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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10KHARTOUM242 |
WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...] |
2010-02-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM250 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes Senators Durbin and Brown to Sudan. You arrive at a critical juncture. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) enshrined a fragile peace in Africa's largest country, and the work of U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration brought a renewed urgency to Sudanes [...] |
2010-02-11 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM254 |
DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE: FIGHTING RESUMES IN JEBEL MARRA [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, intense fighting broke out between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebels in East Jebel Marra, according to UN and humanitarian sources. The scope of casualties and civilian displacement remains unknown, though the Unit [...] |
2010-02-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINR PREL ASEC SU CD |
| 10KHARTOUM260 |
DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART II: IN WEST DARFUR, A LAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al Hajj, the former rebel who was appointed Wali of West Darfur as a reward for signing the Declaration of Commitment (DOC) to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in 2006, has no real constituency and has decided not to run in the April 2010 elections. In the race to [...] |
2010-02-16 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM264 |
INDEPENDENT SPLM CANDIDATES CAUSE CRISIS WITHIN THE PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) became embroiled in crisis following the February 22 announcement of candidates that will be the party's standard bearers in the upcoming April elections. Upon learning that they were not selected, a number of senior SPLM member [...] |
2010-02-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
| 10KHARTOUM296 |
SE GRATION MEETING WITH JUBA UN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting February 18 with U.S. Special Envoy General Scott Gration, UN officials in Juba reported that elections mobilization is underway, food insecurity in the South is on the rise, and the need for additional support and focus on capacity building in the South is acute. [...] |
2010-02-22 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
| 10KHARTOUM3 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI UPBEAT ON DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary. In a December 30 meeting with Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin was upbeat about the December 24-25 visit to Khartoum of a high-level Chadian delegation led by Chadian Foreign Minister Musa Faki. He noted that the delegation had met wi [...] |
2010-01-03 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD |
| 10KHARTOUM302 |
CODEL DURBIN IN KHARTOUM, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a stop in Khartoum on February 18, Senators Dick Durbin and Sherrod Brown met with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mutrif Siddiq. The CODEL's wide-ranging discussion with the key National Congress Party (NCP) insider covered elections, Darfur, th [...] |
2010-02-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL ASEC SU CD CH |
| 10KHARTOUM304 |
SE Gration Meets with Senior SPLM Officials [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 meeting, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/ Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials told Special Envoy Gration that there had been good, though not perfect, progress in passing outstanding laws central to implementation of the Comprehensive [...] |
2010-02-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PINS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM306 |
SE Gration Meets with Senior SPLM Officials [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 meeting, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/ Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials told Special Envoy Gration that there had been good, though not perfect, progress in passing outstanding laws central to implementation of the Comprehensive [...] |
2010-02-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PINS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM308 |
SE GRATION MEETS WITH ABDEL AZIZ ON ELECTIONS BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration met in Juba with Abdel Aziz El Hilu (SPLM), Deputy Governor of Southern Kordofan state, who attempted to explain the benefits of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) election boycott in that state. A [...] |
