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07KHARTOUM1526	AMIS CAMP IN HASKANITA ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On the evening of September 29 the AMIS Military Group Site (MGS) in Haskanita came under brazen attack by an unidentified force using small arms fire, machine gun fire, and rocket-propelled grenades, but the attack was repulsed. In the early hours of September 30, the MGS was attacked [...]	2007-09-30 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU

07KHARTOUM1532	HAC: MORE DEVELOPMENT, LESS FOOD AID [...] (SBU) Summary: In a lengthy September 26 meeting with CDA Fernandez, deputy head of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Hassabo Abdelrahman praised the U.S. role in humanitarian relief operations in Sudan, but maintained that the focus should shift to early recovery and development. There was [...]	2007-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PHUM AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1535	HASKANITA ATTACK PART OF INCREASED VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) One day after the September 29 attack on the its camp near Haskanita, South Darfur, AMIS evacuated 10 dead and 14 wounded peacekeepers with the help of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Reports abound on the number and identity of the assailants, ranging from two Darfur rebel factions to [...]	2007-10-01 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1539	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Meeting with S/E Natsios in Nyala on September 30, South Darfur Governor Ali Mahmoud explained that the current conflict had exacerbated tribal divisions. He criticized the peace process for re-inforcing these divisions and warned that if the parties to the conflict participated in nego [...]	2007-10-03 06:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1540	MEETING WITH S/E NATSIOS, FUR LEADERS ENDORSE [...] (SBU) From the Fur stronghold in West Darfur, influential Fur leaders told S/E Natsios that Abdulwahid Al Nur remains their sole legitimate representative and that six maximalist conditions affecting security, compensation, and land must be met before they can participate in peace negotiations [...]	2007-10-03 08:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1541	CFC WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24: NO MEETINGS BUT WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Neither the First nor Second Chamber of the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) met the week of September 24 because Force Commander Agwai had left for Nigeria and Deputy Force Commander Karake was traveling the area of operation. The working group, however, addressed the two general topics of i [...]	2007-10-03 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1548	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFUR'S WARRING ARAB [...] (SBU) In a visit to South Darfur, S/E Natsios met with representatives of two warring Arab tribes, the Turjum and the Rizeigat, to explore the antecedents to their internal-tribal conflict, discuss the prospects of reconciliation, and encourage a cessation of hostilities and support for the de [...]	2007-10-04 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM155	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONFERENCE IN FLUX [...] (C) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) again postponed the conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur to February 5 due to logistical problems in transporting the commanders to the event site, having already moved 24 commanders to North Darfur on [...]	2007-02-01 16:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1554	SPLM TELLS S/E NATSIOS NCP IMMUNE TO PRESSURE, IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-06 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1556	FUR SHURA COUNCIL TO S/E NATSIOS: WE NEED GUARANTEES BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, members of the Fur Shura Council in Khartoum claimed that Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid Nur would attend negotiations in Libya if he had 'guarantees' that Fur rights, such as compensation, security and return, would be satisfa [...]	2007-10-08 06:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM156	Pres. Advisor Claims U.S. Seeks to Undermine Sudan from [...] (U) The United States seeks to dismantle Sudan, said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, according to a January 31 account in the Sudan News Agency, a state-operated media outlet. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs also is quoted as stating that the U.S. strategy towards Sudan had s [...]	2007-02-02 13:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV US SU
07KHARTOUM1563	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH UN ENVOY ON EVE OF STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On the eve of a UN and AU retreat in Addis Ababa to strategize on the Darfur political process, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson told S/E Natsios that the first order of business for the Darfur peace negotiations will be achieving a cessation of hostilities. It is important to "stay the course" de [...]	2007-10-08 10:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1564	SLM SEEKS TO BE PART OF SOLUTION TO DARFUR, MINAWI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-08 10:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1565	DARFUR - BRAZEN CARJACKINGS BRING NGOS TO TIPPING POINT [...] (U) Recent attacks on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working throughout Darfur, including USAID partners CARE and World Vision, have impacted the delivery of humanitarian services. Brazen daytime carjackings in Nyala town, the capital of South Darfur, have prompted the UN to impose a 14 [...]	2007-10-08 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1567	RIZEIGAT: WE CAN EITHER BE WITH YOU...OR AGAINST YOU [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abd al-Raheem Hamdan Dagalo, a son of the notorious and influential Rizeigat umda Juma Dagalo, described the marginalization of the Arab tribes in Darfur as worse than that of those in IDP camps. The Arab tribes were an integral part of [...]	2007-10-08 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1569	S/E NATSIOS, MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) S/E Natsios and Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie agreed that they have low expectations for the initial Darfur peace talks in Tripoli, but hope that it may start a process that will eventually bear fruit. Nafie responded defensively to S/E Natsios, proposal for a package of confi [...]	2007-10-08 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM157	SO. SUDAN: SOUTH'S MINISTRY OF FINANCE WRACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The troubled finance ministry in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) has been hit by new allegations of corruption. The latest dispute concerns $60 million in interim payments from Khartoum to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),most of which the SPLM believes was [...]	2007-02-04 11:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KCRT SU
07KHARTOUM1570	SUDAN: ALLEGED SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (SBU) Embassy has received an apparently bogus email (text in para. 6),purporting to be from the Legal Department of the Bank of Sudan, originally addressed to Diebold, Inc., charging that ATM machines manufactured by Diebold in the United States have been shipped to Sudanese commercial banks [...]	2007-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL SU
07KHARTOUM158	CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: UPDATE ON UN SUPPORT FOR AMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: 37 out of 105 military staff, 29 out of 33 civilian police, and four out of 48 civilian staff have deployed to El Fasher and Khartoum as part of the UN light assistance package to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). UN officers hope to have the entire contingent in place [...]	2007-02-05 03:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1581	UNMIS HEAD TO S/E NATSIOS: SPLM MUST EMPOWER ITSELF [...] (SBU) The SPLM must develop strategies that empower the party within the Government of National Unity over the next three years or risk irrelevance, UNMIS head Taye Brooke-Zerihoun told S/E Natsios. Support for the SPLM is "wide and deep" in Northern Sudan and the movement must "flex its musc [...]	2007-10-09 09:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM1585	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Note: This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. End note. The Arab League, the government of Sudan and other regional entities are planning an Arab donors conference on Darfur to be held October 30-31 in Khartoum. Foreign Minister Lam Akol and presidential advisor Mustafa [...]	2007-10-09 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1587	AS DARFUR VIOLENCE SPREADS, SLM THREATENS RETURN [...] (C) Violence in South Darfur--set off by an August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan--continues to escalate with the onset of an attack on Muhajeria that began October 8 (Ref. A). The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi, which controls Muhajeri [...]	2007-10-09 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS AU SU
07KHARTOUM1588	GENERAL AGWAI: MONTHLY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES A [...] (C) On October 9, CDA met with African Union (AU) force commander Lt. General Martin Agwai Also present were DATT and poloff (notetaker). Agwai said that problems with the MSA could spark future unrest amongst rebel forces, that he believed that the Haskanita attack may have been the result [...]	2007-10-09 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1589	`S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with S/E Natsios, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail charged that a hostile United States has poisoned the atmosphere, and that the U.S. must prove itself a neutral partner before Sudan can accept its proposals to reduce tensions between North and South. S/ [...]	2007-10-09 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM159	Darfur: AMIS CivPol Killed in Feb. 1 Hijacking in Kutum [...] (U) On February 1, unidentified assailants shot and killed an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) civilian police (CivPol) officer during a hijacking of an AMIS vehicle in Kassab internally displaced persons camp in Kutum, North Darfur, on the morning of February 1. 2. (U) AMIS condemned [...]	2007-02-05 03:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PREF PHUM AU SU
07KHARTOUM1593	Turabi to S/E Natsios: NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT ON ROCKY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 6 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, Dr. Hassan al-Turabi of Sudan's Popular Congress Party talked about North/South relations and Darfur possible developments. End of summary. 2. (SBU) Al-Turabi claimed that people expected improvements in their lives after th [...]	2007-10-10 10:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1596	SUDAN, AU IMPLICATED IN SOUTH DARFUR ATTACK [...] (U) Please see para. 10 for an action request. 2. (C) A Sudanese Government representative, the UN, and the SLM have reported that AMIS requested SAF intervention in Muhajeria, South Darfur, precipitating an attack that has left at least 30 civilians dead and an equal number missing. SLM of [...]	2007-10-10 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1599	SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED [...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]	2007-10-11 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM16	UNMIS POLICE AND MILITARY CONTINGENTS STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and CDA Hume met with UNMIS Darfur Military Staff Chief and UNMIS Civ/Pol Director on January 1 and 3 to gain a very early assessment of the UN-AU lash-up. The picture for Civ/Pol is encouraging, for the military far less so. Civ/Pol Director reported a smooth integration [...]	2007-01-04 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1600	SUDAN - DISASTER REDECLARATION [...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG humanitarian assistance in Sudan saves lives, mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelih [...]	2007-10-11 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1602	SUDAN - UNHCR FUNDING SITUATION AND PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] On October 2, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Deputy Representative for Sudan Craig Sanders briefed international donors, including USAID, on UNHCR's funding situation for the remainder of 2007. In addition, UNHCR discussed progress in expanding Darfur operations a [...]	2007-10-11 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1608	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1609	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1610	UN ENVOY, AU BRIEF ON DARFUR VIOLENCE, POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (U) Please see action request para. 13. 2. (SBU) Briefing the "Tripoli Format" on October 12, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU officials called for "maximum restraint" among the belligerents and international condemnation as violence escalates in Darfur in advance of peace talks, with one diplom [...]	2007-10-15 05:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1612	GOS MINISTERS URGE SPLM TO RETURN TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the MFA convoked the diplomatic community in Sudan to a briefing at the MFA focusing on the Government's reaction to the Communique issued on October 4 by the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB). The briefing was chaired by State Minister Ali Karti with the parti [...]	2007-10-15 05:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1619	U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ: GOS RECEPTIVE TO C-17; WANTS [...] (SBU) On October 16, CDA Powers and DLO representative met Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq to inquire about GoS flight clearances for USAF C-17s that the U.S. proposed to airlift the scheduled deployment of Rwanda troops to Darfur. CDA Powers noted that since CDA Fernandez ha [...]	2007-10-16 14:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1620	SPLM RESOLUTIONS AND COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) This cable conveys the text of the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB) resolutions and communiqu from the IPB's October 4 to 11 Meeting. SPLM Interim Political Bureau Resolutions: ----------------------------------------- BEGIN TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS Â [...]	2007-10-16 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1626	NO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OIL SHOULD SOUTH SECEDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of interviews conducted between September 24 to October 6, petroleum industry insiders and officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mining told EconOffs and visiting Washington analysts that there is no contingency planning for the oil sector in the event the south [...]	2007-10-17 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1639	AFTER CONVINCING CFC REPS, AGWAI PRESENTS MSA PLAN TO [...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai and Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada have requested donor assistance to pay CFC representatives four months of arrears of the monthly subsistence allowance (MSA) and then suspend the CFC. While the CFC representatives expressed no oppos [...]	2007-10-22 15:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1640	HUMANITARIAN AGENCY DRIVERS KILLED; AGENCIES WATCH FOR [...] In two separate incidents, three U.N. World Food Program (WFP) contracted drivers were killed in the past week. On October 16, media reported that two drivers were killed in South Darfur while on their way back to El Obeid after delivering their food supplies. On October 12, on the road betwe [...]	2007-10-22 15:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1646	SLM ADOPTS LEGALISTIC APPROACH TO LIBYA TALKS, [...] (SBU) Despite UN and African Union efforts to invite the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi to the upcoming Darfur peace negotiations in Libya as a member of the Government of National Unity (GNU),the SLM characterizes this formulation as "political suicide," three senior SLM leaders told [...]	2007-10-22 16:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1648	UN/AU CONFRONT CHALLENGES TO PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) The UN/AU are confronting myriad challenges in securing inclusive participation in the upcoming Darfur peace negotiations, the UN/AU told the Khartoum diplomatic corps on October 21. The majority of rebel factions have since announced that they will either abstain from the talks or atte [...]	2007-10-23 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1649	SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CONSTRUCT A [...] (SBU) Budgetary planning by the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) is hampered by excessive personnel costs and dependence on unreliable revenue sources. The GoSS is working to correct these deficiencies, but faces an uphill struggle given a lack of institutional capacity and likely resistance [...]	2007-10-23 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1652	SPLM MINISTERIAL SUSPENSION OF PARTICIPATION ESCALATES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 11 Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Ministerial level suspension of participation in the Government of National Unity (GoNU) continues, with each side resorting to a war of words, through press statements and in public fora. The SPLM remained firm in their r [...]	2007-10-24 04:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1653	SPLM TO DIPLOMATS: NCP MUST ACT ON OUR DEMANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM leaders, principally Deputy Chairman Malik Agar, told members of the diplomatic community that the SPLM believed that they had no choice but to suspend ministerial level participation in the GoNU in order to pressure the NCP to act on SPLM core issues. The SPLM blamed NCP [...]	2007-10-24 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1659	SUDAN - UN/DONOR PRINCIPALS MEETING RESUMES [...] On October 21, the UN reinstated the UN high-level donor coordination meeting in Khartoum. The UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in Sudan (D/SRSG) and the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) in Sudan, Ameerah Haq, chaired the meeting. At this f [...]	2007-10-25 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM166	Fiscal Federalism Comes to Sudan [...] (U) Summary: The Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC),created under the CPA, has the responsibility to establish an entirely new, decentralized, federal, financial system. The first transfers to the 25 state governments under this new fiscal federalism are to tak [...]	2007-02-05 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1660	SPLM STRATEGY FOCUSED ON NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez and poloff (notetaker) met with GOSS President Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng, SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman, and SPLM Deputy Chairman Malik Agar. Luka expressed satisfaction that the SPLM successfully raised the alarm about the non-implemen [...]	2007-10-25 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1661	MUTRIFF DENIES GOS INVOLVEMENT IN KALMA CAMP [...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq categorically denied that the GOS has a policy of forced relocation at the Kalma IDP camp and suggested measures to improve international community confidence in the GOS role at [...]	2007-10-25 14:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1663	BANK OF SOUTHERN SUDAN: LABORING TO BUILD A [...] (U) Summary: The Bank of Southern Sudan is struggling to establish the foundation for an independent financial system in the South in the face of physical difficulties and passive resistance from the authorities in the North. End summary. ---------------------------------- One Country, Tw [...]	2007-10-25 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1664	OIL COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS REBEL ATTACK [...] (SBU) On October 25, the Vice President of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC),Dr. Yousif Mohamed Ahmed, confirmed that a rebel force took two GNPOC contractors and two Sudanese drivers hostage on October 24. Ahmed was not able to confirm that the rebels were tied to the Jus [...]	2007-10-25 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1669	DARFUR - HAC PROPOSES TO DIVIDE IDP CAMPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 07:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1670	JEM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFRA ATTACK AND CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) On October 28, Abdulaziz Nur Ushar, who claimed to be the Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM,) told EconOff that his movement is responsible for the October 24 attack on the Defra oil facility where JEM fighters allegedly captured five hosta [...]	2007-10-29 10:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1673	FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR SUGGESTS POSSIBLE NCP PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and Pol/Econ Chief met October 27 with the Governor of Khartoum State Dr. Abdel Halim Mutaafi. The Governor provided insights on the Darfur conflict and made suggestions on how it might be resolved. Mutaafi is the former Governor of Darfur State and is married t [...]	2007-10-29 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM168	AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REACHES OUT TO DPA NON-SIGNATORIES IN [...] (SBU) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Luke Aprezi, accompanied by United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Regional Head of Office, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) participants, S/CRS Poloffs, and other members of the international community, met February 4 in West Darfur with r [...]	2007-02-05 13:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1680	UNREST AND TURMOIL IN CAMPS CREATE SUSPICIONS OF GOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1684	AMIS INVESTIGATION REPORT ON HASKANITA ATTACK [...] (SBU) Summary: An informal Ceasefire Commission (CFC) report on the Haskanita attack blames SLA/Unity and JEM for the unprovoked assault. Rebel superior firepower and AMIS poor readiness and communications capability contributed to the worst battlefield loss since the deployment of AMIS. End s [...]	2007-10-31 07:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PMIL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1689	SUDAN - RIFT VALLEY FEVER [...] On October 28, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been confirmed in three states in northern Sudan. RVF is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also can infect humans. WHO reported that out of 70 known human cases 40 deaths had occu [...]	2007-10-31 09:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1690	ACTING FM KARTI ON GUANTANAMO, DARFUR, AND CPA [...] (C) Summary: Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 27 with acting Foreign Minister Ali Karti. Regarding the Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo, the Charge encouraged the Minister to accept the text of the certification in order to expedite their return to Sudan as soon as possible. On Dar [...]	2007-10-31 10:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1692	AEC PLENARY MEETING - October 27, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen convened a special session of the AEC plenary on October 27 to discuss how the AEC can best move forward. The AEC Coordinators proposed this meeting to address the changed playing field after the SPLM suspended its participation in the Government in mid Oct [...]	2007-10-31 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1696	CPA Fiscal Oversight Chairman shows independence [...] Summary: As Coordinator of the Wealth Sharing Working Group, Embassy organized a special AEC plenary October 24 featuring Dr. Mohammed Osman Ibrahim, Chairman of the GOS's Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC). The presentation was organized to seek additional ins [...]	2007-11-01 05:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM17	UN LIGHT PACKAGE IN DARFUR NEEDS AN ENERGIZER [...] (C) Summary: A January 3 visit to El Fasher revealed numerous problems with the initial deployment of the UN light package. As reported septel, the small initial UN military contingent has yet to be integrated with the AMIS peace-keeping force. The UN police contingent is trying to define a [...]	2007-01-04 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM170	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE NON-SIGNATORIES [...] (C) Summary: The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders has again been delayed to allow time for more commanders to assemble in North Darfur. A variety of Embassy contacts report that efforts to unify the commanders, facilitate negotiation within the framework of [...]	2007-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1702	CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND ON INTENTIONS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Despite differences in ideologies and political platforms, leaders of Darfur groups are expressing a common level of suspicion about the Government of Sudan's (GOS) current actions with regard to Darfur. They believe the GOS is pursuing a strategy to further undermine the efficac [...]	2007-11-01 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1705	AEC CHAIR PESSIMISTIC FOLLOWING BASHIR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen provided a readout November 1 to AEC Coordinators on his October 31 meeting with GOS President Al-Bashir. Vraalsen said Bashir was positive about the importance of the AEC and of the two-year report. However, the embittered Vraalsen left convinced that th [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1706	NCP INSIDER TALKS ABOUT ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (C) Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 31 with National Congress Party (NCP) insider and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Sayed Al-Khateeb. Khateeb, who helped negotiate the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and is still heavily involved in representing the NCP in ongoing [...]	2007-11-03 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1708	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]	2007-11-04 11:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM171	CHINA: LITTLE REVEALED ON DARFUR DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) The February 2-3 visit to Khartoum of Chinese president Hu Jintao involved substantial pageantry, a variety of aid and trade agreements (septel),and a series of high-level meetings, but little new information on efforts to address a transition to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. The visit, the [...]	2007-02-05 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UN CH SU
07KHARTOUM1719	SUDAN: SEPARATE ABYEI'S OIL AND LAND NEGOTIATIONS AND PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan Anders Hannevik reported that he has urged Sudanese leaders to separate Abyei's oil and land negotiations. He also shared his calculations of northern and southern percentages of [...]	2007-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG SU
07KHARTOUM172	DARFUR: UNDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON NYALA ASSAULTS [...] (C) Summary: Reftels detail the January 19 incident wherein 20 UN, NGO, and African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) personnel were arrested following the violent breakup of a social event, which resulted in serious injuries to several of the humanitarian personnel. On January 30, UN Deputy Special R [...]	2007-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID PREF SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1720	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]	2007-11-05 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1721	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT ALI OSMAN [...] (C) Summary: S/E Andrew Natsios met November 3 with GOS Vice President Ali Osman Taha. Taha, the chief NCP negotiators of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),said that there is "no time to waste" on implementation of the CPA. He said all of the decisions taken the previous night by [...]	2007-11-05 07:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1723	S/E NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SPLA SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 1 meeting in Juba, the senior leadership of the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPLA),told U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios that the SPLA is showing restraint in the face of provocations by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) along the North-South border and avowed [...]	2007-11-05 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SU
07KHARTOUM1727	THREE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY SPLA/JIU SOLDIERS [...] According to several sources including UNMIS Police reports, a group of six Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) soldiers shot and killed three police officers in Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan. Initial reports indicate that three SSPS (Southern Sudan police) senior o [...]	2007-11-06 05:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1735	UNAMID: CHINESE ENGINEERING COMPANY BEGINS [...] (SBU) Chinese Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Dong Jian Dong told poloff November 6 that, starting November 7, the first of eleven flights using IL-76 aircraft will begin to arrive in Nyala. Over a period of ten days, the flights will transport equipment and supplies for the construction of th [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1738	UNAMID PLANNING CHIEF PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OPERATION'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 introductory meeting with recently arrived Chief of the Planning Unit for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Muldo Urquhart, Urquhart saw a narrow and potentially diminishing window of opportunity to turn around the African Union Mission i [...]	2007-11-07 07:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1742	UNAMID: PERSONNEL WILL BE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting with FieldOff, a senior United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) officer corroborated assessments from other UNAMID officers (septel) that the main shortcoming threatening deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is not the Sudanese [...]	2007-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1744	SUDAN: NORTH-SOUTH TRANSPORT STOPPAGE REFLECTS [...] (U) The Governors of White Nile State (in Sudan's "North") and Upper Nile State (part of South Sudan)were to confer November 7 on reopening North-South river and road traffic along the Nile. National Congress Party (NCP) White Nile Governor Mohamed Nurallah had halted North-South transport o [...]	2007-11-08 05:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SU
07KHARTOUM1752	JEM CFC REP WARNS OF LOOMING CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a sobering November 6 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement representative to the Second Chamber of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) at AMIS Headquarters warned that the current widespread deployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) throughout the three Darf [...]	2007-11-08 15:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1761	NCP SEES SPLM AS INCREASINGLY HARDLINE [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials participating in negotiations with the SPLM on a way out of the current political crisis complained that the SPLM has reneged on past agreements during the negotiations, and that the SPLM has become more hardline in its tactics with each meeting. Based on Embassy me [...]	2007-11-12 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1763	SWEDISH PLAN TO SUPPORT SIRTRE TALKS FOCUSES ON JOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended a working-level meeting November 8 at the Swedish Embassy on a Swedish plan to provide non-lethal support to armed groups in order to stabilize the situation on the ground in Darfur to promote the success of the Sirte peace talks. To receive support, in the form [...]	2007-11-12 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1764	ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet SIPDIS briefed Ambassadors in Khartoum on UNAMID deployment issues. While in Sudan, Mulet will seek Sudanese commitment on outstanding issues including approved compositio [...]	2007-11-13 05:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1765	FUR ELDER BRIEFS CDA AFTER MEETINGS WITH REBEL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Recently returned to Northern Sudan from visits to Paris, Juba, Kampala, and Nairobi to meet with Darfur rebel leaders, the legitimate Maqdoum (literally, "viceroy," one of the traditional Darfur tribal titles) of the Fur, Ahmed Abdelrahman Rijal, told CDA Fernandez on November 12 that he [...]	2007-11-13 08:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1767	VERDICT REACHED IN TRIAL OF MURDERED SUDANESE JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) On November 10 a Khartoum criminal court convicted ten individuals in the 2006 murder of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, including a U.S. Embassy local guard. While most press reports indicated that the convicted men were all from the troubled Darfur region, an E [...]	2007-11-13 12:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1770	ADADA CITES "PROGRESS" IN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Encouraged by his meeting with MFA State Minister Al Wasila earlier in the day, Joint Special Representative Adada told Western governments on November 13 that UNAMID deployment is "progressing" and that Sudan has re-affirmed its commitment to facilitate the force's deployment through th [...]	2007-11-14 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1771	DARFUR - USAID NUTRITION UPDATE [...] Recent nutrition surveys in pockets of Darfur reveal that the nutrition status of children under five has deteriorated since May 2007 to levels approaching those recorded in 2004 -- the beginning of the Darfur humanitarian response when the nutritional situation was at its worst. From Septemb [...]	2007-11-15 07:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1779	SUDAN CHAPTER: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Attached, below, is the draft text for the Sudan chapter of the INCSR, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. To our knowledge, this is the first time the report has been submitted for Sudan. POC at post for this report is Paul J Martin: email martinpj@state.gov; tel: (011-249-1-83- [...]	2007-11-15 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR SU
07KHARTOUM1780	SPLM OUTLINES RISKY STRATEGY OF BRINKSMANSHIP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met November 15 with SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Amum said the SPLM could no longer afford to play the National Congress Party's (NCP) game, which is just to play for time in talks over implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in order to continue to [...]	2007-11-15 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1782	NOTHING NEW AT DEMONSTRATION IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) On November 14 El Fasher local broadcasting stations announced that there would be a November 15 student demonstration to condemn the attempt of the French organization Zoe's Ark to "abduct" Sudanese children from Chad. UN agencies operating in El Fasher announced through their daily rad [...]	2007-11-15 15:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1787	MINISTER AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID, BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani on November 15, CDA Fernandez strongly cautioned the minister that while his visit to Washington in September and Foreign Minister Lam Akol's UNGA visit later that month had produced some positive results, the bi [...]	2007-11-18 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1793	MEDIA BATTLE ESCALATES WHILE NCP-SPLM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The media battle between the NCP and the SPLM has intensified, with President Bashir mobilizing the Popular Defense Forces (septel) and rallying the "mujahadeen" at a mass rally south of Khartoum November 17, seemingly in response to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum's widely publ [...]	2007-11-18 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1795	DARFUR - THE HAC AND WALI DISCUSS KALMA ISSUES AND THE [...] (U) On November 10, the Charge d'Affaires Fernandez, the USAID Mission Director, and the USAID Darfur Team Leader met with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and the Governor (Wali) of South Darfur to discuss the current state of affairs with Kalma internally d [...]	2007-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1796	PRESIDENT BASHIR ESCALATES WAR OF WORDS WITH SPLM [...] (U) President Al Bashir delivered his most bellicose speech in recent memory yesterday, warning the South that the North is ready for war, and branding western countries as greedy tyrants. He insisted the north would not compromise over oil-rich Abyei. The President was speaking at an annual [...]	2007-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC UN SU
07KHARTOUM1798	AS SLM FRAYS, MINAWI STANDS BY POSITION ON UN/AU [...] (C) Despite NCP demands to the contrary, SLM leader Minni Minawi insists that his movement will only participate in the UN/AU-led Darfur peace process as a signatory to the DPA and not as a member of the Government delegation. Secretary General Mustafa Tirab defied the SLM's official position [...]	2007-11-19 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM18	DARFUR: DSRSG DEFENSIVE ON LIGHT PACKAGE, CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting between Charge d'Affairs Hume and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in SIPDIS Sudan Manuel Aranda d'Silva, the two discussed the CDA's recent visit to UN Light Package elements in El Fasher (ref [...]	2007-01-05 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN
07KHARTOUM1804	UNAMID PLANNERS RECOMMEND DELAYING DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate conversations with FieldOff on November 15 and November 18 in El Fasher, two UN senior military transition planners shared the joint recommendation they had made to UNAMID Force Commander GEN Agwai that deployment of UNAMID police elements be put on hold until the inf [...]	2007-11-19 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1807	GULF BETWEEN AFRICAN AND ARAB TRIBES IN DARFUR [...] (C) During his November 13-14 visit to El Fasher, Darfur, both African and Arab tribal representatives told CDA Fernandez that they have historical grievances that are not being addresses adequately by the UN/AU peace process. Both groups feel marginalized by the process and believe that neit [...]	2007-11-19 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM181	Darfur: Pres. Bashir Reiterates Rejection of UN [...] (U) During a February 5 address at the National Records Authority in Khartoum, President Bashir clearly reiterated Sudan's opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur, stating that the Sudanese were the children and grandchildren of those revolutionaries who killed Major General Charles [...]	2007-02-06 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO US SU
07KHARTOUM1810	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) The next critical milestone in the Darfur peace process is UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson's briefing for the UN Security Council scheduled for November 27. While admitting that the rebel factions were unprepared to engage in negotiations in Sirte in late October, the UN and AU have set a t [...]	2007-11-19 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU

07KHARTOUM1813	SHINING AN AMERICAN LIGHT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: With the ongoing political crisis between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in its second month, the conflict over the oil-rich Abyei region takes center stage once again as the key irreconcilable difference between the two parties, th [...]	2007-11-20 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1814	JSR CALLS MSA "BIGGEST THREAT TO UNAMID" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On his first official day in the new El Fasher Headquarters, Joint Special Representative (JSR) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Rodolphe Adada told Charge Fernandez in a November 14 meeting that the single biggest threat to UNAMID's success was the [...]	2007-11-20 10:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1816	FIRST MEETING OF THE CIVIC AND VOTER EDUCATION GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Election Donor Group (EDG) held the first meeting of its sub-group for civic and voter education on November 18, at the European Commission headquarters in Khartoum. The meeting was a brainstorming session to discuss the objectives and terms of reference (TOR) for the group, [...]	2007-11-20 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1817	SUDANESE CENSUS MAY BE DELAYED FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH [...] USAID and emboffs spoke November 19 with Herbert B. Kandeh, Chief Technical Advisor with the UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) office in Khartoum. Kandeh confirmed that the UNFPA, which is advising both the national government's and the GOSS's census bureaus on the upcomin [...]	2007-11-20 16:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1819	LAM AKOL CRITICIZES SPLM FOR NEGOTIATING IN BAD [...] (C) Summary: Erstwhile Minister of Foreign Affairs, potential Minister of Cabinet Affairs and SPLM renegade Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez November 13 that the SPLM is engaged in dangerous brinksmanship and is negotiating in bad faith with the NCP. He said that if the SPLM wants to make accusati [...]	2007-11-21 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1821	SOUTHERN SUDAN - LAINYA COUNTY UPDATE [...] From November 4 to 6, program officers from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Lainya County in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan, to review the status of the planned transition of USAID/OFDA-funded programs to the Government of Southern Sudan (GOS [...]	2007-11-21 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1822	CONCILIATORY AL-BASHIR ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT AT [...] (SBU) Less than five days after a warmongering speech to militia forces (reftel b),a more statesman-like President Al-Bashir called for peace, national unity and democracy in an address to party faithful at the National Congress Party (NCP) Annual General Assembly on November 21. A full house [...]	2007-11-21 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1828	AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1832	SOUTHERN SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR TRANSITION UPDATE [...] Over the past three fiscal years, USAID has been able to steadily and responsibly decrease its non-food humanitarian budget from USD 88.3 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to USD 69.5 million in FY 2006 and USD 61.9 million in FY 2007 in anticipation of the eventual transition from relief to dev [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1834	ELECTIONS TIMELINE URGENT; DONOR GROUP TO EXPRESS CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Elections donor group Ambassadors met November 22 in Khartoum to discuss strategies to keep the elections timetable outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on track. All agreed there is an increasingly narrow window and the NCP and SPLM must resolve their differences [...]	2007-11-25 05:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1838	IMF RESIDENT DISMISSES EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with PolChief and EconOff, the resident representative of the International Monetary Fund in Sudan, Wabel Abdallah labeled the Central Bank of Sudan's decision to convert its reserves to the euro as unrealistic, dismissed the effect of U.S. sanctions on [...]	2007-11-25 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM184	Darfur: Pres. Bashir Speaks to Trade Unionists under [...] During a February 6 address to the International Trade Union Conference at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, President Bashir rejected the entry of international troops into Sudan. The account, carried by government-aligned Sudan Vision daily, said Bashir asserted the Darfur problem could only be [...]	2007-02-07 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO ELAB SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1842	BASHIR DENIES SUDAN IS DELAYING UNAMID DEPLOYMENT; BLAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir denied that Sudan was delaying UNAMID troop deployment and blamed any delays on the UN. He stated that Nordic troops are not acceptable and questioned the necessity of deploying Thai and Nepalese troops. End summary. 2. (SBU) According to local media reports [...]	2007-11-25 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1844	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT ROUNDUP [...] Summary: The Jordanian Embassy in Khartoum reports that the GOS has not approved its offer of a Multi-Role Logistics Company, while the Chinese Embassy confirms the arrival of Chinese UN blue-helmeted peacekeepers. End Summary. TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES LAST TO KNOW -------------------- [...]	2007-11-26 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1845	TWO MAJOR DARFUR FACTIONS STEP TOWARD UNION WHILE [...] (SBU) JEM/Collective Leadership and SLA/Unity, two of the strongest rebel movements in Darfur, have taken steps toward a tentative alliance, and JEM/CL plans to conduct consultations with SLA/Unity leaders Abdullah Yehia, Suleiman Jamous, and Sharif Harir in Darfur over the next week to solidi [...]	2007-11-26 05:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1846	MINAWI PRESSES QATAR FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Please see action request para. 4. 2. (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi traveled to Doha November 21 to 25 as part of a broader effort to solicit political and financial support from Arab capitals for his beleaguered movement [...]	2007-11-26 05:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU QA
07KHARTOUM1847	NCP EAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH SPLM, OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: NCP negotiator Dirdeiry Mohammad Ahmed told polchief November 25 that the NCP is eager to resume discussions with the SPLM. He claimed SPLM sources told him that First Vice President Kiir would be open to an invitation to meet with President Bashir by the end of the week, when th [...]	2007-11-26 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1848	IN "HISTORIC SHIFT", SUDAN AGREES TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 08:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS SU
07KHARTOUM1849	ADADA MOVES TO DEFUSE TENSION OVER KALMA IDP CAMP [...] (C) Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada and the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) are trying to broker a solution to mounting tensions in the Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur, the JSR's chief of staff, Abdulrahman Abubakr, told Poloff on November 26. Following a [...]	2007-11-26 08:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1853	DARFUR - ADMINISTRATOR FORE SITE VISIT TO EL FASHER [...] (U) On November 22, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the Mission Director for USAID/Sudan traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur, to re [...]	2007-11-27 06:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1854	UN UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL PROCESSES IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Briefing the donor community on November 25, UN DSRSG Ameera Haq introduced an agenda that included an update on the Darfur political process and humanitarian access situation, as well a preview of the launch of the UN's 2008 workplan (donors will be invited to a formal presentat [...]	2007-11-27 08:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1856	SUDAN - NGOS BRIEF AA/AFR ON CURRENT CHALLENGES [...] On November 21, representatives from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee and other USAID implementing partners briefed the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist on the current operating environment in Sudan. The NGOs reported that their [...]	2007-11-27 09:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1857	TRANSFER OF DETAINEES TO SUDAN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered points in reftel a to MFA Protocol Director Ali Yusuf on November 26. Ambassador Yusuf subsequently confirmed that the GOS will permit refueling of the plane after landing in Sudan and transferring detainees to Sudanese exclusive custody and control. He added that [...]	2007-11-27 10:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1858	SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The American invitation to the National Congress Party (NCP) to participate in a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Ministerial on December 5 in Ethiopia with Secretary Rice and regional countries has caused SIPDIS consternation for NCP officials who are unsure exactly how to [...]	2007-11-27 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU IGAD SU
