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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02KHARTOUM162 |
THE CHANGED FACE OF POLITICAL ISLAM IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE REMOVAL OF TURABI IN 1999 EFFECTED A REVERSAL IN SUDAN'S POLITICAL APPROACH TOWARD ISLAM, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSONNEL OF THE REGIME OTHERWISE REMAINED LARGELY IN PLACE. THE REGIME MAINTAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE MOSQUES, IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS RATHER THAN FOMENT ISLA [...] |
2002-08-23 16:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SU |
| 03KHARTOUM185 |
SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...] |
2003-03-02 17:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU AL IZ |
| 03KHARTOUM374 |
RETURN OF SUDANESE BA'ATHISTS [...] (C) OVER 80 MEMBERS OF THE SUDANESE BA'ATH PARTY HAVE RETURNED FROM IRAQ TO SUDAN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE MOST PROMINENT SUDANESE BA'ATHIST AND FOUNDER OF THE PARTY IN SUDAN, BADR-ADDIN MUDATHIR, RETURNED, POST WAS TOLD, ON PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR'S PLANE FROM SYRIA, LANDING AT KHARTOUM'S [...] |
2003-04-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ SU |
| 05KHARTOUM1945 |
SUDAN MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY [...] On December 1, Sudan marked the occasion of World AIDS Day with the Khartoum launch of the Global Campaign "Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS" at Friendship Hall. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, the Sudan National AIDS Program, UNAIDS, and UNICEF, the event featured remarks by First [...] |
2005-12-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV PGOV SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1002 |
Response to Humanitarian Access Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: The GNU maintains that UN agencies in country continue to operate under their individual agreements, and do not automatically benefit from UNMIS status of forces agreement (SOFA) provisions. On the Voluntary and Humanitarian Work Law, the Government believes it enforces coordi [...] |
2006-04-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID SOCI UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1008 |
SUDAN: TOO EARLY TO SET DATE OF EASTERN FRONT TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 25 meeting, Dr. Hassan Haj Ali, National Congress Party (NCP) Deputy General Secretary for External Relations, said that President Bashir and First Vice President Kiir would determine in early May the date of the GNU-Eastern Front negotiations and the composition of th [...] |
2006-04-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1009 |
SUDAN: MFA ON AVERTING FURTHER VIOLENCE IN DARFUR [...] (C) On April 27, Charge served reftel demarche on increasing violence in the Geraida area on MFA Americas Director Osman Dirdieri in the absence of both President Bashir and Foreign Minister Lam Akol. Dirdieri promised to raise the talking points to the acting Foreign Minister and to "upper e [...] |
2006-04-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1012 |
SUDAN: MFA ON BIN LADEN STATEMENT [...] (C) On April 27, Charge raised reftel points on the recent bin Laden statement on Sudan with MFA Americas Director Osman Dirdieri. Charge stressed that, while we appreciated that the MFA had distanced itself from this statement, bin Laden's remarks were regrettably similar to those made earlie [...] |
2006-04-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1015 |
DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE? [...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...] |
2006-04-28 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1018 |
POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF EAST SUDAN: VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: From April 11-13, Poloff and AF/SPG DeskOff met with government officials, opposition parties, tribal leaders, NGOs, and UNMIS to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in Eastern Sudan. This is the first of two cables to discuss the political and tribal dimensions of [...] |
2006-04-30 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1019 |
TRIBAL/OPPOSITIONAL DIMENSIONS OF EAST SUDAN: [...] (C) Summary: From April 11-13, Poloff and AF/SPG DeskOff met with government officials, opposition parties, tribal leaders, NGOs, and UNMIS in Kassala to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in Eastern Sudan. This is the second of two cables (see reftel) to discuss the political [...] |
2006-04-30 09:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1024 |
SUDAN: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN/NGO ACT: NO PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On April 26 the Sub-Joint Implementation Mechanism (SUB-JIM) met to discuss Sudan's progress on combating violence against women (VAW). Overall, the Government of National Unity (GNU) believes that it has almost fulfilled its legal obligation to combat violence against women. T [...] |
2006-05-01 07:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1025 |
SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, SITREP 3, MAY 1 [...] (SBU) As previously reported, analysis of a human tissue sample conducted by U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Number 3 (NAMRU-3) in Khartoum on April 22 found no evidence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. Despite NAMRU-3's sustained efforts to support the Government of National Unity's ( [...] |
2006-05-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1026 |
Sudan's GNU Extends GMO Waiver for Six Months [...] Background: Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) requires certification that U.S. food assistance to Sudan does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). The primary food commodities affected by this requirement are U.S. donations of wheat and corn-soy blend (CSB). Though U.S [...] |
2006-05-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1027 |
GoSS Finance Ministry Believes Northern Oil [...] (SBU) According to Under Secretary for Finance Isaac Makur Ater, the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning now believes that the federal Government of national Unity (GNU) Ministry of Finance and National Economy is providing the true numbers regarding o [...] |
2006-05-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN PBTS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1028 |
CG Juba Round-up - April 30 [...] CRS Officially Reopens Juba Office: The president of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) worldwide, Ken Hackett, was in Juba this week to officially reopen the CRS office in Juba, closed since 1976. CRS has maintained a continuous presence in Southern Sudan since 1973, [...] |
2006-05-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON PINR EPET SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1029 |
A CONVERSATION WITH KHARTOUM MONITOR EDITOR ALFRED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO SCOM SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1030 |
Update on Geraida Situation [...] (SBU) The situation in Geraida appears to have calmed since reftel of April 25; it appears the SAF has stopped its offensive. The USAID Darfur Field Office states that it has not received further reports of hostilities, and noted that a UN OCHA assessment mission plans to travel to Geraida la [...] |
2006-05-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1031 |
Pres. Bashir Interview with Saudi News Channel [...] Summary: On April 17, Riyadh Al-Ikhbariyah Satellite Channel in Arabic broadcast an interview of President Bashir by Sharif Husayn Sharif. During the broad-ranging interview, Bashir commented on the Darfur conflict and characterized it as a tribal issue. He claimed the Darfur problem had t [...] |
2006-05-02 05:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1033 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Armed Forces military equipment continues to enter El Geneina, and UN staff remain in "lock down" mode. Chadian militia are returning gradually to Chad from Western Sudan; there does not appear to be jinjaweed activity in Chad. The UN will conduct an assessment missi [...] |
2006-05-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1034 |
Palestinian Foreign Minister to Visit Sudan [...] Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahhar is slated to visit Khartoum from May 2 - 3, following his visit to Yemen and other countries in the region. 2. Aside from bilateral political meetings, expected to include President Bashir and Foreign Minister Lam Akol, his visit seeks to boos [...] |
2006-05-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PA SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1035 |
Presidential Call Makes Local News [...] On May 2, the Sudanese News Agency, a government news service, posted the following account: (Begin text) U.S. President George Bush telephoned Monday night the President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir. The two Presidents discussed, through the telephone contact, Darfur issue [...] |
2006-05-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1043 |
GNU PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY ON EASTERN FRONT [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 5. 2. (C) On May 1 and 2, USAID Mission Director Almquist met with Yassir Arman, head of the SPLM caucus in the National Assembly, who indicated that momentum was building between Khartoum and Asmara to pursue talks with the Eastern Front. On May 2, [...] |
2006-05-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1044 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Save the Children - U.S. staff were car-jacked on May 2 near El Geneina; they were released unharmed in a remote area. A suspected April 30 ambush on SAF left at least two dead and five wounded. Arab militia abducted 15 individuals from Dagama, South Darfur. Thousands p [...] |
2006-05-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1053 |
Agreement Reached on Khartoum Constitution [...] SUMMARY: A Technical Committee (TC) formed by the Khartoum Legislative Assembly (KLA) and made up of representatives from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has reached a compromise on the draft con [...] |
2006-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1055 |
FIGHTING FLARES UP IN WESTERN EQUATORIA AND LAKES [...] (C) Summary: Jonglei State and the greater Upper Nile region remain the source of the greatest ethnic instability in Southern Sudan. Recent clashes in Western Equatoria and Lakes states, however, show that this fighting may spread if the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) cannot maintain se [...] |
2006-05-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1060 |
Sudan: Kosti Wharf Update [...] On April 17, 2006, a USAID IDP advisor visited Kosti, White Nile State, to monitor progress of IDP returns through the Kosti wharf with USAID implementing-partner Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). At the time of the visit, ADRA estimated that the Kosti wharf was operating at ha [...] |
2006-05-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1061 |
Sudan - Humanitarian Assessment of the Eastern [...] A USAID team visited the eastern part of the Nuba Mountains from April 11 to 17, 2006, to monitor USAID- funded projects and assess local conditions for IDP returns. The eastern Jebels host approximately 60 percent of the population of the Nuba Mountains. Save the Children-U.S. (SC/US) is U [...] |
2006-05-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1062 |
Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority [...] On April 19, 2006, a USAID food security representative met with Badawi El Khair, Director General of Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority (SCRA), and Ahmed Mardas, head of the SCRA marketing section, to discuss the agency's ongoing efforts to maintain food security in Sudan. The SC [...] |
2006-05-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1063 |
CONTINUOUS RIOTS CLOSE JUBA UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: After a series of riots over the student's right to form a union, the government has again closed Juba University in Khartoum until further notice. As a university founded to support the advancement of the South, many southerners want the university to return to its home in Juba, b [...] |
2006-05-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1067 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Security Update: A. On May 3, an NGO convoy with an AU escort was stopped outside Mershing on the way to East Jebel Marra area by 65 militia. They warned the convoy that if they continued they would be shot. The convoy returned to Nyala. B. On May 2, Arab militias shot at the [...] |
2006-05-05 09:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1068 |
Sudanese Armed Forces Addresses UNSCR 1672 [...] On April 30, Official Spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Osman Mohammed al-Aghbash issued a press release regarding the UN Security Council Resolution 1672 sanctions involving Major General Gaffer Mohammed al- Hassan. 2. The text of the press release reads as follow (unoffici [...] |
2006-05-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AORC MCAP UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1069 |
ITU Council Demarche - Sudanese Proposal [...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. On May 2, Embassy Khartoum received a diplomatic note pertaining to reftel, wherein post served a demarche on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of the U.S. candidacy for an International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council seat. The [...] |
2006-05-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1072 |