2010-02-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM310 |
SE GRATION MEETS SOUTHERN OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration met in Juba with Southern Sudan opposition party leaders who told him that funding for opposition parties and space for campaigning are critical if there is to be any chance for free and fair elections in Sout [...] |
2010-02-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU |
| 10KHARTOUM314 |
Sudan: Solar Energy in Use in Sudan [...] (U) Summary: During his February 14-17 visit to Sudan, Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) met with Dr. Migdam Elsheikh Abdelgani, Director of the National Centre for Research (NCR) in Khartoum to talk about the work of its 13 research institutes and its premier Renewable Energy Institute (RE [...] |
2010-02-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV ECON EAGR ENRG SU |
| 10KHARTOUM316 |
Donors Press NEC on Outstanding Issues Threatening to Delay [...] (SBU) Summary: At the February 18 National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting, donors pressed the for answers on a host of issues threatening to delay the April elections, including planning and funding for the transportation of elections materials, clarification on the number [...] |
2010-02-24 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM326 |
Darfur - One Year After the Humanitarian Organization [...] (SBU) Summary:C,B Nearly one year after the Government of National Unity (GNU)-mandated expulsion of 13 international humanitarian organizations and three local aid agencies, the structure of humanitarian assistance provision in Darfur has been significantly altered.C,B Following the expulsio [...] |
2010-02-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM328 |
Sudan: Arab League-led Trade Delegation Visits Juba [...] (U) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa arrived in Juba on February 23, leading a delegation of Arab investors and companies to participate in the first Arab Investment Conference in Southern Sudan. GOSS President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar attended the event's opening sess [...] |
2010-02-25 06:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN KISL SU |
| 10KHARTOUM33 |
GOSS BUDGET: FISCAL CRISIS OVER BUT CORRUPTION LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: There are precious few bright spots in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) 2010 draft budget. On the revenue side, the GoSS remains overly reliant on oil, deriving 98 percent of its income from oil transfers. Concerning expenditures, the GoSS, as in the past, plans to sp [...] |
2010-01-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON SU |
| 10KHARTOUM330 |
SE GRATION VISITS SPLM-ADMINISTERED REGION OF SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration traveled to Kauda. Although h located in the north, Kauda is an area of Southern Kordofan State that is administered by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). SE Gration attended a meeting to discuss [...] |
2010-02-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MARR EAID SU |
| 10KHARTOUM332 |
SUDAN: EXPERTS ASSESS MANUFACTURING, SERVICES, BANKING [...] (U) Summary: On February 21, Alwaleed Alatabani, World Bank (WB) Senior Financial Sector Specialist told PolEconOffs at a Donor Economic Forum meeting that Sudan's high cost of loans and over-reliance on collateral-based lending have stifled business growth. In addition, corruption, non-perfo [...] |
2010-02-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG SOCI ECPS EIND SU |
| 10KHARTOUM336 |
DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JEBEL MARRA [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between members of the armed opposition group Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Jebel Marra, an area transecting all three Darfur states, remains ongoing and has extended to the SLA/AW stronghold of Deribat, according to h [...] |
2010-02-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM34 |
ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM), as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM), C [...] |
2010-01-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM35 |
ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM), as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM), C [...] |
2010-01-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM36 |
GOSS BUDGET: FISCAL CRISIS OVER BUT CORRUPTION LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: There are precious few bright spots in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) 2010 draft budget. On the revenue side, the GoSS remains overly reliant on oil, deriving 98 percent of its income from oil transfers. Concerning expenditures, the GoSS, as in the past, plans to sp [...] |