07KHARTOUM1859	SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES AMONG SLA AND JANJAWEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some rebel and political leaders on the ground in Darfur are signaling a shift in the current political climate where by some support for Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction leader Abdelwahid al-Nur is shifting to Ahmed Abdelshafie and whereby some Arab militias (encouraged by t [...]	2007-11-27 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1861	AEC PLENARY: VRAALSEN URGES PARTIES TOWARD GREATER CPA [...] Summary: At the November 27 monthly plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),departing Chairman Tom Vraalsen used his farewell statement to warn of the dangers of the current stalemate on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He urged the AEC's [...]	2007-11-27 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1862	ADDRESSING ABYEI [...] (SBU) The complex issue of Abyei has haunted implementation of the CPA since the beginning. It is the only part of the agreement that seen zero progress towards implementation since the signing of the peace accord in 2005. A warning should be sounded to any in the international community who se [...]	2007-11-28 07:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1866	CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS [...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]	2007-11-28 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1871	FEAR OF LOSS OF INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY MAY KEEP JEM ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 27 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) representative in El Fasher admitted that despite the movement's unhappiness with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),JEM would not carry out the threats its leadership has [...]	2007-11-29 09:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1873	BASHIR MEETS WITH UMMA PARTY CHIEF SADIQ AL-MAHDI [...] (SBU) President Bashir met with opposition Umma party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on November 27 to discuss "national reconciliation," according to the media. Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) Vice President Nafie Ali Nafie in press statements characterized the meeting as fruitfu [...]	2007-11-29 12:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1874	ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT REFUGEES IN [...] (U) In a meeting with EconOff November 29, the chairman of the Eritrean Nahda Party, Noor M. Idris, claimed that hundreds of Eritrean refugees arrive in Sudan every day from Eritrea and Ethiopia, and estimated that there are over 200,000 Eritreans living in Sudan. Idris expressed concern for [...]	2007-11-29 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PREF SU
07KHARTOUM1881	AEC COORDINATORS REVISE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Khartoum November 29, AEC Working Group coordinators (UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy Ambassador plus US CDA) decided to delay presentation of their proposal on strengthening the role of the AEC chair till after presenting and gaining confirmation of the proposed UK cand [...]	2007-11-30 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1883	ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY SEEKS RECONSIDERATION AS [...] (SBU) Representatives from the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) called on embassy November 27 to discuss their organization's designation as a sponsor of terrorism. The delegation consisted of Dr. El Jizouli Dafaal, former Prime Sudanese Minister (in the early 1980s) and Chairman of the IA [...]	2007-11-30 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1884	USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO SOUTHERN SUDAN: LUNCH [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM Crisis Committee members told Administrator Fore that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is providing an opportunity to advance democracy and development throughout Sudan. They identified the "three areas," independent media, and rural development as priorities. Deput [...]	2007-11-30 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1886	NYALA MAQDUM DENIES JANJAWEED TURNCOAT TREND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 29 meeting with FieldOff, the Maqdum (traditional viceroy of the Fur) of Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, denied reports that members of the janjaweed in Darfur were deserting their traditional benefactor, the Government of Sudan (GoS),in favor of rebel movements, as reported [...]	2007-11-30 11:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1888	OCHA: NO EASY SOLUTION TO COMPLEX KALMA CAMP ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: OCHA field officers see no real solution to the massive problems confronting the very large Darfur IDP camp of Kalma, a particular target of Sudanese Government ire. They recommend engagement with the GOS on the issue while cautioning that the Khartoum regime will certainly manipu [...]	2007-11-30 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1889	JEM/CL CLAIMS ZAGHAWA UNIFYING, WARNS UN/AU LOSING [...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on November 29, cadres of the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) were optimistic that it will finalize its consolidation with the other major Zaghawa military elements in Darfur after upcoming field consultations and will be ready to resume ne [...]	2007-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1890	NCP BLAMES SPLM FOR LATE CENSUS AND DEFENDS BELLICOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with poloffs November 27, Center for Strategic Studies Director Sayed Al-Khatib predicted that the GOS would attend the Addis talks (he was later contradicted by the MFA, though it's not out of the question that the NCP will send someone). Khatib said Abyei should not s [...]	2007-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1891	AEC TWO-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT UPBEAT ON ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen presented the AEC's two-year progress report to Sudanese President Al-Bashir on November 3. There has not been any public reaction by the Government as yet, no doubt because the report notes the major areas of deficiency in implementation, chief among t [...]	2007-12-02 05:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1892	DARFUR: TENSION, MISTRUST CONTINUE TO AFFLICT AMIS-SLM [...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Agwai's proposal to restructure payment of the MSA and the rebel movements' representation in the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) has set off a wave of mutual recriminations between AMIS and the SLM. The incident is just the latest in an unfortunate history of tension an [...]	2007-12-02 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1893	ALEX DE WAAL ON SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan expert Alex de Waal told poloff on November 28 his thoughts on the current situation in Sudan. De Waal cautioned that the international community should not expect an immediate success with the UNAMID deployment, and that the situation in Darfur has turned from genocide int [...]	2007-12-02 07:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1894	NCP AND SPLM READY TO RESUME TALKS BUT DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir and First Vice President Kiir will meet again December 3 to try to clear the way for the NCP and SPLM to resume negotiations to end their political stalemate, representatives of both parties confirmed. The SPLM is still holding out for a negotiating agenda that i [...]	2007-12-02 10:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1903	USG HOLMES: GOVERNMENT WILL EXTEND HUMANITARIAN MORATORIUM [...] (SBU) On November 29, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes briefed the donor community on his conversations with Sudanese government officials and previewed his upcoming trip to Darfur. He thanked the international community for its support, saying that the UN's h [...]	2007-12-03 10:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN PHUM KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1904	MINAWI PUSHES FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION, SUSPICIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Sole signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Mini Minawi told CDA Fernandez he plans to work through regional partners and the international community to pressure the Government to implement the agreement. Despite sitting in a regal office on the grounds of the Presidential [...]	2007-12-03 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1906	FIRST TRANCHE OF CHINESE ENGINEERS WAITING FOR [...] (SBU) Chinese Defense Attache Dong Jian Dong told poloff December 3 that 140 Chinese engineers arrived at the Nyala Forward Operating Base (FOB) on November 24, but have not yet started construction of the initial part of the UN-African Union Mission In Darfur (UNAMID) supercamp. Dong said tha [...]	2007-12-03 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1907	FUR LEADERS EVASIVE ABOUT JANJAWEED TIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nyala Fur leaders were tight-lipped in a December 2 meeting with FieldOff about rumors of a growing alliance between the Fur and some janjaweed formerly loyal to the Government of Sudan (GoS). They spoke instead about growing insecurity throughout Darfur as a result of heighten [...]	2007-12-04 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
07KHARTOUM1908	BEJA CONGRESS: WE NEED INVESTMENT IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory call with CDA on December 3, Beja Congress president and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amna Dirar stressed the need for investment in the eastern states of Kassala, Gedarif and Red Sea to promote development in the impoverished region ("Now, it's just us and the sun [...]	2007-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1911	ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER, OPPOSITION LEADER RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) After more than four months in Khartoum's Khober Prison, accused of plotting a coup against the government but never formally charged, Umma Party Reform and Renewal leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi has been released. On December 2, family members told poloff that his release seemed immine [...]	2007-12-04 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1913	SOUTHERN SUDANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS CDA WITH [...] A multi-party parliamentary delegation from the Southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly called on CDA Fernandez December 3 as part of their visit to Khartoum. The Delegation is in town appealing to GNU officials for an end to the current SPLM-NCP stalemate over implementation of the CPA wi [...]	2007-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1914	SOUTHERN SUDANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS CDA WITH [...] A multi-party parliamentary delegation from the Southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly called on CDA Fernandez December 3 as part of their visit to Khartoum. The Delegation is in town appealing to GNU officials for an end to the current SPLM-NCP stalemate over implementation of the CPA wi [...]	2007-12-04 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1916	DEPUTY SRSG ON PROSPECTS FOR CPA [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Deputy SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun December 2 to discuss the prospects for CPA implementation. A shrewd observer of Sudan and the region for many years, Zerihoun is not overly concerned by the current crisis and believes war is unlikely. The parties are comf [...]	2007-12-04 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1917	CDA MEETS WITH FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER FADLALLA BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Defense Minister and Umma party adherent Fadlalla Burma Nasir told CDA Fernandez on December 4 that the NCP-Umma party dialogue initiated on November 27 might be beneficial to both sides "if the dialogue is genuine." He said the NCP recognized that Sudan's international r [...]	2007-12-04 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1918	FREE FROM KHALIL IBRAHIM, JEM/CL OPTIMISTIC ON PACT WITH [...] (SBU) Characterizing Khalil Ibrahim as a "dictator" unable and unwilling to lead his movement to productive peace negotiations, the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) claims that its strength increases daily as Ibrahim's supporters realize his course is a dead-end. Si [...]	2007-12-05 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1919	JUBA/DARFUR: CONVERGANCE CONTINUES, NOW WITH THE JANJAWEED [...] (SBU) SPLM Darfur Taskforce Member (DTF) Edward Lino informed ConGen PolOff that Musa Hilal will be arriving in Juba on December 5. Expected to spend at least two days in the South's capital, the Janjaweed leader will be meeting with a cross-section of newly-consolidated Darfur rebel movemen [...]	2007-12-05 07:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1924	"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]	2007-12-05 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1925	MEDIA REACTION: NCP REFUSAL TO ATTEND ADDIS MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum daily newspapers reported December 5 the refusal of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to accept the Secretary's invitation to meet in Addis Ababa, adding that the NCP "does not object" to the American effort. All reports noted that the SPLM had accepted the U.S [...]	2007-12-05 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1926	KOSTI'S NEW IDLE PORT INDICATIVE OF CPA DELAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 visit to the city of Kosti, the "the river gateway to the south," emboffs visited the city's new port that remains unutilized due to Sudanese bureaucratic in-fighting. Motivated by the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Sudan Sea Ports Corporation (SP [...]	2007-12-05 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1927	SOUTHERN SUDAN - ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S SITE VISIT TO JUBA [...] On November 23, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the USAID/Sudan Mission Director traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to review progre [...]	2007-12-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1928	SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF OYAI DENG ON MILITARY STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA Chief of Staff Lt. General Oyai Deng Ajak told CDA that he was pessimistic about any great progress in deploying SAF-SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),and downplayed the significance of remaining southern troops on the border areas such as Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He [...]	2007-12-06 06:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM1929	AEC CHAIRMAN VRAALSEN ARGUES FOR MORE INDEPENDENCE AT FINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen, wrapping up a contentious two year stint in Khartoum, held a final press conference December 3. He used his statement to warn of the dangers of the current NCP-SPLM stalemate and to argue for a more pro-active AEC led by a chairman with increased indepe [...]	2007-12-06 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1930	VP TAHA: AMERICA CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: VP Ali Osman Taha sees steady progress on the CPA, even on Abyei, entering a decisive phase next week. The Sudanese Government remains deeply suspicious of American intentions and believes that its "improved behavior" in recent months has not been appreciated by the United States [...]	2007-12-06 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1933	UNMIS SAYS GUEHENNO "NOT LYING" IN NOV 27 BRIEFING TO UNSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 5 meeting with FieldOff, Head of Office in El Fasher for the United Nation Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) asserted that Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno "was not lying" in his November 27 briefing to the UN Secur [...]	2007-12-06 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1934	WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]	2007-12-06 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1935	GEN AGWAI UPDATES ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 5 meeting with PolOff and FieldOff, AMIS Force Commander GEN Agwai described himself as the target of Government of Sudan (GoS) displeasure for his current stance on the Ceasefire Commission and articulated his plans to seek a sit-down with the GoS in the near futu [...]	2007-12-06 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1936	SWEDISH SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ON SUPPORTING CPA [...] (SBU) Summary: Michael Fruhling, Swedish Ambassador and Special Envoy for Sudan, called on CDA Fernandez December 6 to discuss issues relating to Southern Sudan. He said his Government is looking for ways to be more active, "as a smaller country," on helping to advance the CPA process. He pr [...]	2007-12-07 09:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1937	DARFUR TASK FORCE MEMBER ON JUBA TALKS AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6, SPLM Darfur Task Force member Edward Lino asserted that the National Congress Party (NCP) is alarmed by the success of the Juba Darfur initiative and is seeking to thwart its success. He said that the Darfur rebel groups have continued to talk in Juba and make p [...]	2007-12-07 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1938	SPLM AND NCP SPIN PEACE TALKS PROGRESS, MANUEVER [...] (C) Summary: If all outstanding CPA issues including Abyei are not resolved by January 9, the SPLM may rejoin the Government of National Unity, but will not partner with the NCP in the 2009 elections, according to SPLM Deputy SG for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman. Meanwhile NCP sources ind [...]	2007-12-07 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1939	SLA/UNITY: CHALLENGING KHARTOUM REQUIRES BOTH [...] (SBU) The lesson of the DPA is that the Sudanese Government will only compromise when challenged by a movement with both political and military strength, and SLA/Unity is the only group among Darfur's numerous rebel factions that combines these two elements, SLA/Unity operatives told Poloff in [...]	2007-12-07 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL US AU SU
07KHARTOUM194	OIL REVENUE: 2007 GNU BUDGET BASED ON QUESTIONABLE [...] (c) Summary: The 2007 budget for the Government of National Unity (GNU) assumes relatively high oil prices and production figures. Revenue, and therefore expenditures, are based on these optimistic projections. Non-discretionary spending, primarily salary and wage commitments, will consume [...]	2007-02-09 08:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL EPET SU
07KHARTOUM1940	PREVIEW OF UNAMID'S 2008-2009 BUDGET FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN HQ's budget team presented its initial framework for UNAMID's 2008-2009 budget to JSR Adada December 5. This strategic document lays out goals and outputs for achieving UNAMID's mandate but does not yet include funding requirements. Although a first step in the budget process, [...]	2007-12-07 12:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1943	UNAMID CISS: DEPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES REMAIN DESPITE SLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) addressed the Government of Sudan's December 5 rebuttal of charges leveled against it by UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno on November 27 of imposing obsta [...]	2007-12-09 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM195	SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMY WENDT AND FRUZSINA [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Amy Wendt and Fruzsina Csaczar, for the purpose of conducting monitoring and evaluation of PRM-funded projects in Southern Sudan from February 17-24. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for [...]	2007-02-11 04:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA APER PREF ET SU
07KHARTOUM1950	RIZEIGAT LEADER: PLANNING FOR A BAGGARA ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) On December 6 CDA met with Waleed Madibbo, head of a local governance NGO and nephew of Rizeigat Nazir Said Madibbo. Speaking of his uncle, who has struggled to keep his tribe relatively neutral and above the fray encapsulating Darfur, Madibbo said that he was "honest, influential, but wi [...]	2007-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1955	U.S. SANCTIONS HURT SUDAN'S ECONOMY SAY CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007 in a conference entitled "Sudan in a Global Economy," almost all speakers stated that U.S. sanctions have hurt the Sudanese economy. Presenters claimed that U.S. sanctions have resulted in a shortage of medical supplies, prevented the economy from fully libe [...]	2007-12-11 07:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1956	AMIS TAKES STOCK [...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a combined review session, awards ceremony, and tribute to fallen AMIS soldiers on December 9. Speakers included Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team (DPAIT) Head Sam Ibok, Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada, and AMIS Military [...]	2007-12-11 08:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1957	MSA ISSUE MOVES TO RESOLUTION BUT PROBLEMS LINGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Payment of overdue Mission Subsistence Allowance (MSA) to CFC party representatives began in El Fasher December 6 and continues this week. Donors appear willing to cover the entire US$4.6 million MSA estimated cost under certain conditions. Although the MSA arrears issue may be [...]	2007-12-11 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM196	SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KENT (SAM) HEALY [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sam Healy, for February 17 to 27, 2007 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating PRM-funded projects in Tambura, Yei, Kajo, Keji, Twic East/Duk (Panyagor/Bor) and Juba. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas [...]	2007-02-11 04:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREF AMGT SU
07KHARTOUM1961	EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 3 site visit to Kenana Sugar Corporation, the managing director of one of the world's largest integrated sugar farms told emboffs that U.S. sanctions have affected his business, forced it to use inferior non-U.S. products, and hurt the overall efficiency of his com [...]	2007-12-11 09:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1964	JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]	2007-12-11 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1965	SLA/UNITY STRIVES FOR "GRAND ALLIANCE" [...] (SBU) SLA/Unity is striving to form a "grand alliance" with Khalil Ibrahim and Abdulwahid al Nur through mobilization of Fur and Zaghawa IDPs, according to several of its representatives in North Darfur. Frustrated with the inertia of the UN/AU-led political process and doubtful that the NCP w [...]	2007-12-11 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1968	JANJAWID WARLORD: WE WANT AMERICA AS OUR PATRON [...] Summary: Alleged Janjawid turncoat Juma Dagalo claims that his well-armed movement is sincerely opposed to Khartoum, despite sketchy evidence to the contrary, and has forged new ties with mostly African Darfur rebel groups. He seeks American moral and political support for a confrontation with [...]	2007-12-12 09:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1970	AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE" [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1979	REAL PROGRESS SEEN BUT SUDAN PREPARES ADADA FOR PROTRACTED [...] (SBU) During a December 11 meeting with Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada, mid-ranking Sudanese officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense agreed to negotiate the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)'s Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) based on the UN/AU dr [...]	2007-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1986	AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 11 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires and USAID Mission Director, Nyala AMIS Deputy Sector Commander and Deputy Chief Police Supervisor called the disarmament of Kalma IDP camp the "greatest challenge" facing the Mission. The Deputy Sector Commander mentioned the p [...]	2007-12-13 05:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1987	DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME CDA IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 05:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1988	DARFUR - WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE UPDATE [...] From November 11 to 24, a water, sanitation, and hygiene specialist from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations for future interventions. The USAI [...]	2007-12-13 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1989	MILITANT DARFUR IDP LEADERS: NO CHINESE, ARABS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Kalma IDP camp disavow having any weapons while at the same time admitting that they successfully drove out thousands of fellow IDPs in an October uprising. The Kalma sheikhs claimed AMIS was a failure and UNAMID would also fail if it consisted only of African, Arab an [...]	2007-12-13 06:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1994	CORRECTED COPY - DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires (CDA) and USAID Mission Director, South Darfur Deputy Wali (Governor) Farah and South Darfur Police Commander Mohamed encouraged the CDA and Mission Director to see the "reality" in South Darfur as the first step in solving Darf [...]	2007-12-13 09:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1995	CHIEF MEDIATOR RIEK MACHAR ON LORD'S RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley met briefly with GOSS Vice President and Chief Mediator Riek Machar before the opening of a Human Rights Day ceremony at the Juba National stadium on December 10. Machar opened the meeting by stating that [...]	2007-12-13 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1996	DENG ALOR ON THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley met with future GNU Foreign Affairs Minister Deng Alor to update him on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),recent developments in Garamba Park, and to ask for his assistance in ending the 21-year w [...]	2007-12-13 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2001	South Sudan: Finance Minister Delivers a Sober 2008 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Finance Minister Mawein delivered a sober assessment of the governance challenges facing South Sudan on December 10, when delivering the draft 2008 budget to the Legislative Assembly (SSLA). Mawein identified a bloated workforce, almost total dependence on oil revenues, an [...]	2007-12-14 07:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM2003	SAF AND SPLA FORCE REDEPLOYMENT FACES TOUGH DEADLINES, [...] (SBU) Media reported on December 12 that Joint Defense Board (JDB) spokesman Lt. General Abdalrahman Mohammed Zain said that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) forces will begin redeployment consistent with the 1/1/56 border the weekend of December 14. [...]	2007-12-14 07:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2004	LOOKING TOWARD U.S. TRIP, MINAWI OUTLINES SLM'S [...] (S/NF) The SLM has two priorities, according to chairman Minni Minawi: 1) Supporting its fighters in Darfur to maintain their loyalty and 2) Stabilizing the political party. Minawi hopes to focus on addressing the grievances of the SLM's military wing during a trip to Washington and return to [...]	2007-12-14 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SU LY
07KHARTOUM2005	NORTHERN SUDAN - USAID-FUNDED NATIONAL NGO CPA ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) The recall of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials from the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the political crisis that followed has derailed implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and CPA-related activities throughout Sudan. Since mid-October, hara [...]	2007-12-14 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2006	SPLM THINKING ON OIL AND SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) During the course of their meetings in Juba December 9 to discuss the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),future GNU Foreign Minister and SPLM member Deng Alor spoke with Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley about SPLM oil interests after 2011 and the effect of sanctions on Su [...]	2007-12-16 04:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2007	TURABI DECRIES LACK OF REAL POLITICAL FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese government is afraid of political freedom and the opposition parties don't know what political freedom means, Hassan al Turabi told CDA Fernandez during a meeting December 12. The former leader of the National Islamic Front, former Justice Minister, and current lea [...]	2007-12-16 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2008	FUR MAQDUM REASSURES ABOUT UNAMID AND HINTS AT TRIBAL [...] (SBU) In a December 12 meeting, the Maqdum (traditional "viceroy") of the Fur in Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, discussed with FieldOff the latest sentiment among the South Darfur Fur community with regard to deployment of the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Maqdum inquired about the Decem [...]	2007-12-16 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM2009	AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, KALMA CAMP [...] (SBU) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila told CDA Fernandez December 12 that Sudan has resolved all issues related to UNAMID deployment and will prepare a letter this week regarding troop contributions. Al-Samani said Sudan would like to see the Egyptian and Ethiopian troop [...]	2007-12-16 07:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM201	FPOTUS CARTER PROVIDES READOUT ON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Former President Jimmy Carter provided a read-out to Charge Hume following his February 10 meeting with President Bashir. Regarding the North-South situation, Carter reported that Bashir was in favor of further involvement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD),perhaps [...]	2007-02-11 16:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM2010	GHAZI SULEIMAN: US SUDAN POLICY "SATISFIES MORAL [...] (C) Summary: Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) National Assembly leader and human rights advocate Ghazi Suleiman sees the SPLM as almost certainly running with and not against the National Congress Party in 2009 elections, criticized US Sudan policy as "too clumsy," described power in [...]	2007-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU

07KHARTOUM2011	SUDANESE ELECTIONS FACE A TIGHT TIMEINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiation on the national election law is ongoing in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). It is unlikely that the draft law will be agreed upon and ratified this month, pushing passage of the law until at least April 2008 when the next parliamentary session be [...]	2007-12-16 09:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2013	MINAWI: SLM CRIPPLED BY INTRIGUE AS NCP ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Para 7 contains an action item recommending demarching the UAE government on the appropriate channel for UAE assistance to Darfur. 2. (C) The Sudan Liberation Movement's (SLM) political paralysis has grown worse in recent days as Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie is using SLM Secreta [...]	2007-12-16 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM2016	NCP STOOGE BONA MALWAL: SPLM IS UNDERMINING THE CASE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Southern turncoat and longtime supporter of an independent southern state, GNU Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) member Bona Malwal organized a rally of the Southern Sudan Democratic Forum to criticize the recent actions of the SPLM. He alleged SPLM financia [...]	2007-12-16 15:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2017	NORTH DARFUR INSECURITY ON THE RISE [...] (QBU) The week of December 10 saw a sharp rise in carjackings, banditry and insecurity in North Darfur, culminating on December 14 with a violent car-jacking attack on the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS),whose El Fasher Force Headquarters are located in close proximity to USG residen [...]	2007-12-17 06:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2019	WISE WORDS FROM FREED OPPOSITION LEADER MUBARAK [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez on December 17, Umma Renewal and Reform leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi urged the US to encourage widening the CPA to include parties other than the NCP and SPLM. Al-Fadil described President Bashir as essentially a 'fall guy' for the [...]	2007-12-17 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM202	UPDATE ON AL-WATAN THREAT [...] (C) On February 7, an article in a local newspaper in Khartoum reported that a group of masked men visited Al-Watan, an independent Arabic daily newspaper, claiming that they were responsible for sending terrorist threats to both the UN and the U.S. diplomatic mission in Khartoum. One of the [...]	2007-02-11 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2020	AEC COORDINATORS TO PUSH UK CANDIDATE WITH WARY SPLM [...] (SBU) Summary: UK and Norwegian Ambassadors briefed other Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) coordinators December 16 on their presentation of the UK candidate for the now vacant AEC chairmanship. While the NCP has been non-committal, SPLM representatives have expressed concerns about [...]	2007-12-17 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2024	HORN OF AFRICA MANPADS STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Following consultations among the relevant agencies at post, Embassy Khartoum has determined that the Government of Sudan is unlikely to be receptive to cooperation with the USG on the threat of MANPADS at this time. Addressing the issue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is likely to r [...]	2007-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS PARM SU
07KHARTOUM2026	PAGAN AMUM: ABYEI IN EXCHANGE FOR NCP/SPLM UNITY [...] (C) Summary: The NCP has made a strategic decision to meet all SPLM demands and ultimately will have to accept the ABC report on Abyei if it wants a partnership with the SPLM in the 2009 election, according to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Although SPLM Ministers will rejoin the Governmen [...]	2007-12-18 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2027	BLASPHEMY AT THE KHARTOUM INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR [...] (SBU) In a twist on the recent "teddy bear scandal" that saw a British schoolteacher sentenced to prison, pardoned by the President and ultimately expelled from Sudan, two Egyptian booksellers were convicted of insulting Islam by distributing a book allegedly critical of the prophet Mohammad's [...]	2007-12-18 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU EG
07KHARTOUM2028	CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DARFUR'S "GREATEST WARLORD" [...] (SBU) The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UN DSS) told FieldOff in late November that the threat it feared most in Darfur comes from a Mahariya Arab called Mohamed Hamdan, aka "Hamety." He is at the helm of a Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory group which includes disaffect [...]	2007-12-18 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM2029	AS STALEMATE CONTINUES ON DPA, MINAWI ASKS FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with senior representatives of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie underscored that any previous timetable for implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) agreed between the SLM and late-Presidential Advisor Maghzoub al Kha [...]	2007-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SU SA LY
07KHARTOUM203	DARFUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT SECURITY TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese government has scaled back the execution of sustained military operations in Darfur since the beginning of Ramadan in the fall of 2006. From Ramadan to present, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears focused on troop rotation, garrison activities, and logistical st [...]	2007-02-11 16:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM2030	KHARTOUM CENTRAL BANK GRANTS THE SOUTH AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) On December 15 the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) Board of Directors approved the "Central Bank of Sudan Policies for the Year 2008." Inter alia, the "2008 Policies" document grants the Bank of Southern Sudan (BoSS) the authority needed to promulgate long-delayed independent financial regul [...]	2007-12-21 11:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM2031	MORE TO COME WITH JEM-GOS IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 20 conversation with FieldOff, a commander of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in El Fasher assessed that Government of Sudan (GoS) frustration with JEM for a December 16 attack on a GoS convoy in West Darfur was to blame for the GoS' continued detention of a [...]	2007-12-21 12:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM2038	MFA CLAIMS IT HAS "NEGATIVE REPORTS" ABOUT DYNCORPS [...] On December 23, the MFA delivered a Note Verbal to CDA Powers in response to the Embassy's dipnotes 750 and 803 concerning delays currently faced by DnyCorps International in obtaining visas and travel permits to enable it to fulfill its maintenance and support roles for AMIS operations. CDA [...]	2007-12-23 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2041	SRSG PLEDGES TO PUSH SUDANESE TOWARD ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 23 December 2007, members of the Electoral Donor Group (EDG) met with UN SRSG Ashraf Qazi to share concerns regarding Sudan's preparation for the 2009 elections. The EDG is worried that because the GNU has not passed the electoral law nor established a National Electoral Comm [...]	2007-12-26 07:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2044	JEM THREATENS TO SHOOT DOWN GOS PLANES IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) On December 24 a Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representative in El Fasher told fieldoff that JEM would shoot down any aircraft flying into its West Darfur territory - specifically El Geneina, Kulbus, Tine, and Saraf Omra - as a way of pre-empting aerial attacks by the Government of [...]	2007-12-26 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD
07KHARTOUM2045	CEASEFIRE COMMISSION UNDER UNAMID - LONGTERM PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ceasefire Commission (CFC) needs reform and the impending transfer of authority from AMIS to UNAMID provides the opportunity for needed change. However, significant improvement in CFC operations, which should result in better monitoring and implementation of the ceasefire, i [...]	2007-12-26 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2046	GOSS EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR MAJOR WORKFORCE REDUCTION [...] (SBU) The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has engaged an international consulting firm to explore options for downsizing its bloated and unproductive workforce. The GoSS payroll is estimated to be overstaffed by over 30% (67,000 individuals) and salaries consume over half of the GoSS budget. [...]	2007-12-26 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAID PGOV SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM2048	HSP DELAYS REQUIRE LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) officials must rapidly address key issues required for ensuring that the Chinese and Bangladeshi HSP units become operational. While there will always be some excuse for delay, the units have the equipment necessary to do their jobs in [...]	2007-12-27 11:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC
07KHARTOUM2053	SPLM MINISTERS SWORN IN, PAGAN AMUM IS MINISTER OF CABINET [...] (SBU) The GNU announced a cabinet reshuffle December 26 as part of a deal that ends the two-month long crisis provoked when the SPLM walked out of the government in mid-October 2007. The new ministers were sworn in December 27 at 11:30 a.m. local time, and were expected to take part in their [...]	2007-12-27 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2058	CHINESE HAVE YET TO BEGIN NYALA SUPERCAMP CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Defense Attache told poloff December 24 that Chinese engineers have not started construction on the Nyala supercamp and are still waiting for AMIS escort of heavy construction equipment (Ref A) which arrived in Sudan November 10. Dong said he was comfortable with the prog [...]	2007-12-27 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2059	SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]	2007-12-27 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KHARTOUM2060	REPORTS OF SPLA CLASHES WITH MISSERIYA ARABS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese news media reported December 24 that Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) forces clashed with nomadic Misseriya Arab tribesmen on December 22 and December 23 along the Kordofan-Bahr al Ghazal border. Newspapers quoted Misseriya sources claiming 30 SPLA soldiers and nin [...]	2007-12-28 10:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2062	SECTION 565 WAIVER [...] (SBU) Khartoum requests waiver of the requirements of Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorizations Act for the reasons contained in paragraph two. 2. (SBU) Both the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),which ended the 21-year civil war in 2005, and the Interim Nati [...]	2007-12-28 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL SU
07KHARTOUM2072	RIEK MACHAR CLAIMS PDF IS BEHIND MISSERIYA ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum is trying to destabilize the Abyei region by organizing the Misseriya Arab Popular Defense Forces (PDF) to attack SPLA positions, claimed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. Machar claimed the Misseriya forces have been using vehicles with 12 [...]	2007-12-31 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2073	PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR CALLS FOR GREATER NATIONAL UNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 31 December, Sudanese President Al-Bashir delivered a speech to the nation to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Sudanese independence. In the speech, the President stressed the importance of national unity and consensus. He affirmed his commitment to the CPA and alleged peace [...]	2007-12-31 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM208	REBELS' DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS [...] (C) On February 7, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) completed the airlift of many Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders to attend the leadership conference in North Darfur. Some additional commanders may move to the conference site by ground in the coming days. Comman [...]	2007-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN US
07KHARTOUM209	RESPONSE TO PLAN B - SUDAN MOVING TO REPLACE THE [...] (U) The Central Bank of Sudan is taking steps to use currencies other than the U.S. Dollar for commercial transactions. On February 12, the Bank announced it has approved the use of some Asian currencies in settlement of commercial transactions. Sudan's most important source of foreign exchan [...]	2007-02-12 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ETRD ECON US SU
07KHARTOUM210	Student Confrontation Results in Death [...] On February 8, a confrontation between groups of students aligned with the National Congress Party (NCP) and with the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) turned deadly, with one student killed and several more injured. The incident, which took place on the campus of Al-Nilein Universi [...]	2007-02-13 07:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV PHUM ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM211	GOSS 2007 Budget Adopted [...] Summary: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) adopted its 2007 budget on January 29 with a projected revenue level of USD 1.536 billion. The anticipated amount flows from oil, non-oil, and non-tax revenue sources, excluding donor grants. The budget, as in 2006, allocates over 40 p [...]	2007-02-13 07:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PINR ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM214	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST-VETTING OF HUMAN APPEAL [...] (S) ORCA reports that it has no information on Human Appeal International's (HAI) activities in Sudan. However, HAI, which is based in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, has strong ties to HAMAS and has raised funds on its behalf. HAI is also believed to have a close relationship with the Internat [...]	2007-02-13 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON SU
07KHARTOUM215	REV. GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Rev Franklin Graham, founder and CEO of Samaritan,s Purse (SP),met with President Bashir on February 12, after visiting South Darfur and Southern Sudan. The Sudanese government excluded former Senator Bill Frist, who is traveling as a guest of SP, from the meeting. Graham characterized [...]	2007-02-13 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SU US
07KHARTOUM216	Darfur Security Update, February 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNDSS characterizes the security situation in Darfur over the past week as "calm but unpredictable." The threat of carjackings persists, especially in areas with increased Arab militia activity, and there remains the possibility of military confrontation between Sudanese Armed [...]	2007-02-14 03:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM218	Presidency Appoints Chair of Commission on Rights of [...] (U) On February 8, President al-Bashir issued a presidential decree, with the approval of First Vice President Salva Kiir, appointing Joshua Dao as Chair of the Commission on the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital. The membership of the Commission will be announced later by the Pres [...]	2007-02-14 03:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL KIRF SU
07KHARTOUM224	CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]	2007-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM228	DARFUR APPOINTMENTS: A HOLLOW GESTURE [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with poloffs, Ibrahim Madibbo -- a signatory to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) and Rizeigat leader -- admitted that the January 4 announcement of his appointment as chairman of the Darfur Resettlement and Rehabilitation Commission was unexpected (reftel). Mad [...]	2007-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM232	GIVE "PLAN A" A CHANCE [...] (C) In the past six months Khartoum has grudgingly shifted toward acceptance of the UN/African Union (AU) three-phase peace-keeping plan. President Bashir knows that the plan of regime hard-liners for a military solution to the problems of Darfur has failed, and persistent efforts by the USG, [...]	2007-02-15 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM235	ELIASSON, SALIM: POLITICAL PROCESS TAKING OFF [...] (C) The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and the Africa Union's Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim briefed ambassadors near the conclusion of their February 12-17 visit to Sudan. Despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation, they underscored the renewed willingness of the Su [...]	2007-02-16 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LI US
07KHARTOUM239	CDA MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAH [...] (C) On February 18, CDA Hume met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah ed-Dine to discuss the situation in Darfur, the threats to humanitarian operations, and peace-keeping. Hume said the USG was deeply concerned about trends in Darfur and about President Bashir's recent statements criticizing [...]	2007-02-18 12:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM248	GOSS BUDGET SHOWS NEED FOR DONOR ACTION [...] Summary: The GOSS 2007 Budget highlights the need for donor action to assist Southern Sudan with budgeting, civil service administration, and cash management in order to assure success of the CPA. The budget also exposes the problem of weak legislative oversight of the military. The GOSS needs [...]	2007-02-19 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM250	DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID/DCHA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR [...] (U) From January 20 to 25, USAID Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Assistant Administrator Michael E. Hess visited Sudan. Hess and six USAID/Sudan staff members traveled to North and South Darfur to gain a better understanding of the current humanitarian, political [...]	2007-02-19 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM251	SUDAN - BLUE NILE STATE - HEALTH CARE FOR RETURNING [...] The USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA),accompanied by the Blue Nile State Minister of Health and the Dean of the Academy for Health Sciences, visited the Chali Way Station to consider options to improve working and living conditions for health care providers. The group also visited the r [...]	2007-02-19 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM256	UNSYG REP DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN, PEACEKEEPING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with CDA Hume, the acting head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) described the Sudanese government's obstruction of UN operations, the deteriorating security environment confronting the humanitarian community, and the difficulties in implementation [...]	2007-02-20 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY UN US
07KHARTOUM272	SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT [...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]	2007-02-22 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM274	FEBRUARY AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group, chaired by the USG, convened two sessions in advance of the February 15 AEC plenary to bolster implementation of critical components of the CPA's wealth sharing provisions. The meetings focused on the curre [...]	2007-02-22 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM275	STATE OF DARFUR: THE POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: CDA Hume traveled to Darfur from February 19-21 to gauge the status of the political process, monitor the conditions for humanitarian operations, and assess the status of the peace-keeping operation stipulated in the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006. In visits to [...]	2007-02-22 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM280	STATE OF DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). In North, South, and West Darfur, INGO and UN agencies' opera [...]	2007-02-23 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US EUN
07KHARTOUM281	STATE OF DARFUR: PEACE-KEEPING AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). This message--the last of three cables on these meetings--focu [...]	2007-02-23 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD US
07KHARTOUM287	DARFUR: UN/AU TASK FORCE NEEDS USG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) On February 25, UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Director for Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua briefed Poloff on the progress made in establishing the joint UN/African Union (AU) task force to engage with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) n [...]	2007-02-26 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM290	SPLM: PLAN "B"ACKFIRE [...] (C) In a February 23 conversation with USAID Mission Director and Poloff, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Secretary General for the Northern Sector Yasser Arman described a crack in the National Congress Party's (NCP) control of Sudan, comparing it to "perestroika." He said t [...]	2007-02-26 13:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM30	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]	2007-01-08 16:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM303	Darfur CFC: Stolen Vehicles Returned [...] Summary: The key issue in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the week of February 19 was funding for faction representatives' Mission Support Allowance (MSA),which is several months in arrears. Force Commander Luke Aprezi asked the representatives to consider six options for realigning the CFC, i [...]	2007-02-28 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM304	DARFUR: CFC SECOND CHAMBER COLLAPSES [...] (SBU) In the February 12 Ceasefire Commission First (CFC) Chamber, African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander (FC) Aprezi expressed his dissatisfaction with the CFC Secretariat's presentation of cases for the February 7 Joint Commission (JC) meeting. He reviewed his efforts to persu [...]	2007-02-28 12:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREC KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM307	DARFUR: ERITREAN MEDDLING, TENSIONS BETWEEN [...] (C) At the February 27 meeting of the Darfur Partners Group, two European political officers who had attended the recent summit in Tripoli said that Eritrea had pressed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory leaders to join a political process outside the joint UN and African Union (AU) [...]	2007-02-28 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU ER CD LY EUN
07KHARTOUM309	LRA ENTERS CAR, SPLA AND UPDF PLAN MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Reports have proliferated in southern Sudan that Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has entered the Central African Republic (CAR) with a small force. However, the senior Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) official with responsibility for th [...]	2007-02-28 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM31	SEX ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (U) After a UK newspaper reported that UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) personnel engaged in sexual exploitation of children, the UN confirmed that four Bangladeshi peacekeepers had been repatriated over the charges and that their cases will be pursued in Bangladesh. The UN also confirmed that th [...]	2007-01-08 17:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KPKO SU UNSC
07KHARTOUM313	DENG ALOR: NCP WILLING TO ENGAGE, SPLM TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In the wake of the announcements from the International Criminal Court (ICC),Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on February 28 that the indictments might soften some of the hard-liners in the National Congress Party (NCP) and might "make them mor [...]	2007-02-28 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU CD ER LY
07KHARTOUM317	SLM DISCONTENT ON DARFUR APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Though the Sudanese government has moved forward with appointments to the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA),the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minni Minawi has not signed off on any of the nominations prior to their announcement. In a February 27 meeting with Poloff, Minawi [...]	2007-03-01 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM319	INFLATION RATE EXPECTED TO INCREASE [...] (SBU) An IMF team visiting Sudan the week of February 26 concluded that the inflation rate is likely to increase, perhaps to as high as 20 percent. In a meeting with Econ officer, members of the IMF team stated that, while inflation one year ago was running at about 7 percent, it is now estim [...]	2007-03-01 10:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN EAID EFIN PREL SU
07KHARTOUM324	NORTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: PERMITS, ACCESS [...] (C) In a follow-on meeting to their February 20-21 visit, CDA Hume and USAID Director Almquist met again on February 27 with North Darfur Governor Yousef Kibbir in his El Fasher headquarters. Accompanying Governor Kibbir were the State Minister for Information, the State Humanitarian Affairs C [...]	2007-03-01 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM328	SUDAN - LAUNCH OF SUDAN HUMANITARIAN POLICY 2007 [...] On February 1, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and two USAID/Sudan officials attended the launch of the Sudan Humanitarian Policy 2007 by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The policy document disseminated to attendees included general goals of improving coordinatio [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM329	SUDAN - IOM AND DONORS MONITOR RETURNS [...] From January 22 to 27, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and representatives of five European countries participated in a donor mission at the invitation of the International Organization of Migration (IOM). The group assessed registration and departure preparations in Khartoum-area [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU EAGR
07KHARTOUM330	EX-SUDAN ARMED FORCES SOLDIERS PROTEST IN JUBA [...] (C) A group of 150-200 ex-soldiers from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) marched across central Juba March 1 before staging a brief demonstration in front of the Juba headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The decommissioned soldiers, who fought for the north during Sudan's [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM331	ELUSIVE SLA COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) commanders conference in North Darfur remains indefinitely postponed as the various factions attempt to resolve internal differences and persuade additional key military leaders, such as former G-19 leader Adam Bakhit, to participate in the process [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM332	AHMADINEJAD: DOWN, DOWN USA; COME TO JESUS [...] (C) Summary: In a speech March 1 at the Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated the U.S. for its role in the region, support for Israel and opposition to Iran's nuclear program, as well as heaped criticism on the United Nations and Israel. L [...]	2007-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU IR
07KHARTOUM34	POLICE RAID KHARTOUM EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL [...] (U) Police raided All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum early on the morning of January 1, injuring six worshippers, one of them seriously. Some 500 people had gathered in the cathedral -- seat of the Episcopal Church of Sudan Diocese of Khartoum -- late on New Year's Eve for an annual prayer servi [...]	2007-01-09 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM340	SPLA CLASHES WITH LRA ON THE BORDER OF CAR [...] (C) A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) detachment came under attack March 1 from a group of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters at the border between Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). One SPLA soldier was killed in the attack, and one wounded, according to SPLA Chief of Sta [...]	2007-03-05 06:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM350	(C) SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF DOESN'T LIKE HIS SAF [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng told ConGen Juba staff recently that he has a poor relationship with his Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) counterpart. Deng and SAF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hajj Ahmed el-Jailee Hajj Ahmed ("el-Jailee") met "one-on-one" on the [...]	2007-03-05 12:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM351	UN ENVOY MEETS WITH LRA CHIEF KONY; PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met with Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony March 2 in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to sources in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). Chissano, the UN special envoy for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) pro [...]	2007-03-05 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM360	SE NATSIOS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie and Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Salah Ghosh, SE Natsios outlined the three goals of USG policy in Darfur: advancing the political process, ensuring the continuation of huma [...]	2007-03-08 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PINR AU UN SU CD LY ER
07KHARTOUM361	INGOS TO SE NATSIOS: DARFUR SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting in Khartoum, members of the INGO steering committee briefed Special Envoy Natsios on humanitarian operations in Darfur. The INGOs, including CARE, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Goal and MedAir, reported that the situation on the ground had deteriorated since his last v [...]	2007-03-08 10:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM362	NATSIOS-BASHIR MEETING, MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met President Bashir at his residence for a two-hour frank exchange on Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Bashir said he agreed to see him despite doctor's orders that he rest. Foreign Minister Lam Akol was pres [...]	2007-03-08 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LY US
07KHARTOUM363	RESPONSE TO REQUEST: UK-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (C) Per reftel, post provides supplemental information background information: General Ali al-Sharif al-Tahir Ahmed, SAF Western Military Commander Major General Abdullah Khalif Bashir, Former SAF Western Military Commander Lt. General Mohammed Abdel Qadir, SAF Airforce Commander Mah [...]	2007-03-08 11:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM373	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for SPG Desk Officer [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for SPG Desk Officer Rebecca Jovin to travel to Khartoum and Darfur for consultations from March 10 to 17, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudane [...]	2007-03-11 08:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM384	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH FM LAM AKOL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, SE Natsios described the USG's frustration at the delay in implementation of the November Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements, called on Sudan to provide an immediate response to the UNSYG's January 24 letter on the Heavy Support P [...]	2007-03-13 08:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV KPKO PTER AU UN SU US CD LY
07KHARTOUM388	SE NATSIOS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SE Natsios delivered a strong message of support for the modernization of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in a meeting with senior SPLA officers on March 6. SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng said he faces enormous difficulty in simultaneously absorbing thousands of former militia int [...]	2007-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM390	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH UN, AU, TROIKA PLUS [...] (C) Representatives from the UN, African Union (AU),UK, Norway, the Netherlands, the European Commission, and Germany (on behalf of the EU Presidency) met with SE Natsios on March 7 to discuss international coordination for the Darfur political process. AU head of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) [...]	2007-03-13 13:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LB ER US
07KHARTOUM391	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS SEEM LIKELY TO [...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met leadership of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border March 11 and secured an apparent agreement that the LRA will return to peace talks once various LRA concerns are addressed. L [...]	2007-03-13 15:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CG UG
07KHARTOUM392	SUDAN REJECTS UN HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (C) President Bashir's March 6 letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon on assistance for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rejected the UN's Heavy Support Package. Bashir's response contradicted the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006 and the Presidential Statement in the UN Security [...]	2007-03-13 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM394	DPA SIGNATORIES CLAIM HELP NEEDED NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ongoing frustration at the lack of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation boiled over in El Fasher as signatory factions forcibly entered the USG-funded Peace Secretariat to demand that their concerns be addressed. The factions claim that their soldiers are "starving" and [...]	2007-03-13 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM395	CFC HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR SUPPORT FOR SLM/MINAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: Cease-fire Commission (CFC) activities the week of February 26 highlighted the continued need for non-military logistical support to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. This support would divert his men away from the extortion and banditry that is an all too common line i [...]	2007-03-13 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM396	SHOW ME THE MONEY: MAKING THE CEASEFIRE COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a March 11 meeting to inform and seek input from the international community on the functioning of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) and efforts to re-energize the Second Chamber for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories. There was conse [...]	2007-03-14 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM40	JOINT PRESS STATEMENT OF GOV. RICHARDSON AND [...] New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and the Sudanese government issued a joint press statement at 1730 local time. 2. The text of the statement is as follows: (Begin text) H.E. Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, accompanied by a delegation sponsored by and including members of the [...]	2007-01-10 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM406	SUDAN, ACCEPTING ISOLATION, TURNS TO IRAN, QATAR [...] (C) Egypt's influence on Sudan's leadership and its ability to persuade the government to engage in constructive dialogue with the international community has waned, Egyptian diplomat Hani Khedr (please protect) told Poloff on March 15. Sudan has accepted its growing isolation from the West, m [...]	2007-03-15 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UN SU EG IR CD QA
07KHARTOUM407	CFC Week of March 5 -- Fireworks Follow the Killing of Two [...] (SBU) Summary: The killing of two Nigerian soldiers by Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi soldiers in Graida dominated the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) this week, with tensions rising between the faction and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in both the CFC and in the sectors. The CFC i [...]	2007-03-16 13:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM409	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR ER US
07KHARTOUM410	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR US
07KHARTOUM437	STATEMENT OF THE ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE [...] (SBU) Following is the text of remarks given by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Mr. Taye Brooke-Zerihoun to the Sudan Consortium on March 20, 2007. Further consortium reporting will follow septel. (Begin Text) Mr. Chairman, Honourable Ministers and Delegate [...]	2007-03-20 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU EAID PINS MARR PHUM
07KHARTOUM438	CFC VISIT TO ABECHE: MGS CONSTRAINTS AND JEM INTRANSIGENCE [...] (SBU) Members of the AMIS Ceasefire Commission traveled to Abeche, Chad to receive an operations update from the local Military Observer Group Site (MGS) Commander and to engage the JEM leadership. The MGS faces severe logistical constraints, including transportation and communications, which [...]	2007-03-20 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM44	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS PRESIDENT BASHIR AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Governor Bill Richardson met again with Sudan's President Omar El Bashir and concluded his visit to Sudan. At the end of the Richardson/Bashir meeting, representatives of the Save Darfur Coalition (which sponsored Richardson's trip) spoke briefly with Bashir. The tw [...]	2007-01-11 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM442	UN PREVIEWS ELIASSON/SALIM VISIT TO KHARTOUM [...] (C) UN Director of Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua told Poloffs on March 20 that both the international community and the Darfur rebel movements have unrealistic expectations about the political process. UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim, who are scheduled to arrive in Kha [...]	2007-03-21 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD
07KHARTOUM445	CFC Week of March 12 - SLA/Minawi Takes Responsibility for [...] (SBU) Summary: The Force Commander announced that the next Joint Commission would not be held in El Fasher because of insecurity but did not suggest a date or an alternate venue. He discussed the new arrangements in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) with a drop in MSA payments and a reduction in [...]	2007-03-22 05:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM451	DENG ALOR: TWO ROADS FOR U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on March 19 that the National Congress Party (NCP) has decided to confront the international community on Darfur. He admitted that his belief in productive engagement with Khartoum "was getting weaker and weaker [...]	2007-03-22 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN AL SU EG SF NO US
07KHARTOUM455	SUDAN: TENSION OVER ARREST OF SENIOR SPLA GENERAL [...] (C) A top officer of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was placed under house arrest in Juba March 20, provoking tensions between troops loyal to the officer and other military elements. Juba was calm in the immediate aftermath of the arrest. The officer, Major General Obutu Mamur M [...]	2007-03-22 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR SU
07KHARTOUM456	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER SUSPENDED OVER CORRUPTION CHARGES, OTHER INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING [...] Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Finance Minister Arthur (Akuien) Chol was suspended following months of speculation about his alleged involvement in a government vehicle purchasing scandal. Akuien is the most senior GOSS official to be implicated in the ongoing corruption scand [...]	2007-03-22 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM SU PGOV
07KHARTOUM458	UN/AU: USG SHOULD ATTEND TRIPOLI FORUM [...] (C) UN and African Union officials in Khartoum expressed strong support for U.S. representation at the proposed multilateral coordination meeting in Tripoli (reftel) scheduled for April 16. UN Director of Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua and the deputy head of the AU's Darfur Peace Implementa [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN LY SU CD ER US
07KHARTOUM459	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 19: SECOND CHAMBER [...] (SBU) SLA-Minawi raised objections to the African Union Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) potential restructuring of the CFC Second Chamber, contending that the proposals may violate the DPA. Carjackings remain a persistent threat, and AMIS is seeking input from all key stakeholders on means to mitiga [...]	2007-03-22 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM460	US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...]	2007-03-23 11:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN

07KHARTOUM466	MINAWI CONSIDERS RETURN TO DARFUR AFTER ATTACK ON [...] (C) A force of nearly 200 police and elements of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) attacked a house inhabited by partisans of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi and then raided the SLM party headquarters in the Omdurman section of Khartoum on March 24. Of the 29 SLM [...]	2007-03-25 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM468	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER SUSPENDED OVER CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Finance Minister Arthur (Akuien) Chol was suspended following months of speculation about his alleged involvement in a government vehicle purchasing scandal. Akuien is the most senior GOSS official to be implicated in the ongoing corruption s [...]	2007-03-25 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM SU PGOV
07KHARTOUM470	SUDAN: SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE MIGHT BE [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng has had a history of disagreement with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, and admits that Kiir may replace him. Deng blames Kiir for inaction on problems facing the SPLA, and denies rumors that [...]	2007-03-25 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU UG
07KHARTOUM477	MARCH 22 MEETING OF THE AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: The March 22 meeting of the Wealth Sharing working group of the AEC focused on the introduction of the new currency, which has been one of the relative success stories in the CPA. The Governor of the Central Bank used the meeting to complain of slow delivery of donor support for the CP [...]	2007-03-27 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM478	ELIASSON, SALIM CONSIDER UN/AU SUMMIT ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: During their March 22-27 visit to Sudan, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told CDA Hume of the need to develop a credible political process for Darfur involving key stakeholders in Sudan and in the region. CDA Hume emphasized that the UN and AU had a limited ti [...]	2007-03-27 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM48	Gov. Richardson Visits Darfur, Presses for Cease-Fire, [...] (SBU) Summary: On a day-long visit to Darfur January 9, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson met with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory rebels, representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/MM) faction of Minni Minawi, and the African Union (AU) Force Commander. Richardson [...]	2007-01-11 16:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM480	SUDANESE GOVERNMENT: SET A FIXED TIMELINE FOR [...] Summary: CDA Hume met with presidential advisor Maghzoub al-Khalifa on March 26 to discuss Sudanese government plans on Darfur in light of the current visit of special envoys Eliasson and Salim. Al-Khalifa called for renewed international cooperation on DPA implementation, including assistance [...]	2007-03-27 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM484	MINAWI CONTEMPLATES DARFUR RETURN [...] (C) In private, Minni Minawi continues to contemplate a return to Darfur in the wake of the March 24 attack on Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) facilities in Khartoum and the ambush of a prominent SLM commander near Nyala. Minawi is pressing the Sudanese government to account for the dead, wou [...]	2007-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM485	BASHIR ADVISOR: STRUCTURE DARFUR PROCESS [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Hume on March 28 that Sudan and the U.S. government had an "intellectual duty" to address the urgent aspects of the Darfur crisis. He suggested that the two governments structure a process to lay the groundwork for resolution of these issues [...]	2007-03-28 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM505	DARFUR - DESPITE OBSTACLES USAID PARTNERS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Despite significant bureaucratic impediments and security concerns, a recent USAID monitoring and assessment mission to Darfur confirmed that USAID partners are providing critical, quality, life-saving services to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. [...]	2007-03-29 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM506	DARFUR - INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives again appealed to donors for support in addressing the deteriorating humanitarian environment in Darfur and growing obstacles in providing assistance. Painting a particularly bleak picture, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Man [...]	2007-03-29 06:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM507	SUDAN - IOM OVERVIEW OF IDP RETURNS [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration (IOM),the primary operational agency in the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Southern Sudan, recently provided a breakdown of projected IDP returns and an overview of current operations. Although establishing the logistical infr [...]	2007-03-29 06:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM510	DARFUR: BREAKTHROUGH ON HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Six weeks of sustained negotiation between the international community and the Sudanese government culminated in a Joint Communique to alleviate the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian operations in Darfur, said the UNSYG's Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs, Ma [...]	2007-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM511	MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) CDA Hume met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh on March 29 to discuss the current impasse on the deployment of UN peace keepers in Darfur. CDA underscored that the UN Security Council, including China, viewed UN command and contro [...]	2007-03-29 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM515	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 26: DYSFUNCTION [...] (SBU) With no specific cases to examine, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions continued to revolve around AMIS' proposed restructuring of the body. SLA/Minawi, this week joined by the Sudanese government and other DPA signatories, railed against the proposed reduction in salary payments and [...]	2007-04-01 04:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM520	CPA: PROGRESS MADE IN SHARING PETROLEUM DATA [...] Summary. Under the CPA, the Government of National Unity is required to share information on oil production, revenues and contracts with the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). In the past, the GOSS has repeatedly alleged that this information is not being made available. Now, it appears tha [...]	2007-04-02 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM521	STATUS OF UN/AU POLITICAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) The UN and AU plan to begin negotiations with the non-signatory rebels in late June. Many UN and AU contacts, however, question Special Envoys Eliasson and Salim's commitment to the process and ability to lay the groundwork for successful negotiations. Though Eliasson has secured a renun [...]	2007-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM522	NCP DIVIDED ON COOPERATION WITH ICC [...] (C) Discussions between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regarding the Government's position on the International Criminal Court (ICC) have revealed divisions within the NCP. Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director an [...]	2007-04-02 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU US
07KHARTOUM523	FUTURE PROCESSING OF NEC CONTAINERS [...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol, on April 2 in order to discuss the New Embassy Compound (NEC). Ambassador Ali Yusuf explained that, while those shipping containers holding building materials currently in customs are fully [...]	2007-04-02 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL US SU
07KHARTOUM524	SLM NEEDS USG HELP AFTER KHARTOUM ATTACK [...] (C) Most members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) arrested during a March 24 raid on SLM facilities in Khartoum have been released or taken to hospitals for medical treatment. Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi has maintained calm within the movement in the a [...]	2007-04-03 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM529	DARFUR - HAC RANKS LOCAL NGOS, USAID PARTNERS "DISMISSED" [...] (SBU) On March 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Office in Nyala, South Darfur, publicly posted the results of an evaluation report ranking local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the Nyala HAC office. According to U.N. Civil Affairs, a total o [...]	2007-04-04 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM53	Southern Sudan: WFP Driver Killed in Ambush [...] On January 11, the World Food Program (WFP) issued a press release stating that an ambush along the Juba - Torit road on January 10 resulted in the death of a Sudanese WFP driver, who was riding in a pickup truck. The incident also resulted in a local GTZ employee and two accompanying SPLA so [...]	2007-01-12 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM530	DARFUR: MORNEI, WEST DARFUR - THE EYE OF THE STORM? [...] (U) On March 5 and 6, USAID staff traveled to Mornei, West Darfur, to monitor USAID-funded humanitarian programs and to assess current conditions. This represented the first visit by USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance staff to Mornei in more than sixteen months due to restricted [...]	2007-04-04 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM531	DARFUR - AMIS ENGAGEMENT IN ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES RAISES [...] (U) On March 3, USAID staff attended a tense meeting in Nyala, South Darfur, between the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Sector 2 leadership, AMIS Civilian Police (AMIS/CIVPOL),and the humanitarian community. Although the aim of the meeting was to improve communication and understandin [...]	2007-04-04 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM536	SUDAN - U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR COMMUNITY ON RECENT TRIP [...] (U) On March 26, U.N. Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community on his trip to Sudan, which included visits to Juba and Darfur and meetings with various government officials. Holmes voiced concern over the [...]	2007-04-05 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM537	DARFUR - BEIDA, WEST DARFUR - LIVING ON THE EDGE [...] (U) On March 14, the first USAID team to visit Beida, West Darfur, in more than 16 months traveled to the border town with representatives of the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) to monitor humanitarian programs and assess current conditions. Travel to the area had not bee [...]	2007-04-05 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM54	UN ENVOY ELIASSON VISITS SUDAN [...] (SBU) In his first trip to Sudan as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG) Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson underscored the UN's commitment to advancing the political process in Darfur. He called for a visible reduction in violence between the Sudanese Government and Darfur rebel groups, whi [...]	2007-01-13 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM544	SUDAN: AN ECONOMIST SHARES HIS PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) The economic advisor to the Khartoum stock exchange expressed pessimism on the outlook for the Sudanese economy for the near term. He predicts "turmoil" because of the pressures on the budget. He described how the ruling NCP is skimming off money in preparation for elections, and alleg [...]	2007-04-05 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM549	CDA HUME URGES CHANGE IN SUDANESE POSITION ON [...] (C) Summary: Previewing the forthcoming visit of Deputy Secretary Negroponte with Presidential Advisor Ismael, CDA SIPDIS Hume said that Secretary Rice was sending Negroponte to Sudan because of her concern about the overall outlook for U.S.-Sudanese relations. Secretary Rice was concerned [...]	2007-04-07 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM55	Southern Sudan: Four Die in Jan. 2 Ambush Southeast of [...] (U) Summary: On January 2, at 12:30 p.m., assailants ambushed a truck carrying approximately 35 passengers about 100 kilometers southeast of Juba, killing at least four and wounding six individuals. A survivor, a local PA&E employee, stated that the assailants were LRA rebels; she provided Co [...]	2007-01-14 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM56	Southern Sudan: More Ambushes Near Juba [...] Summary: A series of armed attacks east and southeast of Juba on January 7 and 10 claimed three lives, injured 13, and left two missing. There is still no concrete evidence as to the identity of the assailants, but suspicion centers on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). End summary. ----- [...]	2007-01-14 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM563	SUDAN - USAID RED SEA STATE ASSESSMENT [...] (U) From March 7 to 11, a joint USAID assessment team comprised of representatives from USAID's offices of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI),U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),and Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited Red Sea State to monitor USAID-funded activities and assess curre [...]	2007-04-11 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR SU
07KHARTOUM564	SOUTHERN SUDAN - USAID WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE [...] (U) To facilitate the development of a USAID water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) strategy for FY 2007, USAID/Sudan and USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) staff recently assessed USAID-funded WASH interventions in Southern Sudan. The assessment team reported that U [...]	2007-04-11 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM567	LRA PEACE TALKS SET TO RESUME AMID RENEWED ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM MARR MOPS SU UG
07KHARTOUM57	KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION IN OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-14 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM572	DARFUR - UNDP RULE OF LAW OVERVIEW [...] (U) The USAID-supported UN Development Program's (UNDP) Darfur Rule of Law Program, launched in September 2004, targets the region's absence of rule of law practices and institutions. The program has made a significant contribution to raising awareness of human rights and rule of law procedur [...]	2007-04-12 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM574	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...]	2007-04-14 06:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM575	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...]	2007-04-14 06:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM576	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UNMIS FC LTG [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UNMIS Force Commander (FC) Lt. General Lidder and Head of Security for UN/OCHA in Darfur Michael McDonagh. Both emphasized that simply increasing the size of peace-keeping operations (PKO) would not stabilize Darfur. General Lidde [...]	2007-04-15 03:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM577	DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MEETING WITH AU AMB IBOK [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Ambassador Sam Ibok, African Union (AU) Head of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Team. Ibok explained that the rebel groups outside the DPA will remain divided but might accept a shared position if the international [...]	2007-04-15 03:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM581	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SENIOR ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Libaration Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi. Minawi characterized the security situation in Darfur as "fragile" and urged the international community to push for a political solution [...]	2007-04-16 05:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM582	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte travelled to El Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur. During his day-long visit, the Deputy Secretary met with U.S. military observers, UN personnel, IDP camp representatives, an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Colonel, th [...]	2007-04-16 05:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM583	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]	2007-04-16 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM589	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Nafie Ali Nafie, a trusted advisor to President Bashir and a key hard-liner in the National Congress Party (NCP). The Deputy Secretary told Nafie that the most pressing issue of his trip was the situation in Darfur in all its aspects [...]	2007-04-16 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM59	Sudan: U.S. Business Facilitation and Commercial [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) Stringent U.S. economic sanctions against Sudan have drastically limited opportunities for U.S. firms to supply goods and services in this nation of more than 40 million consumers. Only U.S. firms licensed by OFAC are able to compete in t [...]	2007-01-15 03:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO BMGT ETTC US SU
07KHARTOUM590	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORTH DARFUR WALI [...] (C) Summary: In his April 14 meeting with the wali of North Darfur Yousef Kibbir, Deputy Secretary Negroponte stressed the strong interest taken by the US government and the American people in the situation in Darfur and the need for the Sudanese government to implement commitments made in the [...]	2007-04-16 10:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PMAR
07KHARTOUM592	Sudan - Juba Teaching Hospital [...] (U) Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) faces numerous challenges as it adapts to rapidly increasing demand and the new management of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). The imminent withdrawal of longtime supporter International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be a serious test for the ho [...]	2007-04-16 14:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM596	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh. The Deputy Secretary opened by thanking Ghosh for Sudan,s counter-terrorism cooperation. He then outlined U.S. expectations and ur [...]	2007-04-17 06:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM599	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...]	2007-04-17 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM60	RETRANSMISSION: KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-15 07:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM613	SPLA AND FORCES LOYAL TO FORMER MILITIA LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) military police had a standoff over food rations at SPLA Headquarters (HQ) with forces under the control of the current Deputy Commander in Chief (also the former Southern Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) leader, Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip [...]	2007-04-19 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM614	SUDAN: POST ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT OF RETURNED [...] (S) Embassy Khartoum does not believe there to be a credible basis to suspect the mistreatment of previously transferred Sudanese GTMO detainees by the Sudanese authorities and believes that the GOS has demonstrated sufficient resolve and effectiveness to justify consideration of additional tr [...]	2007-04-19 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER KAWK SU
07KHARTOUM621	SUDAN - LOCAL AND NATIONAL NGO HARASSMENT [...] (C) While acts of violence and intimidation of international humanitarian organizations and staff are well documented, particularly in Darfur, the harassment of national and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has received comparatively limited attention. Activities funded by USAID an [...]	2007-04-19 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM636	SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]	2007-04-23 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM637	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UN AND AEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khartoum's rejection of the international community's concept for Darfur peacekeeping continues to impede resolution of the crisis. UN officials caution, however, that UN bureacratic obstacles -- and a dearth of willing troop-contributing countries -- will delay force deployment [...]	2007-04-23 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV KPKO PINS PINR
07KHARTOUM643	POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF SLA/M SOLDIERS BY AMIS TROOPS [...] (S) Post draws Department attention to the information report referenced above, supported by photographic evidence, which suggests that three Sudan Liberation Army Minawi (SLA/M) soldiers may have been executed by Senegalese troops in retaliation for the deaths of five of their own. The incid [...]	2007-04-24 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM644	SENIOR UN OFFICIALS PROPOSE STRUCTURE FOR TRIPOLI [...] (C) The April 28 summit in Tripoli on the Darfur political process presents an opportunity to harmonize international efforts to overcome the political stalemate and establish a common set of principles for re-invigorating peace negotiations, according to senior UN officials in Khartoum. Agree [...]	2007-04-24 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LY ER US
07KHARTOUM65	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for TDY Econ Officer [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF WAE Econ Officer Curtis Stewart to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 17 to mid-May, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese [...]	2007-01-16 08:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM657	KHARTOUM: DARFUR PARTNERS DISCUSS OUTCOMES FOR [...] (C) Meeting on April 25 and 26, the UK convened a meeting of the U.S., EU, EC, Norway, France, and the Netherlands to discuss a set of potential outcomes for the upcoming Tripoli talks. The goal of the Darfur Partners' discussions was to promote a coordinated approach among the Western envoys [...]	2007-04-26 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU EUN SU CD LY ER EG
07KHARTOUM668	SUDAN: LOW PRICE FOR PETROLEUM CAUSING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy and Mining has provided information on why a large part of Sudanese oil production is being sold at a price of less than USD 25 per barrel while the benchmark crude price is over USD 60 per barrel. Difficulties in refining Sudanese oil limits the price that [...]	2007-04-29 03:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PREL SU
07KHARTOUM67	Darfur: Update on UN Assistance to AMIS [...] (SBU) UN Director of Political Affairs Abiodun Bashua confirmed to Pol/Econ Counselor January 16 that an additional ten UN military staff officers had arrived in El Fasher, Darfur, to join the 17 military staff officers and 15 UN police advisors already there. He added that five additional UN [...]	2007-01-16 16:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM671	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS RESUME IN JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Warning the parties not to squander an opportunity for peace, Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano formally reopened talks in Juba between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) April 26. Chissano and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) GOSS P [...]	2007-04-29 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UG CG KE CT MZ ZA TZ SU
07KHARTOUM676	DARFUR - MOVING FORWARD FROM TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) Following the conclusion of the April 28-29 Tripoli talks on Darfur, Poloff met with Khartoum-based representatives of the UN, AU, EU, Norway, and the Netherlands, as well as the Arab League Secretary General's point person on Africa, to discuss ways to SIPDIS sustain momentum on the D [...]	2007-04-30 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM678	SUDAN - USAID ABYEI AND SOUTHERN KORDOFAN ASSESSMENT [...] (U) From February 25 to 28, a joint USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) assessment team traveled to Abyei and Southern Kordofan State to monitor USAID-funded water interventions, identify potential conflict-mitigation ac [...]	2007-05-01 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM679	SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT TRANSITION [...] (U) Nearly two decades of civil war in Southern Sudan has resulted in a region with some of the worst health indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. As USAID prepares to transition its assistance in the region from relief assistance to development programming, USAID's health sector non-governmental [...]	2007-05-01 10:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM68	DARFUR: MOMENTUM ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The long-proposed conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward. Following a January 15 Sudanese government guarantee of security assurances, the AU may begin to transport rebel commanders to a conference site in North Darfur [...]	2007-01-16 16:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN EUN
07KHARTOUM693	Governance, Capacity and Infrastructure Challenges in [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Juba staff visits to key Southern Sudan cities reveal weak but emerging local governments trying to fill the void of undelivered services from the central government. Capacity is limited, with most decision-making concentrated in a few people trained in the Diaspora. In [...]	2007-05-02 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM695	FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]	2007-05-03 03:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM697	RESPONSE: SUDAN - SUPPORTING THE TDRA [...] (SBU) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is traveling in Darfur to inaugurate the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA). His earliest expected return date to Khartoum is May 6. Per Ref. A, Post will contact Minawi upon his return [...]	2007-05-03 12:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID SU AU
07KHARTOUM70	Darfur: Inauguration of Second Chamber of CFC, Clearing [...] (SBU) Summary: The AMIS Cease Fire Commission met January 8 and 10 to clear out a backlog of cease fire violations, receive briefings on the Force Commander's outreach to non-signatory rebel factions (septel),and inaugurate the Second Chamber for non-signatories. The First Chamber meeting on [...]	2007-01-17 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM711	SUDAN - NUBIAN VIEWS ON NILE DAM PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Poloffs met with two representatives of the Nubian Popular Committee, Dr. Sabbar and Mr. Faisal Barry, on May 1. Discussions confirmed that the Nubian community in Northern Sudan continues to oppose Government of Sudan intentions to construct two additional dams al [...]	2007-05-08 12:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PHUM KPAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM717	UNDP Conference for Sudanese Women in Politics in Juba [...] (U) Summary: The first annual National Conference on Sudanese Women in Politics, held May 7 - 11, was convened at Juba University under the sponsorship of the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MPA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). GOSS [...]	2007-05-09 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM718	MAY 3 AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: The May meeting of the wealth sharing working group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) featured two presentations on intergovernmental transfers. For the first time, representatives from the Government (GNU) of National Unity (GNU) and the Government of Southern Sudan (G [...]	2007-05-09 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM72	MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]	2007-01-17 16:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM720	GOSS Governor's Forum Focuses Tackles State Budgets and [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Fourth Governors' Forum (the Forum) has brought into sharp focus the budget crises in the ten southern states. GOSS President Salva Kiir admonished the governors to put in place good governance practices, downsize their civil services, p [...]	2007-05-09 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM73	MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...]	2007-01-17 16:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU
07KHARTOUM737	ACTING GOSS MINISTER OF FINANCE OULINES PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Acting Minister of Finance (MOF) for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Gabrielle Changson Chang outlined his immediate objectives for establishing a fully-functioning GOSS financial structure. The gap between GOSS capacity in this area and the imperative nature of est [...]	2007-05-12 08:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM749	SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: PLANS FOR LRA MOVEMENTS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Proposed corridors for the movement of the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to a single assembly point on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border have not yet been accepted by LRA leadership, according to sources in ongoing peace talks between the LRA a [...]	2007-05-13 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM753	DIALOGUE WITH SUDANESE [...] (C) On May 10, embassy officer met with Sayed El Khatib to discuss the work of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) and to review a matrix prepared by the Embassy on the status of CPA implementation two years into the interim period. El Khatib attends AEC plenary meetings as the NCP [...]	2007-05-14 06:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM756	HSP IN SIX MONTHS... CAN AMIS LAST? [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: A senior UN military official in Khartoum estimated that the Heavy Support Package (HSP) will not deploy for at least six months due to the lack of agreement on chain of command and the rules of engagement between UN and AU headquarters. Other international officia [...]	2007-05-14 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UN AU SU MOPS
07KHARTOUM757	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...]	2007-05-15 03:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07KHARTOUM76	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Jason Small and Herb [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sudan Programs Group Deputy Director Jason Small and Worldwide Humanitarian Program Manager Herb Bentz to travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, from January 19 - 25, 2007. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review [...]	2007-01-18 16:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM763	LACK OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO WEAKEN [...] (C) Recent comments by the Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) underscore the disconnect between the political and military arms of the AU and the incoherent leadership that continues to weaken the mission. In an introductory meeting with S/CRS Poloff in El Fasher, Maj [...]	2007-05-15 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM764	DARFUR - JOINT COMMUNIQUE - WHERE ARE WE NOW? [...] (U) On April 21, USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu met with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva in Khartoum to discuss the March 28 Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian affairs (REFTEL). The [...]	2007-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM765	DARFUR - NGOS REQUEST USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND UN [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting with the Khartoum-based NGO Steering Committee, NGOs stated that as long as OCHA does not have a presence in areas outside of the Darfur state capitals it will not be able to sufficiently serve as a buffer between the Sudanese government and the NGOs. Currently, OCHA [...]	2007-05-15 15:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM766	SOUTHERN SUDAN - RELIEF TO RECOVERY PROGRESS IN CENTRAL [...] (U) Since March 2005, the USAID/OFDA-funded ZOA primary health care project in Lainya County has provided life-saving services to more than 95,000 people at its three primary health care centers and 11 primary health care units. The total population of the county is more than 200,000 people. [...]	2007-05-15 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM767	DARFUR - UNHCR NEEDS TO FULFILL IDP CLUSTER OBLIGATION [...] (U) In an April 21 meeting in Khartoum, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva informed the USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu that he had urged UNHCR starting in 2004 to increase engagement in the care and prot [...]	2007-05-15 15:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM768	AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]	2007-05-16 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM772	AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 (Corrected Copy For [...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]	2007-05-16 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM775	DARFUR - HUMANITARIAN ACCESS DOWN BY 40 PERCENT IN SOUTH [...] (U) In all three Darfur states, an estimated 900,000 people out of a total affected population of 3.8 million people currently can not be accessed by aid agencies. The inaccessible populations live in rural areas outside of towns or IDP settlements with helicopter landing sites. USAID/OFDA is [...]	2007-05-17 07:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM78	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for AF/SPG Josh Drake and [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Josh Drake of AF/SPG and Ann Truitt and Kelly Bracey from A/LM/AQM to travel to Sudan from January 20 - 29. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review specific travel requests upon his return; permission to travel [...]	2007-01-18 16:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM780	AMIS READY FOR HONORABLE EXIT [...] (S) A senior African Union official told Poloff on May 17 that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) needs a viable exit strategy to turn the peace-keeping mission in Darfur over to the United Nations. At a weekend "brainstorming retreat" in Port Sudan for AU staff a few days earlier, they [...]	2007-05-18 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KPKO AU UN SU EG
07KHARTOUM782	REQUEST FOR SECURITY WAIVER AND EXCEPTIONS - JUBA, [...] (U) Summary: Post requests expedited consideration of the following waiver request, for an interim, unclassified U.S. Government facility in Juba, Southern Sudan. Charge signed COM statement on May 17, 2007. The package, including attachments, will be forwarded via DHL. End Summary. 2. (S [...]	2007-05-20 11:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
07KHARTOUM793	Darfur: UN/AU, SPLM Initiatives Lack Specifics [...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union released their joint roadmap on the Darfur political process to Western donors in Khartoum, who expressed concern over the framework's lack of specificity. Though cleared by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and AU Chairman Alpha Omer Konare, the docum [...]	2007-05-22 13:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM798	DARFUR - UN AGENCIES PLAY VITAL ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) UN agencies are crucial to the provision and coordination of humanitarian assistance in Darfur. The UN agencies provide important leadership, through coordinating a wide variety of assistance activities, acting as a liaison between the humanitarian community and the Sudanese government, an [...]	2007-05-23 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM80	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES DPA NON-SIGNATORIES: RETRANSMISSION [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-19 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM800	SOUTHERN SUDAN - FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) During the civil war, USAID's humanitarian programs in Southern Sudan supported essential services in the vast rural areas where most internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees originated. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID's Office of Food for [...]	2007-05-23 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM801	SOUTHERN SUDAN - DISPLACED SOUTHERN SUDANESE RETURNING HOME [...] (U) As of early May, IOM reported to the USAID team that it had assisted 26,000 displaced Sudanese to return home. IOM expects to assist between 50,000 and 55,000 additional people to return home by the end of 2007, a total of less than the original goal of 83,000 people. The shortfall is due [...]	2007-05-23 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM802	SUDAN - KASSALA STATE [...] (U) NGOs operating in Kassala State expressed the need to increase the population's self-reliance, as the situation in the state can no longer be considered a humanitarian crisis. NGOs also identified peacebuilding activities as a priority to address the disillusionment and marginalization of [...]	2007-05-23 14:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM81	DARFUR: GOV DIVIDED ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Two Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fighter planes overflew El Fasher on January 15. Several Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory commanders, who were planning to attend a commanders conference in North Darfur in the coming days, have characterized the flyover as an attempt by the Sudanese g [...]	2007-01-19 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN

07KHARTOUM813	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE: ABDELWAHID AND FINANCES [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement continues to move towards a June 11 commencement of "consolidation talks" between Darfur rebels interested in participating in a rejuvenated political process. Limited financial resources and a lack of clarity on future funding streams i [...]	2007-05-24 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM814	SOUTHERN LEADERS WELCOME U.S. SUPPORT FOR DARFUR [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has deployed teams to Darfur and Chad to try to gain support for a planned conference of Darfur rebel groups to be held somewhere in southern Sudan by mid-June. Senior SPLM officials welcomed a strong message of U.S. support for their initiati [...]	2007-05-24 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM817	DARFUR: EGYPT SEEKS STRATEGY FOR POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Meeting with Poloff on May 21, Egyptian DCM Osama Shaltout underscored his government's desire for a clear UN and AU strategy for advancing the political process in Darfur. Shaltout said he had reiterated the points reported in reftel with Khartoum-based representatives of UN Envoy Jan El [...]	2007-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU EG
07KHARTOUM822	Summary of the CFC Meetings, Week of May 14 [...] (SBU) The Cease-fire Commission (CFC) did not meet on May 14. During the May 16 meeting of the Second Chamber, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) sparred with the Deputy Force Commander over access to helicopters and the restructuring of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into three [...]	2007-05-28 03:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM832	MINAWI OFFERS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN NCP AND WEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
07KHARTOUM837	DEATH OF UN DARFUR PEACEKEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The death of Lieutenant Colonel Ehab Nazih marks the first death in Darfur of a United Nations peacekeeper. There is no indication that the death was politically motivated, but the incident underscores the increasing banditry and lawlessness on the ground. Sudanese government, [...]	2007-05-29 13:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM839	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY FORCES [...] (C) Summary: "Most" Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces east of the Nile in southern Sudan have now crossed to the west and gathered in the vicinity of Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Peace tal [...]	2007-05-29 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM840	Darfur: Briefing for AU PSC Delegation [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 22, Western representatives briefed a fact-finding mission of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) on the situation in Darfur. They highlighted the importance of an effective peace-keeping force and cease-fire mechanism, a specific UN/AU strategy for the [...]	2007-05-29 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM849	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE SPLM INITIATIVE [...] (C) Recent meetings with First Vice President Salva Kiir, SPLM insider Luka Biong Deng, and SPLM Darfur Task Force members have underscored the SPLM's intention to bring DPA non-signatories to Southern Sudan to prepare them for negotiations with the Sudanese Government. Though the SPLM views [...]	2007-05-30 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM85	PRESS STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] Post issued a press statement on January 21 supporting UN and African Union (AU) efforts to facilitate a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory military commanders and to encourage the Sudanese Government to provide the security assurances necessary for the conference to proceed. [...]	2007-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM854	Ceasefire Commission: Week of May 21 [...] (SBU) Allegations of ceasefire violations appear to be on the up-swing in both Chambers of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC). The CFC Chairman formed a sub-committee to review the objectivity of the report on the April 1 killing of AMIS soldiers in Umm Barru. JEM described the Sudanese Governmen [...]	2007-05-31 08:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM855	COMMANDER OF JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS PROVIDES GRIM [...] (C) Summary: The commander of Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIU) provided a grim assessment of the JIUs, their progress toward forming the nucleus of a new national army under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the prospects for withdrawal of the Khartoum-based Sudan Armed Forces ( [...]	2007-05-31 09:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM857	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM STATE ANNOUNCES INTENT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Khartoum State has announced in the press that the street in front of the U.S. Embassy will be immediately reopened to vehicular traffic. The Embassy is currently seeking assurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the street will actually remain c [...]	2007-05-31 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM859	DARFUR DONORS CONCERNED ON HAAVISTO APPOINTMENT, [...] (C) Meeting on May 30, the core group of Western donors in Khartoum expressed reservations over the appointment of former EU Special Envoy for Sudan Pekka Haavisto as UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's new representative for the Darfur political process. While Haavisto's terms of reference had not yet b [...]	2007-05-31 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CH
07KHARTOUM878	DARFUR - TAWILA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE ON THE VERGE OF [...] (U) Maintaining a humanitarian presence in Tawila is crucial to preventing a deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the potential movement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to nearby El Fasher. In May 2007, a sustained and worsening trend of carjackings and attacks on relief agen [...]	2007-06-04 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM879	SPLM LEADERSHIP TO DEFINE TASKFORCE, SUPPORT [...] (C) Discussions continue within the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on the structure and focus of its role in the Darfur political process. Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun said that the party recognized that resolution of the [...]	2007-06-04 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM88	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for S/CRS Eythan Sontag [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 27 to April, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese Government has i [...]	2007-01-22 09:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM882	SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]	2007-06-05 11:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM883	SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]	2007-06-05 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM884	AMIS AND SLA CLASH IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) A fatal road traffic accident on May 30 between an AMIS APC and an SLA/Minawi truck in South Darfur left one SLA dead and nine injured. The accident sparked a reprisal from SLA fighters, who later shot three AMIS soldiers and commandeered 13 AMIS vehicles. The incident illustrates SLA le [...]	2007-06-05 11:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM889	Ceasefire Commission Week of May 28 [...] (SBU) With the killing of a UN peacekeeper on May 25, security issues and ceasefire violations remained at the center of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions this week. Additionally, a new rebel movement, the SLA United Front, announced itself at AMIS' expense. End summary. -------------- [...]	2007-06-05 14:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM89	Termination of Land Rover Operations Creating [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Land Rover has been ordered by Ford Motor Company to close down all commercial operations in Sudan. Representatives of Land Rover here believe this action was taken as a result of pressure from the U.S. Government. The shut down [...]	2007-01-22 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ETTC ECON EAID PREL SU
07KHARTOUM890	MINAWI ON JEM DYNAMICS, ARAB-GOVERNMENT CONFLICT [...] (C) Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi discussed the shifting power dynamics within the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the increasing disaffection among Arab tribes toward the [...]	2007-06-05 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU CD
07KHARTOUM897	SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON UNHCR CLUSTER ROLE IN DARFUR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In response to the points of the demarche, the Officer in Charge of UNHCR noted that the cluster approach has not yet been formally launched in Sudan, and that UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are still collaborating on camp coordination and prot [...]	2007-06-07 06:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM898	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: "DECLARATION ON ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In one of the stranger twists of the protracted Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace process, the chief mediator has issued a detailed "declaration" of arrangements for the Ugandan rebel group to cross the Nile in southern Sudan and assemble at the Sudan/Congo border--despite the fa [...]	2007-06-07 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM900	UN/AU PROCESS FLAILING [...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of a specific UN/AU plan for the Darfur political process has led to an increase in competing international initiatives. The UN and AU appear unable to exert the necessary leadership to shape these initiatives into a coherent strategy. They have wavered in their sup [...]	2007-06-07 16:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM901	CFC TEAM VISITS MUHAJERIA AND HEARS SLA DEMANDS [...] (SBU) Members of the Force Headquarters Ceasefire Commission (CFC) flew to Muhajeria Military Group Site (MGS) June 5 to interview witnesses to the May 30 vehicle collision between the African Union Mission to Sudan (AMIS) and the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi (reftel). The team hoped [...]	2007-06-07 16:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM902	REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...]	2007-06-07 16:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU
07KHARTOUM903	Ceasefire Commission Week of June 4, 2007 [...] (SBU) As the incident between AMIS and SLA Minawi near Labado on May 30 (reftel) occupied the majority of the CFC's time this week, the First Chamber meeting on June 4 and Second Chamber meeting on June 6 were cancelled. The tone of the meetings held was subdued. An investigation team for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM904	SPLM Appeals for Funds, Outlines Efforts for Darfur [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to organize a conference of various Darfur factions faces significant logistical and financial obstacles but is moving forward. In several meetings in Juba, members of the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) provided a detai [...]	2007-06-08 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM906	DARFUR - A CARJACKING A DAY KEEPS NGOS AWAY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-10 05:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM91	DARFUR: ASSAULTS AGAINST HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Government of National Unity National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officers arrested 20 staff members of the UN, non-governmental organizations (NGO),and African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) during a social event at the American Refugee Committee (ARC [...]	2007-01-22 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM912	ARAB POP STAR EVENT UNDERSCORES SUDANESE, ARAB [...] (U) Newly arrived CDA was invited at the last moment by the Libyan Ambassador to a late night concert/reception for Arab pop music stars who are performing in Sudan in solidarity with the suffering people of Darfur. The event included a concert by local Sudanese musicians (some from Darfur it [...]	2007-06-10 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM922	DARFUR - GEREIDA CALM BUT UNPREDICTABLE [...] (U) On May 22, a USAID assessment team traveled to the SLA/Minawi-held town of Gereida, South Darfur, in the first USG visit since a violent attack on humanitarian agencies led to their withdrawal in December 2006. In the absence of other relief organizations since the attack, the Internationa [...]	2007-06-11 11:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM925	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM MAINTAINS THAT EMBASSY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez met the Governor of Khartoum State, Dr. Abdulhalim al Mutaafi, to discuss the Governor's May 30 declaration that the street directly in front of the U.S. Embassy will be reopened to vehicular traffic. In the meeting, al Mutaafi dir [...]	2007-06-11 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM926	SUDAN - NUBA MOUNTAINS USAID MONITORING TRIP [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 15:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM927	SUDAN - NUBA MOUNTAINS USAID MONITORING TRIP [...] (U) Talodi locality in the eastern hills of the Nuba Mountains, Southern Kordofan State, has received a large number of returnees in comparison with other areas. From September 2006 to March 2007, approximately 2,594 returnees arrived in Talodi, according to Save the Children/US (SC/US). Acce [...]	2007-06-12 03:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM929	DARFUR: SPLM OUTLINES CONFERENCE STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with donor governments, regional representatives, and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Taskforce on Darfur, Secretary General Pagan Amum emphasized that the SPLM would play a facilitation not a mediation role in the Darfur political process and outlined three-pha [...]	2007-06-12 14:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM93	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES CHADIAN CONNECTION [...] (C) In a January 20 meeting with Poloff and a January 21 meeting with AF/SPG Deputy Director Jason Small, Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi described the Chadian connection to the Darfur crisis and to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA [...]	2007-01-22 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM930	APREZI RETURNS, SLM REP MELTS DOWN [...] (SBU) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Lt. Gen. Luke Aprezi returned to AMIS Force Headquarters on June 11. He expressed doubts that Gen. Martin Luther Agwai was a good selection to replace him as AMIS force commander, though admitted Agwai would be well-positioned to lead [...]	2007-06-12 16:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM931	CPA IMPLEMENTATION - ACCESS TO OIL CONTRACTS [...] (U) Summary: An attorney provided to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) through USG funding was granted permission by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minsitry of Energy and Mines (MEM) to review existing oil contracts (i.e. those that pre-date the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [...]	2007-06-12 16:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PREL SU
07KHARTOUM934	HYBRID FORCE AS SPUN INTERNALLY TO THE SUDANESE - [...] (U) On June 13, semi-official Khartoum daily "Akhbar al-Yawm" clarified the meaning of the Sudanese Government's acceptance of the AU/UN Hybrid Force to its pro-regime, Arabic speaking readership. It did so in a half-page "dialogue" in a question and answer format based on telephone conversat [...]	2007-06-13 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO KPAO OIIP SU AU
07KHARTOUM935	SPLM/DARFUR: AMUM REITERATES FOCUS ON REBELS, SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Meeting with Acting CG Juba and Poloff on June 13, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary General Pagan Amum said that he shared U.S. concerns about the first phase of the SPLM's conference on Darfur. As outlined by the SPLM, phase one would bring together civil society grou [...]	2007-06-13 12:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM938	DARFUR - STILL WATERS RUN DEEP IN MUKJAR [...] (U) Mukjar and the surrounding area in southern West Darfur is populated predominantly by the Fur ethnic group. The current population is approximately 15,000 people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs),300 refugees from Chad, and an estimated 400 of the original 5,000 residents. Mo [...]	2007-06-14 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM939	OFFER TO SELL RADIOACTIVE URANIUM [...] (Secret) On May 31, 2007, ARSO Bleu Lawless was contacted by a Sudanese-American, identified as Abuobaida A. Mohed, who claimed to have access to radioactive uranium. During a subsequent interview conducted by ARSO Lawless and SIMO representatives, Mohed claimed that his uncle, who is a Sudane [...]	2007-06-14 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER
07KHARTOUM94	TIME TO TEST PRESIDENT BASHIR ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy in Sudan is blocked on three fronts. This message, the first in a three-part analysis, examines the worsened situation in Darfur and identifies a narrow window of opportunity to implement Plan A by re-activating the Darfur peace process and by pushing for UN peacekee [...]	2007-01-22 15:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM943	SCENESETTER FOR AMB KHALILZAD VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (C) In keeping with the last twenty years of the bilateral relationship, the USG continues to use three instruments to implement our policy in Sudan: sanctions, humanitarian and development assistance, and diplomacy. An end to the crisis in Darfur is being pursued along two policy tracks--pea [...]	2007-06-14 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM945	NAVIGATING SUDAN'S MINEFIELDS [...] (U) A May 22-31 visit to Sudan by Col. Stu Harris, Deputy Director for Programs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs helped address the growing tension among Sudanese officials, local mine action groups and international non-governmen [...]	2007-06-14 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP DMINE SU
07KHARTOUM947	EMBASSY'S PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN [...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. On June 12 the Embassy's Regional Affairs Officer and Regional Security Officer met with the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in order to seek clarification concerning the Sudanese Government's intention to reopen the stre [...]	2007-06-14 15:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGMT SU
07KHARTOUM948	FIRST SUDATEL, NOW SUDAN AIRWAYS - PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Sudanese State Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sudan Airways, Kamal Abdel Latif, announced that Sudan Airways will be privatized. The following day the government of Sudan (GoS) signed the deal with Aref Investment Group of [...]	2007-06-14 15:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM95	Sudan: Pres. Bashir Seeks Continued Role in Somali Talks, [...] (U) President Bashir stated that Sudan continues to support Somalia, seeks to continue hosting talks among Somali parties, and offers training for Somali army and police units. His remarks, made during the January 20-22 visit to Khartoum of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, also pledged [...]	2007-01-22 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MASS SO SU
07KHARTOUM951	MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]	2007-06-15 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KHARTOUM952	Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas [...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]	2007-06-15 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM953	SPLM SUGGESTS DELAY IN CONFERENCE WITH DPA [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) will most likely postpone the second and third phases of their conference in Southern Sudan because key leaders of the Darfur rebel movements have not agreed to attend. The first phase of the conference--focused on civil society groups, tradit [...]	2007-06-15 18:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM956	BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM957	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH SUDANESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Meeting with the United Nations Security Council on June 17, Sudanese officials emphasized Sudan's commitment to the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006 and the conclusions reached in Addis Ababa on June 11-12 to permit a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping force. According to Foreign Minister [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM959	DARFUR: MUTRIFF REITERATES SUDAN'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Sudan reiterated its acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force during a June 18 briefing in Khartoum. Siddiq Mutriff, the Government's lead negotiator during the recent consultations in Addis Ababa, said that this acceptance included UN command and control, non-African personnel, and a full tr [...]	2007-06-18 15:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM960	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he h [...]	2007-06-19 09:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM962	"BROKEN PROMISES:" RESENTMENT GROWS WITHIN THE SLM [...] (C) Resentment toward the lack of financial and political support from the U.S. is growing within the ranks of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),a mid-ranking cadre in Khartoum told Poloff on June 17. Emphasizing that he was "speaking frankly among friends," the SLM member said that after [...]	2007-06-19 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM965	CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" [...] (x) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you d [...]	2007-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM966	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he ha [...]	2007-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM97	DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS [...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...]	2007-01-23 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM970	Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas [...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]	2007-06-20 04:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM972	CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" (CORRECTED COPY [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you [...]	2007-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM974	MINAWI WARNS OF NEW WAVE OF NRF ATTACKS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi warned Poloff on June 19 of a new infiltration of National Redemption Front (NRF) forces into South Darfur near Haskanita. UN reports of June 18 had indicated that a group of NRF fighters had m [...]	2007-06-20 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM975	Confusion and Criticism Follow Further Changes to Foreign [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 29, in an action widely understood as a measure designed to prevent capital flight following tightened U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Exchange Administration of the Central Bank of Sudan announced an amendment to its foreign exchange regulations (reftel). After widespread cr [...]	2007-06-20 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM978	(C) SAF WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE WILL BE MISSED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not complete the withdrawal of their troops from southern Sudan by the July 9 deadline mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Moreover, UNMIS recalculation of figures tied to earlier troop movements now places the total percentag [...]	2007-06-21 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM EIAD SU
07KHARTOUM98	DARFUR: UPDATE ON NYALA ASSAULT [...] (U) A January 22 press release from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and an UNMIS News Bulletin the same day attributed the January 20 physical assault on UN staff in Nyala to local police (reftel). According to the same statements, the raid on the compound of an international non- [...]	2007-01-23 13:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM980	DARFUR IDP YOUTH ACTIVISTS WANT SECURITY AND A [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with youth activists from two major IDP camps on the outskirts of Nyala, capital of South Darfur. The ninety minute dialogue in Arabic with five intense young men (and one woman) of Fur origin from the Otash and Kalma refugee camps focused on the hopes and aspi [...]	2007-06-21 14:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU ASEC
07KHARTOUM983	KAJBAR VIDEO SYMBOLIZES SUFFERING OF DARFUR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, police killed four demonstrators protesting the construction of a dam near Kajbar (reftel) . Several days later, a ten minute video of the dead and wounded from Kajbar appeared on the Internet. On June 20, in the Sudanese independent daily "Al-Ayaam," Murtadi Al-Gh [...]	2007-06-21 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM984	DENG ALOR SEES CHANGES IN NCP POSITIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with CDA Fernandez, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor characterized the National Congress Party (NCP) as split between those who acknowledged the "new reality" of Sudan--where the NCP could no longer make unilateral decisions and needed to engage in dialogue [...]	2007-06-21 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM985	SPLM Re-Assessing Darfur Initiative [...] (SBU) The SPLM is re-assessing its effort to bring together Darfurians after postponing its planned conference in Rumbek. Clement Janda, the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) Chairman, was disappointed by the failure of key rebel factions to attend and the lack of support it received from the i [...]	2007-06-22 03:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM986	Darfurians Worry About and Welcome the Hybrid [...] (SBU) Summary: In his inaugural trip to Nyala and El Fasher June 18-20, CDA Fernandez met with a wide range of Darfurian actors, including IDPs, tribal elders, INGOs and UN agencies and Sudanese government officials. While all welcomed the recent announcement that the Sudanese government would [...]	2007-06-22 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM987	DARFUR A VICTIM OF POOR GOVERNANCE, THE BUSINESS OF WAR [...] SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez, two prominent Darfur civil society activists described war in Darfur as a business with many partners. Traditional leadership and negotiating mechanisms had been lost, they said, replaced by rebels with no real connection to Darfurians them [...]	2007-06-22 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM99	(CORRECTED COPY MRN: KHARTOUM 00080): MINAWI [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
08IHARTOUM1126	GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAD AFFAIRS ON ICC, ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 26 meeting with ConGen Juba, Luka Biong Deng, Minister for Presidential Affairs, Said the possible ICC indictments against GNU President Bashir present a golden opportunity to leverage concessions from him, that elections in 2009 are the only path to actually holding a [...]	2008-07-27 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PPEL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM100	USAID-FUNDED TRANSITION PARTNER ACCUSED OF VIOLATING [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),a USAID assistance partner, will close out its program in Sudan on January 31, 2008. After a week of negotiations with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) over disposition of assets, DAI was told by HAC that i [...]	2008-01-24 09:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1003	U.S. HOST BLOCKS SUDATEL INTERNET DOMAIN NAME [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) In meetings with CDA Fernandez on July 6, Presidential Advisor Osman Ismail and the Sudanese Foreign Ministry raised U.S.-host company Network Solutions locking of Sudan Telecommunications Company's (SUDATEL) internet domain name (ref e [...]	2008-07-07 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EAID PREL PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1007	ADMINISTRATOR FOR ABYEI STILL TO BE DETERMINED [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General Juba paid an office call on Arop Moyak Monytoc, Chairman of the Southern Sudan DDR Commission and potential new Abyei Administrator. Moyak confirmed that GOSS President Salva Kiir had called him to discuss his willingness to take on the job, but indicated that it [...]	2008-07-08 05:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1008	SUDAN PRESIDENT BASHIR STRIKES A STRANGELY POSITIVE NOTE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the National Salvation Revolution, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir spoke to the nation from Omdurman July 6. In what was widely seen as a inaugural campaign speech for the elections scheduled next year under the Comprehensive [...]	2008-07-08 05:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1009	RIZEIGAT ARAB LEADER ON DARFUR CIVIL SOCIETY, OBSTREPEROUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met July 6 with Waleed Maddibo Mousa, prominent Darfur Rizeigat Arab and civil society leader and organizer of the annual equestrian festival in Ed-Daien, South Darfur. Maddibo used the festival to create a "clandestine dialogue" among Darfuris, and believes the late-nigh [...]	2008-07-08 07:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM101	MINAWI OUTLINES OBJECTIVES FOR U.S. TRIP, BRIEFS [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi is enthusiastic about a visit to Washington in the near future and has requested that the trip focus on four themes: concrete support for the military wing of the SLM and broadening the persp [...]	2008-01-24 09:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM1010	SAF WITHDRAWAL FROM ABYEI AND UNMIS PATROLLING SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, GNU and GoSS VPs Taha and Machar signed the Protocol for the Arbitration of the Abyei boundary dispute. Simultaneously, a shooting incident involving SPLA, SAF, and UNMIS personnel in Agok led to the serious wounding of two individuals and a halt to the withdrawal of [...]	2008-07-08 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1012	WORRIED GOSS INTENDS TO DISCUSS MILITARY PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng told CDA Fernandez July 8 that he will travel to Washington next week to discuss military planning with US officials, following up on the Defense White Paper that the US had pushed the GOSS to prepare (ref b). Biong Deng said [...]	2008-07-08 10:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1014	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES ELECTION LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: After weeks of delay, the Sudan National Assembly (NA) finally passed the electoral law July 7, capping a contentious special legislative session called specifically for the purpose of passing the law. The law provides the legal groundwork for holding nationwide elections in 200 [...]	2008-07-08 11:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1021	NCP INSIDER PLEADS FOR SE WILLIAMSON'S RETURN [...] (C) "We would like Special Envoy Williamson to come back," pleaded NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker in a meeting with polchief July 6. "We are making progress on Abyei and on elections - all things that are important to you." Bebiker echoed others in the NCP leadership, speculating that SE Willi [...]	2008-07-09 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1025	BLOODY ATTACK ON UNAMID PATROL AT SHANGIL TOBAYA, [...] (SBU) According to reports from UNAMID, on July 8 at approximately 1530 armed fighters attacked a UNAMID joint patrol in a "forested and mountainous" area 65 kilometers south of Dare Salam, 6 kilometers from Gusajamatta, in North Darfur. The UNAMID joint military observer and police team from [...]	2008-07-09 14:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1026	SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - LACK OF INTEGRATION MAY SPUR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. In a July 4 telephone conversation, Dr. Ahmed Saed, SPLM Minister of Finance for Southern Kordofan State told a USAID field officer that the security situation in the Nuba Mountains IQQ',H{&y=utee, and thus is charged with finalizing the recruitment and salary payment of ad [...]	2008-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1027	CENSUS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MARS AFTERMATH OF SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent stories in the Sudanese press purporting to present "preliminary census results" are a fabrication, with no basis in fact. Post has confirmed with the local UNFP office, heavily involved in the entire census process, that scanning of the raw census data has not even begun [...]	2008-07-09 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1028	UN CONDUCTS DIRECT TALKS WITH KONY ON LRA PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1030	SPLM FEVERISHLY TRIES TO BROKER ILLUSORY "ICC [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) is trying to broker a "package deal" of political concessions on Darfur, CPA progress, and engagement with the International Criminal Court to blunt or mute the impact of pending new ICC indictments against senior officials of the Nati [...]	2008-07-10 06:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1031	MISSERIYA TRIBAL LEADER TELLS CDA "DON'T IGNORE US!" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez warned traditional Misseriya leader Sidiq Babo Nimer that the Misseriya risk being branded as aggressors if they resort to violence in Abyei and he urged that they argue their case carefully and reasonably. Sidiq praised Embassy efforts to engage the Misseriya, an [...]	2008-07-10 08:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM1033	UNMIS REGIONAL COORDINATOR ON THE SITUATION IN ABYEI, UNMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with Consul General Juba, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan David Gressley described UNMIS support for restoring security to Abyei and the conditions that must be met before the UN will aid in the return of IDPs to the town. He also reviewed the p [...]	2008-07-10 12:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1034	THE NEW NORTH/SOUTH WAR? IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM and the NCP are mired in an economic standoff grounded in competing interpretations of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It is the latest chapter in the two parties' complex and often dysfunctional relationship, and a further blow to hopes that unity can be made attra [...]	2008-07-10 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN EAID SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1035	BANK OF KHARTOUM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON DELISTING AS SDN [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 5. 2. (SBU) On July 10, Embassy was approached by Fadi Salim al Faqih, General Manager of the commercial Bank of Khartoum, on what actions the Bank might take and what procedures it should follow to be removed from the list of Specially Designated [...]	2008-07-10 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1036	CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION CO-CHAIR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prof. Abdullah Idris, co-chairman of Sudan's National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC),believes the newly-passed election law (REFTEL) provides a sound basis for elections, and he is optimistic that free and fair elections will take place on time in 2009. However, he c [...]	2008-07-10 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1038	CHADIAN REBELS SEEK NEGOTIATIONS WHILE WAITING FOR [...] (C) Chadian rebels are allegedly as strong and united as ever, but don't plan a major strike on Ndjamena until the next dry season, according to UFDD spokesman Mukhtar Yaya. In a meeting with polchief July 9 in Khartoum, Yaya claimed the UFDD is in control of two small towns in the northeast of [...]	2008-07-10 15:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1039	PREVENTING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL: NCP LEADER ON A [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese Presidential Advisor and NCP Parliamentary majority leader Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani July 10 to discuss the discomfiting possibility that a strong GOS response to ICC indictments will put CPA implementations on hold and affect US-Sudanese relations r [...]	2008-07-10 15:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1043	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1044	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU

08KHARTOUM1045	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1049	EMBASSY KHARTOUM PREPARATIONS IN ADVANCE OF ANTICIPATED ICC [...] (SBU) One day before the anticipated announcement by the ICC of indictments against senior Sudanese regime officials, Khartoum remains calm but the city is rife with rumors and speculation about what will happen and how the regime and other political forces in the country will react to the indi [...]	2008-07-13 11:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1051	SPLM/GOSS PLOT AND PLAN FOR WORST-CASE GNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The specter of an ICC indictment of President Bashir seems to have sent SPLM leadership circles in Juba into overdrive, spinning predictions of, and planning for, unrest and government reprisals. According to SPLM contacts, National Intelligence Security Services Chief Salah Ghosh [...]	2008-07-13 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1052	UN PREPARES FOR THE WORST IN DARFUR [...] (S/NF) The UN is preparing for the worst in Darfur and has drawn up evacuation plans for all of UNAMID, should that be required based on the actions Khartoum takes in response to the ICC indictments. Special assistants to JSR Adada and SRSG Qazi told polchief July 12 that JSR Adada and FC Agwa [...]	2008-07-13 14:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1054	SUDAN EAC AND UPDATED TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee convened on July 13 to review post operations, tripwires, and security considerations for Monday, July 14, when the ICC intends to announce indictments against Government of Sudan officials. In attendance were the CDA, A/DCM, RSO, MGT, CONS, [...]	2008-07-13 15:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR AMGT APER SU
08KHARTOUM1057	SPLM - APRIL SHOWERS BRING JULY RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministerial absenteeism rates have soared in Juba as talk of a comprehensive reshuffle of SPLM ministers and commissioners in both Khartoum and Juba gains increasing credibility. Reportedly, presumptive candidate lists were frozen in mid-June as Vice President Riek Machar object [...]	2008-07-14 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1059	KIIR URGES BASHIR NOT TO OVERREACT FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: First Vice President Kiir and others have urged President Bashir to react calmly to the announcement of ICC indictments July 14, in hopes that the CPA and peace efforts in Darfur remain on track. Kiir is concerned at the prospect of a weakened GNU Presidency and notes that extremi [...]	2008-07-14 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM106	HAC PROMISES TO COOPERATE ON DAI ISSUE [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez met January 24 with Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Ron and Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassabo Abdel Rahman for the second time this week to attempt to resolve the issue of USAID-funded transition partner Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI). Post is concerne [...]	2008-01-25 08:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1060	NHIAL DENG NHIAL: SPLM POSITION REMAINS WAIT AND [...] (C) CG officers met with SPLM National Liberation Council member and ex-Regional Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial July 13 to hear his perspective on SPLM preparations in response of an ICC indictment against President Bashir. Nhial had extensive one-on-one discussions with Kiir over the w [...]	2008-07-14 13:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1061	AFTER BASHIR INDICTMENT, SUDAN TAKES THE HIGH ROAD [...] (SBU) End summary: While keeping a steady drumbeat of negative media coverage, numerous but small and peace demonstrations, and slightly heightened security measures, the Khartoum regime reacted in a measured and careful way on July 14 to ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's announcement that h [...]	2008-07-15 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1065	DISAPPOINTED GNU INTENDS TO ENGAGE WITH ICC, WANTS [...] (C) Summary: The NCP plans to work with the SPLM to confront the ICC on legal grounds while simultaneously announcing a political initiative to solve the Darfur crisis, possibly naming FVP Salva Kiir to a committee that will develop and pursue the strategy. President Bashir is also sending FM [...]	2008-07-15 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1067	JEM AND SLA/U SHOW INCREASED COOPERATION IN GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Europe-based representatives of SLA/Unity and JEM met in Geneva last week at meetings hosted by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue ostensibly to discuss greater security for humanitarian operations in Darfur, but the workshop served as a springboard for mutual recognition and s [...]	2008-07-16 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM107	DDDC CONSULTATIONS ONGOING, BUT UNCOORDINATED [...] (SBU) Meeting with poloffs on January 23, Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) chair Abdul Mohamed painted a somber picture of the clumsy integration of UNAMID, the DDDC and the Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). According to Mohamed, no communications or administrative structure ha [...]	2008-01-25 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1071	UN DDR PROGRAM CITES POSSIBLE OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Program Manager of the UN Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (IDDR) program Basil Massey told poloff on July 9 that signing of the June 25 UN-GOS IDDR agreement in Geneva (ref A) capped a six-month long effort to move the DDR program forward. Massey said that at the [...]	2008-07-16 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1072	UNAMID RECEIVES "FULL COOPERATION" FROM GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the GOS has been providing and pledged to continue to provide full cooperation on UNAMID deployment, despite the recent ICC indictment of President Bashir. With regard to the July 8 attack on UNAMID forces i [...]	2008-07-16 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1074	MAHDI PROPOSES "THIRD WAY" WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez met with Umma Party leader Sadiq al Mahdi July 16, only two hours before the two-time former Prime Minister was to meet with Sudanese President Bashir Mahdi said he is pushing the President and the NCP to moderate their response to the ICC indictments, and to u [...]	2008-07-16 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1076	UNAMID PEACEKEEPER KILLED BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS IN WEST [...] (SBU) The joint African Union-United Nations force in Darfur (UNAMID) reported that one of its peacekeepers was killed at approximately 1600 on July 16 in the remote area of Forobaranga in West Darfur, near the Chadian border. UNAMID has yet to release an official report, but UN Department of S [...]	2008-07-17 08:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1081	GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN ON ABYEI AND THE ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: GOSS Minister for Regional Cooperation Barnabas Benjamin indicated he is hopeful that GOSS President Salva Kiir will successfully negotiate with VP Taha July 17 a solution to the Administrator and Deputy Administrator for Abyei. As Kiir himself told the CDA, he hoped to get an a [...]	2008-07-17 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1083	SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...]	2008-07-18 07:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1084	CORRECTED COPY - SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...]	2008-07-18 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1085	REMAINDER OF CHINESE ENGINEERING CONTINGENT ARRIVES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Completing a slow process which began in mid-November 2007, the remainder of the 315-troop Chinese engineering unit arrived as anticipated on July 17 for their deployment in Nyala. The Chinese Embassy reported that UNAMID continues to experience logistical problems in delivering [...]	2008-07-18 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1088	NCP SENSITIVE ABOUT IMAGE PROBLEM, EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: Just a few days prior to the announcement of the ICC indictment against President Bashir, on July 11 CDA and polchief met with senior NCP officials at the party headquarters in Khartoum to sound them out on possible solutions to Darfur and their impressions of relations with the U [...]	2008-07-20 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1090	SUDANESE HARDLINER: "WE NEED AMERICA'S HELP IN UN [...] (C) Summary: National Congress Party (NCP) hardliner Ali Karti said that Sudan feels let down by the United States not taking steps to prevent an ICC announcement of war crimes against President Al-Bashir, but seeks urgent American engagement on Darfur. Sudan is willing to entertain "any con [...]	2008-07-20 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1092	ICC INDICTMENT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC IN DARFUR; [...] (C) Since Abuja and the signing of the still-born DPA in 2006, Darfur experts have been puzzling for two years on how to change the dynamic in Darfur in order to enable a political process to gain traction. There was hope following UNSCR 1769 that deployment of UNAMID would improve the securi [...]	2008-07-21 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1093	DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS HINT AT COOPERATION WHILE MINNAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: Confidants of Minni Minawi report he has no immediate plans to return soon from Darfur. Meanwhile political representatives of JEM, SLA/MM, SLA/U and SLA/AW all hint at a new, grass-roots political initiative among Darfur rebel groups. JEM reports cooperation with SLA/AW, SLA/Un [...]	2008-07-21 09:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1098	ARAB LEAGUE NEGOTIATES FOUR-POINT PLAN WITH GOS ON [...] (C) In response to the ICC indictment of President Bashir, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa negotiated a four-point plan with GOS officials July 21 in Khartoum, according to AU Ambassador to Sudan Dr. Salah Halima and UNMIS polchief Muin Shreim. Halima told polchief and Shreim he is "o [...]	2008-07-22 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1099	SUDAN "FORMALLY ACCEPTS THAI AND NEPALESE UNITS," [...] (SBU) UN DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Amira Haqq and the entire UN agency team provided donor principals a comprehensive review on July 22 of the UN civilian presence on the ground in Darfur in the wake of their decision to go to Phase IV operations and draw down staff numbers as a precautio [...]	2008-07-22 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM11	AEC COORDINATORS MEET TO PLAN WORK IN THE NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AEC working group coordinators met January 3 at the behest of the Acting AEC Chairman (the Norwegian Ambassador) in advance of the first AEC plenary session for 2008. The Norwegian Ambassador said the NCP and the SPLM had agreed to brief the Commission on terms of the agreemen [...]	2008-01-03 14:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM110	GOS SQUEEZE ON NON-SIGNATORIES IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the December 30 arrest of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representative GEN Mohamed Bashir in El Fasher, the Government of Sudan (GoS) finally released Bashir but has ordered all non-signatory representatives to the ceasefire commission to leave El Fasher. As the [...]	2008-01-25 10:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM1103	UN PROPOSES TO TRAIN AND EQUIP ABYEI BASED JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) UNMIS Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup told poloff July 14 that the UN has proposed a Joint Integrated Police Unit (JIPU) Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) to jointly train the anticipated 1,000-troop JIPU in Abyei. He said that that the $835,000 RDP, if funded and implemented, would quickly [...]	2008-07-23 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1107	PRESIDENT BASHIR ADDRESSES EL FASHER [...] (SBU) For the first time in over a year, President Bashir traveled to Darfur and delivered a speech in El Fasher July 23, declaring the government's commitment to peace and economic development in Darfur. Addressing a crowd of thousands at an event with a heavy security presence, Bashir acknowl [...]	2008-07-23 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1108	RIZEIGAT ARAB CONCERNED ABOUT ETHNIC POLARIZATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21 poloffs met with Waleed Madibbo Mousa, a prominent Darfur Rizeigat Arab intellectual and civil society leader who recently organized the equestrian festival in Ed-Daien, South Darfur (Reftel). Madibbo expressed grave concern over the deepening ethnic divide in Darfur, [...]	2008-07-23 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG SU
08KHARTOUM1109	PROMINENT RIGHTS LAWYER PREDICTS BASHIR WILL GIVE UP HAROUN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the urging of the Arab League, the GOS has backed off from grand demonstrations and alarming public statements regarding the recent ICC indictment, according to famed Sudanese human rights lawyer and MP Salih Mahmoud Osman. Osman predicts that the GOS intends to surrender Ahm [...]	2008-07-24 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM111	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT: SOME PROGRESS BUT WELL BEHIND SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Egyptian political officer Tamer Azzam told poloff January 24 that Egyptian troops for three separate UNAMID deployments are poised to arrive in February and should complete their deployment by the end of April. Azzam said that the Egyptian contingent's equipment had arrived at Port Suda [...]	2008-01-25 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1110	RESPONSE TO UNCLASS STATE 43120, INFORMATION ON FORCED AND [...] (U) As requested under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, Section 105, post has no reason to believe that goods produced in Sudan are produced with forced or child labor in violation of international standards. While child labor is rife in Sudan, high unemployment m [...]	2008-07-24 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1117	PRESIDENT BASHIR DANCES THROUGH DARFUR TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: President Al-Bashir used a whirlwind visit to the capitals of Darfur's three states July 23-24 to highlight a total rejection of possible ICC indictments against him. He also offered his most inclusive and personal vision ever of a peaceful and united Darfur while freely admitti [...]	2008-07-27 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1118	RESPONSE CABLE: DEMARCHE TO GOSS ON SPLM PARTY [...] (C) CG Juba spoke with SPLM SG Pagan Amum regarding the proposed SPLM party leadership strategy session in Washington the week of August 18. Amum plans to present two proposals to SPLM Chairman Kiir and told us he should have a decision by the week of July 27. The first proposal would be for [...]	2008-07-27 13:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1119	SPLA PURCHASES RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS AND BEGINS PILOT [...] (SBU) The newly-established Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Air Force is awaiting the delivery of ten Mi-17 helicopters that are being manufactured by the Russian Kazan Helicopter Plant. In preparation of this equipment's arrival, SPLA troops are undergoing air maintenance, repair, and fl [...]	2008-07-27 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM112	DARFUR: THE PEACE PROCESS ON THE EVE OF THE AU [...] (C) Fifteen months after the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006, the Darfur peace process has not advanced. Disarray within and among the rebel movements has confounded UN and AU mediators, alleviated any pressure on Khartoum to make political concessions, and stalled negotiations. No via [...]	2008-01-25 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1120	SPLM VICE CHAIRMAN MALIK AGAR ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 26 meeting with ConGen Juba, Blue Nile State Governor and Vice Chairman of the SPLM Malik Agar said that the SPLM will contest the 2009 elections from top to bottom, and that party support to GOSS President Kiir is "solid." End summary. 2. (SBU) Meeting on the margin [...]	2008-07-27 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1121	UNMIS REGIONAL COORDINATOR ON THE SITUATION IN ABYEI AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 25 meeting with ConGen Juba, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan David Gressley reported that over a thousand SAF have now withdrawn from Abyei, leaving only approximately 100 in Abyei town who are expected to leave on the 26th or 27th of July. Gressley plann [...]	2008-07-27 13:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1122	SPLM SG OPTMISTIC ON ELECTION COMMISSION CREATION [...] (SBU) SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum told ConGen Juba July 23 that he was confident the National Elections Commission (NEC) would be established and operable before the end of August. The National Congress Party has already finalized its list of candidates, and allowed three names to be dis [...]	2008-07-27 13:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1123	MICHAEL MAKUEI AND THE SPLM ETHNIC BALANCING ACT [...] (SBU) Beyond the increasingly standard array of agenda items linked to the SPLM/NCP relationship and the CPA's implementation, this weekend's SPLM Political Bureau meeting, the party's first since the National Convention, will focus mainly on neutralizing the constant threat to Southern stabili [...]	2008-07-27 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1124	DESERT ARAB SHEIKH COMPLAINS OF GOS INDIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A North Kordofan desert Arab sheikh told poloff that Darfur insecurity has changed the way camels from the region are transported to Libya - by truck to avoid raids by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and take advantage of empty trucks returning to Libya. He criticized JEM [...]	2008-07-27 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1126	GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS ON ICC, ELECTIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-27 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1128	PLANNING FOR A U.S. TRADE DELEGATION TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ETRD PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1129	SPLM FORGES A STRATEGY ON ICC AND DARFUR [...] (C) In advance of the SPLM Political Bureau meeting in Juba July 26 and 27, CDA, DCM, and polchief met with SPLM D/SG Yasir Arman in Khartoum July 25. Arman said the Political Bureau would finalize a plan on Darfur that he and fellow SPLM Darfur Task Force leader Abdelaziz Helou had already d [...]	2008-07-28 14:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1130	DARFUR ROUNDUP: ATTACK ON SLM/MM, URF DISSOLUTION, AND JEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 28, Minni Minnawi and two other SLM/MM leaders confirmed reports that a Government of Sudan (GoS) security force attacked and killed four SLM policemen on July 26 in North Darfur. SLM/MM leaders described the event as an "intentional attack" on their movement coinciding [...]	2008-07-29 07:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1131	NCP STRATEGIST ON THE REGIME'S PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA and DCM met on July 27 with Dr. Sayed el Khatib, director of Khartoum's Center for Strategic Studies, the National Congress Party's (NCP) think-tank. Khatib, who played a key role in the NCP,s negotiation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with the Sudan People,s [...]	2008-07-29 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1133	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL REFLECTS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, a sarcastic Sudanese Presidential Advisor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Othman Ismail expressed his frustration with the failed U.S.-Sudanese bilateral discussions, claiming that S/E Williamson was ordered to end the nego [...]	2008-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM UN SU
08KHARTOUM1134	SPLM POLITICAL BUREAU CONSIDERS ELECTIONS AND ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last three days ConGen Juba has held separate discussions with four members of the SPLM Political Bureau (PB) that met in Juba over the July 26 and 27 weekend and two other senior members of the GOSS. Despite press reports that GOSS President Salva Kiir has announced th [...]	2008-07-29 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1137	UNAMID'S REPORTED FAILURE TO MOVE 3000 CONTAINERS [...] (SBU) UNAMID has over 3000 containers in Port Sudan and El Obeid, Kordofan waiting for transportation to Nyala, Darfur, according to a UNAMID administrative officer. At least half of these are in El Obeid. According to the officer and to other sources in the NGO and diplomatic community in Kh [...]	2008-07-30 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM114	NCP NAMES A NEW BUREAU OF STATISTICS CHIEF THREE MONTHS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-27 05:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1140	FM DENG ALOR ON ICC AND ABYEI INTRIGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 07:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1149	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID and Egyptian embassy sources told us that half of the anticipated 335 Egyptian engineers arrived July 24 and fully expect the remainder within the coming month. In addition, Egyptian advance teams arrived to prepare for the arrival of the 850-troop Egyptian infantry battal [...]	2008-07-31 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1150	SUDAN'S PUBLIC ORDER COURTS - ENFORCING MORALITY WITH A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First instituted by former President Nimeiri in 1983 as part of an Islamicizing trend, Sudan's Public Order Courts have continued to serve as the state mechanism for morality enforcement since the National Islamic Front's rise to power in 1989. Today the court still issues pun [...]	2008-07-31 15:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC SU
08KHARTOUM1151	CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO SUDAN (AUG 9-11) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to the August 8-15 visit to Sudan of Presidential Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson, Post regrets that it will be unable to fully support the visit by CoDel Payne to Southern Sudan during reftel timeframe. Unfortunately, the proposed August 9-11 dates for CoDel Payne to US [...]	2008-08-01 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1152	RIVAL FACTION DEVELOPING IN SLM/MM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior leaders within the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) appear ready to break off from Minnawi and form their own parallel movement, according to senior SLM/MM loyalists in two separate meetings with poloff on July 31. These leaders, including the Deputy C [...]	2008-08-01 09:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM1157	EU SPECIAL ENVOY SEES OPPORTUNITY IN KHARTOUM'S [...] (C) The European Union's Special Envoy for Sudan, Torben Brylle, sees both opportunity and peril in what he described as "Khartoum's new flexibility" in the wake of an announcement by ICC Prosecutor Ocampo about indicting President Al-Bashir for war crimes. In a meeting with Charge Fernandez [...]	2008-08-03 07:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1158	UMMA PARLIAMENTARIAN TURABI URGES SAF-US DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Umma Party Parliamentarian Mudawi al Turabi claimed to have Presidential approval to initiate discussions for cooperation on civil affairs between the Sudeanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the U.S. Defense Department, including engineering proj [...]	2008-08-03 08:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1164	SUDAN COMPLAINS ABOUT USUN VOTE, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge Fernandez to formally complain about remarks made at USUN on July 31 which seem to imply that the United States is supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) bringing war crimes and genocide charges against President Al-Bashir. [...]	2008-08-03 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1167	DARFUR CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN DAR ES SALAAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC) concluded a three-day conference for Darfuri civil society leaders in Dar Es Salaam. Thirty-five Darfuri leaders participated in the conference entitled "Reenergizing the Peace Process in Darfur." The conference pro [...]	2008-08-03 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM1168	SPLM SECRETARY GENERAL ON ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: At an August 1 meeting SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun told ConGen Juba that unless there is some dramatic change between now and 2011, the South will vote for independence. "Staying the course is a dead-end for Sudan," he said. One unlikely example of a dramatic change would [...]	2008-08-03 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1171	Sudanese Banking Sector: Bad Loans Persist, but Foreign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 July, local daily "Al-Rayaam" ran a story outlining problems of embezzlement and bad debts in the Sudanese banking sector, where an estimated 22% of all loans are deemed to be non-performing. Despite successive economic reforms over the past two decades, the volume of non [...]	2008-08-04 08:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SU
08KHARTOUM1172	ABYEI "BREAKTHROUGH" UNRAVELS THREE DAYS AFTER [...] (C) FM Deng Alor explained to CDA Fernandez late on August 3 that a potential Abyei "breakthrough" aimed at providing an interim administration for the troubled region had unraveled only 72 hours after he had informed us of the details (reftel a). Alor and National Congress Party (NCP) lead ne [...]	2008-08-04 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1173	Unrestrained Bashir Defies ICC Before Friendly Audience [...] Summary: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir's defiant speech against the International Criminal Court (ICC) received widespread and prominent coverage in the local press on August 4. Papers from across the political spectrum carried reports of the speech on the front page, complete with photos [...]	2008-08-04 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM1174	MSF Evacuates Staff in North Darfur Following Attacks on [...] (U) On August 1, the humanitarian organization Mdecins Sans Frontihres (MSF) announced that it had suspended activities and evacuated staff from Tawila and Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur, following violent attacks on MSF compounds. In two separate but similar attacks, groups of armed men enter [...]	2008-08-04 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM118	MFA WARNS CDA OF POSSIBLE HARSH COUNTERMEASURES ON EMBASSY [...] (SBU) A grim-faced Americas Department Office Director Abdel Basit Sanusi called CDA Fernandez in on January 26 to warn of the possibility of a series of Sudanese counter-measures against the US Embassy (and the CDA) in response to what the Sudanese see as a series of recent provocations by the [...]	2008-01-27 11:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1182	SPLM LEADERS SEE "GOLDEN OPPORUNITY" TO DEAL ON ICC [...] (C) Summary: SPLM leaders meeting in Khartoum on August 4 outlined a possible way forward on the disputed region of Abyei. They also pressed the US to see the potential ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir as "an opportunity for engagement, not isolation" with Khartoum and outlined what they [...]	2008-08-05 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1184	BASHIR OFFERS FEW DETAILS ON DARFUR INITIATIVE TO JEM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite showing a renewed interest in Darfur, Sudanese President Bashir has so far offered few concrete or specific ideas for solving the region's problems, say contacts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). [...]	2008-08-05 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1185	AEC PLENARY OF AUGUST 5, 2008: MEMBERS STRESS NEED TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the 34th Plenary Session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held August 5, 2008, members unanimously stressed the need for the two CPA partners to finally agree on an interim administration for the Abyei area to build on the momentum of progress made on security [...]	2008-08-05 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1186	AU URGES INCREASED GOS COOPERATION ON DARFUR, SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) The head of the AU Liaison Office in Khartoum, Ambassador Mahmoud Kane, told poloff on August 5 that AU Commission Chairman Ping's August 3 visit to Sudan was part of the AU's continuing efforts to urge Sudan's cooperation on Darfur issues. Seeking to downplay the significance of the eve [...]	2008-08-06 04:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1198	ANALYSIS OF SUDAN'S NEW ELECTION LAW REVEALS WELTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An analysis of Sudan's new election law reveals that the legislation contains many loose ends, some of which may be able to be repaired by the country's Ministry of Justice. However, the legislation's biggest shortcoming is probably the ambitious timeline it sets for the count [...]	2008-08-06 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM12	AIR OPERATIONS UNDER UNAMID SUFFER TRANSITION PAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has agreed to allow Canadian-financed helicopter contractor Skylink to provide air support to UNAMID until March 31, 2008. However, in a change from AMIS operations, the UN prohibits UN personnel to use Skylink aircraft resulting in large numbers of UN personnel waiting f [...]	2008-01-04 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1200	THE RISING COST OF LIVING IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: An informal survey conducted by Embassy staff showed that the cost of living in Khartoum has increased drastically over the past several months. While Sudan is certainly not immune to international commodity pricing pressures, the high cost of food staples has been compounded by [...]	2008-08-07 07:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1201	FUR LEADERS CLEAVE TO SPLM, OUTLINE PRIORITIES [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met on August 7 with traditional Fur tribal leaders from Nyala in South Darfur, Ahmed Rajal (Maqdoum of the Fur) and Suleiman Ishaq just returning from an SPLM-organized conference in Juba of Sudan's marginalized people (including Darfuris, Easterners like the Beja, and Nubia [...]	2008-08-07 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1202	EASTERN SUDAN LEADER WARNS OF "HIDDEN FAMINE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, the State Minister of Transportation, Mubarak Mabrouk Salem, and former Eastern Front leader of the "Rashaida Free Lions" rebel group, told CDA Fernandez that a famine is developing in Eastern Sudan. He stated that GoS officials have ignored or even covered up this [...]	2008-08-07 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1203	FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR URGES P-3 ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor requested an urgent meeting with CDA Fernandez August 6 to brief him on the latest developments on the ICC and Abyei. On the ICC, the SPLM has urged President Bashir to "engage with the ICC now" as well as with the P-3 in order to seek a possible deal on deferring th [...]	2008-08-07 15:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1204	COMING SOON: THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The Presidency is due to announce the nine members of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) within one week. Opposition parties have provided the Presidency with a solid list of 29 candidates, which one NCP Parliamentarian close to the regime calls "excellent." Once established, the N [...]	2008-08-08 10:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1205	NEWSPAPER HOSTS AN ICC DEBATE: SAME STUFF, DIFFERENT WAY [...] (U) On August 6, the Khartoum-based Sudan Vision newspaper hosted an event regarding the recent actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) entitled "Ocampo's Allegations: International Justice or Colonial Agendas." While the event seemed to promise a forum that would explore multiple pe [...]	2008-08-08 10:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KPAO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1208	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH GOSS PRESIDENT SALVA [...] (C) Summary: The formation of the Abyei Interim Administration and the deployment of police to Abyei may allow IDPs to begin to return to the troubled region, once the Chief Administrator indicates that the time is right, GOSS President Salva Kiir told visiting Special Envoy Williamson August [...]	2008-08-11 06:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1209	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH DAVID GRESSLY, UNMIS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On August 9, Special Envoy Williamson met with David Gressly, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan, to discuss the situation in Abyei and the ICC indictment. During the meeting in Khartoum, Gressly cited recent successes in the political situation throughout Sudan. However, he e [...]	2008-08-11 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM121	EL FASHER IDP REP ON HILAL APPOINTMENT AND UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 27 meeting with FieldOff, a representative of Abu Shouk internally displaced persons (IDP) camp gave a local perspective on latest Darfur events, including the appointment of former janjaweed militia leader Sheikh Musa Hilal to the post of Advisor to the Minister of [...]	2008-01-28 11:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1210	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, Special Envoy Williamson held two separate meetings with Darfuri civil society leaders to discuss the peace process in Darfur, humanitarian concerns and insecurity in the region. The leaders painted a dire picture of the situation on the ground, underscored by rampa [...]	2008-08-11 09:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1211	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SLM/MM LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 9, senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) told Special Envoy Williamson that the Darfur Peace Agreement remains in a state of neglect. SLM/MM leaders also criticized UNAMID, President Bashir's vague Darfur initiative, and the show of [...]	2008-08-11 09:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1212	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM ENVOY ANDERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Special Envoy Richard Williamson's August 9 meeting in Khartoum with Norwegian Petroleum Envoy Anders Hannevik, Williamson advocated NCP-SPLM negotiations on sharing petroleum revenues and on determining the North-South border in advance of the 2011 Referendum in which So [...]	2008-08-11 10:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1213	LRA LEADER KONY CONTACTS CHISSANO [...] (SBU) According to United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS),a representative of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in telephone contact with United Nations Special Envoy Joaquim Chissano and allegedly communicated that Kony will sign a peace agreement on August 15, 2008 at [...]	2008-08-11 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1214	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH UMMA LEADER SADIQ AL [...] (C) Umma party leader and two-time former Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi invited the SE Williamson delegation to dinner at his home in Omdurman on August 9. Al Mahdi called the ICC indictment of President Bashir a "god-send" and expressed hope that the GOS response to the indictment will help [...]	2008-08-12 07:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1215	SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO ABYEI AND AGOK [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson visited Abyei and Agok on August 10. UNMIS security, civil affairs, and force protection officers based at UNMIS headquarters in Abyei town who were present during the heavy fighting in mid-May provided an account of events. They suggested that more troops and armo [...]	2008-08-12 07:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1219	ICC INDICTMENTS: THE TIMING IS ALL WRONG SAY SUDANESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Sudan awaits a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Bashir, Sudanese scholars and African diplomats in Khartoum we have spoken with predictably believe that while atrocities have been committed in Darfu [...]	2008-08-12 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1223	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, senior UNAMID officials briefed SE Williamson at UNAMID headquarters in El-Fasher. Officials complained of growing insecurity, significant and ongoing delays in deployment, and an ambitious (and most likely unrealistic) plan to make up for lost time. SE Williamso [...]	2008-08-13 09:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1225	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 12 White House Special Envoy for Sudan (SE) Richard Williamson met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail. He was accompanied by the CDA, State/L Christine Sanford, SE Staff Assistants and Poloff (notetaker.) SE Williamson began the meeting by expressing app [...]	2008-08-14 07:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1229	KASSALA STATE- HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION AND CONCERNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between August 3 and 5, USAID staff visited Kassala State in eastern Sudan. During the trip, the USAID team delivered mosquito nets requested by a local teaching hospital, and met with local implementing partners and UN agencies to discuss aspects of the humanitarian situation in [...]	2008-08-14 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1230	JEM ACKNOWLEDGES ATTACK ON UNAMID HELICOPTER BUT SHIFTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 11, JEM fighters on Jebel Moon fired on a UNAMID helicopter which they thought was a GoS aircraft. JEM later released a press statement acknowledging its error, but both in this statement and in a contact with the field commander responsible for the unit, JEM attempte [...]	2008-08-14 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1232	WHERE OIL AND DARFUR INTERSECT - FIGHTING REPORTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following reports of fighting in North Darfur, SLA/AW Commander Suleiman Marajan told poloff via satellite phone on August 14 that there was significant fighting between his forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces on August 10 and 11 near Wadi Atrun, an area Marajan claimed oil exp [...]	2008-08-14 14:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1235	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Williamson and NCP strategist and presidential advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin sparred over Sudan's progress in implementing the CPA, cooperating on Darfur, and the future of bilateral relations. Ghazi implored SE Williamson to look past the details of visas and containers and [...]	2008-08-15 08:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1236	UNAMID PLANS TO ELIMINATE CONTAINER BACKLOG [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID estimates that it requires significantly enhanced cargo-transport capacity if it is to deploy planned, additional military and police personnel before the end of the year. UNAMID's ambitious goals, including additional cargo aircraft and material handling equipment, appe [...]	2008-08-15 09:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1237	UN BEGINS TRAINING ABYEI JOINT POLICE OFFICERS [...] (U) On August 11, UNMIS police started training the first of the Abyei Joint Integrated Police Units (JIPU) officers under a Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) approved by GONU Police General Al-A'del Ajab Yagob and GOSS South Sudan Police Service Inspector General of Police Lt. General Makuei Deng [...]	2008-08-15 09:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1238	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On 14 August Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz, the Minister of Finance and close confidante of President Bashir. Aljaz dismissed SE Williamson,s concerns about oil revenue sharing as unfounded and asserted that all the real problems in Sudan [...]	2008-08-15 12:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1239	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: On August 13 SE Williamson met with EU Ambassadors in Khartoum, at their request, to brief them on his latest visit to Sudan. Recounting details of his trip to Abyei, SE Williamson noted that he was encouraged by progress there, adding that a political solution there represented th [...]	2008-08-15 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU

08KHARTOUM1240	DARFURI LAWYERS DISMISSIVE OF NEW DARFUR CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On 13 August Poloff met with Faroug Adam, a member of the Darfuri Bar Association to discuss the appointment of Nimer Ibrahim Mohamed as the Chief Prosecutor of war crimes in Darfur. Adam noted that the absence of war crimes and genocide from Sudan's legal code, along with Moham [...]	2008-08-15 13:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1241	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson and Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie agreed to consider a resumption in bilateral discussions, possibly with a "re-calibrated" focus. Williamson stated several times during the meeting that President Bush's primary concern in Sudan is humanitarian, stating that " [...]	2008-08-15 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1247	CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO JUBA/ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne and Congressional Research Staff Member Ted Dagne traveled to Juba and Abyei during August 9-11 to gauge the status of Abyei Road Map implementation and to hear SPLM views on the pace of CPA implementation. In Abyei, Payne was troubled by evidence of a [...]	2008-08-17 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1248	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH OCHA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On August 14, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Chief, Mike McDonagh, briefed Special Envoy Williamson on the current state of affairs in Darfur and Abyei. Regarding Abyei, McDonagh noted progress with the pullout of the SPLM and SAF and the dep [...]	2008-08-17 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1249	US SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH THE NGO STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On August 13, SE Williamson met with the NGO Steering Committee to discuss the Committee's concerns regarding humanitarian aid programs throughout Sudan, particularly in Abyei and Darfur, as well as recent issues including the referral to the ICC for an arrest warrant against President Ba [...]	2008-08-17 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1250	SUMMER 2008: TRENDS ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: During July and August, USAID's field officers provided information and analysis on sector trends throughout Sudan. Examining the issues of safety and insecurity, food security, nutrition, health, returns, integration, and political process on a broader scale offers a chance [...]	2008-08-17 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1257	THE EASTERN FRONT: LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS AND [...] (C) On August 17 poloffs met representatives of the Free Lions Organization of Khartoum State to discuss reports that Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed had been stripped of his leadership. The representatives denied this was the case, describing instead a leadership squabble in which E [...]	2008-08-18 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1258	SLA/UNITY: WE WILL SUBMIT TO ICC IF INDICTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, leaders of SLA/Unity pledged their cooperation with the International Criminal Court, even if the ICC issues indictments against them or their SLA/Unity brethren. SLA/Unity leaders also separately told poloff via satphones that they support Luis Moreno Ocampo's req [...]	2008-08-19 07:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1270	UNAMID NIGHT FLIGHT CLARIFICATION [...] (U) On August 17, the Sudan Tribune online reported that the GoS has permitted UNAMID to conduct night flights in Darfur. The article reports that "eight months after the start of the hybrid mission, the Sudanese government agreed to allow the AU-UN peacekeeping force to fly at night, the head [...]	2008-08-20 05:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1272	BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...]	2008-08-20 08:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1276	WHILE DARFUR PLANS ABOUND, FOCUS SHOULD BE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last month, many politicians, opposition political parties, and civil society representatives have announced their proposals for ending the crisis in Darfur (see para 10 for a list of many of these initiatives). On August 19, three different groups and individuals (t [...]	2008-08-21 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1278	EASTERN FRONT: AMNA DIRAR DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On August 20 polchief and poloff met with Dr. Amna Dirar, Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Front. Dirar stated that she and other members of the Eastern Front had voted to suspend Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed because his decision to organize a conference for t [...]	2008-08-21 13:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM128	FREED DUP LEADER ALI HASSANEIN: DEMOCRATIZATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with CDA Fernandez on January 24 for the first time since his New Year's Eve release from prison, fiesty Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Secretary-General Ali Mahmoud Hassanein called for a SIPDIS democratic process in Sudan in which political parties abandon th [...]	2008-01-29 12:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM1280	LONDON-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CORRUPT, CO-OPTED BY NCP SAY [...] (U) Summary: Human rights advocates and Khartoum-based lawyers have revealed that Sudan's highest-profile international NGO, London-based Sudanese Organization Against Torture (SOAT),has stopped transferring grant funds to its Sudan-based representative organizations. Accusing SOAT of falling [...]	2008-08-22 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1282	EASTERN FRONT CHAIRMAN MUSA MOHAMED AHMED URGES [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 polchief and poloff met with Assistant to the President and Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed. Ahmed praised the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) for returning peace to the East, and noted that good progress was being made overcoming obstacles to its full [...]	2008-08-22 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1283	SPLM CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S RHETORIC, REPORT [...] (C) During a meeting with A/CDA Asquino and polchief May 20, GNU State Ministers of Agriculture and Justice expressed their concerns about recent statements by President Bashir during his visit to Turkey. Specifically, they are concerned about Bashir's threat that he would expel UN peacekeeper [...]	2008-08-22 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1284	DEFENSE LAWYERS, UNMIS SRSG AND OTHERS CRITICIZE GOS TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese courts have sentenced fifty people to death for participation in the May 10 JEM attacks. Defense lawyers criticized the proceedings as flawed and unconstitutional, and UNMIS SRSG Ashraf Qazi issued a statement questioning the constitutionality of the courts and proceedin [...]	2008-08-22 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1288	JUBA JOURNALISTS DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At ConGen Juba's monthly journalism club gathering 16 media representatives related their pessimism regarding the readiness of civil society to support the highly complex elections in 2009, but agreed that even if the outcome is flawed, the creation of a democratic state is an ev [...]	2008-08-25 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1289	FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur. As of 1100 hours, implementing partners and the UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported ongoing fighting, fires, and undetermined casua [...]	2008-08-25 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM129	SPLM FORGES A STRATEGY ON ICC AND DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 14:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1291	PESSIMISTIC WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER REVIEWS SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz worries that Khartoum is not thinking through the potential economic fallout in crafting its strategy to counter a possible ICC indictment of President al-Bashir. Nor is the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) in Juba focusing on the e [...]	2008-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1292	GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...]	2008-08-25 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1293	ABYEI JOINT SECURITY UNITS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to offers by donor countries to contribute to the newly-formed JIU and JIPU in Abyei, UNMIS has proposed a partnership package, including a donor trust fund, to facilitate donations. However, lack of will and both UN and Sudanese bureaucracy threaten to prevent the [...]	2008-08-25 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1294	ABYEI JOINT SECURITY UNITS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to offers by donor countries to contribute to the newly-formed JIU and JIPU in Abyei, UNMIS has proposed a partnership package, including a donor trust fund, to facilitate donations. However, lack of will and both UN and Sudanese bureaucracy threaten to prevent the [...]	2008-08-25 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1295	GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...]	2008-08-25 15:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1296	DDR PROGRESSES: CHANTING HAKAMA WOMEN URGE THEIR MEN TO [...] (U) On August 20, Emboffs traveled to the South Kordofan village of Lagawa, to attend a ceremony sponsored by the UN Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration (DDR) Unit, celebrating the final performance of the Lagawa "Hakamat" and the distribution of goats to its members. 2. (U) Th [...]	2008-08-25 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM1297	GOSS VP MACAHR CONTINUED OBJECT OF SUSPICION BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar is the object of continued reports by SPLA intelligence sources accusing him of conspiracies to undermine GOSS President Salva Kiir and assume leadership of Southern Sudan. This deep level of distrust of one of the [...]	2008-08-26 12:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1298	NCP EAGER FOR CONTINUED BILATERAL TALKS, FLEXIBLE [...] (C) During meetings with A/CDA Asquino and polchief August 25, two senior NCP regime insiders expressed a strong desire to resume bilateral discussions with the US. MFA U/S (and senior NCP official) Mutriff Siddiq told us that while the NCP would like another round of bilateral talks soon, th [...]	2008-08-26 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM130	SPLM SEES SLOW PROGRESS AND REVIEWS SUBVERSIVE YET [...] (C) Summary: SPLM SecGen and GNU Minister for Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amun sees the National Congress Party's "totalitarian structure intact" but is currently taking the long view towards NCP stonewalling about the December 2007 agreement that returned the SPLM to government. Amun, although resi [...]	2008-01-29 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1300	UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur (REFTEL). UNAMID stated that armed IDPs had set up human shields and fired first on GOS forces assembled outside the camp, and UNAMID managed [...]	2008-08-26 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1301	HIGHJACKING OF SUDANESE AIRCRAFT [...] (U) A/CDA was contacted by RSO (on TDY in Darfur) at 20:00 on August 26 and informed of the highjacking of a Sudanese domestic Sun Air Flight enroute from the Darfuri city of Nyala to Khartoum. The plane was diverted to Kufar, Libya where it landed. 2. (U) A/CDA passed this information to [...]	2008-08-26 19:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08KHARTOUM1302	RIZEIGAT, MISSERIYA TRIBAL FIGHTING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting that began on August 20 between Misseriya and Rizeigat herders resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people in South Darfur. Misseriya elder Kamil Nimir downplayed the violence, characterizing it as a dispute over access to water that spiraled out of control due to th [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1303	KALMA IDP CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources confirmed that 33 IDPs were killed on August 25, with 31 buried inside the camp following the fighting, and two dying at the hospital in Nyala. The embassy received an unconfirmed report from Fur tribal leaders that of the 33 dead, 11 women were killed, two of whom were pr [...]	2008-08-27 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1304	UPDATE ON HIGHJACKING OF SUDANESE AIRCRAFT TO LIBYA [...] (SBU) As of 1500 local time, media reports indicted that the highjackers had released the reported 95 passengers from Sudanese Sun Air 737 aircraft diverted to Kufra, Libya, (reftel,) but continued to hold the crew hostage. The highjackers were said to be demanding fuel to fly the craft to Eur [...]	2008-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER EAIR SU LY
08KHARTOUM1305	UPDATE ON HIGHJACKING OF SUDANESE AIRCRAFT TO LIBYA [...] (SBU) As of 1500 local time, media reports indicted that the highjackers had released the reported 95 passengers from Sudanese Sun Air 737 aircraft diverted to Kufra, Libya, (reftel,) but continued to hold the crew hostage. The highjackers were said to be demanding fuel to fly the craft to Eur [...]	2008-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER EAIR SU LY
08KHARTOUM1310	BASHIR OFFERS SCOLDING AND CALL FOR UNITY IN JUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In marked contrast with his recent tour of Darfur, and indicative of still-strained relations between the NCP and SPLM, President Bashir's visit to Juba - his first appearance in the South in more than two years and only his second visit to the seat of the GOSS Presidency since t [...]	2008-08-28 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1311	KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (SBU) As photos circulated on the internet of Kalma IDPs burying their dead from the August 25 violence, political actors in Darfur remain uncertain on how to deal with the events that left 32 IDPs dead, and up to 17 police officers injured. Ali Mahmoud, Wali of South Darfur, was vocal in his d [...]	2008-08-28 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1312	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 26 and 27, six senior leaders of UNAMID separately discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs. Most officials dismissed 80% deployment by December 31 as unrealistic, but predicted this goal may be reached by March 2009 if UNAMID completes upgrades to Darfur's air [...]	2008-08-29 11:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1313	SOUTHERN SUDAN OPPOSITION PARTIES: CHANCES OF FREE AND FAIR [...] (U) During a gathering at ConGen Juba on 25 August, southern opposition parties declared the chances for free and fair elections in 2009 to be "non-existent" given the abbreviated period to prepare for and conduct elections, the inability of small parties to finance adequately their planned ac [...]	2008-08-29 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1314	GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN REQUESTS UN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Acting on direct orders from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir Mayaradit, Vice President Riek Machar formally requested elections assistance from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) SRSG Qazi on August 16. This request allows UNMIS and UNDP to begin expedit [...]	2008-08-29 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID KDEM UN SU
08KHARTOUM1315	KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) UNDSS Chief for South Darfur Abdalla Janakat provided additional details on the August 25 attack by GOS police forces on Kalma Camp. He told poloff in Nyala August 28 that 60 GoS vehicles surrounded the camp on the morning of the August 25 attack. He said IDPs likely had intelligence o [...]	2008-08-29 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM132	SOUTHERN NCP REP: "WE DO NOT WANT TO BE USED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jock Dei Deng, Southerner and NCP representative in the GoSS, warned that the 2009 elections will stir up violence and may splinter the South. He said that the North will use this opportunity to prevent or delay the 2011 referendum. He expressed concern that the NCP may use its [...]	2008-01-29 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1323	GOVERNANCE CAPACITY IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) was created with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2005. No government of its kind existed before it in Southern Sudan -- the earlier Executive Council that resulted from the 1972 Addis Ababa Accords did not have anyw [...]	2008-09-01 12:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1327	GOSS VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON ELECTIONS AND ICC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar maintains that the SPLM has committed itself to elections at all costs, and that the party has refused to allow itself to be held hostage by declining implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The VP claim [...]	2008-09-01 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL PREF DPKO SOCI UNSC AU SU
08KHARTOUM1328	INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN DARFUR FACE "SHRINKING HUMNATITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior UN humanitarian officials report that, despite improved cooperation with the Khartoum Government, international NGOs (INGOs) in Darfur are facing increased scrutiny and harassment from state authorities, possibly in connection with ICC prosecutor Ocampo's request that [...]	2008-09-01 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1329	REGIME INSIDER ACKNOWLEDGES KALMA CAMP MASSACRE, [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq September 1 to discuss the Kalma Camp attack. CDA Fernandez told Siddiq that events in Kalma camp in South Darfur constituted a massacre of civilians, including many women and children, and urged the GOS to bring the perpet [...]	2008-09-01 14:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID KPKO PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1331	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1332	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1333	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1334	FUR TRADITIONAL LEADER INCENSED BY KALMA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Charge d'Affaires Fernandez met with the Fur "Maqdoom" of South Darfur Ahmed Adam Rijal, to convey his private condolences to the Fur leader following the killings of at least 33 IDPs at Kalma camp on August 24. Visibly upset, the Maqdoom recounted that this tragedy is p [...]	2008-09-02 05:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1336	MACHAR EXPECTS SEPTEMBER 6 MEETING WITH LRA [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 meeting with ConGen Juba, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar expressed his confidence that LRA Leader Joseph Kony would meet him in Rikwangba on September 6 to discuss the Juba Peace Agreement. Machar thought it possible Kony would sign the agreement on that day, al [...]	2008-09-02 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1337	MORE DETAILS COMING OUT ABOUT KALMA CAMP ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As access improves to Kalma camp, GoS officials, and the Nyala hospital, more details are filtering out about what happened in the August 25 attack. The primary emergency care doctor at Nyala told poloff on August 30 that the injuries sustained by the IDPs were "massive" and i [...]	2008-09-02 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1338	DEEPENING SPLA PAY ARREARS THREATEN DISCIPINE, MORALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLA morale and discipline are sagging as soldiers face arrears in pay averaging two months, while some troops reportedly have not been paid during the past six months. With 2008 funds already exhausted because of corruption and cost overruns, there seems little prospect for r [...]	2008-09-02 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM PINS MOPS ASEC SU
08KHARTOUM1343	RIZEIGAT ARAB LEADER PROPOSES GRASSROOTS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on prominent Rizeigat Arab and civil society leader Dr. Waleed Madibbo Mousa September 2 to discuss the latest developments in Darfur. Madibbo stated that the NCP regime is incapable of solving the Darfur crisis, which is increasingly threatening to destabiliz [...]	2008-09-03 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1344	SPLM FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER DEMARCATING SUDAN'S NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir's August 27 public comments have put the North-South border demarcation issue at the center of the latest SPLM/NCP political impasse. Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Executive-Committee talks are concerned that border demarcation could spark unint [...]	2008-09-03 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV KDEM MARR ASEC UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1345	UMMA HOPES FOR AN ALLIANCE WITH THE SPLM [...] (SBU) According to Dr. Balgees Badri, a Sudanese scholar and a powerful National Umma Party female figure, the elections will play out in one of two ways: (1) the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Bashir delays elections until 2010, at which point the SPLM is only interested in the re [...]	2008-09-04 05:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1346	AEC PLENARY SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 35th plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) was held at AEC headquarters in Khartoum on September 2, 2008. Most of the session was devoted to lengthy reports on the current situation in South Kordofan, and preparations for national elections in 200 [...]	2008-09-04 05:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1351	NEW ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWS HIS PLANS WITH CDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly designated Abyei Administrator Arop Mayak told CDA Fernandez that his immediate plans include establishing an environment that will permit the IDPs to return soon, reestablishing security, and promoting ethnic reconciliation between all the groups in the area. CDA Fernand [...]	2008-09-04 09:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1352	TURF WARS - RIVAL GOS FORCES CREATE A CHAOTIC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rivalry and competition between government security agencies, paramilitary units, and proxy forces have led to a chaotic, violent, and militarized environment in Darfur, according to multiple and varied sources in North and South Darfur. These contacts (from UNAMID, DPA signato [...]	2008-09-04 09:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1353	"WE'VE DONE ENOUGH FOR ICC DEFERRAL," CLAIMS [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with Minister of Federal Rule Abdel Rahman Saeed on September 3. Saeed is an interesting figure in Sudanese politics. A career military man, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) in 1989 when his subordinate, General (now Marshal) Omar Al-Bashir led a [...]	2008-09-04 10:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1354	CHINA COUNSELS SUDANESE ENGAGEMENT, U.S. RESTRAINT [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Sudan, Chinese Special Envoy Zhai Jun strongly counseled the GOS to remain prudent in dealing with the threatened arrest warrant for President Bashir and to continue to engage with the international community, according to Chinese Ambassador Li. Zhai even sug [...]	2008-09-04 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU-1 SU CM
08KHARTOUM1360	DARFUR ARAB REBEL LEADER STILL VOWS HE'S RETURNING [...] (C) On September 3, Arab-rebel leader Anwar Khatir told poloff that "within days" he would return to Darfur to resume his activities. (Note: Khatir has been described by leading Darfur experts such as Julie Flint as "Darfur's emerging Arab leader." After the GoS jailed and tortured him and [...]	2008-09-05 09:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1361	BASSOLE: SUDAN SHOULD NOW MAKE THE FIRST MOVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN/AU's Chief Mediator to Darfur, Djibril Bassole told CDA Fernandez that the Government of Sudan (GoS) should take the first step to solve the Darfur crisis. According to Bassole, a positive unilateral move by the government on any number of security and hu [...]	2008-09-05 09:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1363	UK CONSULTANTS ON DDR: MISTRUST AND INAEDQUATE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, a team of UK-funded consultants assessed UN, GNU, and GoSS capacity to carry out a mammoth disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program planned to commence in January 2009. They found that while the GoS has sufficient capacity to start [...]	2008-09-07 06:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM1365	FUR SHURA COUNCIL MEETING WITH CDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 4, leaders of the Fur Shura Council (FSC) told CDA Fernandez that they are suspicious of any NCP-led investigation into the Kalma camp attack. CDA Fernandez expressed his condolences for those killed in the Kalma camp attack, while FSC representatives emphasized th [...]	2008-09-07 09:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1366	HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6 and 7, multiple UNAMID, rebel, and civil society leaders separately contacted poloffs and reported intense fighting between rebel and GoS forces near Birmaza, North Darfur. (Note: According to UN maps, Birmaza is located approximately 50 kilometers north of Kutum [...]	2008-09-07 10:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1367	BEJA CONGRESS LEADERS SEEK HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, Beja Congress Executive Committee members requested USG capacity building and media training support as their organization transitions from an armed opposition movement to a civil political party. They echoed reports of impending famine in the East in the near f [...]	2008-09-07 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EAGR KDEM AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1369	TRANSFER OF DETAINEE TO SUDAN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 8. Siddiq welcomed the possibility of the upcoming transfer. He confirmed that the same humane treatment, security and access assurances previously provided by the GOS with respect t [...]	2008-09-08 10:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG SU
08KHARTOUM137	UNMIS ON SAF AND SPLA REDEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Joint Operations Center (JOC) officer Major Ashe Brunton told poloff January 29 that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have largely complied with the troop redeployments outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) (apart from the oil fields) but [...]	2008-01-30 11:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1370	ICC ACTION, SUDAN'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION, AND SOUTH SUDAN [...] (SBU) According to GNU Parliamentary Affairs Minister Joseph Okel, the NCP is doing little to stave off an impending ICC indictment of President Bashir and lamented that the 25 August Kalma IDP camp incident has moved the GoS further away from securing an Article 16 suspension from the UNSC. O [...]	2008-09-08 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1371	MINNAWI: GOS OPERATIONS IN NORTH DARFUR ARE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, SLM Chairman and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told poloff that he considers GoS military operations in North Darfur to be a declaration of war. Minnawi specifically cited combined SAF, Arab militia, and janjaweed deployment surrounding SLM/MM cont [...]	2008-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1372	GOS MAKES A DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION: PERSUADING THE [...] (C) On 7 September, Charge Fernandez met with GNU presidential advisor and NCP insider Mustafa Osman Ismail. Armed with the message that the GoS can and should do something fast, serious, and concrete on Darfur to prove that it is serious about engagement with the West, Ismail met the CDA with [...]	2008-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1373	TRANSFER OF DETAINEE TO SUDAN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 8. Siddiq welcomed the possibility of the upcoming transfer. He confirmed that the same humane treatment, security and access assurances previously provided by the GOS with respect t [...]	2008-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG SU
08KHARTOUM1374	BASHIR TELLS FM "I HAVE DECIDED TO FIGHT ICC TO [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Al-Bashir told FM Alor on September 8 that he intends to confront rather than challenge the international community on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also expressed displeasure with Alor and decided that VP Taha should make his case at UNGA. Deng Alor [...]	2008-09-08 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1376	GOS CLAIMS IT ACTED IN NORTH DARFUR TO SECURE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) According to MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Siddiq, who holds the MFA's Darfur portfolio, the September 6 and 7 fighting between GoS and rebel forces in North Darfur was a direct result of UNAMID and WFP's requests for the GoS to clear feeder roads of bandits in the area of Birmaza. Accordi [...]	2008-09-09 04:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1377	DARFUR - NGOS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE [...] (U) Between August 27 and 31, a USAID officer visited El Fasher and Nyala and met with partner organizations to discuss the current challenges facing the humanitarian organizations in Darfur. In the meetings, relief agencies reported a notable and concerning up tick in harassment and bureaucra [...]	2008-09-09 04:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM138	DPKO GUEHENNO's VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS successfully avoided senior-level meetings with DPKO U/S Guehenno during his visit to Sudan and continues to drag its feet on finalizing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and other UNAMID-related issues. The AU Summit in Addis Ababa provides a good opportunity to press [...]	2008-01-30 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1383	PARADOXICAL DARFUR COMPENSATION CHAIRMAN WILL RETURN TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 4 meeting with poloffs, TDRA Compensation Committee Chairman Abulgasim Ahmed Abulgasim said that the many Darfur initiatives and proposals (including his own plan recently rejected by the NCP,) are unable to fundamentally change Darfur (reftel). In a remarkable tur [...]	2008-09-11 07:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR EFIN MOPS KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1385	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION TAKING SHAPE, SLOWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Elements of the new Abyei Administration, notably on the security side, are taking shape, but Abyei Roadmap implementation remains constrained by the lack of a functioning civil administration. The local government should begin receiving oil revenues (calculated by the Finance [...]	2008-09-11 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1386	United Nations Africa Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Deployment [...] (SBU) Summary: Self-sufficiency is a key component for Troop-Contributing Country (TCC) deployment success as 3,900 UNAMID-shepherded containers continue to be held up in Port Sudan and El Obeid by both internal factors and by the regime. An emphasis on local procurement could decrease expense [...]	2008-09-11 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1387	NYALA AND KALMA CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez traveled to Nyala on September 9-10 to meet with officials from the GOS and UNAMID, IDP leaders and humanitarian actors in the wake of the killing of dozens of IDPs in Kalma camp by GOS forces. The unrepentant Wali of South Darfur heaped scorn on the residents of Ka [...]	2008-09-11 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1388	FORMER DARFUR CEASEFIRE REPS AFRAID FOR LIVES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming that the International Criminal Court is using information they collected in their previous duties, ex-representatives of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) fear GoS reprisal, including detention, unexplained disappearances, and targeted assassinations. Contacts alleged th [...]	2008-09-12 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU
08KHARTOUM1389	CHADIAN REBELS CLOSE TO SELECTING SINGLE LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, UFDD/F spokesman Mouktar ben Yahya told poloff that the leaders of five Chadian rebel movements are currently meeting in Sudan and will choose a single leader of an allied force this week. Yahya vowed that without progress in the peace process, the rebels would s [...]	2008-09-12 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM139	EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN UN [...] (SBU) The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) mandates that all civilian employees, military personnel, and UN Volunteers undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Chief of Conduct and Discipline Aster Zaoude, all personnel must undergo prev [...]	2008-01-30 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1390	INFLUENTIAL NCP STRATEGIST CALLS FOR SERIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1391	JANJAWEED DOMINATE NORTH DARFUR PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Janjaweed and Arab militias have dominated the Birmaza and Deisa attacks in North Darfur, according to multiple contacts. One advisor to infamous janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told locally employed staff that SAF directed Arab militias to intentionally target Zaghawa strongholds i [...]	2008-09-12 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1393	MY MY, IS THAT AN OCAMPO YOU'RE WEARING? [...] SUMMARY: The latest fashion craze for Sudanese women is a toup (traditional Sudanese sari-like dress) named after International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The "Ocampo" toup is a glittering, sequin-heavy design of chiffon. Its title continues a trend of naming clothing [...]	2008-09-14 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1394	SUDAN - NORWEGIAN IDEAS ON JOINT OIL-REVENUE [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to Norwegian oil advisor Hannevik, the NCP already appears on board to participate in talks to separate sharing of Abyei oil revenues from the . The SPLM seems more ambivalent, but still interested. He envisions focu [...]	2008-09-14 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN UN
08KHARTOUM14	MURDER OF SLA/MINAWI CEASEFIRE COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the same day that JEM representative to the Ceasefire Commission GEN Mohammed Basher was arrested along with five other JEM members, an SLA/Minawi representative was killed in Mellit (North Darfur) along with his nephew, who worked for PAE. These two events demonstrate the cha [...]	2008-01-06 04:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD
08KHARTOUM1404	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAHEDDIN GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin, current thinking of GoS policy makers is clouded by the suspicion that the West is less interested in resolving the Darfur conflict than it is in regime change in Khartoum. He agreed that Sudan needs to deliver a more substan [...]	2008-09-15 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA SU
08KHARTOUM1405	"FM ALOR WARNS OF POSSIBLE, UNSPECIFIED "SUDANESE [...] (C) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez on September 15 that, despite his warning last week that Sudan intends to defy the ICC (reftel),the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Bashir is coyly keeping all its options open. Alor said that he had learned that an expensi [...]	2008-09-15 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1406	SLM/MM ON EAST JEBEL MARRA FIGHTING AND ZAMZAM INCURSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 15, three senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) in North Darfur told poloff that SLM/MM "routed" GoS forces in East Jebel Marra on September 14 following combat on September 13 in the same region. SLM/MM leaders also gave a detail [...]	2008-09-16 06:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1410	MEDIA REACTION: THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WILL SAVE BASHIR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: An article published by Alex Duval in the September 14 edition of The Guardian (UK) entitled "British efforts to block the ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir" has emboldened the state-influenced press of Khartoum. The article made front-page news September 15 and 16, with a n [...]	2008-09-17 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1411	MEDIA REACTION: THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WILL SAVE BASHIR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: An article published by Alex Duval in the September 14 edition of The Guardian (UK) entitled "British efforts to block the ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir" has emboldened the state-influenced press of Khartoum. The article made front-page news September 15 and 16, with a n [...]	2008-09-17 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1415	SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered talking points and dipnote with text of letter from Coast Guard RADM Salerno (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 15. The letter was addressed to Foreign Minister Alor. U/S Siddiq acknowledged the sensitivity of allowing [...]	2008-09-18 06:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1416	LEADING BUSINESSMAN ON SUDAN'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Sudanese business magnate Osama Daoud outlined a project to gradually develop as much as 1.26 million acres in northern Sudan for agricultural production. Daoud sees Sudan,s agricultural potential as immense, but says that it currently has far to [...]	2008-09-18 06:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1417	SUDANESE INTEL CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The GOS will be hard-pressed to control the actions of Islamic radicals in Sudan if the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh told CDA Fernandez September 17. Ghosh clarified that he did not tell French Presidential Advisor Bruno Joubert th [...]	2008-09-18 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1419	PROSECUTION PRESENTS EVIDENCE DURING THIRD SESSION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 11, U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic, and Public Diplomacy sections attended the third session of the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville [...]	2008-09-19 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1420	KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS EMBASSY SANA'A ATTACK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on September 18 to review the details of the September 17 terrorist attack on Embassy Sana'a, to evaluate any possible connections to Sudan, and to determine if our security posture can be increased to better defend ag [...]	2008-09-19 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR PTER AMGT PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1422	"THIS TIME, THEY'RE SERIOUS?" - SUDAN MAKES UP [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for UNGA, Sudanese VP Ali Osman Taha hammered out a reconciliation with disgruntled Darfur rebel leader Minni Minnawi, promising full compliance of the semi-moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement and an end to recent fighting and bombing in Darfur. Taha a [...]	2008-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU

08KHARTOUM1427	THE NUBA MOUNTAINS: WHERE INSECURITY AND INTEGRATION ARE A [...] (SBU) Poloffs traveled to Kadugli, Southern Kordofan, the heart of the Nuba Mountains, on 13-16 September. Southern Kordofan state, which shares its own CPA protocol with Blue Nile State, faces a number of unique challenges, one being the integration of formerly-controlled SPLA areas into the [...]	2008-09-21 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1428	POST-2011 SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE COULD LEAVE KHARTOUM IDP'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Little attention is being paid to the mechanics of an initially non-violent break-up if, as widely expected, Southern Sudan votes for independence in the 2011 referendum. Several IDP experts have raised the possibility that Northern anger towards Southerners could be directed at [...]	2008-09-21 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV EAID KIRF KPKO SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM143	FESTIVE IGHQ HANDOVER SENDS CLEAR WARNING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At the handover of a US-built military facility for the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in Juba, GOSS President Salva Kiir warned of rising tensions related to border disputes, military incursions from the north and other failed commitments to the CPA by the National Congr [...]	2008-01-30 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL AU SU
08KHARTOUM1431	SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT APPROVAL [...] (C) The GOS has approved the October visit of the USCG assessment team, NISS liaison Col. Osman Muktar told Station Chief September 21. 2. (C) Col. Muktar said the GOS would not provide approval notification through MFA channels. Muktar requested additional details about the assessment tea [...]	2008-09-22 07:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1433	NCP TIMELINE AND AGENDA FOR SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Within the next two to three weeks, the Sudanese regime will organize a conference on Darfur to seek consensus on its much-touted, but ill-defined, "Sudan People's Initiative," intended to bring peace to the troubled region, NCP Politburo chief Mandour al Mahdi and former South Da [...]	2008-09-22 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1434	OVERVIEW OF DARFUR REBEL POSITIONS, RELATIVE STRENGTH, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent visits to El-Fasher and Nyala, UN security provided an overview of Darfur rebel group's positions, relative strength, and potential for coordination. Sources stated that areas of control are fluid and prone to change, especially following GoS operations in North D [...]	2008-09-22 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1435	LACK OF PEACE DIVIDENDS IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN LEAVES THE [...] (SBU) During a meeting with poloff in Kadugli on 14 September, Deputy Governor of Southern Kordofan Daniel Kodi (SPLM) expressed frustration with what he perceived as a lack of peace dividends from the CPA and the neglect of Nuban interests by the GoSS and the GNU. Kodi explained the challeng [...]	2008-09-22 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1438	WHERE ARE DARFUR'S HIJACKED CARS AND TRUCKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's hijacking is a complex phenomenon, according to UNAMID, INGOs, and local contacts based in El-Fasher and Nyala. Most sources placed the majority of the blame on many different rebel movements, with one contact describing a transportation chain through SLM/MM and SLA/Un [...]	2008-09-23 05:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1439	CDA DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WFP Deputy Regional Representative Monika Midel emphatically denied that the WFP had sought GoS military action in North Darfur to provide security for humanitarian operations there. She confirmed the existence of black markets in Chad and Darfur where hijacked humanitarian s [...]	2008-09-23 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM1440	UN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMINING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) and its contractors expect a 90 per cent success rate in clearing mines and unexploded ordinance (UXOs) in Sudan prior to a mid-2011 program handover to national authorities. Even with the current optimism, UNMAO doesn't realisticall [...]	2008-09-23 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KHDP KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1445	UPDATE ON TAHA-MINNAWI AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Muhammad Tijani, a senior SLM/MM leader and Minnawi confidant, told poloff that "so far" he is satisfied with the GoS's response to the September 19 agreement between Vice President Taha and SLM Chairman Minni Minnawi in El-Fasher (ref A). Muhammad Tijani stat [...]	2008-09-24 05:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1449	TDRA OFFICIALS FEAR ZAGHAWA DOMINANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 23, the leaders of both the Compensation and Land Commissions in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) told poloff that they fear the Zaghawa tribe's dominance in Darfur and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). Head of the Land Commi [...]	2008-09-25 06:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM145	MALLOCH BROWN ADVOCATES INCENTIVES TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: UK Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN Lord Mark Malloch Brown told CDA Fernandez January 30 that the UK would like to offer the Government of Sudan a package of incentives tied to milestones on peace in Darfur and CPA implementation, accompanied by a clear message of consequence [...]	2008-01-31 07:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1450	IFTAR WITH THE "JANJAWEED" [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise meeting, notorious janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told CDA that he was duped by Khartoum in his actions during the worst years of 2003-2005 in Darfur, he regrets his past, and has apologized in several tribal venues to Darfur's African tribes. He blamed Darfur's "excesse [...]	2008-09-25 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1451	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID officials still believe that sixty-percent deployment is possible by the end of 2008, and eighty-percent is achievable by the end of March 2009. However, for this to happen, all former AMIS battalions must rotate at full strength and several new battalions have to be will [...]	2008-09-26 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1455	THE THREAT TO PEACE IN A FORGOTTEN LAND: [...] (C) A recent visit to the Nuba Mountains revealed growing unease in the area as a result of the proliferation of armed groups. Consisting of the SAF, the Popular Defense Force (PDF),the Central Reserve Police (better known as the janjaweed),SPLA splinter groups led by break-away SPLA fighte [...]	2008-09-28 10:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1456	NORTH-SOUTH FOREX TRANSFER DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) In a September 25 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) Governor Dr. Sabir Mohamed Hassan asserted that the Bank of Southern Sudan's (BOSS) refusal to transfer excess foreign currency reserves to Khartoum was a clear violation of the CPA that was hampering his ability t [...]	2008-09-28 11:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1457	GOS REINFORCES TROOPS AND MILITIA IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The GOS has "heavily reinforced" its positions, troops, and militias in Darfur in recent weeks, according to UNAMID's Joint Mission Analysis Center (JMAC) section chief Colonel Serge Kuhn (French). JMAC also reported that SLM/AW and SLA/U are coordinating and defending each other [...]	2008-09-28 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1458	DARFUR'S PROLIFERATING PEACE PROPOSALS - FORM IN [...] (C) Summary: Since the ICC crisis broke, the number of peace proposals and initiatives for solving Darfur have increased as the regime searches for a way out at minimal cost to itself. Observers and participants say that these proposals are long on rhetoric and, so far, short on substance. The [...]	2008-09-28 14:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1460	MISSERIYA CONTINUE SEARCH FOR PEACE BENEFITS [...] (SBU) A growing influx of arms into Misseriya areas of Southern Kordofan State and continued feelings of disenfranchisement among Misseriya over perceived losses in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have contributed to increased tensions in this tense region. There is a crucial need to sh [...]	2008-09-29 07:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1468	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with poloff, UNAMID officials reiterated the belief that 60% deployment is possible by the end of 2008. Road and rail transport of COE remains ongoing, but the lack of an air bridge and adequate air assets remain a significant obstacles to accelerated de [...]	2008-10-03 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1469	GOSS CONTEMPLATES RANSOM PAYMENT FOR TANKS [...] (C) Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Internal Affairs Paul Mayom Akec told CG Juba October 1 that the Government of Southern Sudan was preparing to pay a ransom to the Somali pirates holding the SPLA,s long-awaited arms shipment ) should there be a drop in price. &We are scraping the [...]	2008-10-03 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM147	GOS STRENGTHENS MINISTRY OF FINANCE, IMPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 29 meeting with emboffs, Wabel Abdallah, the Sudan resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),stated that the recent firing of the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is very positive and long overdue. Abdallah stated that this mov [...]	2008-01-31 08:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL PINR SU
08KHARTOUM1483	9/29 HELICOPTER CRASH - NO EVIDENCE OF SMALL WEAPONS FIRE [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with UNAMID Public Information Director Kamal Saiki on October 5 regarding the September 29 crash of a UNAMID-contracted helicopter, which resulted in the deaths of three Russians and 1 Sudanese. Saiki said that UNAMID has received no indication that the Mi-8 helicopter, con [...]	2008-10-05 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1484	BOOMING OIL REVENUES PROVIDE SOUTH SUDAN WITH BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An oil-revenue windfall will more than cancel out mismanagement of budget expenditures in early 2008 and leave the GoSS with a significant fiscal surplus, according to the south Sudan World Bank manager. By year's end the government may have set aside as much as $500 million i [...]	2008-10-06 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1487	DARFUR ROUNDUP: SPLM MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM South Darfur Agriculture Minister Omer Abdel Rahman Adam survived a harrowing ambush attempt, but refused to speculate on the perpetrators. The incident has ignited outrage in Darfur and as well as Juba, where Salva Kiir has ordered the formation of an investigative committe [...]	2008-10-06 12:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1488	UN ANNOUNCES TWO DEMINING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) announced plans to roll out two multi-year training programs to build the capacity of local demining organizations that will assume overall program responsibility from UNMAO mid-2011. The Planning and Monitoring Project will emphasiz [...]	2008-10-06 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM149	2007 CONTINUED DETENTION DETERMINATIONS REGARDING [...] (C) CDA Fernandez raised the issue of Guantanamo detainees Sami al-Haj (345),Mustafa Al-Hassan Mustafa Ibrahim (719),and Amir Mohammed (720) per reftels with MFA Americas Director Ambassador Abdel Al-Sanosi on January 31 after raising it earlier with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman I [...]	2008-01-31 12:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG SU
08KHARTOUM1490	NCP/SPLM DISCUSSIONS ON DARFUR AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The NCP and SPLM have been negotiating over the past few days on electoral issues as well as a package of concessions that the GNU could offer on Darfur as part of the Sudan People,s Initiative, NCP insider Yehia Bebiker told polchief October 6. Bebiker accompanied Vice President Taha t [...]	2008-10-07 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1499	AEC PLENARY ADDRESSES DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) monthly plenary session focused on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR). A/CDA Asquino attended the meeting for the U.S. Prior to a lengthy presentation by an UNMIS DDR expert, AEC Chairman Derek Plu [...]	2008-10-09 10:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM15	SPLM APPOINTS CHAIRMAN IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Amidst ongoing border clashes in the Abyei region, the SPLM has appointed Edward Lino as "SPLM Chairman in Abyei area." In his capacity as Chairman of the SPLM, First Vice President of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir issued an "SPLM Chairman's Decree" o [...]	2008-01-06 04:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM150	MINAWI CANCELS CHAD TRIP DUE TO REBEL SURGE ON [...] (SBU) Senior Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi canceled his January 31 trip to N'djamena after Chadian authorities informed him that President Deby and his senior security officials were leaving N'djamena to confront advancing Chadian o [...]	2008-01-31 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SU CD
08KHARTOUM1500	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SLM/MINNAWI REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, SLM/Minnawi leaders in Khartoum told Special Envoy Williamson that they remain optimistic about the September 19 agreement between Vice President Ali Osman Taha and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi. SLM representatives emphasized, however, that this agr [...]	2008-10-09 11:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1504	CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES MAY MISS THE BOAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Darfurian civil society groups are separately working to combine existing civil society proposals with the hope of developing a unified, comprehensive view of Darfurians on how to resolve the crisis in their region, although neither anticipates its work will be complete befo [...]	2008-10-09 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1506	SOUTH DARFUR MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH ATTEMPT; EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, Omer Abdel Rahman Adam recounted details of the September 30 attack on his vehicle that resulted in the death of his bodyguard. Although reluctant to directly accuse any particular individual or agency, Adam asserted that the attack was a targeted assassination at [...]	2008-10-10 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1507	OCTOBER 6 ATTACK ON UNAMID CONVOY [...] (SBU) The UNAMID Public Information Office in El Fasher and the UN Department of Security Services (UNDSS) Khartoum, confirmed that on October 6 at 17:00 local time, a UNAMID joint military police security convoy was ambushed by an undetermined number of armed men while on patrol near the town [...]	2008-10-10 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1509	SE WILLIAMSON URGES BASSOLE TO BE PROACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: SE Williamson strongly urged Djibril Bassole to embrace his role as Chief Mediator and become proactive in engaging with key decision-makers in both the NCP and rebel movements, during a meeting in Khartoum October 8. He noted the likelihood for progress in Qatar is small and ask [...]	2008-10-13 05:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM151	MFA SAYS APPROVAL FOR WILLIAMSON VISIT REFERRED TO [...] (C) The question of whether or not to approve the visit of newly-appointed Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Williamson has been referred to the Presidency, according to MFA Americas Director Ambassador Abdel Al-Sanosi. Al-Sanosi told CDA January 31 that "the feeling here is very negative" abou [...]	2008-01-31 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1510	SE WILLIAMSON TELLS KHARTOUM TO MAKE A RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOS must make a radical adjustment in its approach to Darfur, SE Williamson told regime officials in Khartoum. Peace conferences and theatrics are fine, but what is urgently required is a deal with keys rebels, and implementation of that deal. Williamson blasted the NCP for [...]	2008-10-13 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1512	SE WILLIAMSON MEETINGS WITH SOUTHERN SUDANESE [...] (C) US Special Envoy to Sudan Ambassador Richard Williamson visited the southern Sudanese towns of Rumbek and Juba on 7 October to meet with Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Sudan Liberation Peopl [...]	2008-10-13 09:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV UNSC KPKO AU SU
08KHARTOUM1514	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH AEC CHAIR PLUMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AEC Chair Plumbly told Special Envoy Richard Williamson on October 8 that while the two parties to the CPA have not precisely met deadlines for implementation, they are progressing and have addressed difficult issues with a modicum of cooperation. Having recently returned from tw [...]	2008-10-13 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1518	DETENTION OF YOUNG WOMEN IN JUBA FOR WEARING TROUSERS [...] SUMMARY: On October 5, 2008 28 women were arrested and detained by Southern Sudan Police Services (SSPS) officers for wearing short skirts or trousers. The arrests were made under the authority of a Public Order issued by the Juba County Commissioner Albert Pitia Redantore on October 2, 2008. [...]	2008-10-14 04:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1521	SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE SET TO START OCTOBER 16, [...] (C) The Sudan People's Initiative is scheduled to begin October 16 in Khartoum with speeches by President Bashir and other officials including First Vice President Salva Kiir, who has decided to attend, but will deliver a "tough message" on Darfur. Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Da [...]	2008-10-14 11:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1522	ABEL ALIER DECLINES ELECTIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Abel Alier informed GOSS Vice President Riek Machar Teny and GNU Vice President Ali Osman Taha on October 13 of his intention to decline the chairmanship of Sudan's yet-to-be formed National Elections Commission (NEC). Alier, currently in Juba, paid a call on Machar to deliver t [...]	2008-10-14 12:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINS SU
08KHARTOUM1523	TURABI LOVES THE ICC, HATES NCP'S DARFUR PLANS [...] SUMMARY: On October 14, Hassan al-Turabi held a press conference at the Popular Congress Party (PCP)'s Khartoum headquarters and formally announced that the PCP will boycott participation in th Sudan People's Initiative plan for peace in Darfur. END SUMMARY. 2. With his characteristic zeal, [...]	2008-10-15 08:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1524	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings from October 11-15, UNAMID officials expressed concern over slow progress on airport upgrades, UNAMID's lack of air assets, and the weak security posture of many of UNAMID's bases. Chief of Staff Almstrom and J5 Colonel Stafford both stated that their focus of late [...]	2008-10-15 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1528	MINNAWI ON HIS RETURN TO KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Minnawi met poloff in El-Fasher stating that he will travel to Khartoum for the start of the Sudan People's Initiative, but that he will spend less than 24 hours in the capital and only "inject my own views on the process and the DPA and then return to the field." [...]	2008-10-16 06:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM153	MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS ON CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Joseph Okel told the Charge that the presence of 3 million Southerners in the North and many former Popular Defense Force fighters in the South offer the NCP significant leverage to manipulate the outcome of the 2011 referendum on na [...]	2008-02-01 08:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1530	MINNAWI SEES NOTHING NEW IN BASHIR INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A skeptical Minni Minnawi will spend the next several days trying to get full GOS implementation of a September 2008 accord which sought to implement the May 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) at the same time that the much hyped but (so far) underwhelming Sudan Peoples' Initiative [...]	2008-10-17 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN SU
08KHARTOUM1532	SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE: NO SUBSTANCE YET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative commenced in Khartoum October 16 with a show of solidarity among Sudan's current and former leaders; two former Sudanese heads of state (Suwar al Dahab and Sadiq al Mahdi) joined President Bashir on the dais along with FVP and GOSS President Salva Ki [...]	2008-10-17 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1533	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UNAMID SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada, relations with the GoS, narrowly-defined, have turned the corner and UNAMID deployment is accelerating, with 14,000 peacekeepers expected to be on the ground by year,s end. He agreed that harassment of humanitarian NGOs in [...]	2008-10-17 12:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1538	REPORTS OF ARREST OF WAR CRIMES SUSPECT GREATLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite ongoing high profile pronouncements regarding the alleged arrest of notorious janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb, little actual proof has emerged that Kushayb is in GOS custody. Meeting with polchief, (SPLM) State Minister of Justice Wek Kuol said he had heard Kushayb [...]	2008-10-19 07:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM154	NCP MAY SEEK TO DEFER 2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NCP-aligned politician Dr. Mudawi El-Turabi indicated that the Khartoum regime may seek national consensus to defer the 2009 elections and hold them at a later date. The NCP's argument would be that Darfur, the South and The Three Areas are too unstable for elections to take pla [...]	2008-02-01 09:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1544	SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF ON HIGHJACKED WEAPONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, SPLA Chief of Staff Deng described that day,s meeting of the Joint Defense Board and the SPLA/M,s contentious relationship with the SAF and the NCP. He also provided an update on SPLA thinking on the Ukrainian ship seized by Somali pirates with weapons intended fo [...]	2008-10-19 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1545	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NEW SLM FIGHTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 16, a new fighter for the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) described his daily life in the field to poloff. The contact described dire conditions for SLM/MM troops, where fighters are expected to buy their own uniforms (often from UNAMID troops,) m [...]	2008-10-20 05:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1549	SUDAN PEOPLES' INITIATIVE - DAY TWO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy attendance at day two of the ongoing and unprecedented dialogue by a wide range of Sudanese stakeholders, as part of President Bashir's Sudan Peoples' Initiative (SPI),revealed a credible process covering the right issues and incorporating a wide range of voices, includin [...]	2008-10-20 06:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM155	WHERE THE CENSUS MEETS DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN is deeply concerned about the GNU's ability to conduct a census in Darfur. Rebel groups and IDPs are resisting the census due to a deep distrust of the government in Khartoum and a lack of understanding about the census. Moreover, the Presidency has yet to officially rec [...]	2008-02-01 10:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1550	KIDNAPPING OF CHINESE OIL WORKERS IN SOUTH KORDOFAN [...] (SBU) A political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Khartoum confirmed to poloff on October 20 that nine (9) Greater Nile Petroleum Workers were kidnapped on October 18 at approximately noon by "an unknown armed group" in South Kordofan State. The Chinese official could not confirm the involve [...]	2008-10-20 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1551	GOS SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Influential regime insider and presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez that the GoS has recalibrated its focus from frantically searching for ways to avoid an ICC indictment of GNU President Al-Bashir to finding a solution to the Darfur crisis. Ismail stated [...]	2008-10-20 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1556	NCP CONTINUES CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: The NCP is willing to negotiate directly with key rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, expects that UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole will direct the talks, and will sweeten the pot by releasing some Darfuri prisoners, but is not quite ready to release the JEM rebels who attacked t [...]	2008-10-21 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1557	TWO YEARS LATER, ESPA STILL FAILS TO PRODUCE CHANGE ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) with local government officials, UN representatives and members of the Beja Congress in a visit tightly controlled by local authorities. While a handf [...]	2008-10-21 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1558	CHADIAN REBEL REVEALS GOS SUPPORT, RELATIVE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 20, Abaker Tolli, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative told poloffs that Sudanese Intelligence summoned the leadership of all major Chadian rebel movements to Khartoum, threatening that the rebels must choose a single leader or the GoS will stop their material support [...]	2008-10-21 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1559	"THEY WANT TO CANCEL SOMETHING CALLED THE DPA" [...] (C) Summary: Minni Minnawi reported that since returning to Khartoum he has seen no progress on VP Taha's September 2008 commitments to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement's (DPA),and cast the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as a distraction from the NCP's unfulfilled commitments on the DPA. [...]	2008-10-21 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM156	USAID-FUNDED PARTNER REQUIRED TO HAND OVER USAID PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) has been implementing a wide range of programming including civic education, protection, capacity building for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the provision of tangible peace dividends in Sudan over the past three years. The week of J [...]	2008-02-01 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1566	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER MAWIEN DECLARES INTERIM TRUCE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, GOSS Minister of Finance Kuol Athian Mawien told CDA Fernandez that he has reached a interim solution to the dispute over management of foreign exchange reserves with GNU Minister of Finance and National Economy Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz. Both sides have agreed to reve [...]	2008-10-22 09:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1567	HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (U) Summary: On October 21, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the Facilitation of Humanitarian Activities in Darfur met at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The meeting was attended by U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto Fernandez [...]	2008-10-22 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1568	EASTERN OPPOSITION PARTIES UNPREPARED FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (Ref A) and the outlook for elections in the East. Representatives of the Eastern Front, which has weakened steadily since the signing of the ESPA, told polo [...]	2008-10-22 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1569	UN/AU OBSERVATIONS AT THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the Sudan People's Initiative in Kenana were reportedly open, constructive, and sometimes combative, with rifts between NCP officials on display for all to see, JMST Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra told polchief October 21. Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie took a [...]	2008-10-22 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1572	MINNAWI LAMENTS NCP "BROKEN PROMISES," BUT WILL [...] (C) Senior Advisor to the President and SLM leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on October 22 that the NCP is, not surprisingly, breaking their word to him given at a September 19 El Fasher meeting between him and VP Ali Osman Taha (reftel e). Minnawi spoke to Charge after a late night mee [...]	2008-10-23 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1573	SUDANESE AGREE TO US AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR UNAMID; [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with MFA Under Secretary Dr. Mutriff Siddiq on 23 October to inform him of planned US airlift support for UNAMID. Explaining that the USG would like to be clear and precise with the GNU on the USG's agreement with the UN to provide airlift support for UNAMID personnel and [...]	2008-10-23 14:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UNSC SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1574	PROUD CHADIAN REBEL CHIEF BOASTS OF INFLUENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, the leader of UFCD Adouma Hassaballah Djadalrab, told poloffs that the leadership of five Chadian rebel movements are currently in Khartoum working towards unification and the selection of a single leader. Hassaballah denied Khartoum's involvement in this meeting [...]	2008-10-23 14:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1577	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite minor setbacks, UNAMID deployment appears to be on track; end of year deployment goals should be met. As of October 22, UNAMID had received more than 50 percent of expected Darfur staffing with a combined total of 13,700 UNAMID military, police and civilian staff. Depl [...]	2008-10-24 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1578	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONFIRMS INTERIM AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Sudan Governor Sabir Hassan confirmed that there is an interim agreement with the GoSS on the transfer of foreign exchange (FX) held by Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),but that the issue "is not resolved." The BoSS is to resume its pre-April transfers of excess [...]	2008-10-24 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1579	MEDIA REACTION: ICC AND UN PEACEKEEPING IN CAHOOTS [...] (SBU) Summary: This week the pro-government Khartoum newspaper Al-Rai al-Aam printed front-page headlines claiming proof of collusion between International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Miguel Moreno Ocampo and the UN. Citing three-year old reports and statements made in press interviews, th [...]	2008-10-24 12:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM158	CHAD-SUDAN BORDER INCIDENTS; HUMANITARIAN AID DISRUPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Chadian military bombing along the West Darfur border, Sudan has escalated its military response in the area and the Sudanese Minister of Defense visited El Geneina with senior SAF officers January 28. Humanitarian operations outside El Geneina have been interrupt [...]	2008-02-03 04:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1580	MINNAWI KICKS OUT DETRACTOR FROM SLM/MM AND JUSTIFIES HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 24, SLM/MM chairman Minni Minnawi presided over a party meeting announcing that the membership of its Secretary General Mustafa Tirab has been suspended. Effective immediately, Ali Hussein Dausa will replace Tirab, who has long been accused of working for the NCP. Pri [...]	2008-10-26 07:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1582	MACHAR PROPOSES TO WAIT OUT LRA'S KONY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 meeting with ConGen Juba, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar said that The Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony had stopped communicating with him, and that he would not try to talk to him again until Kony reached out to him. Machar said he believes Kony is ru [...]	2008-10-27 10:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1584	U/S KENNEDY MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy met October 26 with MFA Undersecretary Mutrif Siddiq. U/S Kennedy thanked Siddiq for his assistance in clearing the NEC containers, and for expediting the issuance of non-diplomatic license plates for US Embassy vehicles following the assassin [...]	2008-10-28 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1585	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION OFF TO A SLOW START DUE TO FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Knee-deep in protocols and barely-functional joint military and police units, the beleaguered town of Abyei has yet to see any of the US$48 million promised to it annually. The Abyei Interim Administrator expects his staff to arrive eager to volunteer their services (without pa [...]	2008-10-28 08:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1586	WEST DARFUR GOVERNOR:THE FUR TRIBE IS FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, former Darfur rebel and current Governor of West Darfur Abulgasim Imam told CDA Fernandez that the Fur tribe is defending itself against three hostile groups, the Government of Sudan, Arab militias, and the Zaghawa tribe. Imam acknowledged the failure of both the [...]	2008-10-28 08:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1588	CHD HOPES TO REDUCE HIJACKINGS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) is on track to restart negotiations to improve humanitarian security by focusing on measures against vehicle hijackings. Dennis McNamara told donors in Khartoum October 23 that CHD representatives intend to travel to Darf [...]	2008-10-28 09:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1589	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: QATAR AND SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27 and 28, CDA Fernandez and polchief met with leaders from the Joint Mediation Support Team, National Congress Party, and other political parties to discuss the Sudan People's Initiative and potential negotiations in Qatar on Darfur. Contacts expressed conflicting m [...]	2008-10-28 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM159	NCP OPEN TO ARBITRATION ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) During a meeting with CDA Fernandez January 31, NCP strategist and Director of the Strategic Studies Institute Dr. Sayed Al-Kkateeb said the NCP may be open to arbitration on Abyei. However, he said the NCP may not be open to a high-level meeting in Washington to inaugurate an Abyei initi [...]	2008-02-03 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1591	SUDAN'S "FREEDOM BELLS" MUFFLED BY GOS ON ALL FRONTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities are limiting the reach of Khartoum's newest Arabic-language daily, the independent but SPLM-leaning Ajras al-Hurriya ("Freedom Bells"),through a daily regimen of heavy censorship, excessive taxation and limited distribution. The paper's Nyala correspondent, [...]	2008-10-29 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1593	CHADIAN REBELS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR A LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Abaker Tollimi, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative and second in command to Mahamat Nouri confirmed that the Chadian rebel leadership is under tremendous pressure from the Government of Sudan to unite, but internal division, personal ambition and a struggle for [...]	2008-10-29 11:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1594	GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...]	2008-10-30 05:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1597	SUDAN WILL PROPOSE "REAL DARFUR CEASE-FIRE," [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Government has approved in principle, for the first time, US Embassy travel to rebel-held Jebel Marra. The GOS also will control the Sudan-Chad border between now and January and will not allow Chadian rebel attacks on Chad during that period. The Khartoum regime hop [...]	2008-10-30 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM160	TFCD01: SUDANESE GOVERNMENT URGED TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez called on Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail early on February 3 to urge that the GOS use whatever influence they may have with the Chadian rebels currently fighting in Ndjamena to have them avoid/protect diplomatic missions and civilians, especially the U.S. Emba [...]	2008-02-03 08:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD SU
08KHARTOUM1602	SPI WILL BE ONE OF MANY FAILED PEACE INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, veteran Darfur administrator and member of the Sudan People's Initiative, Tayyeb Muktar, told CDA Fernandez that the Sudan People's Initiative will likely become just one of many failed Darfur peace initiatives. Muktar also asserted that the once peaceful Fur tri [...]	2008-10-31 10:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1603	SPLM/NCP JOINTLY CONFRONT CORRUPTION THROUGH POLITICAL [...] (U) Recent events in Southern Kordofan state serve as a reminder of the divided, partisan nature of the state administration and the continued potential for widespread conflict to erupt. Tensions between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Minister of Finance, who is pursuing financ [...]	2008-10-31 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1604	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID will reach its target of sixty percent deployment by the end of the year, but only by temporarily positioning new troop arrivals in the transit camps within the super camps, rather than at their intended final destinations. The offer to provide US airlift for contingent- [...]	2008-11-02 05:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1607	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS UPDATE - BASSOLE AND GOQ APPEAR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole urged Qatar to focus first on the necessary preparations for negotiations and not on unrealistic dates for negotiations, according to senior representatives from the AU/UN's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). JMST contacts emphasized that the fo [...]	2008-11-02 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1608	GOSS MINISTER ACCUSES NCP OF WITHHOLDING OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 31 meeting, GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng told ConGen Juba that the NCP has reneged on an agreement to settle the hard currency dispute between the GOSS and Khartoum (reftel),and is withholding oil revenue to pressure the GOSS to turn over [...]	2008-11-03 05:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ASEC KPKO UNSC SU CH CFG
08KHARTOUM161	UMMA PARTY LEADER PREDICTS NCP "CRASH LANDING" IF [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Umma Party Chairman Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi January 30 along with Umma party members Balghis Badri and Professor El-Sheikh Mahjoub. Al-Mahdi said the NCP's unpopularity and divided leadership is the basis for its provocative attitude towards the international c [...]	2008-02-03 13:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1612	NO PROGRESS IN DPA IMPLEMENTATION IN LAST TWO WEEKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi told poloffs November 2 that there has been no progress in implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in the last two weeks, and limited overall progress since the September 19 deal between Minnawi and Vice Pre [...]	2008-11-03 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1613	JEM SENIOR LEADERSHIP ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of JEM senior leadership told poloff in meetings in London on October 28-29 that JEM remains open to negotiations. However, they noted JEM is withholding judgment on the Qatar Initiative until it obtains more information about its nature and scope. While predictably skept [...]	2008-11-04 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1614	DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: With Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) making significant advances in North Darfur, UN security officers based in El Fasher report that humanitarian security has increased slightly in the last month despite last week's killing of a South African UNAMID soldier. There is currently no i [...]	2008-11-04 13:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1616	CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...]	2008-11-04 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1617	CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...]	2008-11-04 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1618	SUDAN'S NORTHERN STATE: WHERE PARANOIA REIGNS [...] (C) Summary. On a rare visit to Sudan's Northern State on October 20-22, Emboffs faced significant intimidation and harassment by Northern State local government and intelligence authorities who denied them permission to meet with opposition parties and genuine civil society members, followed [...]	2008-11-05 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM SU

08KHARTOUM1622	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5-6, Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, Hugo Wyers, FPU coordinator, Sector North, and Ian Divers, UNAMID Logistics Officer told Poloff that UNAMID is optimistic it will make its desired goal of 60 percent boots-on-the-ground by Decem [...]	2008-11-06 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1625	FURTHER INFORMATION ON MURDER OF CHINESE OIL [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of Sudan's Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID),the murder of five Chinese oil workers in western Kordofan was apparently triggered when the kidnappers spotted a GOS helicopter tracking their movements and panicked. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Ibrahim [...]	2008-11-07 09:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU CH
08KHARTOUM1627	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-government and independent press here featured front-page photos of the president-elect and reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'(MFA) statement congratulating the United States on Senator Obama's election, with Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor hoping for "positive contrib [...]	2008-11-07 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC MCAP KPAO SU
08KHARTOUM1628	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT FROM [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President-elect Obama from General Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice-President of Sudan and the President of the Government of Southern Sudan. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. [...]	2008-11-07 12:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1629	Media Reaction: Sudanese Journalists Strike Against [...] U) SUMMARY: Sudanese dailies Ajras Al Hurriya and Rai Al Shaab, in a show of solidarity with 46 modern-minded "democratic" columnists, took up a protest on November 4 against increasing censorship by state security organs, which have censored the editorial content of the publications. The dail [...]	2008-11-08 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC MCAP KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM163	SUDAN'S OIL - DEBT, DYSFUNCTION, AND DISTRUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoffs from January 24-31, leading oil experts expressed concern about significant northern oil revenue arrears to the south estimated to be between $150-250 million USD. Contacts were also critical of the dysfunctional institutions managing petrol [...]	2008-02-03 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1632	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT FROM [...] (U) Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President-elect Obama from the Fur Shura (alternative spelling "Shora") Council. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: November 9 2008 To: Senator Bar [...]	2008-11-09 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1633	CHADIAN REBELS: RFC'S ERDIMI SAYS IT IS HIS TURN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings on November 6 and 7, Timan Erdimi and his Secretary General of the Rally for the Forces of Change (RFC),Mahamat Hanno, both forcefully argued that Erdimi is the best leader for the Chadian rebels. Erdimi bashed rival UFDD leader Mahamat Nouri, and said [...]	2008-11-09 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM1634	BASHIR LASHES OUT AGAINST WEST IN GEDARIF RALLY [...] (SBU) In a November 6 rally in Gedarif State, President Bashir lashed out against the West and accused it of trying to "destroy" Sudan, according to Sudanese media reports. "Money and power are not in the hands of the U.S, Britain and France," the President was quoted as saying. Using an insult [...]	2008-11-10 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1635	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT FROM [...] (U) Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President-elect Obama from Minni Minnawi, Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Senior Assistant to the President of the Republic of Sudan. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via p [...]	2008-11-10 09:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1639	FUR SHURA COUNCIL CALLS FOR IDP SELF-DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 9, leaders of the Fur Shura Council (FSC) told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's IDPs need community police units consisting of IDPs themselves. These FSC representatives also criticized the Sudan People's Initiative, called for one region for all of Darfur, urged US even [...]	2008-11-10 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM164	UMMA SEEKS TO REPAIR ITS PERCEIVED IMAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Umma party members are concerned that the USG has a "distorted perception" of their party and they are eager to set this image straight. Additionally, they call for USG support for a multi-opposition party dialogue on critical issues such as Darfur and the CPA. END SUMMARY. [...]	2008-02-03 14:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1640	SALAH GHOSH TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH KEY DARFUR [...] (C) National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh told UN/AU Darfur Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole that he will begin to meet quietly with key Darfur rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, according to Bassole's senior staff. The first meeting will be with JEM's Khali [...]	2008-11-10 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1645	SLM/MM SECRETARY GENERAL ON SPI, QATAR, AND PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ali Hussein Dausa, the new Secretary General of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM,) told CDA Fernandez of his recent efforts to improve and re-organize the movement. Dausa shared his skepticism about the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and th [...]	2008-11-10 14:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1646	URF SEEKS GREATER INPUT IN PEACE PROCESS; EXPLORES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting, United Resistance Front (URF) political commissar Tadjadine Niam told poloff that the Darfur peace process will never gain traction if the international community keeps ignoring the rebel movements. Niam decried the lack of consultation with rebels [...]	2008-11-10 17:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1649	SLM/MM AND NCP CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON DPA FUNDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 and 12, senior SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) and NCP officials separately told CDA Fernandez and poloffs that both parties are closer to agreement on outstanding DPA financial issues, though each party provided a different portrayal of the specific deal. Atta Al-Manan, a [...]	2008-11-12 14:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1651	BASHIR PROMISES CEASE-FIRE, DISARMAMENT, COMPENSATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the closing ceremony of the Sudan People's Initiative in Khartoum November 12, President Basher stole the show from the actual SPI document itself by unilaterally promising an "immediate and unconditional" cease-fire, disarmament of militias, compensation for IDPs on an indivi [...]	2008-11-12 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1653	CHINESE EMBASSY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese Embassy official who oversaw negotiations for the release of the kidnapped oil workers in South Kordofan told poloff that he had daily contact with the kidnappers and was prepared to pay a ransom, until negotiations were abruptly curtailed by the deaths of five of the [...]	2008-11-13 09:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1654	PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian emboff told poloffs on November 12. that during President Hosni Mubarak's November 10 visit to Khartoum, he offered to invite Khalil Ibrahim to Cairo in an attempt to persuade the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to commit to peace talks in Qatar This offer ha [...]	2008-11-13 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1657	DENG ALOR ON NCP INTRIGUE, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Egyptian President Mubarak, worried about Sudanese instability, delivered a grim message to President Bashir on November 10 counseling full and rapid compliance with ICC and Darfur issues. Both the Egyptians and Alor see increasing signs of an i [...]	2008-11-13 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1658	DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION: THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Chief told CDA Fernandez that the program will begin in Blue Nile state but will be postponed from 2008 to 2009. Both agreed that Blue Nile is the best location to begin, and further agreed that the interna [...]	2008-11-13 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1659	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT FROM [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President-elect Obama from the President of National Umma Party of Sudan, former PM Al Sadig Al Mahdi. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. Begin Text: 5 November 200 [...]	2008-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM166	TFCD01: DARFUR REBELS' FATE COULD BE TIED TO DEBY'S [...] (C) The Chadian Embassy in Khartoum and Senior Assistant to the President/Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi asserted in February 3 conversations with Poloff that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Antonov bombed areas around Adre, Chad at approximately 1500 hours Sudan lo [...]	2008-02-03 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU CD
08KHARTOUM1661	TDRA COMMISSIONERS AWKWARDLY PLEASED BY SPI AND BASHIR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Land and Compensation Commissioners of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) separately told poloff on November 13 that they were both pleasantly surprised by the results of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and President Bashir's speech at the initiative's clo [...]	2008-11-14 11:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1662	IRC AT WITS' END AT REGIME ATTRITION TACTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: While presenting a surface image of humanitarian cooperation, Sudanese authorities have succeeded in constraining IRC operations in Darfur to the point that the organization is tentative about its future in Sudan, IRC staff told CDA. With stay permits granted for only one quarte [...]	2008-11-14 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1669	THE CEASEFIRE THAT NEVER WAS - AERIAL BOMBING REPORTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Multiple contacts from different rebel movements claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) bombed areas of North Darfur from November 12-14. UN sources told poloffs that the reports appear credible, though UNAMID has not yet independently verified these claims. If true, thes [...]	2008-11-16 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1670	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff spoke with Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, and Col. Nody Stafford, Chief of Military Plans for UNAMID, November 12-13 to discuss UNAMID deployment issues. UNAMID and contingent-owned equipment continues to flow into Darfur, but additio [...]	2008-11-16 12:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1671	37th AEC PLENARY: ELECTIONS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, AND JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 37th plenary session on November 4, parties expressed concern at the slow pace of preparations for the mandated 2009 national elections, especially at the delays in adopting necessary legislation and in naming the National Elec [...]	2008-11-16 13:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1672	DARFUR'S REBELS REJECT THE SPI AND BASHIR'S PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 12 closing session of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),Darfur non-signatory rebels uniformly rejected President Omar Al-Bashir's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire and his proposed development package for Darfur. SLA/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and SLA/Un [...]	2008-11-16 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1675	UPDATE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM JEM ATTACK [...] (SBU) Summary: While 42 detainees who participated in the May 10 attack of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on Omdurman wait to see if their death sentences will be commuted, authorities are trying 87 more individuals in five special anti-terrorism courts. Lawyers and UNMIS Human Rights [...]	2008-11-17 10:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1676	JOURNALISTS ORGANIZE CENSORSHIP PROTEST, KHARTOUM HAMMERS [...] SUMMARY: On November 17, Sudanese authorities arrested more than 60 protesters (many of them local journalists) outside parliament in Khartoum. The demonstrators were rallying against the systematic censorship that forces papers to consult with government security personnel on the content of [...]	2008-11-17 13:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1677	SPLM MEDIC LAYS OUT NORTHERN STATE CONCERNS IN A [...] (C) Summary. Northern State SPLM member and medic, Dr. Ahmed Ali, visited Embassy officials (Emboffs) in Khartoum on 6 November and described harassment he faced by NISS (National Intelligence and Security Service) officials after meeting with Emboffs during their October 20-22 visit to the N [...]	2008-11-17 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1678	SPLM ADVISES THE USG TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE GOS [...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) Pagan Amum told CDA Fernandez on November 13 that it is important for the USG to maintain pressure on the Government of Sudan (GoS) if the GoS is to move from the announcement of concessions on Darfur to implement [...]	2008-11-17 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM168	GOSS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On February 1 the Consul General and the visiting DCM hosted a lunch for four members of the South Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA),including Peter Deshir, Chair of the Information and Culture Committee, Agnes Lasuba, Chair of the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Prof Barry Wanja, Ch [...]	2008-02-04 05:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1680	A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT TAHA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Vice President Ali Osman Taha November 3 in Khartoum, A/S Jendayi Frazer recognized progress in the deployment of UNAMID, but urged that there be a substantive basis for negotiations as a result of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),implementation of the re [...]	2008-11-18 06:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1681	A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 06:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1682	A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS WITH NCP OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a round-table meeting followed by a dinner at the CDA's residence, several leading members of the National Congress Party told A/S Frazer that the GNU has made significant progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and pointed to Abyei as the only par [...]	2008-11-18 07:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1683	A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH TOP SPLM OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials Secretary General Pagan Amum and Deputy Secretary Yasir Arman told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on 3 November that they had just returned from a productive visit to Ndjamena to meet with Chadian Presi [...]	2008-11-18 07:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM1685	AT LONG LAST, SUDAN HAS A NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) On 17 November, the Sudanese National Assembly approved the nine members of the National Electoral Commission (NEC). The NEC Chairman is prominent Sudanese political figure and southerner Abel Alier (reftels). Alier, an internationally respected judge and human-rights lawyer, who served [...]	2008-11-18 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1689	LOOKING PAST THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) has not lived up to its expectations by a long shot. Despite the latest 11th hour push to implement the agreement, the DPA is so far behind schedule that it may be impossible to revive fully. The DPA has not brought security to Darfur, lead [...]	2008-11-20 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM169	SPLM'S DEMOCRACY AND DARFUR PLANS TAKE SHAPE [...] (C) Summary: SPLM leader Yassir Arman reports that the party has received a greenlight from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to intensify its efforts to secure peace in Darfur and improve relations with the United States. He outlined an ambitious program of SPLM political mobilization [...]	2008-02-04 06:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1690	LOOKING PAST THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) has not lived up to its expectations by a long shot. Despite the latest 11th hour push to implement the agreement, the DPA is so far behind schedule that it may be impossible to revive fully. The DPA has not brought security to Darfur, lead [...]	2008-11-21 06:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1691	UPSURGE IN FIGHTING IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (C) Rebel, UNAMID and NGO contacts confirmed fighting in and around Helif, North Darfur between November 18 and 20. SLA/AW commander Suleiman Marajane told emboffs that on November 20 his forces attacked a SAF position in Helif at 7:00 am. (Note: Helif was previously under the control of SLA/ [...]	2008-11-21 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1693	WAU: ALL QUIET IN THE HINTERLANDS, BUT IN NEED OF MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The capital of Western Bahr al-Ghazal state in South Sudan, Wau is both secure and eager for international assistance. Operating in an ad hoc manner, local police have managed to control tribal conflict and keep down petty crime, but local government incompetence has hindered wo [...]	2008-11-21 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1694	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...]	2008-11-23 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1697	MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ WELCOMES US-LED CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq welcomed a USG offer to lead efforts to form an interim cease-fire monitoring mechanism for Darfur until UNAMID is prepared to take on the task, but cautioned that the GOS would need time to study both [...]	2008-11-24 06:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1698	SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF CALLS IDEA OF A US-LED [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh on 23 November to discuss the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-fire Monitoring Team in response to Ghosh's past request for assistance in instituting a cease-fire monitoring mechanis [...]	2008-11-24 06:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM170	TFCD01: CONCERN FOR SUDAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH SU
08KHARTOUM1702	OIL EXECUTIVES DOUBT MINISTER'S CLAIM OF 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings from November 18-20, oil industry executives told econoff they were doubtful that Sudan could boost oil production from 500,000 to 600,000 barrels per day in 2009, as claimed recently by Minister of Energy and Mining Zubeir Al Hassan. While increasing production in [...]	2008-11-24 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN ASEC KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1704	PCP LEADER TURABI SAYS SUDAN REQUIRES A NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Popular Congress Party (PCP)leader Hassan Turabi dismissed the Sudan People,s Initiative (SPI) as lacking any real substance. Turabi argued that Darfur can only be resolved by a truly national forum in which all parties are equally represented and that addresses national issues [...]	2008-11-24 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
08KHARTOUM1707	SLM/MM ATTACKS LIKELY PROVOKED GOS BOMBING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23-24, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) ruefully acknowledged that their movement attacked a GoS force on November 19. These sources claimed that the GoS then bombed SLM/MM positions on November 22, destroying stolen SLM/MM assets. U [...]	2008-11-25 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1708	SUPPORTING CIVILIAN SECURITY AND RULE OF LAW IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the major portion of the INL bilateral program gets underway in Southern Sudan, the INL officer has made several significant observations over the last two months (outlined in this cable) which will result in adjustments to the INL program. The current fragile condition of th [...]	2008-11-25 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1709	DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS REFUSED IN FLAWED TRIAL FOR MURDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine defendants convicted of murdering a Sudanese journalist in 2006 retain one final appeal before they face execution, according to UNMIS Human Rights and the defendants' lawyer, Kamal Omer. The murder of Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed resulted in a politically-driven investigati [...]	2008-11-25 13:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1711	GOS LEADERS TO CONSIDER US-LED DARFUR CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On November 25, CDA Fernandez met with key Government of Sudan (GoS) regime strategist and de-facto regime shadow Foreign Minister, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, in order to inform him the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-Fire Monitoring Team (ref d). CDA Fernandez t [...]	2008-11-25 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1713	FUR MP PESSIMISTIC ABOUT BASHIR'S PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, Abulgasim Seifeldin, an influential SPLM Member of Parliament from South Darfur, told CDA Fernandez that he is very pessimistic about the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and President Bashir's promises made at the closing ceremony of the SPI. Seifeldin also plead [...]	2008-11-26 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1714	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION AFTER TWO WEEKS: SO FAR, SO GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN Head of Office for Abyei, the new Abyei Administration has made a good start since its arrival in the area two weeks ago. The Administration has drafted a budget, but is still not receiving the oil revenues promised in the Roadmap Agreement. It also is pre [...]	2008-11-26 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1716	GOSS RENEGOTIATES DDR AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a letter to the UN dated November 16, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar withdrew GOSS agreement to a Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration program it had previously signed with the UN last June in Geneva. Southern Sudan DDR Commission Chairperson William Deng Deng, in a [...]	2008-11-26 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1717	ARTICLES 17 AND 19 OF THE ROME STATUTE: SUDAN'S LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Articles 17 and 19 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) provide room for Sudan to head off impending ICC trials of Sudanese nationals by conducting its own investigations and prosecutions, but legal experts doubt that Sudan possesses adequate laws and an [...]	2008-11-26 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1718	WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER SEES DARK CLOUDS ON SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's World Bank Country Manager believes that falling oil prices and production, along with the global financial crisis, will confront Sudan with a "serious reckoning" in the coming two years. While Khartoum already is facing "hard decisions," the position of the autonomous [...]	2008-11-26 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM172	THE NORTH FEIGNS CENSUS READINESS; CLAIMS DAFURIANS WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Under the authority of new Director Yassin El-Hag Abdeen, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) claims that the North is completely prepared for the April census. The director, an NCP member with no professional background in the field, rejects any suggestion that there are censu [...]	2008-02-05 06:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1722	FRUSTRATED MINNAWI TO PREP FOR "WAR OR PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: A deeply frustrated and worried Minni Minnawi warned on November 28 that the ruling National Congress Party's (NCP) ongoing game of obfuscation and delay will drive him eventually back to the field with his fighters and "eventually under the flag of self-determination for Darfur." [...]	2008-11-30 07:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1724	UNAMID SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ADADA MILDLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez briefed UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada on the proposed U.S.-led Darfur-ceasefire monitoring mission on November 26 (reftel a). While Adada appeared mildly receptive to the idea initially, he urged that the U.S. work to get rebel movements to the negotia [...]	2008-11-30 08:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1726	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT IN GREATER DETAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID climbed to 50.3 percent of its authorized total force strength last week and expects to reach its goal of 60 percent by end of the year, as reported in Ref A. Most troop-contributing countries (TCCs) anticipated to arrive in the coming months have not provided load lists [...]	2008-12-01 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1730	NCP CONTEMPLATES PRESUMED ICC INDICTMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Recent contacts with ruling National Congress Party (NCP) officials reveal that they have resigned themselves to the reality that an arrest warrant against President Bashir is likely, and they discount overreactions by the regime ("we're not going to commit suicide") but they expr [...]	2008-12-02 05:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1734	DEWAAL ON "SUDAN'S POLITICAL MARKET" AT A DDDC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 1 Darfur Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) briefing focused on the analysis of Sudan scholar Alex DeWaal. DeWaal gave a lengthy, slick presentation asserting that the Sudanese political system is a "market" characterized by a system of patronage, the "buy-out" [...]	2008-12-02 09:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1735	NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP IN KHARTOUM - A CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the year, censorship of Khartoum-based newspapers has increased dramatically. Below is the account of Suleiman Al-Amin, a popular columnist with "Al-Sudani," a publication that has seen its share of harassment and censorship recently. Al-Amin described [...]	2008-12-02 10:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1737	DARFUR CEASEFIRE PLANS HAVE UNAMID FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2, Acting UNAMID Political Chief and head of the DDDC Abdul Mohammed and Sudan Scholar Alex DeWaal told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID has been frantically trying to throw together a proposal for a ceasefire commission in the last week. Mohammed promised to deliver UNAMI [...]	2008-12-02 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1738	FREED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DESCRIBES 'GHOST [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1 human rights activist Osman Hummida (protect) described to CDA Fernandez the four days of grueling interrogation, physical abuse and psychological torture that he was subjected to at the hands of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). From November 2 [...]	2008-12-02 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1743	A/S FRAZER,S NOVEMBER 2 MEETING WITH GOSS VP MACHAR [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Frazer in Juba on November 2, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar reviewed the current impasse in the Juba Peace Process as the parties to the Final Peace Agreement between the LRA and Government of Uganda continue to wait to see if LRA Commander Joseph [...]	2008-12-03 08:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU UG
08KHARTOUM1744	UMMA PARTY LEADER TRYING TO STEER SUDAN AWAY FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Umma Party Leader Sadiq al-Mahdi believes Sudan confronts a choice between "hard and soft landings" as pressure grows on the ruling NCP from various quarters. Al-Mahdi said that Umma is attempting to engage moderates within both the NCP and the opposition to steer Suda [...]	2008-12-03 10:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1745	SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between rebel and government forces in South Darfur had been largely absent for several months until the November 19 SLA/MM and SLA/U attack on a central police convoy and subsequent government bombings, sources told poloffs during a trip to Nyala November 24-26. Meanwh [...]	2008-12-03 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1746	A/S FRAZER,S NOVEMBER 2 MEETING WITH SPLA CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) On November 2 in Juba, SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng Ajak and a small coterie from the Southern military,s senior-most ranks reviewed for AF A/S Frazer the SPLA,s perception of the peace and its own transformation process three years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [...]	2008-12-03 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MCAP KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1751	"DIVIDING DARFUR'S ARABS FROM GOS WILL DRIVE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Darfur Arab rebel leader Anwar Khater told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's Arabs have been marginalized, exploited by the Government of Sudan (GoS),and misrepresented by the international press. Khater emphatically stated that with support, Darfur's Arabs are ready [...]	2008-12-04 09:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1752	SUDAN - U.N. UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR [...] Summary: On November 29, U.N. Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community in Khartoum on his recent trip to Sudan, which included visits to all three Darfur states, the Three Areas, and Southern Sudan, as we [...]	2008-12-04 12:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1754	RESPECTED CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER FEARS NCP REVERSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: NCP members accepted numerous recommendations from civil society leaders at the Sudan People's Initiative, including the formation of a consultative Presidential Council, but have shown no interest in actually carrying them out, the SPI drafting chairman, Khartoum University Prof [...]	2008-12-04 14:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1755	MACHAR PERSISTS IN EFFORTS TO FIND PEACE WITH THE LRA [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite the latest failure of LRA leader Joseph Kony to sign the Juba Peace Accord, Chief LRA Peace Negotiator and Government of Southern Sudan Vice President Riak Machar persists in his belief that it is [...]	2008-12-04 14:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1758	SOUTHERN KORDOFAN: MISSERIYA MIGRATION PROCEEDS [...] (SBU) The seasonal migration of the Misseriya Arabs and their cattle through Abyei to South Sudan has begun and is proceeding smoothly, Deputy Nazir of the Misseriya Sadig Babo Nimr told CDA Fernandez December 2. Nimr also reported that the Interim Administration is doing well and that the Mi [...]	2008-12-05 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1764	DECEMBER 7 DARFUR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last push before the long Eid Al-Adha holiday (December 8-12),Darfur rebels, signatories to the DPA, and regional players all shared their views regarding the peace process, the potential for a ceasefire or monitoring mechanism for violence in Darfur, and the lack of DPA [...]	2008-12-07 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1765	CITIBANK AND GOSS: OPTIMISM ON ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to South Sudan, officials from Citibank Kenya conducted a series of productive meetings with senior Government of South Sudan (GoSS) officials in an effort to develop a relationship between the Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) and Citibank. As Citibank officials [...]	2008-12-07 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1766	CAPITALIZING ON CONCILIATORY NCP POSTURE, SPLM CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman told poloffs that the SPLM leadership had a "productive" political bureau meeting in Juba on December 4. Arman made it clear that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) will reject nati [...]	2008-12-07 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1767	ADMINISTRATOR MAYOK DESCRIBES PROGRESS, PROBLEMS IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok described the situation there as "ok, generally." IDPs are returning only slowly, but his Administration is working to reduce Dinka-Misseriya tensions and planning is well underway for this year's m [...]	2008-12-10 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1768	JSR ADADA DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE, IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada said that UNAMID continues to work on its plans for a ceasefire monitoring mechanism and asserted that UNAMID, not the UN/AU Chief Mediator, should take the lead with ceasefire plans. Adada also said that UNAMID needs [...]	2008-12-11 05:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO UN AU-1 SU
08KHARTOUM1770	LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM SUDANESE PRESIDENT AL BASHIR TO [...] (U) Post has received a letter of appreciation (text in paragraph 2) for President Bush from Sudanese President Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter has been transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the people and government of Su [...]	2008-12-11 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1771	NEW JEM VIDEOS INTENDED TO DOCUMENT ITS STRENGTH AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) recently released three videos documenting a parade of several hundred armed men riding in more than 80 military vehicles. Although the date of the footage cannot be authoritatively determined, the speeches and audio on the tape reference [...]	2008-12-11 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP MCAP ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1775	SLM/MM REQUESTS VISIT TO U.S., MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) leaders in Khartoum visited CDA Fernandez requesting U.S. support for a visit to Washington, medical treatment for Minni Minnawi, and discrete funding for a leadership or party conferen [...]	2008-12-13 09:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ASEC KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1777	PLOTTING FOR BASHIR EXIT INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: According to senior SPLM officials, Sudan's NCP is trying to broker a quick and graceful removal of President Al-Bashir within the next few months, with the President going into exile in Saudi Arabia. Discussions on a transition, which should take place before an ICC arrest warran [...]	2008-12-13 14:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1779	38th AEC Plenary: Elections, Border Demarcation, and [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 37th plenary session on December 2, the NCP and SPLM briefed the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on progress in drafting and adopting key legislation, including new security and media laws, necessary to carry out national elections in 2009. The Power Sharing Work [...]	2008-12-14 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM178	TFCD01: FRANCE LIMITS ENGAGEMENT WITH KHARTOUM [...] (C) France has not engaged with the Sudanese Government at any level since the Chadian opposition attempted to overthrow President Deby's regime in recent days, French First Secretary Arnaud Suquet told Poloff on February 4. French SIPDIS Ambassador Christine Robichon has received no instru [...]	2008-02-05 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU CD LY FR
08KHARTOUM1786	ONE DEAD IN ABYEI AFTER JIU AND JIPU CLASH, SITUATION NOW [...] (U) Over the course of two days, clashes between security forces in Abyei town are reported to have left one soldier dead, and nine individuals wounded. The first incident at 12:30PM on December 12 reportedly began with a dispute between a Southern Joint Integrated Police Unit (JIPU) policema [...]	2008-12-14 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM179	TFCD01: SUDANESE DYNAMICS AS CHAD SITUATION UNFOLDS [...] (C) Reiterating its support for the government of Chadian President Idris Deby, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim has vowed to "repel any attack" by Khartoum-backed Chadian rebel movements, JEM representatives told Field Poloff on February 4. While refusing to discl [...]	2008-02-05 11:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM1790	SENATE STAFFDEL'S MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIFF [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Abyei is under control following intervention by a GNU (NCP/SPLM) delegation to the town on December 13, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told a visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel December 14. However, the regime remains concerned about a possible JEM incu [...]	2008-12-15 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1791	IVLP COUNTRY ALLOCATON FOR SUDAN: REQUEST INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: By geographic area, Sudan is the largest country in Africa. It has a population of over 40 million, and due to the terrible humanitarian and political crises in Darfur plus the importance of reaping peace dividends through implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreeme [...]	2008-12-16 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SCUL OEXC ASIG SU
08KHARTOUM1792	GOSS VIEWS ON ABYEI VIOLENCE, CONCERNS OF SPILLOVER ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 13 meeting with the Juba diplomatic corps, select Abyei Commissioners and GOSS Ministers placed responsibility for the December 12 gun battle in Abyei town (ref. A) on the Government of National Unity's (GNU) rejection of international assistance for the Abyei [...]	2008-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1793	JEM SPOKESMAN SAYS RUMORS OF ATTACK ARE GOS "SMOKESCREEN" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11-12, UNAMID sources told poloff they had received unconfirmed reports from the GOS that a large column of JEM vehicles had been observed crossing Chad border into Sudan. However, they were unclear whether this alleged mobilization signified preparation for new attac [...]	2008-12-16 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM180	NCP CLAIMS SPLM OBSTRUCTION OF ELECTIONS LAW [...] (SBU) The SPLM is employing a strategy to delay passage of the elections law, claimed NCP political executive committee negotiator Dirdeiry Ahmed Mohammed. During a meeting with polchief February 4, Dirdeiry claimed the SPLM agreed months ago to a 60/40 direct vs. proportional voting system in [...]	2008-02-05 16:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1810	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions on December 14-15, UNAMID officials told poloff that the mission is still on target to meet its goal of 60 percent deployment by the end of December 2008. They also remain hopeful that 80 percent deployment is possible by March 2009, though it appears that this tar [...]	2008-12-17 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1817	CONTINUED REPORTS OF REGIME LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM leaderhip continues to report that the NCP is considering replacing President Bashir with a suitable military figure with Islamist credentials, and that Bashir would be content to leave power and live in exile in Saudi Arabia. The SPLM believes that the leading candidate [...]	2008-12-18 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1818	WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31? [...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...]	2008-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1819	MINAWI CONTEMPLATES VISIT TO WASHINGTON: ASKS FOR [...] (C) During a meeting with a visiting Senate Staffdel December 16, SLM leader, DPA signatory and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minawi said he is considering a visit to Washington "soon after the New Year." Minawi asked for guidance on what dates would be best and asked which officials he [...]	2008-12-18 16:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1820	WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31? [...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...]	2008-12-19 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU

08KHARTOUM1824	FY 2009 GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BUDGET: REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sudan's FY 2009 budget reflects the impact of falling global oil prices. Revenues are projected to decline about 15 percent, to 18.4 billion Sudanese Pounds (SDG),which is entirely the result of dropping oil revenues. Total expenditures are to remain unchanged from FY 2008 at [...]	2008-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1825	CHADIAN REBELS - LEADERSHIP, GOS INFLUENCE, AND [...] (C) The following is a response to SECSTATE 129300. CHADIAN OPPOSITION: SUSTAINABLE COALITION OR FLAWED? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) "IS THE FINAL LEADERSHIP BODY OF THE UNITED CHADIAN REBEL FRONT (THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS, PARLIAMENT, MINISTERS) [...]	2008-12-21 14:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1828	SUDAN: 2008 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...]	2008-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU
08KHARTOUM1829	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's rebels remain fundamentally divided according to what their leaders told poloff during a December 14-18 visit to Ndjamena, Chad. The rebel leaders claim that JEM, while rich in vehicles and equipment, lacks fighters and the popular support of the people of Darfur. A [...]	2008-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD SU
08KHARTOUM183	KHARTOUM SECURITY MILESTONES - JUNE 2007 TO [...] (SBU) This cable provides a summary of security-related actions and events affecting the US Mission in Sudan during a specific timeframe. It gathers references to numerous cables and messages on various related issues including OBO issues, EAC actions, Sudanese Government actions, terrorism, RS [...]	2008-02-06 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL PTER US SU
08KHARTOUM1835	IMF/WORLD BANK ASSIGN NUMBERS TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The global economic recession will severely affect Sudan's economy, with South Sudan feeling a significantly greater budget pinch, according to IMF/World Bank analysis. The Bank/Fund calculate that Sudan's current account deficit will more than double (from U.S. $3.9 billion t [...]	2008-12-23 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI IBRD IMF SU
08KHARTOUM1836	APPOINTMENT OF NHIAL DENG NHIAL AS MINISTER FOR SPLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential advisors assert that Nhial Deng Nhial's performance during and after Ali Osman Taha's December 16th visit to Juba (reftel) gave an 11th hour boost to his selection by GOSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit to be Minister for SPLA Affairs. They add he was chosen over Jon [...]	2008-12-23 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1838	MINNAWI REFUSES TO ACCOMPANY BASHIR TO EL FASHER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi stated that he has refused to accompany President Bashir to Darfur on December 23 because the Presidency has not acceded to his demands for a defined role in the visit and the chance to speak at [...]	2008-12-23 18:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM184	UNAMID SOFA: AGREED BUT NOT YET SIGNED [...] (SBU) The UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan have finalized language for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada's Special Assistant, Rana Taha, told Poloff on February 6. Adada and Foreign Minister Deng Alor were schedu [...]	2008-02-06 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1840	SENATE STAFFDEL VISIT TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with a Senate staff delegation from December 17-19, senior SPLM officials urged deeper USG strategic coordination with their own party, as well as proactive engagement with the NCP, to produce a favorable outcome should there be an arrest warrant issued by the ICC ag [...]	2008-12-28 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU EAID
08KHARTOUM1841	MFA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO US CEASEFIRE MECHANISM, [...] (C) A/CDA Asquino provided additional information on December 23 to MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq regarding the US proposal to support a ceasefire monitoring mechanism within UNAMID, as requested in reftel. Siddiq reported that his government had made a decision to accept the US proposal to support t [...]	2008-12-28 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1842	MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT EMBASSY KHARTOUM RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27-28, several waves of demonstrators gathered outside the Embassy Khartoum Chancery to exhibit solidarity with the cause of Palestinians following Israeli air strikes in Gaza. The demonstrations remained peaceful but were marked by anti-American slogans including "Do [...]	2008-12-28 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1848	MINNAWI'S POSITION ON THE DPA EVOLVES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Arko Minnawi stated that he has chosen not to travel to Washington in January because he anticipates significant political and/or military developments in Sudan and Darfur in the coming weeks. He acknow [...]	2008-12-29 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM189	TFCD01: CHADIAN DIPLOMAT: HAVING TIPPED ITS HAND, [...] (C) A cabal of the National Congress Party's (NCP) most powerful officials is committed to the overthrow of the Chadian Government, and Sudan continues to reinforce the Chadian opposition in an attempt to unseat Deby's regime, the external security chief at the Chadian Embassy in Khartoum, Moh [...]	2008-02-07 05:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU CD
08KHARTOUM190	TFCD01: UFDD/F OFFERS TO SWAP KHARTOUM ALLIANCE [...] (C) The United Force for Democracy and Development-Fondamental (UFDD/F) wants to end the tyranny of Chadian President Idriss Deby's regime, and in the absence of support from secular countries, its only option is an alliance with Sudan, UFDD/F Commissioner for Political Affairs and Human Right [...]	2008-02-07 06:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM191	AEC PLENARY EXPOSES WEAKENED COMMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 6, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 28th plenary session, a meeting consumed with deliberating the terms of reference (TORs) for the mid-term evaluation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The SPLM supported the use of outside consultant [...]	2008-02-07 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM192	UN JOINT MEDIATION SUPPORT TEAM STILL GROPING TO FIND A WAY [...] (SBU) UN JMST member Hideo Ikebe opined that neither Darfur's rebel groups nor the GoS are willing to seriously engage in a peace process, and organizational and leadership deficiencies within the UN's structures in Sudan continue to hamper its effectiveness. Without a long-term, clearly-articu [...]	2008-02-07 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM193	CORRECTED COPY: AEC PLENARY EXPOSES WEAKENED COMMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 28th plenary session, a meeting consumed with debating the terms of reference (TORs) for the mid-term evaluation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The SPLM supported the use of outside consultants to [...]	2008-02-07 12:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM194	CHADIAN EMBASSY IN KHARTOUM REPORTS FRESH TROOPS AND [...] (SBU) On February 7, Embassy Khartoum received a letter from the Chadian Embassy claiming that the Sudanese government had dispatched forty-eight armed vehicles carrying Chadian rebels and members of the Sudanese Armed Forces across the border into Chad. The convoy is said to have left at five [...]	2008-02-07 12:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM195	PRESIDENT BASHIR'S NICER BROTHER: RUFAIDA MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Led by President Omar Al-Bashir,s brother and sister-in-law, the Rufaida Health Foundation (RHF) promotes health services and disaster relief throughout Sudan, notably to populations marginalized or victimized by the policies of the Khartoum government. The Foundation also wor [...]	2008-02-07 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KHIV SU
08KHARTOUM199	PARTICIPATION IN CENSUS MONITORING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM2	AMIS TRANSFERS AUTHORITY TO UNAMID [...] (U) Under clear blue sunny skies with drums beating and bugles blowing, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada presided over the transfer of authority from AMIS to UNAMID at 1200 on December 31, 2007, at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur. The Wali (Governor) of North Da [...]	2008-01-02 07:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM202	COMMUNIST PARTY SUSPENDS TALKS WITH NCP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) announced January 14 the suspension of its coalition-building talks with the National Congress Party (NCP) following the murder of a student at Al-Gazeera University. The SCP claims that radical Islamist students associated with the ruling NCP w [...]	2008-02-10 13:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM204	UNHCR HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF "PROTRACTED" REFUGEES IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant Secretary General for Protection Erika Feller told the diplomatic community on February 7 that the purpose of her visit to eastern Sudan was to highlight the problem of "protracted" refugees. The Geneva-based Feller [...]	2008-02-10 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM216	TENY COMMENTS ON NCP-SPLM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AEC, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 11 meeting with econoffs, Angelina Teny, State Minister at the Ministry of Energy and Mining and wife of GoSS Vice President Riek Machar, outlined the SPLM's priorities for the next round of discussions at the joint NCP-SPLM political executive committee, naming [...]	2008-02-12 12:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM217	UNMIS CIVPOL POLICE COMMISSIONER VITTRUP ON POLICING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIS Police Commissioner Vittrup told poloff January 31 that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civilian Police Unit wants to address the current lack of southern Sudanese police capacity by improving the quality and quantity of police training. He said civilian police can play a v [...]	2008-02-12 12:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM219	WEST DARFUR: JEM VOWS TO PROTECT ITS AREAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader told FieldOff on February 10 that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had miscalculated in its February 8-9 attacks on the JEM-controlled West Darfur towns of Silea, Sirba and Abu Siruj. &JEM will come back to defend its areas,8 he vowed, [...]	2008-02-12 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM225	UNAMID STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: SIGNED AND SEALED, BUT [...] (SBU) UNAMID and GoS officials finally signed a Status of Forces Agreement on February 9 in Khartoum. The SOFA is comprehensive in scope and contains all of the core provisions sought by the UN, including full freedom of movement, unimpeded use of communications, expedited procedures (visas, p [...]	2008-02-14 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM226	SPLM AND NCP STUCK ON DRAFT ELECTORAL BILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The NCP continues to suggest that the SPLM is not keen on holding national elections due to the SPLM's potential loss of power in the GoSS. The SPLM says it supports a 50 (direct)/50 (proportional) electoral system in order to allow leaders from smaller communities a chance to gov [...]	2008-02-14 07:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM227	UK AND NORWAY SEE OIL-REVENUE SHARING AS KEY TO MOVING CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 11, U.S., UK and Norwegian emboffs met to discuss a UK proposal to encourage a long-term North-South agreement on oil-revenue sharing. The UK plans two meetings to develop this idea, in Khartoum and in London. Emboffs explained that the U.S. is not able to partici [...]	2008-02-14 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG SU
08KHARTOUM230	Investment Minister Manibe on PEC, AEC and CPA Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: GNU Minister of Investment and SPLM insider Kosti Manibe thinks that NCP-SPLM disagreements over the Elections Law and the census will be resolved, but argued that the AEC needs to take a more proactive role in resolving such issues. He outlined SPLM reservations (which the GN [...]	2008-02-14 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM PINR SU
08KHARTOUM231	CENSUS: HOME-STRETCH LOOKING BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir issued a February 11 presidential decree reiterating that Sudan's inaugural nation-wide census will be conducted April 15-30. The following day's meeting of the Census Technical Working Group (TWG) left donors, the CBS, and the Southern Sudan Commission for the [...]	2008-02-14 15:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM239	MORE BLUSTER FROM PARTY LEADER NAFIE [...] (C) Addressing a massive rally February 18 in Sodiri, on the Kordofan/Darfur border, Presidential Advisor and National Congress Party leader Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie lashed out at the US administration and said that Secretary Rice should "lick her elbow" (do the impossible) if she believes that Suda [...]	2008-02-19 13:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM241	PRESIDENT BASHIR RESHUFFLES CABINET: ALI MARDI OUT, AL-JAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 14, President Bashir shifted more than a quarter of ministerial positions in the cabinet of the Government of National Unity (GNU). In particular, local observers believe that Awad Al-Jaz' shift from Energy to Finance Ministry will strengthen both his own influence [...]	2008-02-19 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM246	UNAMID COMMANDER: BUILDING UP WHAT WE HAVE SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID Force Commander believes that the international community's efforts would be better spent beefing up existing units, in terms of personnel, transport and logistics, already on the ground in Darfur rather than focusing on units still not accepted by the Sudanese Government t [...]	2008-02-20 12:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM249	MGCD01: UFDD/F'S ABOUD REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Please see action request para. 6. 2. (C) The United Force for Democracy and Development-Fondamentale (UFDD/F) is seeking a peaceful, democratic transition in N'djamena, a man claiming to be UFDD/F President Abdelwahid Aboud told Poloff during a February 20 phone call. Five minutes int [...]	2008-02-21 07:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SU CD
08KHARTOUM25	ELECTORAL LAW MAY NOT BE ENACTED UNTIL APRIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The draft electoral law for 2009 national and state elections is still being debated in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). Although the current session of the National Assembly has been extended through 16 January, the Assembly will be tied up with other busi [...]	2008-01-08 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM251	UNAMID: "BALL IS IN OUR COURT" [...] (SBU) Summary: Fifty days after transition, UNAMID top officials briefed the diplomatic community on progress and challenges. UN/AU Special Representative Adada noted that a political solution is needed to resolve the Darfur situation and, while UNAMID is not a panacea, the changing political [...]	2008-02-21 10:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM253	CRITERIA DEFINING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF U.S. [...] (SBU) On February 19 poloff met with MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ali Youssif to review Sudanese practice regarding Sudan's criteria applied to recognizing the privileges and immunities of "members of the family" of a diplomatic agent, particularly with respect to children. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-02-21 12:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	US AMGT APER KREC PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM256	ABYEI TENSIONS RISE WHILE COMPROMISE IS SOUGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Misseriya SPLM MP the threat of ethnic conflict in Sudan's Abyei region has subsided, but a key GoSS Minister paints a much darker picture. On February 18, Mohammed Gour dismissed self-proclaimed "governor" al-Ansari as a tool of the NISS with no significant foll [...]	2008-02-21 16:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM258	FEBRUARY 17 ABORTED WEALTH-SHARING WORKING GROUP PLANNING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the February 17 meeting of the Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG),the SPLM representative admitted he was neither prepared, nor qualified to speak on behalf of his party. The NCP accused the AEC secretariat of failing to deliver a document outlining the structure of the mid [...]	2008-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM259	JUBA PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER POWER SHARING [...] (SBU) The Juba Peace Talks between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) resumed on January 30. If an agreement is signed in the next week as hoped for, it is an historical step that will bring an end to a conflict that has lasted more than 20 years, resulted in extensiv [...]	2008-02-22 10:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV SU UG
08KHARTOUM26	SPLA AND SAF TROOP WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) Chief Operations Officer Colonel Ajay Sah at the UN Mission In Sudan (UNMIS) told poloff January 3 that as of January 2, no Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) units have redeployed and none of the 3,600 SAF troops show signs imminent movement either. He said that some of the 50,000 Sudan People [...]	2008-01-08 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM260	JUBA PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED BROKEN [...] (SBU) With negotiations deadlocked over issues of power sharing and integration of former LRA combatants into the Ugandan army, a walkout-out by the LRA delegations on February 21 seemed to signal a possible end to the Juba Peace Talks that had resumed on January 30. However, shuttle diplomacy [...]	2008-02-22 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV SU UG
08KHARTOUM262	GOSS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES OIL PIPELINES, WAR AND PEACE WITH [...] (SBU) (Summary) Consul General Juba met on February 20 with George Achor, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, to discuss the GoSS desire to attract American business interests to South Sudan, especially for the construction of a new oil pipeline to the south. The discussion [...]	2008-02-23 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM265	GoSS ASKS FOR HELP WITH ROADS [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 22, GoSS Minister of Roads and Transport David Deng Athorbei paid a call on the Congen to request assistance with the purchase of road building equipment that he said is urgently needed to open up a new road connec [...]	2008-02-24 06:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELNT EAID PREL PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM266	MFA CAUTIONED,"NEED TO ADVERT WEST DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA urged the Sudanese Foreign Ministry to take immediate action to prevent a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in West Darfur which is developing as a result of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) Darfur rebels supported by Chad. [...]	2008-02-24 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM267	DARFUR ARAB WARLORD BARGAINS WITH KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab militia leader Mohammed Hamdan (aka Hamati) has been negotiating with the Sudanese Government on his return to an alliance with Khartoum in recent weeks, according to two UN sources and an independent NGO with strong ties to Darfur's rebel movements. Hamdan defected from the Governm [...]	2008-02-24 09:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM269	WEST DARFUR: SAF AND JEM CLASHES WORSEN ALREADY FRAGILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 2007, renewed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in areas north of El Geneina, West Darfur, have increased insecurity, limited humanitarian access to the area, and displaced at least 56,000 residents, accord [...]	2008-02-25 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM27	SPLM INSIDER SAMSON KWAJE ON CENSUS, CABINET RESHUFFLE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and visiting polchief met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Agriculture Minister Samson Kwaje January 7. Kwaje is considered a close advisor of GoSS President and GNU First Vice President Salva Kiir (background and bio notes are included at the end of this [...]	2008-01-08 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM271	MEDIA REACTION: DAWN OF SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: There has been a storm of media interest in the run-up to Special Envoy Williamson's visit to Sudan. Some papers echo the cautiously optimistic attitude of the Sudanese government that a positive outcome may result of the visit, while others cast the trip as "more business as usua [...]	2008-02-25 11:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM273	MGCD01: ERDIMI REQUESTS U.S. MEDIATION WITH DEBY [...] (C) In a February 23 meeting with Poloff in Khartoum, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi reported that he had spoken to Timan Erdimi, president of the Rally of Forces for Change (RFC) and a fellow Zaghawa, on February 22. Erdimi stated th [...]	2008-02-25 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CD
08KHARTOUM274	UNAMID UNWILLING TO STOP WEST DARFUR CONFLICT BUT WILLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNAMID military component continues to monitor, despite limited access and visibility, recent fighting in West Darfur and movements of SAF troop concentrations in the region. The military Chief of Staff expects an escalation in hostilities in West Darfur, with operations pos [...]	2008-02-25 15:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM275	JEM LEADER COMMENTS ON DOWNED HELICOPTER AND SAF MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, Dr. Tahir Adam, the Speaker of the Legislative Council of the Justice Equality Movement (JEM),told econoff by satellite phone t$`estroyed by JEM within one week. SAF, however, publicly denied losing any aircraft to rebel fire. Adam also gave information regardi [...]	2008-02-26 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MCAP MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM276	PAGAN AMUN TO S/E WILLIAMSON: "IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. GNU Minister for Cabinet Affairs and SPLM leader Pagan Amun warned S/E Williamson that if Abyei is not solved, Sudan could return to war. He described the NCP's non-implementation of the Abyei Protocol as the most "serious and challenging" remaining obstacle to the North-South pea [...]	2008-02-26 15:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM277	S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SUDAN'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 25 meeting with S/E Williamson, Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Sudan is ready for a dialogue and hopes the U.S. can assist it in reaching a number of mutual objectives; including implementing CPA, ending the Darfur conflict, and normalizing Sudan,s relations with [...]	2008-02-26 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU
08KHARTOUM278	S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, S/E Williamson told Presidential Advisor Nafie that any chance to move beyond U.S. and Sudan mutual distrust will come from committing to a matrix of specific and verifiable actions that both sides can take and for which each can hold the other accountable. He p [...]	2008-02-26 17:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU
08KHARTOUM279	SE WILLIAMSON TO GHOSH: IMPROVED RELATIONS MEANS [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson warned NISS Director Salah Ghosh that while the U.S. is willing to explore options towards improving relations if there is demonstrable change for the better in Darfur, such a possibility could be doomed before it starts if Sudan continues to allow violenc [...]	2008-02-26 18:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM280	S/E WILLIAMSON CLARIFIES FACTS OF UNAMID [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting with Chinese Envoy Liu Guijin in Khartoum, S/E Williamson reported that he had asked Khartoum to take practical steps to facilitate the deployment of UNAMID and "get more boots on the ground" in Darfur. He urged China to convey to Khartoum the importance of expedi [...]	2008-02-26 18:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CH
08KHARTOUM281	S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his November 26 meeting with Special Envoy Williamson, SPLM-appointed Abyei administrator and Darfur Task Force member, Edward Lino, stated that Abyei, though currently stable, was near explosion only days ago. According to Lino, the National Congress Party has attempted to d [...]	2008-02-26 18:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM284	MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Christopher Datta met with Minister of Information and Broadcasting Gabriel Chang on the morning of February 25 to discuss the developing media in South Sudan. Starting with almost nothing, Chang outlined an ambitious agenda for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to reach [...]	2008-02-27 08:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM285	MEDIA DEVELOMENTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Christopher Datta met with Minister of Information and Broadcasting Gabriel Chang on the morning of February 25 to discuss the developing media in South Sudan. Starting with almost nothing, Chang outlined an ambitious agenda for the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) to reach [...]	2008-02-27 16:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM286	MEDIA DEVELOMENTS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Christopher Datta met with Minister of Information and Broadcasting Gabriel Chang on the morning of February 25 to discuss the developing media in South Sudan. Starting with almost nothing, Chang outlined an ambitious agenda for the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) to reach [...]	2008-02-28 04:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM288	GoSS Minister on Census, Elections, Darfur and Chad, and [...] (SBU) Summary: Juba CG Christopher Datta met with Government of South Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development Michael Makuei Lueth on February 27 to discuss Makuei's involvement on the NCP/SPLM Executive Committee of the CPA and on the state of the Southern Sudan L [...]	2008-02-28 05:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL CD SU
08KHARTOUM289	UN/AU MEDIATION BRIEFING FOR S/E WILLIAMSON CONVOLUTED AND [...] (SBU) In a convoluted briefing for S/E Williamson on February 25, the senior leadership of the UN/AU Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) offered few details on its strategy to re-energize the Darfur peace process and was unable to articulate methods for addressing the challenges confronting the [...]	2008-02-28 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MCAP MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM290	Minawi to S/E Williamson: Weak and Isolated, SLM Still [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the lack of DPA implementation has left the SLM weak and isolated, it continues to strive toward transforming the movement from a fighting force to a political party, Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi told S/E Williamson in Khartoum. He suggest [...]	2008-02-28 06:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MCAP MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM291	SPLM HARD AT WORK ON THE REFERENDUM LAW [...] (U) Manoah Aligo Donga, National Assembly member and Chairman of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) Caucus in the North, told poloff on 25 February that he will step down from his Caucus Chairman position in April 2008. Having held the post for three years, Donga will remain in the N [...]	2008-02-28 07:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM293	SUDAN REACTS TO REPUBLICATION OF DANISH CARTOONS WITH MASS [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing a mass rally in Khartoum organized by government-affiliated Islamic organizations, President Bashir denounced cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed that were recently republished in Danish newspapers. An embargo on Danish trade and travel has been reported in the p [...]	2008-02-28 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PGOV PREL ETRD EAID SOCI ASEC SU DA
08KHARTOUM295	"PANICKY" MUSA HILAL MAKING NEW OVERTURES TO THE [...] (C) In recent weeks, janjaweed leader and newly-appointed special advisor Musa Hilal has made both direct and indirect overtures to the Embassy in Khartoum. In mid-February, PolFSN was summoned to Hilal's Khartoum residence by one of Hilal's relatives for an impromptu meeting with the notorious [...]	2008-02-29 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU AU UN
08KHARTOUM296	POTENTIAL ABYEI BORDER MOVES NORTH WITH SOME MAJOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM297	S/E WILLIAMSON'S SECOND MEETING WITH NAFIE ALI [...] (C) President Bush has an "intense interest" in alleviating humanitarian suffering and bringing stability to Sudan, S/E Williamson told Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie and other senior Sudanese officials on February 29. He informed Nafie that the U.S. has decided to respond to Presiden [...]	2008-02-29 16:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER SU CD
08KHARTOUM298	Abyei Conflict Contained for Now, But Problem Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM-appointed Abyei administrator Edward Lino says that conflict in Abyei has been "contained," in what he calls a defeat for NCP hardliners. The NCP and SPLM, however, appear to have been unable to conclude an agreement on joint administration. According to Foreign Minister [...]	2008-03-02 05:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM299	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY VISITS DARFUR, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with UNAMID political and military leadership in El Fasher to emphasize the importance that President Bush places on resolving the crisis in Darfur and the administration's willingness to commit significant additional financial and pol [...]	2008-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM300	SE WILLIAMSON TO PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: WE DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In a positive, hour-long meeting with the Sudanese President, SE Richard Williamson clearly and concisely outlined American concerns on Darfur, CPA, Sudanese adventurism in Chad, and other bilateral issues while describing a possible way forward in improving relations based on spe [...]	2008-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM301	MEDIA REACTION: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The media reaction to Special Envoy Williamson's visit to Sudan was a rollercoaster ride, swinging wildly up and down but ultimately ending up where it began. Mirroring the GOS's hopes for the trip, the press coverage began as cautiously optimistic. After the first day's impromp [...]	2008-03-02 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM308	VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN ALONG 1956 BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence has erupted again along the Kiir River in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, where supposedly non-Misseriya Northern Popular Defense Forces have reportedly launched simultaneous attacks against three separate SPLA positions. Although calm returned after five hours of fightin [...]	2008-03-03 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM31	BANK OF SUDAN ANNOUNCES CONVERSION TO EURO CITING U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) announced on January 7 that it converted its reserves to the euro and other currencies, and that it will no longer use the U.S. dollar for financial transactions. The CBOS named U.S. sanctions as one of the primary reasons for this change. Leadin [...]	2008-01-09 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFQ EAID SOCI AU UNSC SU ECON KPKO
08KHARTOUM310	S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH RIEK MACHAR [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Special Envoy Williamson, Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar briefed the Special Envoy on GOSS efforts to improve stability and security in the South in the face of continued tensions along the North/South border and despite continued threats [...]	2008-03-03 10:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM311	MINAWI: ERDIMI REJECTS KHARTOUM'S PUSH FOR RENEWED OFFENSIVE [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REQUESTED DEMARCHE TO SENIOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SLM) CHAIRMAN MINNI MINAWI ON MARCH 1 (REF. A). MINAWI REPORTED THAT HE LAST SPOKE TO RALLY OF FORCES FOR CHANGE (RFC) PRESIDENT TIMAN ERDIMI ON FEBRUARY 29. ERDIMI TOLD HIM THAT NATI [...]	2008-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USDELFESTTWO SU CD
08KHARTOUM313	ABYEI'S MISSERIYA LEADERS TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, eight hereditary leaders of the Oulad Kamal branch of the Misseriya Arab tribe of Kordofan told CDA Fernandez that they would appreciate urgent U.S. mediation for Abyei, that their tribe is not a "puppet of the NCP," and that the SPLA needs to immediately withdraw sou [...]	2008-03-03 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM314	SUDANESE FONMIN ON SPECIAL ENVOY NON-PAPER AND CONGRESSMAN [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR TOLD CONGEN JUBA STAFF ON MARCH 1 THAT PRESIDENT BASHIR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON WENT "EXTREMELY WELL," AND THAT ALOR EXPECTED POSITIVE FORWARD MOVEMENT. ALOR CLAIMED THAT BASHIR HAD NOTED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING THAT "ONLY A MAD MAN DEFIES THE [...]	2008-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR SU
08KHARTOUM315	PROGRESS ON SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) Responding to a request from SE Williamson during his visit to Juba, SPLA Defense White Paper Committee Chairman Kuol Diem Kuol told ConGen PolOff March 1 that he expected the paper to be completed by March 7 and issued via Presidential Order shortly thereafter. According to Kuol, GOSS P [...]	2008-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID MARR SU
08KHARTOUM317	SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SPLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SENIOR SPLA LEADERSHIP GREATLY APPRECIATES USG SUPPORT IN BOTH HELPING TO BUILD MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN MILITARY TRAINING, AND THEY EXPRESSED THE DESIRE FOR A CONTINUED CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP. BOTH LT. GENERAL DOMINIC DIM DENG, THE MINISTER FOR SPLA AFFAIRS, AND LT. [...]	2008-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID MARR SU
08KHARTOUM318	"DARFUR PARTNERS GROUP" DISCUSS SUDAN CONSORTIUM, [...] (C) At a recent meeting of the Darfur Partners Group in Khartoum, Western Ambassadors discussed the possibility of adding sessions on Darfur and the Sudan-Chad conflict to the agenda for the Sudan Consortium tentatively scheduled for April in Paris. The UN/AU mediation team provided an update [...]	2008-03-04 05:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO UN AU SU CD FR
08KHARTOUM319	HOW TO RESTRUCTURE A CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WITHOUT AN [...] (SBU) This cable provides an update on the most recent activities of the UNAMID Ceasefire Commission (CFC),impediments to its functioning and an analysis of measures the CFC Secretariat can take now to enhance its effectiveness if and when a genuine ceasefire takes hold in Darfur. The USG sho [...]	2008-03-04 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM320	OCHA TO SE WILLIAMSON: "CIVILIANS PAID PRICE FOR [...] (C) On February 29, UN OCHA (Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Sudan Office Director Mike McDonagh (protect) provided SE Williamson with a graphic but balanced account of the violence that occurred in West Darfur in February 2008. In a discussion informed by his recent two fir [...]	2008-03-04 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM322	NORTH KORDOFAN STRESSED BY NEIGHBORING DARFUR CONFLICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to numerous Sudanese contacts on a recent trip to the North Kordofan cities of El-Obeid and An-Nahud, the Darfur conflict clearly is stressing the neighboring state's economy and infrastructure. Although North Kordofan shares many of the same factors that bred violence [...]	2008-03-04 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAID SOCI MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM323	SIGNATORY AND NON-SIGNATORY REPS SIT TOGETHER WITH UNAMID [...] (SBU) UNAMID convened a meeting of Ceasefire Commission stakeholders - including UN civilian political representation and both DPA signatories and non-signatories - to provide an overview of CFC efforts and solicit the input of factions regarding their concerns and grievances. The CFC explaine [...]	2008-03-04 14:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM324	LRA PEACE TALKS CONCLUDE, AWAIT SIGNING OF FINAL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) signed agreements on the two outstanding agenda items: the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration and the Implementing Commitments and Mechanisms. The Government of Southern Sudan mediator, Vice President Ri [...]	2008-03-04 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF UG CG SU
08KHARTOUM325	DUP PARTY SPLINTERS DUE TO POOR LEADERSHIP AND NCP [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent defectors to the NCP describe the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) as lacking effective, democratic leadership and a vision for the future. They see the NCP as an attractive alternative and contend that the NCP has changed for the better since Al-Turabi's departure. They [...]	2008-03-04 15:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM327	DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION OF MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered subject demarche to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on the margins of a meeting to discuss Guantanamo detainee issues. Siddiq said that Sudan's participant in the upcoming Ministerial, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, will be guided by w [...]	2008-03-05 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY KV AL IZ SU
08KHARTOUM328	SPLM MP ON POSSIBLE ABYEI AGREEMENT, BORDER CLASH [...] (SBU) Summary: According to ethnic-Misseriya SPLM MP Mohamed Gour, the most recent armed clash in the Abyei region was the result of growing friction between poorly disciplined local SPLA units and young Misseriya herdsmen. He confirmed that the SPLM and NCP have reached agreement on a joint [...]	2008-03-05 14:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM329	HEADING INTO 2009, NCP LOOKS STRONG IN NORTH KORDOFAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Once an Umma Party stronghold, the National Congress Party (NCP) now appears well placed in North Kordofan heading into the 2009 national elections. On February 21, the NCP won University of North Kordofan student elections in a campaign supported by a visit of Presidential Ass [...]	2008-03-05 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM33	SUDAN ARMY ATTACKS UNAMID CONVOY [...] (SBU) On January 8, UNAMID claimed that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attacked a UNAMID 29-truck convoy on January 7 at approximately 2200 near Tine, West Darfur located 125 kilometers north of Geneina. UNAMID spokesmen Nourreddine Mezni told poloff on January 9 that Joint Special Representative [...]	2008-01-09 12:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM332	"PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR IS A TABULA RASA" SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Dr. Mansur Khalid warns that the National Congress Party is now divided in contending fiefdoms jockeying for power and canceling each other out, under the distracted supervision of A disengaged President Al-Bashir. Meanwhile, the SPLM uneasily monitors a disloy [...]	2008-03-06 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SU
08KHARTOUM333	UNMAMID CIVIL AFFAIRS ATTEMPTING TO LAY GRASSROOTS [...] (SBU) UNAMID Head of Civil Affairs provided an overview of incipient efforts to strengthen civil society in North Darfur and its influence in an eventual peace process. UNAMID will hold a broad civil society workshop on land issues in mid-March, the first in a series that will focus on various [...]	2008-03-06 13:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM338	THE NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY - SUDAN'S BRUTAL [...] (C) Summary: After almost 20 years in power, the ruling National Congress Party has reach a level of cynical (and often brutal) pragmatism making it fully capable of making and keeping arrangements with the West on Darfur and on the CPA, as long as its core interest of remaining in power in Kh [...]	2008-03-09 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM339	DARFUR REBELS WON'T RUSH TO PEACE AT EXPENSE OF POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The factions of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) must re-unite across tribal lines before any negotiations can begin with the Sudanese Government, a commander allied with SLA/Abdulshafie told Poloff in El Fasher. Discussions among the field commanders allied with SLA/Abdulshafie, SLA/Unit [...]	2008-03-09 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SU
08KHARTOUM340	SLM/ABDUL WAHID TO LAUNCH OFFICE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Abdul Wahid Al Nur has announced that the SLM will open an office in Tel Aviv and praised the Israeli government for giving refuge to Darfur to protect them from genocide. While NCP officials and much of the Sudanese media condemned Al Nur's statements, reaction in Darfur is larg [...]	2008-03-09 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SU
08KHARTOUM341	DISCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT THE MARCH 27-30 ARAB [...] (C) Charge Fernandez raised concerns in reftel with Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on March 8, on the eve of a State visit by President Al-Bashir to Abu Dhabi. Alor admitted that he had been thinking of attending the Arab League Summit (his first since being named Foreign Minister in Dec [...]	2008-03-09 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SU

08KHARTOUM342	INTERNAL INTRIGUE SHROUDS SUDANESE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor worries that infighting among NCP factions could jeopardize discussions on a workplan to alleviate suffering in Darfur and improve relations with the West before such an initiative even gets started. The SPLM is also concerned about keeping focus on CPA- [...]	2008-03-09 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU

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