Sudan - Humanitarian Challenges in the East [...] A USAID team visited Kassala from April 20 to 23, 2006, to assess the humanitarian situation in eastern Sudan. A disagreement between the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) concerning implementation of the U.N. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is pr [...] |
2006-05-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1082 |
Sudanese Government Sends Mixed Signals on UN [...] Summary: Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur peace agreement, the Sudanese Government is giving mixed signals to the international community regarding UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur. On May 5, a Ministry of the Interior spokesman stated that there was "no problem" with UN peacek [...] |
2006-05-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1085 |
SUDAN: UNHCHR ARBOUR SEES NO PROGRESS IN DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour declared there had been "no progress" on human rights in Darfur since 2004, and warned the situation actually had gotten worse. The new Humanitarian Work Law would severely impede NGO relief work, and the expansion o [...] |
2006-05-08 08:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO SU UN AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1088 |
Eastern Sudan Poverty Alleviation and Peace [...] From April 30 to May 1, 2006, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) convened an eastern Sudan poverty alleviation and peace-building conference in Port Sudan, Red Sea State. The conference was attended by donors, U.N. agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), community based organizations [...] |
2006-05-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1089 |
Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 4, May 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) On May 4, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum received positive test results from the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) in Italy which confirm that the recent outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Sudan is indeed the highly pathogenic H5N1 str [...] |
2006-05-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1090 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations at the Kalma IDP camp resulted in an attack on the African Union civilian police facility, with the UDSSS reporting with "near certainty" that an interpreter was killed and the AU facility being demolished. Fighting took place between the SLA and jinjaweed in Kh [...] |
2006-05-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1091 |
Juba Inflation Slows in April, then Spikes [...] A market survey in Juba taken the second week of April shows prices stabilizing as the early rains in March stopped and allowed the roads to dry up, with an overall inflation month-on-month rate of just over 3 percent. Drops in the price of some grains were offset by higher meat prices, wi [...] |
2006-05-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREF SOCI PINR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1092 |
SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY SETS POLICY; EYES CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) has reviewed and endorsed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir's policy statement, with changes, and is now moving on to addressing corruption. The SSLA wants to be the main watchdog against corruption and plans o [...] |
2006-05-09 06:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1094 |
AU Interpreter, Two Protesters Killed; 11 AMIS [...] Summary: On May 8, IDPs protesting the Darfur peace agreement rioted in the Kalma IDP camp near Nyala, South Darfur, and killed an African Union civilian police interpreter and injured eight civilian police, two seriously. They also severely damaged the civilian police station and two AMIS [...] |
2006-05-09 09:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1098 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: Tensions continue in the Kalma IDP camp in the wake of the May 8 death of an AU interpreter in riots, with the SAF and Arab militia reportedly cordoning off the area. NGOs, however, continue to provide basic services. The AU has also received reports of attacks over the past three [...] |
2006-05-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1104 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: The AU reports that its patrols saw jet fighters near the border with Chad, including the apparent use of ordnance. Arab militias attacked Labado, killing 10 and injuring scores more. The AU and USAID also obtained further details on the May 8 incidents at the Kalma and Zalingei I [...] |
2006-05-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1105 |
SUDAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTE RESPONSE [...] Per reftel, Sudan does not require any firms to comply with Arab League or Organization of the Islamic Conference boycotts of Israel. Sudanese and foreign firms are not required to complete boycott compliance questionnaires or furnish boycott-clearance certificates as a prerequisite for lice [...] |
2006-05-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PIRF KBCT ABLD ETRD AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1110 |
West Darfur - Assaults Targeting Aid Agencies [...] (U) Over the past several weeks, a spate of attacks targeting aid agencies in West Darfur has left a number of non-government organizations (NGOs) searching for options to counter the region's mounting security threats. Even before these recent attacks, humanitarian emergency relief programs [...] |
2006-05-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1115 |
UN U/SG EGELAND: HUMANITARIAN SECURITY, ACCESS, [...] (C) Summary: During a May 9 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN U/SG for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland said that his visit to Darfur had demonstrated the importance of addressing the challenges that threaten the well being of its people: restrictions on humanitarian access, worsening [...] |
2006-05-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF EAID AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1116 |
GOSS CONTACTS WITH THE LORD,S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) [...] (C) Summary: UNMIS, UNHCR, and Ugandan consulate officials, among others, have confirmed at least two meetings between GoSS Vice President Riek Machar and Vincent Otti of the LRA. In April, Machar reportedly offered to mediate peace talks with Kampala, an offer that Otti did not refuse. A fo [...] |
2006-05-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
| 06KHARTOUM1117 |
AMIS TRANSITION AND DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initiating the transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN peacekeeping operation and implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement require well targeted and bold steps taken in a timely manner. Advancing this agenda will require strengthening AMIS during the int [...] |
2006-05-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL KPKO PGOV PREF EAID AU US UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1120 |
AMIS Issues Press Release on Kalma, Hassahissa [...] On May 10, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a press statement on the recent demonstrations in the Kalma and Hassahissa internally displaced persons (IDP) camps on May 8, which resulted in an AU interpreter being killed by an angry crowd. The statement called for the restora [...] |
2006-05-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1122 |
SUDANESE VP TAHA SAYS NO DECISION YET ON UN [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Sudanese VP Taha told CDA Hume that Sudan had not yet decided on whether to accept transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur. The Government of Sudan is committed to the Darfur Peace Agreement, and it is ready to take concrete steps, such as expanding delivery o [...] |
2006-05-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF EAID PGOV US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1123 |
Sudan and Its Nine Neighbors: Part 2 of 4; The [...] (SBU) Introduction: Sudan, the largest and arguably the most complex country ethnically in Africa, has nine neighbors. This cable, the second of a series of four, seeks to depict the bilateral relationship between Sudan and each of its adjacent states in terms of history, social and cultural [...] |
2006-05-14 03:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI SCUL ECON ETRD ER ET SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1126 |
Darfur Livelihoods Assessment [...] From April 12 - 27, 2006, USAID/OFDA Livelihoods Advisor Courtney Brown visited North and South Darfur to monitor and evaluate USAID-funded livelihood activities. The USAID livelihoods advisor met with partners and visited project sites near El Fasher, North Darfur, and Nyala, South Darfur, t [...] |
2006-05-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1127 |
Sudan - Darfur Water and Sanitation Assessment [...] From April 29 to May 2, 2006, OFDA Water and Sanitation Specialist Peter Wallis traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations concerning future support of water and sanitation humanitarian interventions in Darfur. I [...] |
2006-05-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1132 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several Darfur locations, with reports indicating that May 13 incidents at Abu Shouk and Al-Salaam IDP camps in El Fasher resulted in the death of a 13-year old boy and damage to AU property. The SLA shot at an AMIS helicopter near Korma, forcing it to cu [...] |
2006-05-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1133 |
SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed donors attending the weekly meeting on Avian influenza (AI) that the results received from the laboratories in Rome confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Sudan. [...] |
2006-05-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1134 |
Sudan - Cattle Rustling, Emerging Government, [...] From May 3 to 8, 2006, a USAID/DCHA program officer visited Eastern Equatoria State (EE) to assess humanitarian conditions in Southern Sudan. The greatest driver of conflict in EE is cattle rustling and retaliatory violence between tribes. Though all EE counties are absorbing returning inte [...] |
2006-05-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1139 |
EMBASSY KHARTOUM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Managing USG support for stability in Darfur involves both personnel and funding resources. Additional personnel include a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (slated to arrive at post shortly), reporting officers for [...] |
2006-05-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER PGOV PREL KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1140 |
EMBASSY KHARTOUM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Managing USG support for stability in Darfur involves both personnel and funding resources. Additional personnel include a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (slated to arrive at post shortly), reporting officers for [...] |
2006-05-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER PGOV PREL KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1141 |
EMBASSY KHARTOUM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Managing USG support for stability in Darfur involves both personnel and funding resources. Additional personnel include a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (slated to arrive at post shortly), reporting officers for [...] |
2006-05-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER PGOV PREL KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1149 |
Sudan - Operational Constraints Related to [...] (SBU) Summary: Any U.S. government (USG) initiatives linked to the support of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) must take into account the operational realities of the region. The experience of USAID's humanitarian operation provides insight into the challenges that will face any new USG ope [...] |
2006-05-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1150 |
Darfur Peace Agreement: Seizing the Opportunity [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To ensure a lasting and just peace, the USG must move quickly to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and help the African Union (AU) establish its institutions. The DPA outlines some ambitious timelines and requires AU action in almost all areas. The security provisions [...] |
2006-05-15 15:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1151 |
DEMARCHE TO VP TAHA ON FM LAM AKOL'S STATEMENT TO [...] (C) On May 15 CDA Hume called VP Taha concerning the statement earlier in the day by FM Lam Akol to the AU Peace and Security Council. Hume said that the USG is committed to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and was troubled by Lam Akol's attempt to deny or minimize any [...] |
2006-05-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1153 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several locations in Darfur; incidents in Kas, South Darfur, resulted in the deaths of at least two individuals. Several jinjaweed attacks took place in South Darfur, and a large-scale jinjaweed-SLA battle took place in West Darfur. NGOs and UN agencies a [...] |
2006-05-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1155 |
SUDAN: OFAC WAIVER NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF SAWA START- [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After long negotiations, an agreement for the establishment of Radio SAWA in Sudan is nearing the point of signature. At this juncture, Post has learned that the Department of Treasury's Office Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), wh [...] |
2006-05-15 16:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC BEXP PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1158 |
VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE [...] (U) The following is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: CG met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar and Minster for Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changson on May 12 to discuss the security climate in Southern Sudan. Machar spoke at length on his [...] |
2006-05-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS PTER PEL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1159 |
UPON THIS ROCK: SUDAN'S CATHOLICS WEATHER THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Catholic Church in Sudan has fared relatively well during years of civil war and persecution, due largely to the strength -- and longevity -- of its leaders. With as many as six million followers, the Church accounts for over half of all Sudanese Christians; three-fourths ar [...] |
2006-05-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1164 |
D-DAY: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- DPA: D-Day and the First Week -- INGOs Consider Pulling Out of West Darfur -- Kutum Sees First Janjaweed Attack Since DPA -- CDA Hosts Diplomatic C [...] |
2006-05-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1165 |
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BASHIR TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) On May 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the following letter to Charge Hume from President Omer Bashir to President George W. Bush. President Bashir thanks the United States for its support in making the agreement possible and pledges his government's full effort in implemen [...] |
2006-05-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1166 |
MUSINGS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: CG met with Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Gier Chuang Aluong on May 9 to discuss telephone service - or the lack thereof - in Juba and the South. Aluong described what he saw as a systematic plot by Khartoum to prevent the South from establishing reliable [...] |
2006-05-16 17:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ECPS PINR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1167 |
UPDATE ON DDR [...] (SBU) There has been recent incremental movement toward disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in Southern Sudan; the process of demobilizing child soldiers is underway in Malakal, and is scheduled to begin in Abyei later this month. To date, approximately 1,200 child soldiers h [...] |
2006-05-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MCAP SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1168 |
SOUTHERN LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDS INCREASED [...] (U) On May 10, the Southern Sudanese Legislative Assembly (SSLA) convened to consider recommendations by the Standing Committee on Development, Finance and Economy to change portions of the 2006 budget submitted to the SSLA by the Ministry of Finance. The big winner was the Sudan People's Lib [...] |
2006-05-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN MCAP SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1169 |
ATTEMPTS TO HALT CONFLICT IN UPPER JONGLEI [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been clashes between the SPLA and Lou Nuer herders associated with the White Army, a continuation of conflict that first erupted during attempts at disarmament last January (reftels). Recent attempts by the SPLA to again forcibly disarm the White Army militia near T [...] |
2006-05-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1171 |
VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR SAYS UGANDA AGREES TO [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Operations Manager for South Sudan Bhairaja Panday told CG on May 16 that he had received a telephone call from GoSS Vice President Riek Machar informing him that the Government of Uganda (GOU) had declared itself open to a role for th [...] |
2006-05-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV MOPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1174 |
DR. KHALIFA: GNU TAKING ACTION TO WIDEN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 17, Charge Hume requested a meeting with Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor and Chief Darfur Negotiator Dr. Magzoub al-Khalifa to discuss the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Charge told Khalifa of U.S. plans to support the DPA by assisting the Africa [...] |
2006-05-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1175 |
D-DAY+1: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- JAM Planning Begins -- Khalifa Outlines GNU Strategy for Implementation -- Darfur Leaders Support DPA After Meeting -- Minawi Outreach Has Begun - [...] |
2006-05-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF EFIN UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1177 |
EPISCOPAL PRIEST ARRESTED FOR "KIDNAPPING" MUSLIM [...] (C) The Rev. Elia Kumundan, a priest of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, was arrested in Khartoum on Sunday, May 14, in connection with the disappearance of a Muslim woman who wanted to convert to Christianity. According to the Episcopal Bishop of Khartoum, Rt. Rev. Ezekiel Kondo, the woman is [...] |
2006-05-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KWMN SCUL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1181 |
Darfur Health Assessment [...] Since the escalation of the conflict in Darfur in 2004, coordinated efforts within the humanitarian community have resulted in substantial improvement in the overall health and nutrition situation of conflict- affected communities. These advances are evidenced by a declining trend in crude m [...] |
2006-05-18 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1183 |
EASTERN SUDAN: OUTLOOK UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. On May 16 representatives from the US, UN, Canada, Netherlands, Norway and Britain met to discuss the situation in East Sudan. The discussion centered on the next steps for peace talks between the Eastern Front and the GNU. The Dutch and Norwegian representatives reported that Yas [...] |
2006-05-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1184 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL CAN STEM JEM ATTACKS IN [...] (C) The May 19 Security Council briefing with Jan Egeland presents an opportunity to send a message that the problems in Eastern Sudan have not been forgotten. With the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) there is increased potential for violence in the East, just as violence in Darfu [...] |
2006-05-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1185 |
D-DAY+2: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- UNICEF Engages SLA on Child Soldiers -- Janajaweed Attack AU Outside of Kutum -- Darfur Outreach Continues to Yield Benefits -------------------------- [...] |
2006-05-18 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1188 |
RAISING THE STAKES IN WHITE NILE/TOTAL CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. The White Nile Limited (WNL)/Total controversy has become increasingly ugly. There is speculation that Khartoum interests were behind a recent attack on a White Nile Ltd. (WNL) seismological team. At least one Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) official has accused Total of i [...] |
2006-05-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ASEC PINS FR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1189 |
KHARTOUM LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PASSED THE [...] SUMMARY: The Khartoum Legislative Assembly (KLA) unanimously passed the draft constitution of Khartoum State on May 13, 2006, after the Joint NCP and SPLM High Committee resolved the 4 pending controversial points: status of Khartoum state with Sharia law and special courts for non-Muslims, A [...] |
2006-05-22 05:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1191 |
MAY 19 FIREWORKS IN JUBA [...] Summary. At approximately 1500 hrs local on May 19, an ammunition dump at the main Sudanese Armed Forces base, situated on the outskirts of Juba, caught fire and detonated much of the ordnance contained in the bunker. A brief general panic ensued, with both SAF and SPLA troops going on alert. [...] |
2006-05-22 05:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS ASEC CACS PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1192 |
CIVIL SOCIETY GROWS IN JUBA [...] SUMMARY: As one indication of the growing strength of civil society in Southern Sudan, the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba with the support of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and the Life and Peace Institute Horn of Africa, organized a workshop for the "Voice of Women for Peace and Faith Civi [...] |
2006-05-22 05:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1193 |
SUDAN: OFAC WAIVER NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF SAWA START- [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After long negotiations, an agreement for the establishment of Radio SAWA in Sudan is nearing the point of signature. At this juncture, Post has learned that the Department of Treasury's Office Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), wh [...] |
2006-05-22 05:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC BEXP PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1205 |
THE BURGEONING DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN JUBA [...] Summary. A growing number of diplomatic mission of various description have arrived in Juba, with others waiting in the wings. By the end of 2006, we expect as many as seventeen representations of various description could be present here. The lease/construction of office space and reside [...] |
2006-05-22 06:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1207 |
D-DAY+5: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge Meets with AU Ambassador -- Meeting with SAF Operations Chief -- Lawyers Arrested in Nyala -- Pronk Calls Donor Meeting ----------------------- [...] |
2006-05-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1209 |
SUDAN: EASTERN FRONT - GNU NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) In a May 21 meeting with Charge Hume, Yassir Arman said that he and Director of the National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS), Salah Gosh, planned to travel to Asmara on May 24 to discuss preparations for GNU-Eastern Front negotiations. Arman estimated that the negotiations would [...] |
2006-05-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1210 |
D-DAY+6: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Getting Abdel Wahid to Sign -- AU Report Increased Arab Militia Activity -- MFA Pledges DPA Support -- Interview with Charge Makes Front Page -- Charge [...] |
2006-05-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1215 |
SUDAN: UPDATE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, [...] (SBU) Draft legislation for the CPA mandated National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is, according to the European Commission, in the Presidency and should be forwarded to the Parliament soon. There have been multiple versions of the draft legislation and it is unclear which version was forwar [...] |
2006-05-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1226 |
D-DAY+7: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge meets with State Minister Al-Waseela -- WFP Returns to Protest Sites, AU CIVPOL Waits -- IRC Staff Continues to be Held or Harassed ------------ [...] |
2006-05-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1228 |
Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 6, May 24, 2006 [...] On May 21, 2006, the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum convened the second Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Sudan. Though the Government of National Unity (GNU) has acknowledged the presence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of AI in S [...] |
2006-05-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1230 |
MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL ENVOY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 CDA Hume at his request met with UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to discuss prospects of transition to a UN peace-keeping force in Darfur. Brahimi was accompanied by A/SYG for peacekeeping, Hedi Annabi. During the 90 minute meeting Brahimi sought USG views on the viab [...] |
2006-05-24 12:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1240 |
SITREP 9 (D-DAY+8): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Fighting Reported in Birmaza -- Charge Discuss UN Deployment with Brahimi -- Mudawi Tours Darfur for DPA Support -- HAC Demands Technical Agree [...] |
2006-05-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1253 |
SITREP 10 (D-DAY+9): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Birmaza Fighting Continues -- Sudan Accepts Joint assessment Mission -- Charge Holds Follow-Up with Kingibe -- AMIS Delivers draft CONOPS [...] |
2006-05-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1254 |
AU HEAD OF MISSION AGREES TO USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On May 26 CDA Hume, accompanied by USAID Director Almquist and OTI Officer Jeanne Briggs, met AU Head of Mission Kingibe to discuss USG support for Darfur implementation. Following up on his discussion earlier in the week (REF A), Hume reiterated that the USG thought it was urgent to ste [...] |
2006-05-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1255 |
DATE OF GNU-EAST TALKS; JUNE 13 [...] (U) On May 24 Vice President Taha and his delegation traveled to Asmara to discuss the plans for the GNU-Eastern Front negotiations with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki. According to the UN and the Dutch Embassy, the GNU and the Eastern Front have agreed to begin procedural talks on June 13 [...] |
2006-05-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1256 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Joseph Okelo who outlined the procedures for passing laws in the National Assembly. The National Assembly is currently hearing testimony from each Ministry about their previous and future activities. However, Okelo doubted thi [...] |
2006-05-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1257 |
SUDAN: PRESS REFLECTS ON DARFUR DEVELOPMENTS, [...] SUMMARY. Sudanese press commentaries suggest growing consensus in favor of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Opposition continues, however, to the proposed transition from African Union (AU) to UN peacekeepers in Darfur (something explored with the Sudan Government this week by UN Special Env [...] |
2006-05-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1258 |
UN Special Envoy Announces UN/AU Joint [...] SUMMARY. On May 25, UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held a briefing with the diplomatic corps on his recent mission to discuss the UN's role in supporting the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). He said that Government of National Unity (GNU) President Omar Bashir is agreeable to a Joint Assessme [...] |
2006-05-26 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1262 |
Sudan/Darfur - Minni returns to Darfur; meets [...] In a meeting with Roger Winter, Kate Almquist, and Brian D'Silva on Friday, May 26, First Vice President Salva Kiir reported that he had invited Abdul Wahid to meet with him somewhere in southern Sudan before May 31 to reiterate and urge Wahid to sign the DPA. Kiir also extended a meeting in [...] |
2006-05-30 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1263 |
SITREP 11: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- AMIS Attacked in West Darfur -- Minawi Arrives in El Fasher -- AMIS investigates Birmaza Attacks - South Darfur Wali Promotes DPA -- Military Meet [...] |
2006-05-30 08:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO ABLD UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1264 |
SUDAN/CHAD: MFA WARNS CHARGE OVER CHAD SPOILING DPA [...] (C) On May 30, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Americas Department Ambassador Osman El Diridieri summoned the Charge to discuss security threats to the DPA. Diridieri thanked the United States for its support in achieving the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and said that it wou [...] |
2006-05-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1282 |
SITREP 12: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Kiir,s Mini-Summit: June 2 -- Minawi Tours North Darfur -- AU Describes Needs for Peace Secretariat -- UNMIS Outlines Thinking on Transition -- DL [...] |
2006-05-31 09:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SU MOPS KPKO AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1285 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1291 |
SITREP 13: DARFUR SITUATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). - Minawi, AbdelWahid, Kiir meeting set for June 2 - June 1 fighting in North Darfur - NRC to return to South Darfur - Musa Hila [...] |
2006-06-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO ABLD ASEC UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1300 |
SUDAN/IRAN: POINTS ON NUCLEAR ISSUE PASSED [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA America's desk head, Ambassador Dirdiri, on June 5. Charge stressed the importance of the evolution of U.S. policy on the Iran nuclear issue, as well as our unhappiness with the NAM statement. 2. (C) Charge noted the significance of the P5 plus [...] |
2006-06-05 09:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1301 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] (U) On June 1, PolOff delivered reftel demarche points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood for re-election to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The government had no comment. STEINFELD [...] |
2006-06-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1304 |
Sudan/Darfur - Ibok and Kingibe Describe [...] Summary: AU's Ibok and Kingibe discussed with Embassy further steps related to DPA implementation, including support for the "peace secretariats." There will be a "signing ceremony" Wednesday in Addis for 40-60 individuals for whom Declarations of Accession to the DPA have been especially [...] |
2006-06-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1308 |
SUDAN/CPA: NCP AND SPLM HOLD THREE-DAY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. From May 26-29 the NCP and the SPLM discussed CPA implementation; according to a participant the session began somewhat acrimoniously but warmed throughout. Vice President Salva Kiir highlighted three main CPA issues; security, oil revenue transparency, and Abyei. President Bas [...] |
2006-06-05 11:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1322 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LORD,S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ugandan officials have confirmed that the GOU has accepted the concept of contact with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA), but they were uncertain on the modalities. An initial meeting was postponed due to Vice President Machar,s travel to Khartoum but is expected to take place [...] |
2006-06-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
| 06KHARTOUM1323 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: SHIFTS WITHIN THE SPLM FAVOR [...] (C) Summary. The internal dynamic within the SPLM has shifted gradually since the March meeting of the reconstituted Politburo in Rumbek (ref a). The balance between the two most powerful factions (ref b) ) followers of GoSS President Kiir and those loyal to the late John Garang ) has altere [...] |
2006-06-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1324 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: A TENSE CALM RETURNS TO JONGLEI, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two security hotspots in Jonglei and Upper Nile have calmed, according to UNMIS security officers. Fighting between the SPLA and the Lou Nuer militia known as the White Army has abated, and GoSS-approved disarmament continues. In Fangak, a power struggle between the local SP [...] |
2006-06-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1325 |
SOUTHERN SUDANESE LEGISLATURE GOES ON FORCED [...] (C) Summary. CG talked at length with South Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) MP Bashir Bendi (protect) on May 30 to discuss the announcement that the SSLA would go into an unscheduled three month recess. Bendi blamed SSLA Speaker James Wani Igga for peremptorily closing the SSLA to prevent [...] |
2006-06-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1341 |
SUDAN: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1344 |
DARFUR - NRC RETURNS TO KALMA CAMP, SOUTH [...] On May 31, 2006, the South Darfur State Security Committee approved an agreement to permit the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to resume camp coordination responsibilities at Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and food security programs in South Darfur for one year. NRC staff imme [...] |
2006-06-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1359 |
SUDAN: Update on U.S. Government Support for [...] (SBU) As described in previous cable traffic, U.S. Government priorities for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation are three-fold: (1) quickly disseminate information about the content of the DPA to counter confusion and anger among Sudanese due to misinformation or lack of information; [...] |
2006-06-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI SU MOPS KPKO AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1361 |
DARFUR - SLA HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S ARREST [...] On May 20, the Minni Minawi faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) faction allegedly arrested former SLA humanitarian coordinator Sulayman Jamus for the second time since February 2006. Initial conflicting reports on his arrest and speculation on his current situation are a main topic [...] |
2006-06-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1362 |
SUDAN/UN SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT: STROKING THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The UN Security Council held a series of meetings in Khartoum on June 6, including with President Bashir and FM Lam Akol. SRSG Jan Pronk counseled the group to be aware of Sudan's sensitivities with regard to international intervention and Sudan's sovereignty as it p [...] |
2006-06-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1367 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: FM LAM AKOL ON IMPLEMENTATION, THE [...] (C) Summary: FM Lam Akol told Charge and USAID director on June 7 that, within the context of trilateral consultations among the GNU, UN, and AU, discussions would now proceed on a transition to UN peacekeeping. Sudan had always said there could be role for the UN after a peace agreement w [...] |
2006-06-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU PGOV |
| 06KHARTOUM1368 |
SOUTH SUDAN: VISIT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO JUBA [...] Summary. The UN Security Council paid a whirlwind visit to Juba on June 8. Led by UK Permanent Representative Emyr Jones Parry, the delegation spent much of its time in meeting with United Nations staff. The only other meetings were with GoSS President Kiir and Vice President Machar and sel [...] |
2006-06-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EPET SU UN PREL |
| 06KHARTOUM1369 |
SUDAN - USAID VISIT TO BLUE NILE STATE [...] USAID/Sudan representatives from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Office of Food for Peace (FFP), and Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Damazin, Kurmuk, and Bukori in Blue Nile State from April 19 to 24, 2006. Factors affecting stability in Blue Nile State [...] |
2006-06-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1389 |
AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...] |
2006-06-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1391 |
AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...] |
2006-06-12 12:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1394 |
JUBA,S CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP ON PROBLEMS FACING THE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba, Paolino Lukudu Loro, discussed with CG on June 3 some of the major challenges facing the Equatoria region. Loro expressed his relief that the peace was holding but raised the ethnic hegemony of the Dinka, the situation in Yei, land tenure, and [...] |
2006-06-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR EAGR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1395 |
SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 7 - June 12 [...] On May 29, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the third Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum, but with poor attendance by key members. More than one week had passed with no new cases of AI reported in Sudan. Khartoum State has taken me [...] |
2006-06-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1396 |
LRA NEGOTIATORS IN TOWN; UGANDANS YET TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, CG met with David Pulkol, Chairman of the Africa Leadership Institute in Kampala and the former GOU Director of External Intelligence. Pulkol explained that he had come to Juba on behalf of President Museveni for two reasons ) to encourage the GoSS to stick with CPA [...] |
2006-06-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1397 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: WHITE NILE AND TOTAL SHOWING [...] (C) CG encountered White Nile Petroleum, Ltd. (WNL) Managing Director Phil Ward on June 7. Ward said that a UK court had ruled that both WNL and Total must disclose their records to the court and to each other. Ward predicted that Total, which must divulge records dating from 1980, had burn [...] |
2006-06-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV PREL PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1400 |
Darfur - Emergency Food Security Program [...] Food security in Darfur remains critically fragile due to prevailing insecurity, and prospects for a return to relative food security are bleak. Despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement, internally displaced persons (IDPs) lack access to agricultural land, and non- governmental orga [...] |
2006-06-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1402 |
DARFUR: UN PKO WORRIED ABOUT AU/UN TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: The UN is worried about the transition from an AU to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, UN Peacekeeping Under SYG Guehenno confided to the Charge on June 12. Guehenno hopes to both bolster the current AU force and pave the way for a UN deployment in January 2007 -- difficult enou [...] |
2006-06-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU UN AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1403 |
MEETING WITH YASSIR ARMAN ON EASTERN SUDAN, [...] (C) Charge Hume met with SPLM parliamentary leader Yassir Arman on June 13. Arman was hurrying to the airport to fly to Asmara for the opening of the Eritrean-sponsored talks on eastern Sudan. He expected the opening round to last for perhaps a week. The Sudanese delegation included former F [...] |
2006-06-13 17:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR US ER SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1409 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: Update on Security and [...] Overview: UNDSS reports that over the past two weeks there has been a notable reduction in clashes between the parties to the Darfur conflict. However, UNDSS observed that inter-SLA conflicts have been on the rise, especially in areas to the north of Kutum in North Darfur State. Our ass [...] |
2006-06-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1410 |
MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS DENG ALOR [...] (C) Summary: At the request of CDA Hume, Minister Deng Alor intervened on behalf of pending USG visa requests. Acting FM Karti said he would authorize issuance of the visas, pending receipt of further details on these persons. (Note: Subsequent to the meeting, MFA advised that the visas wou [...] |
2006-06-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1412 |
Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release [...] On June 13, Fathi Khalil, Dean of the Sudanese Bar Association, renewed his call for the release of ASudanese national Sami al-Haj from Guantanamo, where he has apparently been held for over four years. In a symposium organized by the Al-Jazeera television channel office in Khartoum in coope [...] |
2006-06-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1418 |
LITTLE PROGRESS WITH REMAINING OTHER ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changeson reported that there has been little progress in dealing with the remaining other armed groups (OAGs) in Southern Sudan, with no definitive breakthrough to date. Two of three warlords have visited Juba, and Vice Presiden [...] |
2006-06-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM PINS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1420 |
Update on Darfur IOM Detainees Case [...] Summary: Late on June 14, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) released the remaining five of seven International Organization for Migration (IOM) staff detained on June 13 by a field commander loyal to the Abdel Wahid faction near Kutum, North Darfur State. The faction suspected the team of ser [...] |
2006-06-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1422 |
DARFUR - POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR RAPE [...] (SBU) On May 3, 2006, West Darfur's El Geneina General Court convicted a Central Reserve Police Officer for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The judge sentenced the felon to three years imprisonment and 100 lashes. While the verdict and proceedings illustrate the ability of West Darfur's cou [...] |
2006-06-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1427 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the [...] |
2006-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1428 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the Ju [...] |
2006-06-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1429 |
AU THINKING ABOUT DARFUR-DARFUR DIALOGUE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The AU has not yet identified a suitable candidate to lead the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue, AU Special Representative Kingibe told CDA Hume, but it has started thinking about possible candidates, as well as models for discussions. Kingibe also thanked the United States for a recent [...] |
2006-06-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1439 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: FUR TRIBAL LEADERS READY FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLA/W Leader Abdel Wahid Nur may yet sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, Fur tribal leaders told CDA Hume on June 14. Hume emphasized the USG,s encouragement and support for the peace process, pointing out President Bush,s personal letter to Nur. The leaders -- including some who [...] |
2006-06-19 07:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1444 |
SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 8 - JUNE 20 [...] On June 18, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the forth Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum. Following three weeks of no new reported cases, samples received from two different locations in Khartoum State tested positive for the H5N2 [...] |
2006-06-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1447 |
Sudan - UNICEF Vaccinates One Millionth Child [...] On June 16, 2006, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Disaster Operations Specialist Jennifer Mayer spoke at a U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) event in Bentiu, Unity State, celebrating the measles vaccination of the one millionth child in Southern Sudan. The Mass Meas [...] |
2006-06-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1457 |
Sudan - USAID/OFDA and Partners Meet in Juba [...] On June 9 and 13, 2006, the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) convened meetings in Juba and Khartoum, Sudan, to discuss the upcoming publication of an Annual Program Statement (APS) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. USAID/OFDA shared information with interested parties r [...] |
2006-06-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1458 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: President Bashir Voices Strong [...] Summary. In the past two days, President Bashir has spoken out in harsh and negative terms against a UN PKO presence in Darfur. The language is very combative, even for Bashir. End Summary. 2. President Omar al-Bashir has voiced his strong opposition on June 20 to any deployment of in [...] |
2006-06-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AL UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1459 |
UN PEACEKEEPING USYG GUEHENNO SEEES AU FALTERING [...] (C) Summary: UN USYG Guehenno told CDA Hume that, although the situation in Darfur had improved in the wake of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), the AU mission was weak and liable to falter. The U.S. should make sure that the upcoming African summit backed transition to the UN in no uncertain [...] |
2006-06-21 16:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SU AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1460 |
CHARGE'S VISIT TO DARFUR: SIX WEEKS AFTER DPA, A [...] (C) Summary: A tentative peace has emerged in Darfur six weeks after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. However, more must be done to create security around IDP camps and build confidence in the peace process. Some attacks between rebel groups continue, and banditry remains rife. Go [...] |
2006-06-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1469 |
Sudan/CPA: AEC receives briefing on SPLM/NCP [...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 contains the final Joint Communique from the recently held NCP/SPLM senior level meetings (reftel). At the Assessment and Evaluation Committee meeting on June 20, both sides were invited to brief the results of the meeting. For the NCP, Sayed el-Khatib, Director of the Ce [...] |
2006-06-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1474 |
PRESIDENT BASHIR TELLS UN AND AU THAT NO TO UN PKO [...] (C) Immediately after UN Guehenno's and AU Djinnit's carefully worded, but not entirely forthcoming, briefing to 30 or so diplomats afternoon of June 22 on the AU/UN assessment mission, DCM pulled SRSG Pronk aside and asked him what had actually transpired at the meeting among the AU, UN, and [...] |
2006-06-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MOPS AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1475 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES [...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...] |
2006-06-22 18:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1477 |
SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...] |
2006-06-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1478 |
MINAWI UPBEAT ON PEACE IN DARFUR, BUT NOT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Minawi told the Charge he has had few problems since signing the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). However, Minawi,s troops continue to be harassed by Chadian militiamen and JEM forces in West Darfur. Minawi agreed to release Suleiman Jamous to his family under AU and [...] |
2006-06-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNM AU CH SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1480 |
Darfur - Press Coverage and Health in Zam Zam [...] Recent media attention on gaps in the provision of health services in Zam Zam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in North Darfur prompted USAID's Darfur Field Office (DFO) to verify the reports. Zam Zam camp had been adequately served by three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provi [...] |
2006-06-25 08:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1481 |
WEST DARFUR - INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO [...] Strict enforcement of a new policy designed to curtail the illegal production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in Riyad camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), near El Geneina, West Darfur, resulted in an 80 percent reduction in alcohol production and a decline in the number of protect [...] |
2006-06-25 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1484 |
SOUTH SUDAN VP MACHAR OUTLINES TALKS WITH LORD'S [...] (C) Summary: Fifteen Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators in Juba are still awaiting the arrival of a Ugandan delegation for peace talks, Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar told the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on June 23. The group -- which does not include any of t [...] |
2006-06-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1485 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: CHARGE PRESSES KIIR ON UN [...] (C) Following a June 23 Assessment and Evaluation Commission meeting in Juba, CDA Hume pressed First Vice President Salva Kiir to use his influence to gain approval for a UN peackeeping deployment in Darfur. "President Beshir asked the United States to help him in Darfur, but now he says he d [...] |
2006-06-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1488 |
DARFUR: JAMOUS OUT; UNMIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DOWN [...] (C) SLA/M Leader Mini Minawi released former SLA/M humanitarian coordinator Suleiman Jamous to UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) officials in North Darfur on June 22, as promised (reftel). Jamous did not appear to have been mistreated while in custody, according to UNMIS, but does suffer from a bad [...] |
2006-06-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1491 |
DARFUR: JAMOUS OUT; UNMIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DOWN [...] (C) SLA/M Leader Mini Minawi released former SLA/M humanitarian coordinator Suleiman Jamous to UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) officials in North Darfur on June 22, as promised (reftel). Jamous did not appear to have been mistreated while in custody, according to UNMIS, but does suffer from a bad [...] |
2006-06-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1500 |
SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...] |
2006-06-27 05:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1514 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Security Update: A. The security situation in North Darfur remains tense. Reports have been received of Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) factional clashes, confrontations between Zaghawa and Fur ethnic groups, and aggressive posturing of the SLA faction led by Abdul Wahid. B. On June 27, [...] |
2006-06-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1515 |
SPLA SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES CRISIS BREWING IN [...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party has lost the political will to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, while the Sudan People's Liberation Movement lacks the capacity to deliver a peace dividend, SPLM/A S ecretary-General Pagan Amum told the Charge on June 23. Though a crisis in [...] |
2006-06-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1534 |
SLM DENIES MEDIA REPORT OF SUSPENSION OF DPA [...] (SBU) On June 28, online news service Sudan Tribune posted an article dated June 27 stating that the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) headed by Mini Minawi had suspended implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Alluding to a press release, which was neither re-printed nor made other [...] |
2006-06-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1537 |
SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...] |
2006-06-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1538 |
DARFUR DPA SUPPORT TEAM FIRST IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial impressions from an orientation tour for the DPA Support Team to El Fasher confirmed the DPA implementation faces many challenges. There is no visible sign of DPA implementation taking place on the ground. The most significant contributing factors are a lack of AMIS cap [...] |
2006-06-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI US UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1539 |
ABDULWAHID NUR MAY BE READY TO SIGN DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Abdulwahid Nur may be ready to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, his father-in-law, Abdulgassem Seif al-Din, told CDA Hume on June 29. Abdulwahid ha7 Q:"Tr U.S. support in flying to Asmara to meet Abdulwahid as early as July 1; Post is working with USAID/OTI to make [...] |
2006-06-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1542 |
SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...] |
2006-06-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SO SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1545 |
SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...] |
2006-06-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SO SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1548 |
SUDAN: UN SUPPORT FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite GNU opposition to UNPKO in Darfur, the UN is preparing several avenues of support for the DPA, including transferring resources to the AU and seconding staff. It also hopes to coordinate other donor DPA support, such as the two recently arrived UK media advisors. Top [...] |
2006-07-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI US UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1549 |
UN SRSYG PRONK BLOG CRITIQUES DPA [...] (C) Summary: Media accounts of UN SRSYG Pronk's weblog selectively quote him as calling for re-writing of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and criticizing the agreement for not including the Abdel Wahid SLM faction and the African Union for its limited capacity to implement the agreement. A fulle [...] |
2006-07-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1550 |
SUDAN: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FM DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd discussed security and humanitarian access issues with the Charge on June 29. The discussion included the possibility of China's assuming a constructive role in Darfur in addition to its current economic partnership with [...] |
2006-07-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU AS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1556 |
Sudan: 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and [...] Embassy Khartoum notes that there are no pending investment disputes or expropriation claims by U.S. persons or firms in Sudan. 2. Post will e-mail this message as well to EB/OIA as requested in reftel. HUME [...] |
2006-07-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE PGOV ETRD US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1557 |
Fight Continues Over Eviction of Islamic [...] SUMMARY: The dispute over the eviction of the branch of the Koran Al Karim Islamic University from the premises of former Juba Girl's Senior Secondary School in Juba continues as both the government of Central Equatorial State (CES) and the administration of the Koran Al Karim Islamic Univer [...] |
2006-07-03 06:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1558 |
UNSRSG Pronk Elaborates on Blog [...] SRSG Pronk's blog of June 28 continues to draw attention, and he is now trying to clarify what he wrote. An editorial in the Sudan Vision Daily, a pro-government daily newspaper, states in its July 3 edition that Pronk's blog represents a "complete U-turn," and that this would infuriate both [...] |
2006-07-03 07:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1559 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: SPLM REJECTS BASHIR'S POSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: First VP Salva Kiir and other key leaders of the SPLM have publicly announced that they have no objection to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. They add that they were not consulted by the NCP with regard to President Bashir's enunciation of a strong rejection of a transition to the U [...] |
2006-07-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO SOCI PINR PREL AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1560 |
DPA IMPLEMENTATION: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Charge chaired a meeting of AU partner representatives July 1 on next steps in DPA implementation. The participants agreed the challenges included institutional weakness on the part of the AU, the continued issue of non-signatories, and the uncertainty of AMIS to UN PKO transitio [...] |
2006-07-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1561 |
SUDAN,S RESPONSE ON NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ARB [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on July 3 to Magdy al-Mufaddal, Acting Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Magdy replied that he would forward the information to the MFA'S Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, as well as the national intell [...] |
2006-07-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR KAWC US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1562 |
STILL A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is still a chance for negotiations with the UN on peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 3, though the objective should be peace, not the deployment of UN peackeepers. Conditions on the ground had improved since the signing of [...] |
2006-07-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1563 |
MINNI MINAWI: ENCOURAGES DPA SUPPORT, CRITICIZES [...] (C) Summary: During three days of a visit by S/CRS Officer Wilson, SLM leader Minni Minawi said he was speaking to villagers to encourage their support for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), criticized AMIS for slow implementation of the DPA, asked for U.S. DPA security arrangements verifiers, [...] |
2006-07-03 16:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1565 |
DARFUR: BASHIR WANTS DIALOGUE ON PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir wants to open a dialogue with the United States about peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 5. In a previously unscheduled meeting -- which Magzoub had urgently requested only hours before -- Magzoub said he [...] |
2006-07-05 09:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU US AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1566 |
SUDAN: MINNI MINAWI'S THOUGHTS ON HIS TRIP TO [...] (SBU) The following report is from Tod Wilson, with Minawi in Dafur. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minni indicated that he was bringing an eclectic group consisting of political officials, businessmen, military and civil servants. He said that the visit should not extend past 10 days. Minni desir [...] |
2006-07-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1567 |
UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] |
2006-07-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1568 |
UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] |
2006-07-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1572 |
HAMRA AL-SHEIKH INCIDENT: GNU SEEKS CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: A July 3 attack on Hamra al-Sheikh, North Kordofan State, by the JEM resulted in the deaths of at least 12 individuals and significant property damage. The Sudanese Armed Forces repulsed the attack with helicopter gunships and Antonov bombers. The Sudanese Government believes th [...] |
2006-07-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR CD ER AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1573 |
SOMALIA: MFA READOUT ON SOMALI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Arab Affairs Mabrouk described the June 21-22 Somali talks in Khartoum as achieving a breakthrough, reflecting mutual interest in restoring a united Somalia. He described the tone as cordial and committed. Clarifying Sudan's role in the talks as facilitator and [...] |
2006-07-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1574 |
SLA/NRF Statement on Hamra al-Sheikh Attack [...] Reftel detailed the July 3 rebel attack on the North Kordofan town of Hamra al-Sheikh and the subsequent interest by the GNU to gain support in condemning the incident. On July 5, two Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) field commanders associated with Abdel Wahid but claiming to speak for the Nat [...] |
2006-07-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS SOCI AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1588 |
GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN PREPARING FOR JULY 18 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir has endorsed the proposal for a high-level government of Sudan delegation to meet with A/S Frazer in Brussels on July 18. Bashir remains committed to improving relations with the United States and to implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. CDA Hume repeat [...] |
2006-07-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1589 |
Sudan: 2005 Import-Export Trade Report [...] SUMMARY: 2005 trade statistics from the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) shows a trade balance roughly six times higher than the 2004 level, growing from a negative USD 297 million in 2004 to negative USD 1,932 million. Crude oil exports make up 82 percent of the total during 2005, up from 78 pe [...] |
2006-07-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EPET PGOV CH SA US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1590 |
UPDATE ON SITUATION IN THE EAST AND CONCERNS OVER HAMESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN and international partners are optimistic following the conclusion of the first round of talks in Asmara between the Eastern Front and Sudanese Government under Eritrean mediation. The signing of the Declaration of Principles and Cessation of Hostilities agreement were g [...] |
2006-07-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1591 |
UPDATE ON SITUATION IN THE EAST AND CONCERNS OVER HAMESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN and international partners are optimistic following the conclusion of the first round of talks in Asmara between the Eastern Front and Sudanese Government under Eritrean mediation. The signing of the Declaration of Principles and Cessation of Hostilities agreement were g [...] |
2006-07-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1594 |
DARFUR FORUM AIRS GRIPES ABOUT DPA [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Darfur Forum conveyed their dissatisfaction with the DPA to S/CRS team, focusing largely on the issues of compensation and security, but offered few concrete suggestions on how to improve the document or other support solutions. End summary. -------------------- [...] |
2006-07-09 11:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1595 |
ESTABLISHING AN EMBASSY FIELD PRESENCE IN EL FASHER -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: ARC officers established a rudimentary field presence in El Fasher with communications, transportation, and working capabilities adequate in the short term. Limitations to medium and long term operations include the [...] |
2006-07-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1608 |
Sudan - Humanitarian Programs in Mundri County [...] From June 20 to 23, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Disaster Operations Specialist Jennifer Mayer visited humanitarian programs in Mundri County, Western Equatoria State, Southern Sudan. In September 2005, conflict over grazing rights between Dinka and Moru group [...] |
2006-07-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1610 |
MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 30, CG met with Einar Risa, a petroleum advisor supplied to Sudan and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) by the Norwegian Government. Risa described his scope of work and commented on prices, production and transport costs of Sudanese petroleum, as well as the chall [...] |
2006-07-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EFIN PREL EAID SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1612 |
UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...] |
2006-07-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1613 |
EL FASHER DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office is still two weeks away from opening. While AMIS is engaged in the logistical aspects of the facility, they have neither the staffing capabilities nor policy guidance to move the operation forward. AMIS appears willing to accept support a [...] |
2006-07-10 08:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AMGT AU UN US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1619 |
Friday Prayers Address U.S. Condemnation of Kordofan [...] (SBU) Summary: July 7 prayers at a Khartoum mosque praised U.S. condemnation of the July 3 rebel attack in Hamra al-Sheikh in Kordofan, yet linked the response to perceived U.S. apprehensions arising from North Korean missiles and a purported shift in the world balance of power. End summary. [...] |
2006-07-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI NK US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1620 |
SUSPENSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF WEST EQUATORIA [...] (C) Summary: A mid-June GoSS presidential decree suspended West Equatoria Governor Zamoi, who is blamed for Zande attacks in February on Dinka herders, which resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals. Zamoi is also linked to the embezzlement of stabilization funds. Ethnic balance remains a d [...] |
2006-07-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1621 |
UPDATE ON THE PETROLEUM SECTOR IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Total has offered a fallback position on Superbloc B in Southern Sudan that would give the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) an equal cut with the Government of National Unity (GoNU). Total continues to insist that it will not buy out the interests of White Nile, Ltd. (WNL), w [...] |
2006-07-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ECON EINV PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1624 |
Southern Sudan Road Reconstruction - Current Problems Being [...] (SBU) Summary: Two issues have slowed road construction in Southern Sudan: financial accounting and introduction of anti-corruption standards. The World Bank believes that both current obstacles will be overcome, and not dampen donor enthusiasm for developing key Southern infrastructure nece [...] |
2006-07-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELTN PGOV KCOR IBRD SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1625 |
Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian Access - July [...] Security Update: A. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on July 8, a G-19 (SLM/Minni Minawi breakaway faction) senior field commander reported that the towns of Birmaza and Um Sidir were under attack by Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM [...] |
2006-07-11 09:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1628 |
GNU ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE AND U.S.-SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: GNU officials Presidential Advisor Ismail and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Wassila expressed the Government's interest in improving the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship, and in taking advantage of the July 18 AMIS donor's conference in Brussels to hold discussions with A [...] |
2006-07-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1632 |
AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: A security crisis is approaching in Darfur, and the AU peacekeepers are not taking charge of the situation. A wide variety of reporters -- civilian contractors, BBC journalists, INGO workers, and others -- have been filing unconfirmed reports of clashes between SLA/Minawi for [...] |
2006-07-11 17:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1633 |
SITUATION IN SUDAN DURING REAR ADMIRAL HUNT VISIT [...] (C) Summary: CJTF-HOA Commander, Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, visited Khartoum and El Fasher, Sudan, from 9-10 July 2006. During the visit, Charge d'Affaires Cameron Hume and Admiral Hunt met with UNMIS Force Commander Lieutenant General Jasbir Lidder and discussed the deteriorating situation [...] |
2006-07-11 17:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1634 |
AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-11 17:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1635 |
SLM ADVANCE TEAM PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The SLM advance team, now in place in Khartoum, numbers around 112 individuals. Chairman Abdul Karim noted its efforts to propagate the Darfur Peace Agreement and welcomed U.S. Government efforts to advance its implementation. The SLM seeks African Union support for the process [...] |
2006-07-11 17:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1637 |
Darfur: Update on Korma Attacks and Rape Allegations [...] (SBU) Summary: Media accounts and a UN Sudan Situation Report detail hostilities in several areas of North Darfur State during the July 5-10 timeframe, resulting in perhaps 80 deaths and thousands of IDPs. In addition, the Report contains IDP accusations that members of the SLM/Minni Minawi f [...] |
2006-07-11 17:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1643 |
UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE INCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar will return from Maridi on July 12, where he traveled to meet with Lord's Resistance Army leaders. Ugandan Consulate officials say that the Ugandan delegation is prepared to travel as soon as Machar returns and conf [...] |
2006-07-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1644 |
Southern Sudan: UNHCR Has Successes, Faces Challenges [...] The Director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Southern Sudan, Bhairaja Panday, said that returns from Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were now proceeding smoothly. However, he explained that returns from the Central African Republic ( [...] |
2006-07-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UN CT CG ET CD UG KE SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1645 |
Minister of Commerce: All Work and No Clout [...] (SBU) Summary: Anthony Lino Makana, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Commerce, Trade and Supply is the youngest, and one of the hardest working ministers in the GOSS. A former CARE project manager with a master's degree in post-conflict reconstruction, Makana has the qualificat [...] |
2006-07-12 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1646 |
Darfur - Shelter and Settlements Assessment [...] The conflict in Darfur has significantly altered the region's settlement system. A majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has been settled for up to three years; however, small-scale returns are ongoing and new incidents of displacement continue. These factors necessitate that the hu [...] |
2006-07-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1648 |
REPORTS OF SKIRMISHES AROUND KORMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media reporting appears to have combined two separate and unconfirmed incidents of fighting, mixing a significant element of speculation in an active campaign to discredit SLM/A-Minni Minawi forces. Fighting reportedly broke out between SLM/A- Abdel Wahid and SLM-Minawi forces s [...] |
2006-07-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1649 |
MINAWI NOMINATED SENIOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) A SLM/A-Minawi delegation led by Dr. Al Rayeh Mahmoud presented the nomination of SLM/A leader Minni Minawi for the DPA-established post of Senior Assistant to the President on July 11. The post is the fourth in the chain of command from the presidency. Mahmoud and the SLM/A-Minawi deleg [...] |
2006-07-12 15:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1650 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: APPROXIMATE TROOP STRENGTH AND [...] (C) Summary: We have obtained from a contractor (strictly protect) involved in the Sudan People,s Liberation Army Transformation (SPLAT) Project the troop strength and heavy weapons inventory of the SPLA. As long suspected, SPLA numbers are far below those previously claimed by senior SPLM o [...] |
2006-07-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1652 |
AMIS INTEL REPORT OUTLINES RISE OF NRF [...] (C) Summary and comment: An AMIS intelligence report details the evolution of the National Redemption Front (NRF), formed in May 2006 by elements of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Sudanese Liberation Movement/Abdel Wahid faction (but not Abdel Wahid himself), and the Sudan Federal D [...] |
2006-07-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1659 |
DPA IMPLEMENTATION: AU ADMITS DRAMATIC LACK OF [...] (C) Summary and recommendations: In a frank three- hour discussion among the donors, UNMIS deputy, and AU DPA implementer Sam Ibok, it became clear that the AU was dramatically understaffed and underfunded to lead DPA implementation. Ibok admitted that he will be totally reliant on the UN an [...] |
2006-07-13 16:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1666 |
WORKING WITH CHINA TO SECURE A UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Post welcomes USUN's suggestion to work with China on securing a UNSC resolution for peacekeeping in Darfur. We believe such an approach is best made in New York, but we are ready to work with our Chinese colleagues in Khartoum, and encourage similar U.S.-PRC discussions in Washington and [...] |
2006-07-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU CH UN AU |
| 06KHARTOUM1667 |
SUDAN ADMITS AU PEACKEEPING COLLAPSING, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Sudan fully recognizes that the African Union is not meeting its responsibilities in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 15. The AU is not acting to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Government has pushed the AU to make basic decisi [...] |
2006-07-15 10:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU AU UN |
| 06KHARTOUM1668 |
UPDATE ON DARFUR VIOLENCE: FORCES GATHER AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minni Minawi reports that forces, including Chadian regulars, have crossed the Chadian border to link with JEM and G-19 troops to attack Minawi,s positions northwest of Birmaza. He is concerned that the international community is not doing enough to support the Darf [...] |
2006-07-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US CH AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1671 |
DELIVERY OF FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S LETTERS [...] (SBU) Per refs, Post received on July 9 a letter signed July 7 by then Deputy Secretary Zoellick for deliver to Sudan's VP's Kiir and Taha, with a cc to Presidential advisor Magzoub al Khalifa. 2. (SBU) Letter to Kiir was delivered to his staff in Juba on July 13. Letter to Taha was deli [...] |
2006-07-16 07:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1674 |
NO. DARFUR UNMIS OFFICE ON DDDC, SECURITY, & HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The North Darfur UNMIS office is moving cautiously in promoting the DDDC, acknowledging a lack of coordination between the UN and the AU. Local UNOCHA staff express concern that the international community's "preferential" treatment accorded to Minni Minawi is further undermini [...] |
2006-07-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PREL PREF PHUM UN AU US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1675 |
UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir hosted the formal July 14 opening of the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). The head of the Ugandan delegation delivered brief, conciliatory remarks that [...] |
2006-07-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1682 |
SLM/A-MINAWI REQUESTS UN INTERCESSION ON BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minawi reports that more forces are preparing to cross the Chadian border and move against his positions. Circumstantial evidence suggests fighting continues in North Darfur, although at a lower level of intensity that during the previous week. AMIS and UNMIS are u [...] |
2006-07-17 11:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1684 |
UPDATE ON UGANDA-LRA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) has made limited progress to date. On July 16 the parties agreed to basic ground rules and exchanged opening position papers, which were rep [...] |
2006-07-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1685 |
PRESIDENT BASHIR COMMENTS ON DARFUR [...] Following are excerpts from an interview with Sudanese President Bashir on July 15, 2006, as published by the local Arabic newspaper, Al Rai Al Aam. (Begin text) Q: A major breakthrough has been achieved following your meeting with UN Secretary General in Banjul by extending the presence [...] |
2006-07-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1699 |
UNSR PRONK CONSULTS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: During a July 15 consultation with the diplomatic community, UN Special Representative Jan Pronk characterized AMIS as weak and unable to address the realities in Darfur, which now featured fighting among SLM factions. He faulted the Ceasefire Commission and said that Darfur Pea [...] |
2006-07-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1709 |
SUDAN ? AVIAN FLU UPDATE 9 ? JULY 17 [...] On July 2, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a meeting of the Technical Task Force on Avian Influenza (AI) in Khartoum. Following a three-week period during which no cases were reported, on July 12, FAO reported a new outbreak of AI in Khartoum State. Planning f [...] |
2006-07-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KFLU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1712 |
SUDAN: KEY ISSUES FACING SALVA KIIR ON THE EVE OF [...] (C) The following summarizes some key issues currently facing Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir on the eve of his Washington visit: -- Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Implementation -- Darfur Involvement/U [...] |
2006-07-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1716 |
DARFUR AND DPA IMPLEMENTATION ON THE EVE OF MINNI [...] (C) On the eve of Minni Minawi's visit to Washington, the security situation in Darfur is fragile, and DPA implementation is off to a slow start. The AU and AMIS are showing a disturbing lack of capacity and energy in security and political areas. The issue of transition to UN PKO still loo [...] |
2006-07-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1718 |
Sudan Economic Round-Up, July 1-15, 2006 [...] Statistics released by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) show that between 1999 and 2004, Sudan accumulated a total USD 9 billion in foreign investment. In 2005, USD 3.2 billion in foreign investment was added to the total, and the Ministry of Investment expects another USD 5 billion in 2006. [...] |
2006-07-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ECON EAID ELTN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1723 |
First Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation [...] The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civil Affairs unit held the first in a series of planned workshops to launch conflict resolution initiatives through the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) process in Nyala, South Darfur, on July 5. The primary goal of the workshop was to review th [...] |
2006-07-19 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1725 |
JOINT COMMISSION MEETING TO BE CONVENED AFTER [...] In a letter dated July 16, the African Union office in Khartoum has informed the Embassy that a meeting of the Joint Commission will be convened at an unspecified date after the conclusion of the Brussels pledging conference. 2. The full text of the letter follows: (Begin text) Joint [...] |
2006-07-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS EAID AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1726 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 17, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. Observer. Noteworthy is that the Sudanese Government apparently submitted its Disarmament, Demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) plan for the Ja [...] |
2006-07-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1731 |
Update on South Darfur Inter-Arab Conflict [...] (SBU) According to AMIS sources, a July 11 argument over grazing rights for livestock between a local farmer and a herder escalated into a tribal conflict between the Habaniya and the Rezeigat tribes in the El Ferdous and Buram area of South Darfur State. Initial reports state that 60 Habaniya [...] |
2006-07-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1744 |
MAJOR SHORTFALL IN GOSS REVENUES LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of South Sudan (GoSS) revenues from petroleum transfers by Khartoum are falling far short of the projections used for the 2006 budget, leaving significant funding gaps. The proximate cause appears to be World Bank reliance on projected numbers for transfers containe [...] |
2006-07-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1746 |