2010-01-08 08:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON SU |
| 10KHARTOUM37 |
NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY WINS CONTROVERSIAL STUDENT UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. University student unions have long been an important part of Sudan's political spectrum because they serve as incubators for future national political party leaders. For the first time since 1997, the National Congress Party (NCP) won the leadership position of the Student Union [...] |
2010-01-10 04:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM4 |
RECEIPT OF SUPPLY ITEMS [...] (SBU) THE FOL ITEMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED: SECTION A: CMR ITEMS: NSN QTY NOMEN REMARKS 5855014320524 1 SPE S/N 21144 1005002837695 2 SPE S/N 626800, 90675 4240015124434 12 JSGPM XM50 MEDIUM 090470313R010; 090470315R010; 090470317R010; 090470322R010; 09047 [...] |
2010-01-03 09:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMSG ASEC |
| 10KHARTOUM40 |
AEC CALLS FOR URGENT IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 50th plenary meeting. In light of the recent passage of the Southern Sudan Referendum Law, Abyei Referendum Law and Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan Popular Consultations Law, members noted that implementation [...] |
2010-01-10 06:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM55 |
CHADIAN REBELS: UNCONFIRMED ALLEGATIONS OF LOOTING AND RAPE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chadian rebel troops have allegedly looted markets in nearly a dozen villages near the area of Al Saiyah in North Darfur, according to local media and Sudanese rebel sources. However, no independent verification is available. A United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UN [...] |
2010-01-11 07:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SU CH |
| 10KHARTOUM6 |
SUDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS REGARDING SEXUAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel A, same sex relationships are considered illegal under Sudanese Criminal Code, Article 148, as well as public order and Sharia laws in northern Sudan. Conviction under these statutes carries the same punishment as for adultery. Same-sex orientation citizens maintain [...] |
2010-01-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM64 |
TENSIONS FLARE IN JEBEL MARRA AS KEY REBEL COMMANDER KILLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal struggle within the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebel faction reignited on January 5, when a prominent commander was killed in an ambush, according to UN and rebel sources. Abdalla Bakr, who had actively advanced the Doha rebel unification process supp [...] |
2010-01-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM65 |
Charge's Meeting with UNSRSG Ashraff Qazi [...] (sbu) Summary. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead met with United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, the head of the United Nations Mission to Sudan (UNMIS), on January 11. Qazi discussed UNMIS personnel changes, Sudan's upcoming general elections, [...] |
2010-01-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER KDEM UN SU UG |
| 10KHARTOUM71 |
KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TERRORISM ISSUES AND VISAS VIPER [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER SU |
| 10KHARTOUM72 |
Port Sudan Union Protest: Harbinger of Election Activism? [...] (SBU) Summary: 250 members of a politically-influential union of dockworkers operating in Port Sudan were arrested during a peaceful demonstration at the offices of Governor (Wali) al-Tahir Ella on 10 January. Union organizers had previously attempted to call a general assembly to discuss spe [...] |
2010-01-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB EINT SU |
| 10KHARTOUM73 |
GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN CONFIRMS SUDAN-CHAD PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On January 17 Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin briefed the Charge on the January 15 agreement between Sudan and Chad to end their proxy war, confirming information conveyed to Embassy Ndjamena by Chadian and UN officials (reftels). Ghazi des [...] |
2010-01-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM PINS LY CD SU |
| 10KHARTOUM74 |
GOS AND MEDIA COMPLAIN ABOUT ENHANCED U.S. AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) officials and state-controlled media have reacted negatively to the news of enhanced airport security screening for U.S.-bound Sudanese nationals. Complaints centered on Sudan's inclusion on the list of countries receiving increased scrutiny by the U.S. [...] |
2010-01-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR KPAO OIIP PREL PTER SU |
| 10KHARTOUM75 |
SUDAN'S COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT AT FIVE YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) by the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) the CPA stands at a critical juncture as Sudan moves into its first election since 1986. The peace agreement has hel [...] |
2010-01-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO MOPS ECON EFIN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM76 |
LRA UPDATE AND UNMIS DIRECTED BY DPKO TO RESCUE LRA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, SPLA Director for Military Intelligence Major General John Lat Zakeria briefed us on the movements and whereabouts of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Sudan. He explained that while there had been a presence of LRA in Southern Sudan, the majority of LRA were no [...] |
2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM77 |
CHADIAN REBELS REACT TO JANUARY 15 NDJAMENA ACCORD; [...] (C) Summary: On January 27,CDA met with a glum Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timan Erdimi, Second Vice President Abdulwahid Aboud Makaye, and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. Appearing only vaguely aware of the January 15 Ndjamena Accord (reftel), they asserted it was doome [...] |
2010-01-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CD SU |
| 10KHARTOUM78 |
SUDAN RESPONSE - EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Both the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) require all military personnel and civilian employees to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) Offi [...] |
2010-01-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU |
| 10KHARTOUM79 |
Sudan: Unity Fund Chair on Sanctions Trip, Electoral [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met January 27 with General Yahia Hussein Babiker, erstwhile Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service of Sudan and current Secretary General of the Unity Support Fund. Babiker, who joined a delegation to the United States to discuss the ins and outs of the U.S [...] |
2010-01-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN EAID SU |
| 10KHARTOUM80 |
KHARTOUM: PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OPPOSING GUANTANAMO BAY [...] (SBU) A group of approximately 50 peaceful demonstrators gathered outside the Chancery in Khartoum on Monday, January 11, 2010 calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. According to banners and speeches, the demonstration was organized by two non-governmental organizat [...] |
2010-01-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR PTER PGOV PREL SU |
| 10KHARTOUM83 |
CDA Discusses Elections With Pagan Amum [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, CDA Whitehead met with Pagan Amum, Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), who stated that the SPLM may partially boycott April elections for the National Assembly if the outstanding census dispute cannot be resolved. Amum also talked up [...] |
2010-01-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MCAP SU |
| 10KHARTOUM84 |
VETTING OF SPLA OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN USG TRAINING [...] (SBU) Post has vetted and recommends the following SPLA officers to participate in USG-sponsored Riverine training from 25 January 2010 to 23 April 2010: Name DOB POB Rank Majur Deng Lual 02-APR-1966 Bor COL [...] |
2010-01-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM87 |
NCP: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, SEEK FREE AND FAIR ELECTION- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, poloff met with Ibrahim Ghandour, political secretariat chief of the National Congress Party (NCP) and a senior NCP member. According to Ghandour, the NCP never asked the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reconsider Yassir Arman's candidacy and talks b [...] |
2010-02-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM89 |
UNMIS SRSG Qazi Reportedly Plans to Depart Sudan [...] (sbu) Derek Plumbly, Chairman of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, on February 1 informed Commission members that he had just met with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, who has directed the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) since the expulsion o [...] |
2010-02-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU UN |
| 10KHARTOUM91 |
WEST DARFUR WALI PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al-Haj, the Wali of West Darfur, will leave office in April embittered that the Government of Sudan (GOS) has done little to honor its commitments under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of 2006 and the Declaration of Commitment to the DPA of 2007, to which he was a s [...] |
2010-02-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SU CD ASEC |
| 10KHARTOUM93 |
RECALL 10 KHARTOUM 93 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-04 06:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 10KHARTOUM96 |
MISSERIYA MIGRATION BECOMING A CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Poloff on January 12, Seth Kumi, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civil Affairs Chief for Sector VI (Abyei), stated that many Misseriya are collecting in Abyei, unwilling to continue their southern migration. The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPL [...] |
2010-01-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS KDEM KPKO MOPS SMIG SU |
| 10KHARTOUM97 |
NCP Favors Technical Assistance on Post-2011 Negotiations, [...] (SBU) Summary: Saeed El Khatib, Director of the National congress party's (NCP) Center for Strategic Studies, told CDA on February 2 that he and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng have decided on a Naivasha-style process, absent a mediator or [...] |
2010-02-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM98 |
SLM/MINNAWI LEADERSHIP EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 13 meeting with DCM, Sudan Liberation Movement/Minnawi (SLM/Minnawi) faction Head of Foreign Relations, Ali Traio, and Head of Policy, Hussein Arko Minnawi, asserted that Sudan would be better off without elections because they are "rigged" in favor of the National C [...] |
2010-01-18 13:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SU CD |
| 10KHARTOUM99 |
SPLM Presidential Advisor on Electoral Dynamics [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL SU |
| 89KHARTOUM12543 |
SUDAN: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1989-11-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SU |
| 89KHARTOUM12704 |
GOS RELEASES SADIQ, MOHAMMED OSMAN AND TURABI [...] SUMMARY. THE GOS RELEASED NOVEMBER 17 THE DETAINED LEADERS OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES EXCEPT THE COMMUNIST PARTY. GENERAL OMAR AL-BASHIR TOLD PRESIDENT CARTER THAT ONLY FOURTEEN POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE STILL DETAINED. WE ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL DETAINEES, MOSTLY UNIONISTS AND SUSPEC [...] |
1989-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINR SU |
| 90KHARTOUM10657 |
GOS COUNCIL REPUTEDLY SUPPORTS DISMANTLING [...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...] |
1990-10-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS MARR EAID PHUM PREL EG IZ SU |
| 90KHARTOUM11067 |
QADHAFI VISITS SUDAN; CALLS FOR SUDAN, LIBYAN, [...] SUMMARY: LIBYA'S QADHAFI VISITED KHARTOUM OCTOBER 20-23 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE OCTOBER 1964 REVOLUTION. WHILE HERE, HE ADDRESSED THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM (NDCPS). QADHAFI CALLED FOR ARAB UNITY, PARTICULARLY UNION BETW [...] |
1990-10-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SU LY EG |
| 90KHARTOUM11358 |
SUDAN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE 1990 TERRORISM REPORT FOR SUDAN IS AS FOLLOWS. 2. THE ACROPOLE TERRORIST BOMBING CASE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF POSTPONEMENTS, WITH THE NEXT HEARING NOW SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 22, 1991 (REF C). MANY OF THE POSTPONEMENTS, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT ONE, INVOLVED CONSULATIONS AND NEGOTIATION [...] |
1990-10-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SU |
| 90KHARTOUM12303 |
DEMARCHE TO GOS REGARDING INTELLIGENCE [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PRESENTED REF A DEMARCHE TO FOREIGN MINISTER SAHLOUL MORNING NOVEMBER 26. FOREIGN MINISTER GRAVELY ACKNOWLEDGED SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR GOS AVOWED POSITION OF NEUTRALITY IN GULF CONFLICT AND ITS RELATIONS WITH USG AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF ANY S [...] |
1990-11-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PINR MOPS MARR SU IZ SA US |
| 90KHARTOUM13366 |
SUDANESE HEAD OF STATE ENDORSES SHARIA LAW [...] ACCORDING TO SUDAN'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE WEEKLY "NEW HORIZON," SUDAN'S HEAD OF STATE, GENERAL OMAR AL BASHIR, HAS PUBLICLY ENDORSED THE 1983 SEPTEMBER LAWS. PROVIDING FOR CORPORAL PUNISHMENT KNOWN AS "HUDUD," THE SEPTEMBER LAWS ARE ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS OF SUDANESE SOCIETY AND J [...] |
1990-12-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS SU |
| 90KHARTOUM3292 |
LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SUDAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT THIS TIME, LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SUDAN IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE PRECISELY, BUT OVERT LIBYAN OPERATIONS APPEAR LIMITED. LIBYAN ARAB AIRLINES (LAA) FLIES TO KHARTOUM FROM TRIPOLI ONCE A WEEK AND MAINTAINS A SMALL KHARTOUM STAFF. THE LIBYAN ARAB FOREIGN INVES [...] |
1990-03-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR OFDP PREL LY SU |
| 90KHARTOUM3477 |
SUDAN AND THE ARABS: POSSIBLY STEP-SISTERS; [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SUDAN'S ARAB RELATIONSHIPS HAVE UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS SINCE THE MILITARY COUP OF JUNE 1989. MOST ARAB STATES REACTED WARMLY TO THE OUSTER OF SADIQ AL- MAHDI. SINCE THEN, THIS WARMTH HAS DISSIPATED AS AN UNENLIGHTENED GOS HAS DRIFTED TOWARD LI [...] |
1990-04-01 07:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS KPRP SU |
| 90KHARTOUM5759 |
SUDAN'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT: MORE IN CHECK [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 30, 1989, WHEN ELEMENTS OF SUDAN'S ARMORED AND AIRBORNE FORCES SEIZED POWER FROM PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI, IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT THE LONG-AWAITED TAKEOVER BY THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT HAD FINALLY TAKEN PLACE. [...] |
1990-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | MARR MCAP PGOV PINR KPRP SU |
| 90KHARTOUM7632 |
DIPLOMATS AGREE--BASHIR IS HERE TO STAY, IF NOT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE JULY 24 SIX SENIOR DIPLOMATS ASSIGNED TO KHARTOUM EXPRESSED THEIR CONVICTION THAT THE BASHIR GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN IN POWER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE--AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY A YEAR. UNLIKE EARLIER MEETINGS WHICH WITNESSED [...] |
1990-07-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SU EG NL GE IT UR MO |
| 91KHARTOUM2104 |
BASHIR AND THE RCC ON THE EVE OF THEIR SECOND [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BESEIGED AND CRITICIZED FROM VIRTUALLY EVERY QUARTER, AS IT APPROACHES ITS SECOND ANNIVERSARY, GENERAL OMAR AL-BASHIR'S REVOLUTION COMMAND COUNCIL NONETHELESS APPEARS FIRMLY IN CHARGE OF SUDAN. THE RECENT CURRENCY CHANGE, ABOUT AS BADLY BOTCHED AS [...] |
1991-05-30 10:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SU |
| 91KHARTOUM2937 |
BASHIR'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY SPEECH: HOT [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE HIGHLIGHT OF CELEBRATIONS (VASTLY SCALED DOWN) FOR THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION REVOLUTION WAS RCC CHAIRMAN BASHIR'S SPEECH JUNE 29 AT FRIENDSHIP HALL. IN ATTENDANCE WERE LIBYAN LEADER QHADDAFI AND CHADIAN PRESIDENT IDRIS DEBY (THE ONLY HEADS OF STATE P [...] |
1991-07-02 08:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL LY SU |
| 91KHARTOUM2961 |
CONVERSATION WITH FORMER PM SADIQ AL MAHDI [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI JUNE 26. SADIQ DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT AS HAVING THE WORST CHARACTERISTICS OF DICTATORSHIP AND A COALITION GOVERNMENT. THE GOS, HE SAID, IS FAILING DISMALLY ECONOMICALLY AND CAUSIN [...] |
1991-07-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM PREF ET SU |
| 91KHARTOUM4769 |
ISLAMIZATION OF SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. SUMMARY: THERE IS CLEAR AND MOUNTING EVIDENCE THAT THE NIF-DOMINATED GOVERNMENT IN KHARTOUM HAS EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN TO ISLAMIZE SOUTHERN SUDAN AND THOSE SOUTHERNERS, MOSTLY DISPLACED, LIVING IN THE [...] |
1991-09-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM SU |
| 91KHARTOUM5792 |
ISLAMIZATION OF SOUTHERN SUDAN: DESENSITIZED [...] PER DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST, AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNHRC RAPPORTEUR'S WORK, WE HAVE TRANSMITTED A DESENSITIZED VERSION OF KHARTOUM 4769 BELOW. WE HAVE TRIED TO ELIMINATED DIRECT REFERENCES TO SOURCES AND OTHER IDENTIFYING DETAILS. THE CABLE NEVERTHELESS CONTAINS INFORMATION, SU [...] |
1991-09-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SU |
| 92KHARTOUM2013 |
EMERGENCE OF BASHIR? - ROLE DEFINING IN THE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: FROM A NUMBER OF CONTACTS WE HAVE HAD LATELY IN KHARTOUM'S EVER ACTIVE POLITICAL CIRCLES, THERE IS PLAUSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CONCLUSIVE, HOPE THAT SUDAN'S PRESIDENT MAY BE TRYING TO WIGGLE OUT SOMEWHAT FROM UNDER THE NIF SHADOW. BASHIR'S [...] |
1992-03-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SU |
| 92KHARTOUM5035 |
BIO UPDATE: IBRAHIM SANUSSI [...] SECRET/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS BASIC BIO DATA ON IBRAHIM SANUSSI: ---BORN 1937 AL UBAYD, KORDOFAN. ---1962 - BAKT AL RUDA TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE, DIPLOMA. ---1970 - CAIRO UNIVERSITY, B. LAW. WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CAIRO [...] |
1992-07-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PINR PGOV KISL SU US |
| 92KHARTOUM5791 |
DIRECT ELECTION OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH THE GOS REGULARLY REPEATS ITS PLEDGE TO CONDUCT DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (CURRENTLY AN APPOINTED BODY). THIS INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ONLY THOSE PERSONS ENJOYING THE GOS SEAL OF APPR [...] |
1992-07-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS SU |
| 92KHARTOUM5809 |
BASHIR RELEASES COUP PLOTTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 27, SUDANESE HEAD OF STATE LT. GEN. OMAR BASHIR REPORTEDLY PARDONED THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE RECEIVED PRISON SENTENCES OF FIFTEEN YEARS OR LESS FOR STATE SECURITY CRIMES. HE ALSO REDUCED PRISON TERMS FOR OTHERS AND PROMISED OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL RIGHTS IN FUTURE SECURITY [...] |
1992-07-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS SU |
| 92KHARTOUM7039 |
SUDAN'S TURABI ON "INTERNATIONALISM OF [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE LEADER OF SUDAN'S NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT SPELLED OUT TO THOUSANDS OF HIS FOLLOWERS HERE SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF ISLAM AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE NEED FOR MUSLIMS TO USE THE RELIGION AS A SHIELD AGAINST THE POWER OF THE WEST. [...] |
1992-09-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL SU |
| 92KHARTOUM8257 |
SUDAN: '92 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IRANIAN PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI'S VISIT TO KHARTOUM IN DECEMBER, 1991, THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN HAS ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE ITS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN, A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE USG LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM. - CONCURRENTLY, THE INVASIVE AND DOMINEERING ROLE O [...] |
1992-11-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SU |
| 92KHARTOUM8788 |
TFS 0001: SOMALIA: SUDANESE GOVERNMENT BEGINS [...] IN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MEDIA HERE TERM "AN EXPRESSION OF ANXIETY," SUDAN'S HEAD OF STATE, LT. GEM. OMAR AL BASHIR, IN HIS DECEMBER 2ND PRESS CONFERENCE, SAID HE HAS WORRIED ABOUT "THE SUDDEN ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT IN SOMALIA AND THE U.N. DECISION TO SEND FORTY THOUSAND (SIC) U [...] |
1992-12-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU SO |
| 94KHARTOUM2953 |
TURABI CALLS FOR JIHAD TO CREATE AN ISLAMIC [...] ACCORDING TO THE JUNE 9 SUDANESE PRESS, NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT LEADER AND DE FACTO RULER OF SUDAN, HASAN AL TURABI TOLD STUDENTS ATTENDING A CONFERENCE OF SUDAN'S STUDENT UNIONS, THAT THE UNITY OF SUDAN AND THE CREATION OF AN ISLAMIC STATE COULD NOT BE ACHIEVED EXCEPT THROUGH A JIHAD. ACCORD [...] |
1994-06-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU |
| 94KHARTOUM4688 |
UNUSUAL IRANIAN PRESENCE IN NORTHERN SUDAN? [...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO A NORMALLY RELIABLE CONTACT WHO RECENTLY VISITED RELATIVES IN THE AREA, THE IRANIAN AGRICULTURAL PROJECT LOCATED NEAR EL GEITI NORTH OF KHARTOUM IS BASICALLY INACTIVE. THE IRANIANS REPORTEDLY MAINTAIN, HOWEVER, A SECOND, LARGE FACILITY A FEW KI [...] |
1994-09-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PTER SU IR |
| 94KHARTOUM6366 |
SUDANESE MISCHIEF-MAKING: DOES IT MATTER? [...] No summary [...] |
1994-12-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | KISL PREL PTER SU |
| 95KHARTOUM2625 |
A CONVERSATION WITH BASHIR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PRESIDENT BASHIR AND I MET FOR OVER TWO HOURS AT HIS HOME SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 28. THE ONLY OTHER PERSON PRESENT WAS GENERAL FATIH IRWAH, WHOM BASHIR WANTS TO BE HIS AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON. WHEN I NOTED THAT, EXCEPT FOR BRIEF ENCOUNTERS AT RECEPTIONS, IT HA [...] |
1995-05-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU US |
| 95KHARTOUM4189 |
BASHIR TAKES CHARGE? [...] COL. (RETD) MARTIN MALWAL AROP, A LONG TIME EMBASSY CONTACT, TOLD THE DCM LAST NIGHT THAT PRESIDENT OMAR EL BASHIR IS ASSERTING HIS AUTHORITY AS COMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) ON THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN. MALWAL SAID THAT BASH [...] |
1995-08-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |