP'S RETURNING, OTHERS LEAVING AS [...] (U) Summary: More than 46,000 Congolese displaced by the November-December fighting in North Kivu province have returned to their homes, according to OCHA officials. However, an estimated 24,000 new IDPs have fled out of fears of new fighting arising from operation launched against FDLR and Ma [...]	2007-02-20 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PHUM CG
07KINSHASA207	THE NKUNDA VIEW ON "MIXAGE" AND NORTH KIVU'S [...] (C) Summary: While the GDRC has portrayed North Kivu's military "mixage" as an interim solution to the region's security problems, dissident General Laurent Nkunda and his advisers view the process much differently. They see Nkunda's December 2006 agreement with the GDRC as an opportunity to a [...]	2007-02-21 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS PTER CG
07KINSHASA21	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has postponed the elections for the country's national senators, governors and vice governors. According to CEI officials, the elections were pushed back because of difficulties in installing the newly-elected provincial assemblies. Provinci [...]	2007-01-09 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA214	CONGOLESE MIXED BRIGADES CLASH WITH FDLR IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Congolese military's "mixed" brigades clashed February 19-20 with suspected FDLR and Mayi-Mayi forces in North Kivu province. The fighting does not appear to be part of planned operations, although skirmishes have been ongoing since the beginning of February. The a [...]	2007-02-21 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PREF CG
07KINSHASA219	ZIMBABWEAN DIAMOND TRADE DEMONSTRATES POROUS DRC [...] (C) Summary. The recent illegal movement of Zimbabwean diamonds through the DRC demonstrates the GDRC's lack of control over its borders. For several weeks, reports have circulated in Kinshasa about the smuggling of unique Zimbabwean diamonds, setting off a flurry of interest in the Zimbabwean [...]	2007-02-22 14:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA221	NEW NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES: SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Julien Paluku, governor-elect of the DRC's North Kivu province, has three main priorities for his first months in office: security, ethnic reconciliation, and economic development. Paluku admits he faces a difficult challenge but contends the province and its political leaders a [...]	2007-02-23 08:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA225	DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE [...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...]	2007-02-23 15:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG
07KINSHASA226	GIZENGA ADDRESSES DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. DRC Prime Minster-designate Gizenga presented his government's program during a 75-minute address to the National Assembly February 22. He called for a re-foundation of the republic and emphasized justice and good governance as the two essential conditions for achieving this. [...]	2007-02-23 15:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA227	DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE [...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...]	2007-02-23 15:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG
07KINSHASA233	KARIM AGAIN MAKES PROMISES AFTER MILITARY SETBACKS [...] (C) Summary: Peter Karim, leader of the Front for National Integration (FNI) militia in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District, has promised to surrender a number of his fighters following several weeks of successful operations by the Congolese military (FARDC) which have left the FNI isolated [...]	2007-02-26 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA240	BAS-CONGO UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES [...] Summary. The DRC National Assembly agreed February 23 to establish a special committee to investigate the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo province. Interior Minister Denis Kalume and Defense Minister Tharcisse Habarugira addressed the Assembly regarding the incidents and respond [...]	2007-02-27 08:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA242	SEVEN INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ALUMNI IN NEW CABINET [...] (U) Seven former International Visitors hold portfolios in the 60-member, coalition-based government which took office on February 24. A. Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Minister of Plan, is an alumnus of an FY97 International Visitor program. Kamitatu is president of the Alliance for the Renewal o [...]	2007-02-27 15:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA245	DRC GOVERNMENT PROGRAM APPROVED, MINISTERS [...] (U) Summary: The DRC National Assembly approved Prime Minister Gizenga's program and team of ministers by a wide majority February 24, following Gizenga's responses to questions submitted by deputies February 22 (ref A). Key questions addressed by Gizenga included the status of the trade po [...]	2007-02-28 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA249	DRC IN ROUGH ECONOMIC SHAPE AS GOVERNMENT IS [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is facing renewed macroeconomic problems and budgetary uncertainty as the new government is being installed and an IMF Staff-Monitored Program review begins. Inflation and the exchange rate have risen sharply in the first two months of 2007, and there has been signific [...]	2007-03-01 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CG
07KINSHASA252	A FEW EUROPEAN SECURITY MISFIRES [...] (SBU) A couple of misfires from Brussels regarding DRC security issues underscores the considerable political maneuvering going on relative to the DRC's post-Transition future. The first issue appears to reflect internal Belgian lapses, as newspaper articles confirmed by Kinshasa diplomats re [...]	2007-03-01 12:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BE CG
07KINSHASA262	Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]	2007-03-02 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA263	Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]	2007-03-02 11:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA265	DRC/CHINESE RELATIONS BRIEF UPDATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post provides the following updated summary of Chinese activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. --------------------- Diplomatic Activities --------------------- 2. (SBU) China was one of 14 members of the Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),an advi [...]	2007-03-02 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL CHG CG
07KINSHASA275	DRC SUPREME COURT CLOSING OUT BACKLOG OF NATIONAL [...] Summary. The DRC Supreme Court is closing out the final cases challenging the results of the July 30 National Assembly elections. Several prominent names were included in a group of decisions announced at the end of February. The large number of cases highlights the necessity of electoral [...]	2007-03-06 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA279	PROSECUTION RESTS IN NLANDU TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Military prosecutors rested their case against Bemba ally Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants February 7. They presented three main pieces of evidence: grenades allegedly in the possession of her co-defendants, videos of Nlandu alledgedly calling for the burning of t [...]	2007-03-08 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA280	MONUC AND NGO COLLABORATION WITH MILITARY LEADS TO [...] (U) Summary. MONUC-Bunia human rights officers and local NGO Justice Plus played major roles in the successful prosecution of two prominent Ituri District human rights cases. A military court handed down judgments in both cases February 19, convicting 14 Congolese military (FARDC) soldiers [...]	2007-03-08 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KINSHASA281	ITURI UPDATE: KARIM PREPARES TO SURRENDER, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ituri District militia leader Peter Karim made good on his promise to surrender nearly 200 members of his Front for National Integration (FNI) February 27, and has pledged to send another 200, including himself, for integration into the Congolese military (FARDC) March 10. Karim h [...]	2007-03-08 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA282	DRC'S ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER ARRESTED [...] (C) The GDRC arrested the top official of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) on March 6, but thus far specific charges have not been made public. According to media reports, Professor Fortunat Lumu Badimbayi-Matu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN [...]	2007-03-08 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV IAEA CG
07KINSHASA284	CHARGES AGAINST ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER STILL [...] (C) Pursuant to the arrest of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) head and his assistant (reftel),there has still been no public release of the charges. Professor Fortunat Lumu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) told EconOff late afternoo [...]	2007-03-09 11:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV KGIT IAEA CG
07KINSHASA290	CONGOLESE AND ANGOLAN MINISTERS TO ATTEMPT RESOLUTION TO REMOTE BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Congolese and Angolan officials plan to meet in Kinshasa this week to discuss a disputed frontier in a remote diamond-bearing area at the intersection of the provinces of Bandundu in the DRC and Lunda Norte in Angola. Angolan troops reportedly entered the area on January 2 [...]	2007-03-13 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AG CG EMIN
07KINSHASA291	EXAMINING BAS-CONGO'S FEBRUARY VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: A poorly-planned search by police sparked the January 31-February 1 violence between security forces and members of the ethnic separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) which left dozens dead in the DRC's Bas-Congo province. Provincial political and security officials claim BDK leader [...]	2007-03-13 10:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS CG
07KINSHASA292	ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS ADDITIONAL 131 [...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) leader Peter Karim surrendered an additional 131 militia members March 10 in Doi, approximately 55 miles northeast of the Ituri District capital of Bunia. Karim had promised Congolese military (FARDC) officials he would surrender an additional 200 milit [...]	2007-03-13 10:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA293	DRC SENATE TO OPEN REGULAR SESSION MARCH 15 [...] (U) Summary. The DRC Senate closed its special session with completion of a draft internal rules proposal by an ad hoc committee March 10. The text will be submitted for consideration by the full Senate during the regular session beginning March 15. Once approved, it must be certified by th [...]	2007-03-13 11:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA296	KINSHASA DECLARATION CALLS FOR RATIFICATION OF [...] (U) Parliamentarians representing the eleven countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (IC/GLR) pledged February 28 in Kinshasa to work toward "rapid ratification" of the regional Pact on Security, Stability, and Development and affirmed their determination "to end p [...]	2007-03-13 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CG
07KINSHASA3	KABILA EXHORTS CONGOLESE TO "CHANGE THEIR [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila made his traditional New Year's speech from Lubumbashi on December 31, which was broadcast nationally on television and radio. Kabila challenged the Congolese people to "change their thinking," noting that there is no success without effort, and that the peop [...]	2007-01-03 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA306	BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]	2007-03-14 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA308	BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]	2007-03-15 05:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA310	NORTH KIVU FIGHTING CREATES NEW WAVE OF IDP'S, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between the Congolese military (FARDC) and FDLR troops in North Kivu March 10-12 has resulted in an estimated 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Humanitarian officials in the province say assisting these IDPs will be difficult because of continuing insecurity. [...]	2007-03-15 15:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA311	FIRE DESTROYS PART OF DRC NATIONAL DISARMAMENT [...] (U) A March 9 fire destroyed several offices located at the DRC's national disarmament agency CONADER in downtown Kinshasa. Firemen from the nearby oil company SEP-Congo and the city quickly responded to the blaze which did not spread to adjoining buildings. A visual inspection revealed extens [...]	2007-03-15 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA313	LUMU SET FREE, FUTURE OF URANIUM INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary. Professor Fortunat Lumu, arrested March 6 on suspicion of trafficking in uranium, was released from detention on March 11 (refs A,B). There is no evidence to suggest that any uranium or radioactive material changed hands. Minister of Scientific Research Sylvanus Mushi Bonane, wh [...]	2007-03-15 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV IAEA CG
07KINSHASA314	DR CONGO'S POST-TRANSITION MEDIA SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an open letter to President Joseph Kabila, media watchdog Journaliste En Danger (JED) frames the debate on the DRC's post-election media scene. JED argues that freedom of expression continues to be violated, and it recommends specific legislation to protect the media, notably [...]	2007-03-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA319	CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN [...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]	2007-03-16 10:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA322	DEADLINE TO REPLACE BEMBA AND RUBERWA GUARDS [...] (U) A March 15 deadline to replace with police officers the personal guard forces of former vice presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Azarias Ruberwa passed without incident (reftel). Traffic was lighter than usual in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa on March 15, but businesses remained open [...]	2007-03-16 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA327	IMF REVIEW: SITUATION WORSE THAN FIVE MONTHS AGO [...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF review team said that the DRC economic situation is worse than it was five months ago, when they characterized it as "difficult" (ref A). The team confirmed that GDRC overspending, financed by Central Bank credit, amounted to at least USD 40 million for January a [...]	2007-03-19 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA329	OPENING OF DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ORDINARY SESSION [...] (U) Summary. The DRC National Assembly's first ordinary session opened March 15. Initial priority items on the three-month agenda include final approval of the Assembly's internal rules, membership and election of officers of its permanent committees, and final confirmation of all deputies' ma [...]	2007-03-19 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG AO GB
07KINSHASA330	KATANGA'S NEW GOVERNOR: MAN WITH A BOLD PLAN [...] (C) Summary. Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi is an ambitious political newcomer with bold plans for Katangan revival. His stated priorities for the province include increasing provincial revenue and supporting social development, and he has indicated his tactics will not necessarily be orthodo [...]	2007-03-19 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EMIN ZA CG
07KINSHASA337	MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISSIDENT GROUPS PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Two dissident ethnic Banyamulenge commanders have agreed to integrate their troops with other Congolese military (FARDC) units following weeks of controversial negotiations with former associates of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and FARDC commanders. MONUC officials report there [...]	2007-03-21 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA340	PORT AUTHORITY CLAIMS CHINESE RAIL OFFER STILL ON [...] (SBU) DRC's port authority, ONATRA, claims to be discussing plans with the Chinese government for rehabilitation of the Matadi-Kinshasa railroad system. ONATRA's CEO, Daniel Bikindu, shared these plans with EconOff and a visiting USTDA representative on March 6. 2. (SBU) During his four-day [...]	2007-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EINV ECON PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA343	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO [...] (U) Summary: The DRC National Assembly voted unanimously March 19 to establish a commission of inquiry into a disputed border area with Angola. The 15-member commission will be chaired by a deputy from the opposition and assisted by experts from key ministries. The Assembly charged the commi [...]	2007-03-21 13:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KBTS PREL CG AO
07KINSHASA345	DRC'S NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TARGETS CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary. New DRC Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu's immediate priorities include combating corruption, dismantling the guard forces maintained by the former transitional vice presidents, and finalizing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs (DDR) to streamline and profess [...]	2007-03-21 16:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA350	BUNDU DIA KONGO: A DANGEROUS INSURRECTIONIST [...] (C) Summary: The Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) claims to defend the cultural and economic interests of the indigenous people of DRC's Bas-Congo province. The group is in reality a separatist sect with a long history of often violent confrontation with state security forces. End summary. ------------ [...]	2007-03-22 13:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA351	SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE [...] (U) Small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire broke out in the downtown Gombe area of Kinshasa March 22 between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and the guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Isolated shots were first reported around 10:30 a.m., and heavier firin [...]	2007-03-22 18:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA352	KINSHASA SITREP 2: FIGHTING CONTINUES, LOOTING [...] (U) Scattered gunfire continued as of 10:00 p.m. in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Shooting has diminished throughout the evening although RPG fire and machine gun fire were [...]	2007-03-22 22:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA353	KINSHASA SITREP 3: FIGHTING ONGOING, BEMBA TAKES [...] (U) Sounds of automatic weapons and mortar fire have been heard off-and-on beginning around 4:30 a.m. March 23 in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa. Fighting between elements of the Congolese military forces loyal to President Kabila and Bemba's guard forces had temporarily quieted somewha [...]	2007-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA355	KINSHASA SITREP 4: MILITARY CLAIMS TO BE GAINING [...] (SBU) Sporadic shooting continued into the afternoon around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa. Automatic weapons fire and several loud explosions have been heard since midday. Military officials with FARDC Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sunglinga claim their troops are g [...]	2007-03-23 15:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA356	KINSHASA SITREP 5: FIGHTING DIMINISHES INTO THE [...] (U) The sounds of gunfire around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa diminished into the evening of March 23, as fighting has appeared to wind down between elements of the Congolese military loyal to the government and guard forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba. Occasional bursts of [...]	2007-03-23 21:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA357	KINSHASA SITREP 6: CITY QUIET WITH HEAVY MILITARY [...] (U) The downtown Gombe district of Kinshasa is calm the morning of March 24. Gunfire and small explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Chancery and USAID offices for nearly an hour beginning at approximately 4:20 a.m., but only occasional bursts of small arms fire since. The area around t [...]	2007-03-24 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA361	KINSHASA UPDATE: SITUATION IN CAPITAL RETURNING TO [...] (U) The central Gombe district of Kinshasa remains calm four days after fighting broke out between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. There have been no reports of fighting since early morning on March 24. Vehicle [...]	2007-03-26 11:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA367	NKUNDA ATTENDS FORMATION CEREMONIES FOR TWO NEW [...] (C) Summary: Renegade General Laurent Nkunda attended formation ceremonies for the last two "mixed" brigades March 22 and 23 in North Kivu with several prominent political and military leaders. Nkunda said in local interviews he was pleased with the "mixage" process and promised that any soldi [...]	2007-03-27 12:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA370	KINSHASA UPDATE 3/27: KABILA DEFENDS ACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila defended the use of force against Jean-Pierre Bemba's guard forces in a March 26 press conference, declaring that "order had to be restored at all cost." Bemba, who remains in the South African embassy compound, said in a press interview Kabila is determined to ge [...]	2007-03-27 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA375	IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to former Vice President Bemba were defeated in March 22 - 23 violence, and no longer constitute a fighting force. There is a general consensus that numerous political options were not exhausted prior to the fighting, with many in the Kabila camp spoiling for a fight [...]	2007-03-28 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA377	CONGO'S DDR AGENCY -- AND ITS DIRECTOR -- FACE [...] (C) Summary. Daniel Kawata, director of the DRC's National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reinsertion (CONADER),is facing serious questions about both his agency's future and his own. The World Bank, which has provided $200 million for the DRC's disarmament, demobilization [...]	2007-03-29 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR CG
07KINSHASA378	MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISCUSSIONS STALLED OVER [...] (C) Summary: GDRC negotiations with dissident Banyamulenge commanders in South Kivu have stalled in confusion and disagreement over how their forces are to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC). The stalemate has blocked the anticipated disarmament and integration of more than 200 o [...]	2007-03-29 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO PREF MOPS BU CG
07KINSHASA381	POLITICAL VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 22-23 violence, political feelings are running high. Reflecting Prime Minister Gizenga's views, his de facto chief of staff, Minister Godefroid Mayobo, strongly reaffirmed the need for a full trial of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. While fully acc [...]	2007-03-30 17:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS CG PO SF
07KINSHASA385	BEMBA DEPARTURE DELAYED [...] (C) The departure for Portugal of former Vice President Bemba has been delayed from the original hoped-for date of Saturday, March 31, but the initiative still appears on track. Per telcons with UN SRSG Bill Swing and South African Charge Kenneth Pedro, discussions headed by National Assembly [...]	2007-04-02 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC PO SF CG
07KINSHASA386	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES TO INCLUDE [...] (SBU) The DRC National Assembly's political groups have agreed to a proportional formula for sharing leadership positions in its eight permanent and technical committees that mandates a significant role for opposition and independent deputies. The agreement, which has yet to be officially an [...]	2007-04-02 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA387	UPDATE ON KATANGA SUSPENSION OF UNPROCESSED ORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi has permanently banned the export of non-refined metal from the province. All major exporters but one have a six-month grace period within which they may continue to export certified ore concentrate. Export traffic has begun to normalize, although [...]	2007-04-02 11:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA388	PM GIZENGA OUTLINES CHALLENGES OF NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga acknowledges that the DRC confronts great challenges, and wants to send a strong signal that things have changed. He is especially concerned about widespread corruption and impunity, and the lack of a culture of work. He looks forward to a product [...]	2007-04-03 13:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA389	BEMBA WEAPONS CACHE SEIZED IN EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials have seized an estimated 200 tons of weapons and ammunition belonging to the forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba in Equateur province. The cache, located in an abandoned soft drink factory in Gbadolite, near the border with the CAR, contained [...]	2007-04-03 15:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS PINR PINS UG TZ LY CG
07KINSHASA396	NEW CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER UPBEAT, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's first official call March 20 (Note: two days prior to the outbreak of violence in Kinshasa. End note.),new Foreign Minister Mbusa appeared in an upbeat mood. He spoke positively of the March 16 Tripartite Plus talks in Kigali, calling them "the best e [...]	2007-04-04 12:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA400	MONUC PROPOSES TRAINING CONGOLESE INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC military officials are proposing a 16-month, four million USD training program aimed at improving the basic capabilities of 11 of the 14 Congolese military's (FARDC) current Integrated Brigades (IBs). They portray the proposal as part of MONUC's exit strategy from the DRC [...]	2007-04-04 16:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KPKO MOPS MARR CG
07KINSHASA406	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MARCH FIGHTING IN KINSHASA [...] (U) Summary. The March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa likely cost business owners and the GDRC millions of dollars, but the precise totals have not been tallied. Most of the damage, like most of the fighting, occurred in Kinshasa's central Gombe district, the home to many government buildings and [...]	2007-04-05 16:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA407	EQUATEUR'S MLC-LED GOVERNMENT A TEST FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Equateur Governor Jose Makila has formed a government of ten ministers, all members or allies of Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC). It gives relatively equal representation to all five of Equateur's administrative districts. It does not include, howe [...]	2007-04-06 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
07KINSHASA411	ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS, RECEIVES [...] (C) Summary: Ituri militia leader Peter Karim surrendered with six of his senior officers April 6 to Congolese military (FARDC) authorities in Kpandroma. All were subsequently awarded officers' commissions, including the rank of colonel for Karim. Karim pledged he would not return to the bush a [...]	2007-04-10 12:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA413	DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #3 [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Minister of Mines ordered the suspension of negotiations on new mining agreements. The Canadian CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, was briefly suspended. Canadian company First Quantum claims millions of USD in losses as a result of the Katang [...]	2007-04-10 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
07KINSHASA414	MONUC INVESTIGATION ASSIGNS BLAME TO BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary: A MONUC investigation into Bas-Congo's January 31-February 1 fighting between security forces and the separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) assigns responsibility to both sides for the violence and estimates 105 died. MONUC found that BDK has demonstrated a strong propensity for v [...]	2007-04-10 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA417	CONGOLESE, MONUC OFFICIALS DISCOUNT THREAT OF [...] (C) Summary: Congolese and MONUC military officials claim elements of the Allied Democratic Forces and National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU) operating in the DRC no longer pose a significant security threat. They contend ADF-NALU numbers have been greatly reduced since joint FA [...]	2007-04-11 09:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UG CG
07KINSHASA419	BEMBA LEAVES KINSHASA FOR PORTUGAL [...] (U) Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba departed Kinshasa for Portugal aboard his private jet at 2:10 a.m. April 11. Bemba, accompanied by his wife and five children, officially left for follow-up surgery for a broken leg suffered in December 2006. He had been at a South African [...]	2007-04-11 10:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO PO CG
07KINSHASA422	MONUC PUSHES GDRC TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC characterized its human rights findings for the second half of 2006 as a matter of "grave concern." It documented a substantial increase in the number of politically motivated incidents during the electoral period, a decrease in the proportion of human rights violations [...]	2007-04-11 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA426	CONGOLESE OPPOSITION PLAYING ROLE IN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition deputies in the DRC's National Assembly are assuming some important leadership roles. An RCD-N opposition member leads the special commission investigating the Angola border question, opposition deputies have formed three of the twelve formal political groups, and [...]	2007-04-12 17:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA433	PROSECUTOR SEEKS TO LIFT BEMBA'S IMMUNITY; SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Prosecutor General has formally requested that the Senate lift Jean-Pierre Bemba's senatorial immunity. In naming Bemba as the "intellectual author" of the March 22-23 violence, the Prosecutor is seeking to lay the groundwork for holding Bemba legally liable for the [...]	2007-04-13 18:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA434	DRC FINANCE MINISTER ADMITS ECONOMIC SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. The new Minister of Finance said that the DRC economy is "not good" but was optimistic that the situation could be turned around by the new government. He cited hopeful signs regarding increased GDRC revenues and blamed overspending on the defense and security sectors. The mini [...]	2007-04-16 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA435	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AN INCOVENIENT GUEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht had frank criticism for both sides involved in the March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa during his April 10-12 visit to the DRC. He reiterated Belgium's desire for a post-CIAT mechanism for political dialogue and discussed governance issues [...]	2007-04-16 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BE CG
07KINSHASA437	DRC CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING IN PARIS: THE WRONG [...] (SBU) It is our understanding a DRC Consultative Group meeting is being scheduled in Paris in June. Post believes holding the meeting in Paris, rather than in Kinshasa, sends a bad signal to a newly-elected government that needs to exercise budgetary discipline, drastically cut back foreign t [...]	2007-04-16 13:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON CG
07KINSHASA439	PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS SLOWLY TAKING SHAPE [...] (SBU) The DRC's fledgling provincial governments are beginning to take shape. Two provinces have appointed government ministers. In the other nine provinces, including the capital Kinshasa, governors have not completed initial consultations. Despite current deliberations on budgetary issues, [...]	2007-04-16 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA440	CITING INSECURITY, OPPOSITION WALKS OUT OF [...] (U) Summary: Opposition deputies, including all members of Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC),walked out of the April 13 National Assembly plenary, citing concerns for security for themselves and party facilities. They announced that they would not return unt [...]	2007-04-16 16:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA451	VERDICT RETURNED IN ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST [...] (U) Summary: Eighteen months after the assassination of journalist Franck Ngyke Kungundu and his wife Helene Paka, a military court delivered a guilty verdict against three of the accused assassins, all members of the DRC armed forces. Some media watchdog groups think the investigation and tri [...]	2007-04-19 13:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA452	CONGOLESE MILITARY PROPOSES REDEPLOYMENT, RENAMING [...] (C) Summary: Congolese military (FARDC) officials have proposed the redeployment and renaming of the army's Integrated Brigades (IBs). Most IBs will remain concentrated in eastern DRC where the biggest security risks remain, although the proposal suggests moving two brigades currently statione [...]	2007-04-19 15:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA477	UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOLLOWS BOSS IN [...] (U) Asha-Rose Migiro, newly appointed United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, followed the example set by Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-Moon (reftel) in making the DRC SIPDIS one of the stops on her first official trip since assuming the position. She met with President Joseph Kabila [...]	2007-04-26 15:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
07KINSHASA482	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR RANDALL TOBIAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way toward solutions to fundamental governance and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The Department's decision to identify the DRC as a priority assistance country reflected the achiev [...]	2007-04-27 11:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SOCI CG
07KINSHASA487	CONGOLESE "MIXED BRIGADES" CONDUCT OFFENSIVES [...] (C) Summary: Three "mixed" brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) in North Kivu province have launched limited offensives against suspected FDLR forces. Initial reports indicate the FARDC has had moderate success in the operations, re-establishing control of several main roads in the Rutsh [...]	2007-04-30 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS PREF CG
07KINSHASA49	DRC DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - The Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves remain below target. - Several artisanal miners died after a clash with police in Katanga province. - DRC's water authority terminated two managers for alleged corruption. - Spanish/Congolese airline Bravo Air Congo increased its domes [...]	2007-01-18 16:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA5	ITURI UPDATE: CLASHES CONTINUE, BUT GDRC HASN'T [...] (SBU) Summary: Scattered fighting between Peter Karim's FNI and FARDC troops continued December 29, and a December 30 ultimatum to Karim passed without resolution. However, the GDRC kept open a door to future negotiations with the militia leader. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sporadic fighting [...]	2007-01-03 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA501	KISEMPIA "EXPLAINS" DRC POSITION ON CHOD MEETING [...] (C) Defense Attache and PolOff met with Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe May 3 to discuss the April 16-18 meeting of Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense Forces (CHOD) meeting in Bujumbura, per reftel. Kisempia said he had indeed signed the agreement outlining [...]	2007-05-03 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG RW UG
07KINSHASA502	NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...]	2007-05-04 10:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA51	KABILA COALITION WILL LEAD SEVEN OF DRC'S ELEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition -- which includes Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's PALU and Nzanga Mobutu's UDEMO parties -- will lead seven of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, following votes January 12-14. Former Vice Pre [...]	2007-01-19 08:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA512	KINSHASA INCREASINGLY IN THE DARK [...] (U) Summary. Increasingly frequent power blackouts and water shortages are plaguing Kinshasa and other provinces in the DRC, sparking growing public unhappiness. Poorly maintained equipment, insufficient capital investment and mismanagement are among the causes cited. In late March Parliamen [...]	2007-05-08 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA516	DRC APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget. - The GDRC fired the heads of the electricity and water parastatals, citing the growing supply shortages. - Employees of the DRC's diamond mining parastatal went on strike. - A review of 60 pre-Transition mining contracts is [...]	2007-05-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA518	PARLIAMENTARY BOYCOTT OVER, OPPOSITION STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputies from two parliamentary opposition groups, including Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC),ended their walk-out of the National Assembly April 24-25. Initially promised a meeting with President Joseph Kabila, opposition leaders have met [...]	2007-05-10 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA523	KISEMPIA'S OUTLOOK ON SECURITY THREATS IN EASTERN [...] (C) Summary: Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe characterized the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as his biggest security concern in eastern DRC. During a May 3 meeting with DATT and PolOff in his the Ministry of Defense offices, he claime [...]	2007-05-11 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS SU RW UG CG
07KINSHASA524	PROGRESS MADE ON ITURI MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Some 500 militia members from Peter Karim's Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri District have surrendered to military authorities in the past month, bringing the total number disarmed since the beginning of the year to more than 800. Demobilizing fighters, however, conti [...]	2007-05-11 12:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PHUM CG

07KINSHASA526	DRC SENATE FINALLY SET TO ELECT LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC Senate is set to hold elections for its seven leadership positions May 11, more than three months after senators were elected. President Joseph Kabila's former chief of staff is the leading candidate for the body's presidency, which would put him next in line to succeed [...]	2007-05-11 12:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG

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