SUDANESE STAGE PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF LEBANON, DENOUNCE [...] (U) Reuters has reported, and Embassy Pol/Econ FSNs have confirmed, that approximately 400 Sudanese staged a protest outside the Lebanese embassy on July 19, condemning the Israeli air strikes and calling on Arabs to fight the Jewish state in solidarity. The protesters, many carrying pictures [...] |
2006-07-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI UN SU IS PA LE |
| 06KHARTOUM1753 |
SLM/W Splinter Leader Musa Declines U.S. Visit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A conversation with SLM/A-Wahid break away and Declaration of Commitment signer Abdulrahman Musa revealed Musa's ambition to organize and lead the splinter group. Musa refuses to accompany SLM/A leader Minni Minawi to Washington, concerned that this would jeopardize his positio [...] |
2006-07-21 20:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1755 |
SUDAN - ROGER WINTER'S VISIT TO UPPER NILE AND [...] (SBU) Roger P. Winter, Special Representative of the Deputy Se Xcretary of State for Sudan, traveled to Upper Nile and Southern Blue Nile from June 26 to 30 to assess progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Winter met the governors of Upper Nile and Unity states; the [...] |
2006-07-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1756 |
MFA DDR UPDATE: UNREPENTANT ARAB TRIBAL REPS DENY [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Embassy officers and DLO attended a briefing at the MFA for the international community by representatives of the Arab Shura Council of North Darfur organized by the Commission for Northern Darfur Disarmament. Instead of an informative presentation on the status of t [...] |
2006-07-23 10:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1764 |
ABU SHOUK TRIBAL LEADERS PROVIDE VIEWS ON SECURITY, DPA [...] SUMMARY: Tribal leaders from Abu Shouk IDP camp pointed out shortcomings in the DPA, but many also noted their support for the document and desire to learn more about it. The group emphasized the need for rapid implementation of the agreement and unanimously favored a UN peacekeeping force i [...] |
2006-07-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1771 |
UNDSS BRIEFS ON SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Coordinator continues to assess the current situation in North Darfur as volatile and unpredictable. Fighting in the north has fallen off; however, the UNDSS Coordinator believes this is due to militia consolidation a [...] |
2006-07-24 09:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1772 |
DISCOURAGING AU MEETING WITH G-19 RAISES MANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU DPA implementation lead Ambassador Sam Ibok held a harrowing, but fruitless meeting with members of the G-19 SLM/A-Minawi breakaway group. The G-19 sees little utility in engaging with the African Union (AU), which they believe will soon be replaced by a UN peacekeeping operat [...] |
2006-07-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1773 |
WORLD BANK AND GOSS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER JUBA ROADS [...] (C) Summary: Since canceling two roads contracts over transparency and accountability issues (reftel), the World Bank (IBRD) has received both public and private criticism from officials from the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS). The IBRD/MDTF officials in Juba have started a campaign to c [...] |
2006-07-24 12:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EBUD PREL EAID IBRD SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1774 |
WORLD BANK AND GOSS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER JUBA ROADS [...] (C) Summary: Since canceling two roads contracts over transparency and accountability issues (reftel), the World Bank (IBRD) has received both public and private criticism from officials from the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS). The IBRD/MDTF officials in Juba have started a campaign to c [...] |
2006-07-24 12:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EBUD PREL EAID IBRD SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1775 |
SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] |
2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1778 |
SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] |
2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1780 |
VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR COMMENTS ON LRA MEDIATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with GoSS Vice President Machar on July 21 to review Machar's mediation between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU), the strained GoSS relationship with the World Bank, and the need for GoSS cooperation in completing due diligence req [...] |
2006-07-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ABLD EFIN IBRD UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1781 |
PRESS/INFORMATION FREEDOM ISSUES AT THE FORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Authorities from two states in the South of Sudan have moved against press outlets and the representative of a NGO for disseminating information that the authorities judged inimical to their interests. The UN and the EU have engaged on two of these cases, and we stand ready to [...] |
2006-07-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1782 |
CORRECTED: PRESS/INFORMATION FREEDOM ISSUES AT THE FORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Authorities from two states in the South of Sudan have moved against press outlets and the representative of a NGO for disseminating information that the authorities judged inimical to their interests. The UN and the EU have engaged on two of these cases, and we are prepared to [...] |
2006-07-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1789 |
Darfur - Supplemental Provides Opportunity to [...] From July 5 to 19, a USAID/OFDA Sudan Disaster Operations Specialist (DOS) traveled to Darfur to meet with USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) implementing partners and monitor existing programs. In addition to meeting the critical needs of newly displaced families, USAID [...] |
2006-07-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1791 |
SUDAN RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, post received on July 23 a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The text of the document is as follows: (Begin text) Sudan Preparedness to Receive the Sudanese Citizen Sami Mohy Eldin Muhammed Al hajj 1) The family of the Sudanese [...] |
2006-07-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1792 |
SUDAN TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) On July 24, FBIS carried an account of an article placed in the internet version of The Post in Lusaka, which quoted Sudanese Ambassador to Zambia Salah Mohamed Ali as stating, "Our President made our position on changing mandate to UN very clear when he met Koffi Anan during the AU summit [...] |
2006-07-25 16:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV AU UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1793 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 24, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is that this is the first meeting in at least a month in which the AMIS Force Commander has participated, that the [...] |
2006-07-25 17:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1794 |
Three Sudanese Gov't Workers Killed in Zalingei IDP Camp [...] (SBU) On July 20, IDPs in Hassa Hissa internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Zalingei (Sector 7) beat to death three government workers (Note: press coverage often referred to them as aid or humanitarian workers. End note.) The IDPs suspected Sudanese government Water and Environmental S [...] |
2006-07-25 17:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1795 |
LRA'S KONY TO SEE HIS MOTHER [...] (SBU) CG spoke with two contacts involved in the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). They said that no session took place on July 24, but that local press reports stating the talks had broken down were overstated. There were t [...] |
2006-07-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UG CG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1796 |
VIEWS ON THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT FROM THE [...] From July 8 to 13, a USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Field Advisor and a USAID Program Assistant traveled to Mukjar and Garsila towns in West Darfur to speak to displaced communities about the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC). A [...] |
2006-07-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1801 |
MFA RAISES CONSULAR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's list of consular issues includes an interest in faster processing for official and diplomatic visas, better treatment for Sudanese officials at U.S. ports of entry, tourist and business visas in Khartoum versus Cairo, facilitated documentation for Sudanese diplomats in [...] |
2006-07-27 10:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CMGT PINR US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1807 |
CPA: Petroleum Commission Still Stalled [...] The wealth sharing working group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC), chaired by the United States, met on July 17 to discuss the National Petroleum Commission, the Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC), the conversion to a new national currency, and o [...] |
2006-07-27 12:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1808 |
Unaligned SSDF Lay Out Conditions for Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 19, Embassy PolOff was invited to meet the leaders of the South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF) militia groups that did not align with the Sudanese Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) and will not be integrated into the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The meeting including all [...] |
2006-07-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM181 |
SUDAN: SRSG PRONK BRIEFS PRESS ON UN REHAT, ABUJA, [...] Summary: UN Special Representative (SRSG) for Sudan Jan Pronk briefed the press on January 22. His statement and the following Q&A focused mainly on the possibility of a UN rehat of the AU force and the Abuja peace talks. He also reported that UNMIS is monitoring the East and said the recen [...] |
2006-01-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1811 |
CPA: JDB Working Well, OAGs Still a Problem [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, the Technical Committee of the Joint Defense Board (JDB) addressed the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) and reported that establishment and deployment of the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) was almost complete, although training remained an issue. The Sudanes [...] |
2006-07-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1814 |
SUDAN Q USAID MONITORING TRIP TO SOUTHERN [...] From July 5 to 9, three USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials traveled to the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan, El Obeid in Northern Kordofan, and Kosti in White Nile to monitor four projects funded by USAID/OFDA. In Southern Kordofan, the team visited Lagawa a [...] |
2006-07-30 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1817 |
UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR IN SOUTH SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) ministers and a Total representative indicate some movement on resolution of controversies in the petroleum sector in Southern Sudan, possibly to the advantage of Total. A committee to study the matter is recommending that Go [...] |
2006-07-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINS PREL EINV SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1818 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...] |
2006-07-31 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1819 |
Sudan: Agrement Request for Proposed Ambassador to U.S. [...] (SBU) On July 29, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Protocol summoned Pol/Econ Chief to receive a diplomatic note regarding its proposed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, John Ukee Lueth. Director of Protocol Amb. Hassan Bashir Abdelwahab noted that [...] |
2006-07-31 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1820 |
AMIS Update on Joint Commission [...] On July 30 post received a letter dated July 28 from Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Secretary to the Joint Commission of the African Union in Sudan (AMIS) addressed to Charge Huddleston, in care of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. 2. The text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) Notice of t [...] |
2006-07-31 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1822 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...] |
2006-07-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1823 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/MINAWI ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF CFC [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Growing tensions between AMIS and SLM/Minawi, due to the latter's allegations of lack of support, have led to an SLM/Minawi boycott of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings. A fracture between SLM/Minawi and AMIS could only serve to further exacerbate an alread [...] |
2006-07-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1824 |
Statement Ousting SLM/A Leader Abdel Wahid [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 28, members of the SLA/M "Military Council and Field Command" released a statement announcing the removal of Abdel Wahid as SLA/M Chairperson and appointment of Commander Ahmed Abdul Shafi as the new SLM chairperson and commander of the SLA. The statement is [...] |
2006-07-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI |