Search through 251'286 wikileaks cables
B R O W S E
By embassy:
Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb
By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966
By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DUNCAN CAMERON DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR EAI EAIC EAID EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECHEVARRIA ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUARDO EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN EFIS EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT EINV EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIGUEROA FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE KCGC KCHG KCIP KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM KCOR KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG KGIC KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV KHJUS KHLS KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA KMCC KMCR KMDR KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN KPIR KPKO KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN KTFR KTFS KTIA KTIP KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMAR OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTHERSASNEEDED OTP OTR OTRA OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATRICK WARREN MAHURIN PATTY PAUL PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBST PBT PBTS PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA PHU PHUH PHUM PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR PINS PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF PREG PREJ PREK PREL PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRIVATIZATION PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAFAEL RAID RAMON RAMONTEIJELO RAS RATIFICATION RAY GUEVARA MILTON RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROBERT ROBERT JOSEPH RODHAM RODRIGUEZ ROK ROME ROOD ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SABAH SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SALOPEK SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SASIAIN SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANESSA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISAS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WARD WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WILLIAM WIPO WIR WITH WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZOELLICK ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DUNCAN CAMERON DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR EAI EAIC EAID EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECHEVARRIA ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUARDO EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN EFIS EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT EINV EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIGUEROA FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE KCGC KCHG KCIP KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM KCOR KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG KGIC KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV KHJUS KHLS KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA KMCC KMCR KMDR KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN KPIR KPKO KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN KTFR KTFS KTIA KTIP KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMAR OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTHERSASNEEDED OTP OTR OTRA OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATRICK WARREN MAHURIN PATTY PAUL PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBST PBT PBTS PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA PHU PHUH PHUM PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR PINS PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF PREG PREJ PREK PREL PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRIVATIZATION PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAFAEL RAID RAMON RAMONTEIJELO RAS RATIFICATION RAY GUEVARA MILTON RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROBERT ROBERT JOSEPH RODHAM RODRIGUEZ ROK ROME ROOD ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SABAH SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SALOPEK SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SASIAIN SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANESSA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISAS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WARD WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WILLIAM WIPO WIR WITH WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZOELLICK ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable
Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08CAIRO204 | EGYPT: CHAD SITUATION "COMPLICATED," WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) We asked MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid for the GoE to demarche the Sudanese government to cease its support Chadian rebels on February 6. Per reftel demarche, we stressed that the Sudanese were providing more support to Chadian rebels than before, inflaming an alre [...] | 2008-02-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU |
08CAIRO2079 | ARAB LEAGUE WORKING WITH AFRICAN UNION TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: According to senior officials at the Arab League and African Union, the two bodies are working closely to address key issues in Sudan, Somalia and Mauritania. AL SYG Amr Moussa and AU SYG Jean Ping head an Arab Ministerial committee on Darfur, and AU Peace and Security Commission [...] | 2008-09-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO MR IT QA EG |
08CAIRO2089 | EGYPTIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) As of September 2008, this is the data we have on Egypt's UNAMID deployment. Egypt's initial planned contribution to UNAMID was 1,520 personnel, which it has not yet met. This number appears to have increased with the commitment of a second infantry battalion of approximately 850 personn [...] | 2008-09-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU EG |
08CAIRO2133 | RESPONSE TO SELF-DEPLOYMENT OF EGYPTIAN TROOPS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MASS SU EG |
08CAIRO2197 | SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG |
08CAIRO2264 | ARAB LEAGUE HAPPY WITH "QATARI INITIATIVE," EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League Advisor told us that the Government of Sudan (GOS) supports the Qatari initiative as a way to end the crisis in Darfur, and sees it as an accompaniment to the recently announced Sudan People's Initiative. However, Sudanese oppositionists in Cairo said Darfuri lead [...] | 2008-10-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PHUM KPKO SU QA EG |
08CAIRO2271 | REFUGEE PROTESTS OUTSIDE UNHCR CAIRO OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Regional Representative told us October 27 that recent refugee protests, outside the Cairo UNHCR office have grown and become more vocal. Refugees and asylum seekers are upset by the lack of resettlement options and the insufficiency of UNHCR's financial and healthca [...] | 2008-10-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL SU SO EG |
08CAIRO2319 | EGYPT ORGANIZING REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PBTS EWWT MOPS SU SO ER SA JO DJ |
08CAIRO234 | CHAD: EGYPTIAN LEADERS SAY CHAD, SUDAN EQUALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-10 07:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU |
08CAIRO2343 | THE ARAB LEAGUE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) Advisor on Africa Affairs said the AL is pleased with the progress that the Government of Sudan (GoS) has made on the AL's Solution Package, based on his meetings with numerous Sudanese leaders in November (reftel A). He highlighted Sudan's improved relations [...] | 2008-11-12 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
08CAIRO2384 | EGYPT'S VIEWS ON BORDER SHOOTINGS AND REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Egyptian MFA's Refugee Office, Tarek el-Maaty, told us on November 13 that he was frustrated with a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report condemning Egypt for the shooting of migrants on the Egypt-Israel border. He blamed the U.S. and Israel for asking Egypt to secu [...] | 2008-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER SO EG |
08CAIRO2461 | ARAB LEAGUE FOCUSING ON ICC CASE, OUT OF THE LOOP [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) SYG's advisor on African Affairs recently returned from The Hague, where he discussed the ICC indictment against Sudanese President Bashir. The AL feels it is important to enact Article 16 of the Rome Statue, before the ICC judges reach a decision, to preserve [...] | 2008-12-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM AL SU QA EG |
08CAIRO2475 | EGYPT UNHAPPY WITH ITS ROLE IN RESOLVING SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's cabinet advisor for African Affairs, Ahmed Abu Zeid, told us the Government of Egypt (GOE) sent a letter to UN SYG Ban expressing its dissatisfaction with the work of UN Special Envoy for Darfur Yipene Bassole. Egypt is unhappy that Bassole and the Qatari Govern [...] | 2008-12-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SU EG |
08CAIRO2478 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR'S REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Saad Al Attar, UNHCR's Regional Representative in Cairo on November 25. Al Attar told the Ambassador about UNHCR's challenges to meet its responsibilities given a lack of funding, the situation of Iraqi refugees in Egypt, and UNHCR's dealings with the Gove [...] | 2008-12-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER IZ EG |
08CAIRO2503 | QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...] | 2008-12-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF |
08CAIRO281 | EGYPT DENIES REFOULEMENT OF SUDANESE RETURNED FROM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Refugees Tarek El Maaty told us on February 12 that in late December 2007, Egypt had released the group of 48 African migrants that Israel had returned to Egypt in August 2007 after they illegally crossed the Sinai border into Israel, and that none [...] | 2008-02-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU |
08CAIRO390 | SUDAN: NEW ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY DESCRIBES HIS MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: Recently-appointed Arab League Special Envoy for Sudan Salah Halima told us February 26 that his primary mission is to focus on humanitarian assistance and development in Darfur. Halima advised the USG to "respect Sudanese sovereignty," in order to improve the USG-GOS relationsh [...] | 2008-02-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO41 | EGYPT: DARFUR TROOP DEPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS INTENT [...] (SBU) Egypt is beginning to deploy its almost 700 signals, transport, and engineering troops to Darfur as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on January 6 that the necessary equipment f [...] | 2008-01-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC EG SU |
08CAIRO411 | SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON ASKS EGYPT TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Meeting on February 24, Special Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson asked Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to press the GOS to drop its obstruction to UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment. Aboul Gheit said that the GOE shares the USG's interest in stabilizing Darf [...] | 2008-03-02 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO479 | EGYPT: AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO ISRAEL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt faces a continuing problem with African migrants attempting to migrate illegally to Israel. Since the beginning of 2008, Eritreans, always a component of the equation, have been making the attempt in greater numbers. Sudanese continue to represent the bulk of migrants, enc [...] | 2008-03-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL EG ER IR SU |
08CAIRO607 | DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED REBELS ON NATIONAL CENSUS [...] (SBU) In a March 26 meeting, we asked Alaa El Din Ibrahim and Abdallah Ali, Political and Media Secretaries of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) Abdulwahid Nur faction, respectively, to encourage Nur supporters in Darfur, and particularly in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp [...] | 2008-03-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI UNSC KDEM EG SU |
08CAIRO808 | U.S.-EGYPT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KISL AG MO SO PK AF LY SU |
08CAIRO860 | DARFUR: EGYPT URGES RE-ENGAGEMENT, INCLUSIVITY ON [...] (SBU) The GOE seeks to re-invigorate the idea that UN and AU Darfur envoys Jan Elaisson and Selim Ahmed Selim engage in "shuttle diplomacy" between the rebel groups and GOS to bring them to a comprehensive political solution, MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on Apr [...] | 2008-04-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO965 | ADDRESSING AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: GOE interlocutors provide a varied and contradictory explanation of when force can be used against migrants seeking to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel, but all say that GOE security personnel use deadly force due to the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and ter [...] | 2008-05-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER IS SU |
08CAIRO977 | EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS JEM IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Egypt has deported several Darfur rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudanese Liberation Army Abdulwahid Nour faction (SLA/Nour) after the unsuccessful JEM raid on Khartoum (reftel),according to contacts in Darfur rebel groups in Cairo. Osama Mohamed El Hassan, S [...] | 2008-05-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG SU |
08CARACAS409 | VENEZUELA TO OPEN EMBASSIES IN AFRICA'S EMERGING [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) announced the assignment of personnel to open new embassies in Gambia, Sudan and Mozambique. These three embassies will bring the total to 17 of 18 planned Venezuelan missions in Africa. The three newest missions all correspond to natio [...] | 2008-03-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL GA MZ SU VE |
08COPENHAGEN393 | DANISH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC MINISTERIAL [...] (C). In a July 18 discussion of reftel, Danish MFA European Correspondent Asif Amin informed PolOff that Denmark supports the US positions on the GAERC agenda items. Due to the FM's vacation schedule, Denmark's Ambassador in Brussels will lead the Danish delegation. Because of the FM's abse [...] | 2008-07-21 06:07:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL IR SO SU CD ZI UP DA |
08DAKAR830 | IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAD/SUDAN PEACE ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The fourth meeting of the Contact group for the implementation of the Dakar Accord between Chad and Sudan is scheduled to take place on June 17. The meeting follows the June 23-27 meeting military experts group, detailed below. The military experts adopted a basic draft operatio [...] | 2008-07-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS CD SU SG GB CF ER LY |
08DAKAR837 | CONTACT GROUP ADOPTS MILITARY PLAN FOR SUDAN AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 17 at the fourth meeting of the Contact Group for the implementation of the Dakar Accord between Chad and Sudan, Foreign Ministers and representatives endorsed a draft military plan for the Peace and Security Force to monitor the border between Chad and Sudan. In additio [...] | 2008-07-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS CD SU SG GB CF ER LY |
08DARESSALAAM165 | TANZANIA: DEMARCHE ON AFRICAN UNION MEDIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU CF TZ |
08DARESSALAAM447 | TANZANIA OPPOSES ICC INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Membe, spoke out at France's national day reception on July 14 against the request for the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict Sudan's President Omar Bashir for genocide. Membe said that such a move could lead t [...] | 2008-07-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL EGAD SU TZ |
08DOHA132 | CHAD: DOHA EMBASSY OFFICER MEETING WITH CHADIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff met at the Embassy February 11 with Jebren Issa, the Chadian rebel group "Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD)'s" self-described international spokesman. Issa, a naturalized British citizen, asked for USG assistance in his group's cause against the cur [...] | 2008-02-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU QA |
08DOHA356 | ARAB NATIONS CREATE REGIONAL NETWORK TO FACILITATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a high-level conference of judicial and prosecutorial authorities from 22 Arab states, held in Doha on April 27 and 28, participants agreed to create a new liaison organization to help facilitate mutual legal assistance and extradition among their countries. The Government of [...] | 2008-05-04 11:25:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR AU FR XE MA DJ SU MR UN |
08DOHA416 | EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...] | 2008-06-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA |
08DOHA417 | EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...] | 2008-06-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA |
08DOHA743 | QATAR PRIME MINISTER SKETCHES DARFUR STRATEGY; [...] (S) Referencing a recent conversation in Washington between NEA A/S David Welch and Qatar's Ambassador to the U.S., Ambassador asked Hamid bin Jassim for Qatar's assessment of the situation in Sudan. Bin Jassim said Qatar would not host a conference in Doha to mediate on the Sudanese conflict [...] | 2008-10-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL EFIN ECON QA SU IR |
08DOHA756 | QATAR BRIEFS P5 AMBASSADORS ON ITS ARAB-AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Al-Mahmood's 40-minute briefing loosely described a three-stage process designed to "stop the fighting," bring the parties into negotiation, and address the cross-border conflict. The first stage, nearing its end, involved Al-Mahmood's recent fact-finding trip to Sudan and some of the [...] | 2008-10-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF QA SU |
08DOHA760 | FRENCH GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON QATARI INITIATIVE [...] (C) France's Special Envoy for the Peace Negotiations on Darfur, Isaa Maraut, who has been temporarily posted to the French Embassy in Doha until at least December to interface with the Government of Qatar on its Darfur initiative, told P/E Chief October 27 that Qatar's approach to Darfur was [...] | 2008-10-28 04:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM QA SU |
08DOHA796 | UK PRIME MINISTER DEEPENS UK-QATAR RELATIONSHIP [...] (C/NF) UK Ambassador John Hawkins and UK Political and Public Affairs Secretary James Lynch gave readouts of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's November 2-3 visit to Qatar in separate conversations with Ambassador, P/E Chief, and Econoff. Lynch noted that Brown's visit to Qatar was the res [...] | 2008-11-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EINV EFIN QA UK SU |
08DOHA817 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir, the Prime Minister (also officially the Foreign Minister),and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and de facto Foreign Minister) Ahmed Al-Mahmoud. It is Al-Mahmoud who by all appe [...] | 2008-11-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PHUM QA SU |
08DOHA818 | QATARI EXPERTS SEE SECURITY, BRIGHT FUTURE IN [...] (C)At a November 3 meeting with Poloff, Dr.Hatem El Karanshawy, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Qatar University and former Governor of the Egyptian Central Bank, attributed the recent global financial turmoil to speculation on the part of western bankers and investors, particularly i [...] | 2008-11-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON QA SU SY UK EG PK YM |
08DOHA839 | BRITISH AND FRENCH VIEWS OF QATAR'S INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) In a November 23 meeting with French Special Envoy for Sudan Issa Maraut, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson (accompanied by Ambassador) underscored the need for the P-3 to work together to encourage the rebel groups to take risks and participate in Qatar,s Initiative on Darfur [...] | 2008-12-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU QA |
08DOHA854 | QATAR OUTLINES DARFUR STRATEGY TO SE WILLIAMSON [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (Shaykh Hamad),the President's Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson, accompanied by Ambassador, said he was pleased to be in Doha to discuss Qatar's Initiative on Darfur. Shaykh Hamad replied that Qatar needs the [...] | 2008-12-14 07:05:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA SU |
08DOHA862 | QATARI MEDIA WARM TO SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) Responding to requests from post, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic (two separate channels) arranged back-to-back interviews for Special Envoy Williamson on November 25. The first, a 15-minute live-to-tape interview, aired on Al Jazeera English during news bulletins in the prime 130 [...] | 2008-12-16 06:42:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO SU QA |
08DUBLIN428 | IRELAND'S VIEWS ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 12 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. EU Foreign Ministers will be briefed by High Representative Javier Solana following his scheduled discussions with Saeed Jalili in Geneva on June 19. They will also hear from [...] | 2008-07-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP EI |
08DUBLIN48 | IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 28-29 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered the January GAERC demarche on January 24 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is likely to recognize Kosovo's independence quickly, and is generally sympathetic to U.S. views on the Middle East, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, DRC, [...] | 2008-01-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PHUM PREL KV IR IZ IS SU EI |
08EFTOLONDON2883 | MINURCAT/EUFOR: EARLY UK VIEWS ON THE MANDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Foreign Office contacts have informally told us that the UK continues to question the need for a United Nations peacekeeping presence in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) and plans to advocate for the smallest force possible in the extension of the MINURCAT mandate, even as the UN for [...] | 2008-11-17 16:02:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MASS PINR CD CT SU FR UK |
08FESTTWO1 | NDJAMENA 001: AN EERIE NORMALCY RETURNS [...] Summary: Life is slowly returning to what passes for normal in N'Djamena as Chadian citizens emerge from hiding or flight to view the newest scars on this historically war-torn city. The U.S. Embassy transferred operations from a temporary site at the French base to the Chancery and other fa [...] | 2008-02-17 15:50:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF CASC SU CD |
08FESTTWO12 | NDJAMENA 006: EU PRESSURES CHAD ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As a result of EU and French pressure (linked with the expected upcoming visit of French President Sarkozy, possibly accompanied by an EC official),the Government of Chad has publically agreed to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the disappearances of political l [...] | 2008-02-22 18:05:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO13 | NDJAMENA 005: CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS OF PRECARIOUS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the February 2-3 "Battle of N'Djamena," Chadian civil society is expressing new levels of concern at the deteriorating human rights situation and the apparent single-minded determination of President Deby to proceed with a military solution to what they perce [...] | 2008-02-22 18:15:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO14 | NDJAMENA 006: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) Summary. In discussions with the President of Chad and other GOC officials, Deputy Assistant Secretary Swan stressed that the time was ripe for moving forward on internal political dialogue and expressed USG support for regional initiatives to end the cycle of violence in Chad. President [...] | 2008-02-27 11:39:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO2 | N'DJAMENA 002: FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DEBY WARN [...] (S) Summary. The French here believe that they have credible evidence of direct Sudanese involvement in the most recent Chadian rebel attack on N'Djamena. Rebel forces are still in eastern Chad, and reportedly are being rearmed and resupplied by Sudan. The Ambassador presented his credentia [...] | 2008-02-18 15:53:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | SECRET | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO6 | N'DJAMENA 002: FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DEBY WARN [...] (S) Summary. The French here believe that they have credible evidence of direct Sudanese involvement in the most recent Chadian rebel attack on N'Djamena. Rebel forces are still in eastern Chad, and reportedly are being rearmed and resupplied by Sudan. The Ambassador presented his credentia [...] | 2008-02-18 17:25:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | SECRET | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO9 | N'DJAMENA 003: DISCUSSION WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR [...] Ambassador met with Chinese Ambassador Wang Yingwu Feb 19. This reports highlights of their discussion. 2. Security/Stability: Wang said that he believed the rebels would not succeed in attacking the capital again, despite their continued presence on Chadian soil and widespread persistent [...] | 2008-02-20 11:59:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CH CD |
08GABORONE989 | GOB WILL OPPOSE NO ACTION VOTES IN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) In a meeting November 12 with PolOff, Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe stated that Botswana will oppose all no-action motions concerning Iran, Burma and the DPRK expect [...] | 2008-11-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU BC |
08HELSINKI324 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON GAERC JULY 22-23 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN PGOV FI IR SO SU ZI UP CD |
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 |
08ISLAMABAD1981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
08ISLAMABAD3366 | CONFUSION PERSISTS OVER PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU PK |
08JAKARTA1191 | DARFUR/UNAMID -- INDONESIAN STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The planned deployment of one Formed Police Unit of Indonesian National Police to Darfur is on hold. The unit is reportedly ready for deployment but bureaucratic issues must be addressed befor [...] | 2008-06-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA1390 | DARFUR PEACEKEEPING -- INDONESIA STILL COMMITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government tells us that it remains firmly committed to the deployment of peacekeeping police to Darfur. That said, recent attacks on UNAMID forces and the indictment of Sudanese President Bashir by an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor are weighing on [...] | 2008-07-21 05:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA146 | DARFUR -- INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPERS GET GREEN LIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is preparing to send a unit made up of approximately 150 police officers to support UNAMID operations in Darfur. The vast majority of the force will come from the Mobile Brigade, the police special forces command. The planned deployment--slated to take place in March [...] | 2008-01-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU |
08JAKARTA1912 | GOI DEPLOYS PEACEKEEPERS TO DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has deployed a police peacekeeping unit to Darfur. The deployment came after a series of delays reflecting Indonesian concerns regarding Darfur security-related developments and logistical challenges. The Darfur deployment reflects the GOI's continued commitment to i [...] | 2008-10-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA593 | UN PEACEKEEPING -- GOI AGREES TO SEND MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has agreed to send 90 additional military personnel to Lebanon to augment the 850 personnel already serving there as UN peacekeepers. The decision is in response to requests by the Lebanese government and the UNIFIL command in Lebanon. Re another planned deployment, th [...] | 2008-03-25 03:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ID LE SU |
08JAKARTA864 | DARFUR/UNAMID: REVIEWING STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points with the GOI on April 25. Mission encouraged the GOI to commit a second tranche of Indonesian National Police to Darfur and to take advantage of the special traini [...] | 2008-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA958 | DARFUR UNAMID: INDONESIAN FPU PEACEKEEPING NEEDS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On May 14, poloff conveyed to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs ref A non-paper with USG offer of assistance for Indonesian stabilization police deploying to the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfu [...] | 2008-05-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08KAMPALA1090 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (JULY 12-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-08-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1129 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY TO MEET DELEGATION AUGUST 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation leader Dr. David Matsanga claims that Joseph Kony is committed to meeting with his delegation on August 20/21. Matsanga reportedly told Kony that he needed to show up in order to put the onus on the Government of Uganda to provide answer [...] | 2008-08-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UG SU CG CT |
08KAMPALA1163 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA DELEGATION MEETING DATE SLIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano remains optimistic, despite the uncertainties, that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony will show up for a meeting with his own LRA delegation on August 24. Chissano requested a date change from August 20/21 so that he could attend. [...] | 2008-08-20 08:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1228 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY REQUESTS ANOTHER MEETING WITH LRA [...] (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has requested that UN officials make arrangements for another meeting with his negotiators to discuss the Final Peace Agreement (FPA). UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano's Office in Kampala is making arrangements for [...] | 2008-09-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
08KAMPALA1267 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (August 1-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to soci [...] | 2008-09-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1359 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA LEADER ELUSIVE, ATTACKS IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony did not show up for another meeting that he requested with northern Ugandan religious and traditional leaders on September 17. The Ugandan Government was not surprised at the turn of events. Given that Kony often reaches out to [...] | 2008-09-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
08KAMPALA1367 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-10-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1376 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide informati -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PROCESSES -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony again failed 3. (SBU) Northern traditional and religi [...] | 2008-10-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1449 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (October 1-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-11-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1469 | NORTHERN UGANDA: WHITHER THE PEACE PROCESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief Mediator of the Juba Peace Process, Government of Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar, held a stakeholders' conference in Kampala on November 5 aimed at creating a roadmap for the stalled process between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Ugan [...] | 2008-11-10 05:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1545 | NORTHERN UGANDA: RUMORS OF NINE-MONTH EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan Government and United Nations officials believe that Government of Southern Sudan Mediator Riek Machar is behind persistent rumors that U.N. Special Envoy Chissano's mandate will be extended for another nine months. Chissano told President Museveni that he did not belie [...] | 2008-11-25 11:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1552 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY FAILS TO SIGN PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony told a delegation of LRA negotiators, northern elders, and parliamentarians that he will not sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) until the International Criminal Court (ICC) lifts the warrants against the LRA leadership. Kony also [...] | 2008-12-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1558 | NORTHERN UGANDA: GOU PULLS OUT OF JUBA PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Juba Peace Process has ended after Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony refused to sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) on November 30. On December 1, Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Mediator Riek Machar, UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissa [...] | 2008-12-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1561 | NORTHERN UGANDA: UN ENVOY ADVOCATES CHANGING THE [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano told the diplomatic corps on December 2 that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony will not sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) unless the peace process dynamic changes. Chissano said that without military press [...] | 2008-12-03 11:43:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1567 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (NOVEMBER 1-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2008-12-05 05:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1579 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY LIVING IN A FOOL'S PARADISE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Uganda (GOU) lead negotiator Ruhukana Rugunda described Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony as "living in a fool's paradise" after hearing the details of Kony's meeting with a delegation of northern elders on November 29. The meeting was the first time [...] | 2008-12-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1619 | NORTHERN UGANDA: JOINT REGIONAL MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and southern Sudan launched joint military operations against Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) camps in eastern DRC. Ugandan Defense spokesmen said airstrikes hit five LRA camps. Operations are continuing. Cooperatio [...] | 2008-12-19 04:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA197 | NORTHERN UGANDA: U.N. ENOVY ON RESUMPTION OF TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano visited Kampala from January 25-27 to meet with President Museveni on the resumption of talks in Juba. He also pushed to secure a letter from Museveni to Congolese President Kabila reflecting a change in the January 31 [...] | 2008-02-01 08:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA203 | NORTHERN UGANDA: JUBA PEACE TALKS RESUME, LRA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 30, the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) negotiating team agreed to renew the Cessation of Hostilities for another month and developed a timetable for considering each of the remaining sections of the agreement. In the days prior to the resumption of the talks, a var [...] | 2008-02-01 09:53:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA235 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 1-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2008-02-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA284 | NORTHERN UGANDA: GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON PROGRESS AT [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Uganda appears to be taking steps to increase pressure on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Southern Sudan mediator, Riek Machar. The GOU's lead negotiator, Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda informed donors on February 13 that [...] | 2008-02-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
08KAMPALA360 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (FEBRUARY 1-29, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2008-03-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA410 | UGANDAN OFFICIALS NOT SURPRISED BY KONY'S MOVEMENT [...] (S) Summary: Ugandan Government officials state that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony's movement into Central African Republic (CAR) came as no surprise. They have been pointing to LRA movements on the ground, away from the direction of the Rikwangba assembly site, as evidence [...] | 2008-03-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA412 | LRA-GOU PEACE AGREEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR NORTHERN [...] (U) Summary: The Final Peace Agreement (FPA) between the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) awaits signature, possibly by March 28. The parties will return to Juba during the week of March 24 to determine the signature date. Whether or not the document is signed, the peace [...] | 2008-03-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CG EAID PHUM PREF SU UG |
08KAMPALA424 | UGANDA'S CHIEF LRA NEGOTIATOR ON PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Uganda's Internal Affairs Minister and lead negotiator with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Ruhakana Rugunda, believes that the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) will be signed, but has serious reservations about the LRA's willingness to implement it. Rugunda believes that some LRA [...] | 2008-03-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA481 | U.N. ENVOY CHISSANO ON UGANDA-LRA PEACE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: U.N. Special Envoy Joachim Chissano shared his views on the Juba peace process and potential military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) with Ambassador Browning on April 4. Chissano has requested that LRA leader Joseph Kony designate another individual to sign [...] | 2008-04-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA483 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA PEACE PROCESS UNCERTAINTIES [...] (S) Summary: Potential changes in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiating team could delay or jeopardize the signing of the Final Peace Agreement (FPA),currently set for April 10 and 14. Splits along ethnic and regional lines within the LRA delegation are now out in the open. Several [...] | 2008-04-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA5 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (December 1 - 31, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-01-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA513 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA SIGNING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post provides the following update on the signing of the Final Peace Agreament (FPA) to augment information from ConGen Juba. The Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) lead negotiator "resigned" on April 10. Two escapees from the LRA camp reached the MONUC base at Dungu, Democratic R [...] | 2008-04-12 05:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA521 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY DANCES AWAY AGAIN FROM PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: For the Government of Uganda, Kony's rejection of peace was disappointing, but not unexpected. President Museveni will meet with his Southern Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir on April 14 to determine the way forward. International criticism of Kony's movements, kidnappings, an [...] | 2008-04-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA552 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 1-April 18, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-04-22 07:20:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA555 | NORTHERN UGANDA: ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MEET KONY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators and northern elders will attempt to meet with LRA leader Joseph Kony on May 10. According to the LRA delegation's reported new leader, James Obita, large crowds and likely international pressure scared Kony off on April 10. The LRA [...] | 2008-04-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG CT |
08KAMPALA587 | NORTHERN UGANDA: HELPING KONY UNDERSTAND JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Government, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation members, lawyers, and judicial officials will meet in Kampala from May 6-8 to discuss the legal options for LRA leader Joseph Kony. The LRA delegation says it wants to understand the national legal framework for [...] | 2008-04-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG CT |
08KAMPALA59 | NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation plan to meet leader Joseph Kony from January 15-17 to present the outcome of the consultations held in Uganda. The logistical and financial preparations for the planned larger meeting of 300 Ugandans with Kony have been st [...] | 2008-01-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA647 | KONY FAILS TO MEET NORTHERN UGANDAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony failed to meet with his negotiating team and northern Ugandan religious leaders and elders at Rikwangba, which had been set originally for May 10. Kony did not show up on May 10 reportedly due to the LRA's own internal meetings in Garamba [...] | 2008-05-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG CT |
08KAMPALA735 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (MAY 3-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social se [...] | 2008-06-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KATHMANDU1116 | NEPALESE FORCES DEPLOYING TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Due to the Government of Nepal's (GON's) closure October 6-10, and post's own closure October 6-9, post has been unable to contact any high-level host government counterparts to assess the GON's readiness to make good on its previous pledge to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...] | 2008-10-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU NP |
08KATHMANDU128 | NEPAL: BORDER ISSUES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Most of the Contingent-Owned Equipment (COE) to support the Nepal Police's deployment to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) cleared Indian customs on January 17. The COE had been delayed at the Indo-Nepal border in Birgunj as described in reftel talking points. An Office of [...] | 2008-01-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU IN NP |
08KATHMANDU376 | NEPAL RESPONSE TO PROPOSED PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- see paras. 4-5 2. (SBU) Post welcomes the reftel request by the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INL) to send INL/CIV Senior Advisor Dave Purdy, Program Officer Sarah Perrine and three additional trainers to Kathmandu to assist the Nepal P [...] | 2008-04-02 01:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SU NP |
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 |
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 |
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 |
08KHARTOUM345 | A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH SUDAN'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission will roll out its inaugural anti-corruption strategy with USG assistance in late March, 18 months after the Commission's establishment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that GOSS corruption will continue to seriously embarrass the SPLM as [...] | 2008-03-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM346 | AS UN REACHES JEBEL MOON, SPLINTER EMERGES WITHIN JEM [...] (SBU) After an earlier dispute between the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) over access to Jebel Moon, West Darfur, a UN team reached the area for a brief yet inconclusive visit to assess the humanitarian situation. UN sources report that the [...] | 2008-03-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM347 | UMMA PARTY OFFICIAL DENIES AGREEMENT WITH NCP [...] (SBU) On March 6 Emboffs met with Dr. Mariam Al Sadig Al Mahdi, Secretary for Foreign Relations, National Umma Party (and daughter SIPDIS of Umma leader and former Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi). Emboff's asked Dr. Al Mahdi about press reports suggesting that Umma and the National Congre [...] | 2008-03-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM348 | UMMA PARTY OFFICIAL DENIES AGREEMENT WITH NCP [...] (SBU) On March 6 Emboffs met with Dr. Mariam Al Sadig Al Mahdi, Secretary for Foreign Relations, National Umma Party (and daughter SIPDIS of Umma leader and former Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi). Emboff's asked Dr. Al Mahdi about press reports suggesting that Umma and the National Congre [...] | 2008-03-10 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM35 | SUDAN-CHAD TENSIONS FLARE [...] (SBU) Media and the UN reported that Chadian air force planes attacked Chadian rebel camps in Sudan near the villages of Goker and Wadi Radi 35 kilometers south of Geneina in West Darfur state on January 7. This follows Chadian President Deby's statement January 5 that Chad will pursue Chadi [...] | 2008-01-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM351 | FRANCE, EUFOR ISSUE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ON FALLEN [...] (SBU) The European Union repatriated the body ofQoldier from the EU peacekeeping force in Chad, EUFOR, on March 7, as French President Sarkozy and EUFOR commander Patrick Nash issued conflicting statements on the events leading to the soldier's death. While Nash apologized to Sudan for his pea [...] | 2008-03-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC AU SU CD EU |
08KHARTOUM352 | AEC PLENARY: CONCERN ON ABYEI YIELDS VERIFICATION TEAM [...] (U) Summary: Newly-appointed AEC Chair Ambassador (Sir) Derek Plumbly chaired his first plenary meeting March 4. The most significant agenda item was a discussion of drafting procedures for the AEC's Mid Term Evaluation (MTE) as mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Accord. The meeting also ad [...] | 2008-03-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM353 | TRANSPARENCY AND ABYEI OIL ARE TOP AEC WEALTH SHARING [...] (U) Summary: The Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG) coordinated by the US Embassy met March 5 to identify concerns to be addressed in the AEC's Mid Term Evaluation (MTE). The AEC Chairman must present the MTE to President Al-Bashir on or before July 8 according to a "Terms of Reference" doc [...] | 2008-03-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM354 | SUDAN CONSORTIUM PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) Deputy SRSG Amira Haq and World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz asked CDA Fernandez March 9 for U.S. assistance with the agenda and venue of the Sudan Consortium, due to take place in Paris May 6-8. According to Haq these [...] | 2008-03-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM355 | NCP DELIBERATES ON U.S. NON-PAPER [...] C) Summary: In responding to an U.S. non-paper on changed Sudanese behavior which could lead to the possibility of improving U.S-Sudan relations, the NCP is likely to propose confidence-building measures regarding the Sudanese and U.S. Embassies. However the NCP's primary objective is to get o [...] | 2008-03-11 06:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM357 | LIBYA OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS TO RESOLVE DARFUR, CHAD [...] (SBU) The Libyan Government remains open to U.S. ideas for advancing the Darfur peace process and resolving the Sudan-Chad conflict, Libyan Consul General in El Fasher Naji Yousef told Poloff on March 10, 2008. While Tripoli continues to try to broker a peace settlement between the Darfur rebe [...] | 2008-03-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN AU SU LY CD |
08KHARTOUM358 | UNAMID FORCE COMMANDER ENGAGES WITH SLA-UNITYUNAMID UNABLE [...] (SBU) As part of his ongoing efforts to engage with all Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory factions, AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai traveled March 9 to Al Hosh (N 15 degrees 02'21.9", E 024 degrees 47'56.1"),North Darfur to hold introducto [...] | 2008-03-11 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM359 | USAID AND GOSS OPEN NEW ROADS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES CRITICIZE [...] Summary: On Thursday, March 6 and Friday, March 7 USAID, Consulate General Juba, and the Government of Southern Sudan commemorated the groundbreaking of two new road projects to help rebuild infrastructure in Southern Sudan. The combined projects will cost in excess of $100 million and will c [...] | 2008-03-11 10:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELNT PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM36 | FIRST AEC PLENARY OF 2008 UPBEAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A briefing by the NCP and the SPLM on their recent political deal drew a large turnout to the first AEC Plenary session of 2008 on January 8. However the parties provided only vague details of their agreement. The international coordinators and other observers will have to wait [...] | 2008-01-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM362 | SUDAN WELL-EQUIPPED AND READY TO SUPPORT THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GoS told USG officials on 4-5 March that it is well-equipped and prepared to support the transfer of further Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees to Sudan, to include those individuals who are of higher threat to national security than those previously transferred. The National Intelli [...] | 2008-03-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PHUM PINR PTER PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM363 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER: "NO POLITICAL PRISONERS IN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez called on new Sudanese Minister of Justice Abdel Basit Sabdarat on March 11. Sabdarat, who has been a cabinet minister or presidential advisor for 18 of the ruling National Congress Party's 19 years in government, said that this was the first time he had ever met an American [...] | 2008-03-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL SU |
08KHARTOUM367 | POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES IN SUDAN'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoff the week of March 9, oil industry insiders, former government officials, and petroleum experts appeared positive about the political and economic prospects of the Sudanese oil industry: the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan stated that he is " [...] | 2008-03-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ENRG EPET SU |
08KHARTOUM368 | ABEL ALIER SUSPICIOUS OF NORTHERN POLITICIANS, BUT ALSO [...] (SBU) Too many agreements have been dishonored, and northern political parties are eager to open the CPA and block agreement on Abyei, according to former Vice President and current co-chairman of the National Constitutional Review Commission Abel Alier. CDA Fernandez met with the elder states [...] | 2008-03-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM369 | AL BASHIR ENDORSES BETTER RELATIONS WITH U.S., BLAMES CHAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Omar Al Bashir told reporters March 11 that Sudan needs better relations with the United States. In his remarks, he also criticized Chad, saying the country had not respected peace agreements with Sudan and that yet another peace agreement, negotiated by Senegal Preside [...] | 2008-03-13 08:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM372 | KING OF EL FASHER ON THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COUNCIL, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Malik (King) of El Fasher said the Peace and Reconciliation Commission in North Darfur has had some success in fostering reconciliation among Arab and African tribes, but lacks major funding from the GoS to carry out its work. The King also spoke about the census and called fo [...] | 2008-03-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM374 | PARASTATALS - THE REGIME,S GRAY COMPANIES WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese businessmen, former government officials, and American consultants in Sudan separately told econoff that the Sudanese economy is dominated by parastatal companies connected to the Northern ruling elite. One contact, a National Congress Party adherent, ex-manager of th [...] | 2008-03-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM381 | UNIVERSITY POLITICS: NCP DOMINANCE, ISLAMIST CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In four separate meetings the week of March 9, student political party leaders told emboffs that the National Congress Party is the most organized and successful political party in Sudan's universities. Many opposition contacts cautioned that this NCP dominance is due not to [...] | 2008-03-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM382 | THE CENSUS SHOULD NOT GO FORWARD IN DARFUR, OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both the Umma Party and SPLM believe that now is not the time to conduct a census in Darfur. Their concerns echo those of civil society in North Darfur - that peace, stability and the return of IDPs to their homes must take place before an accurate and thorough census can go for [...] | 2008-03-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM383 | LAND TENSIONS THREATEN SOUTHERN STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Conflict in Sudan has been fueled in many cases by competition over land and other natural resources. Currently, there are no consistent land policies and laws to govern how land is to be allocated and used in Southern Sudan. The control of land is linked to historical "injustic [...] | 2008-03-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM384 | CENSUS IN DARFUR IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bureau of Statistics office in North Darfur cited many obstacles to carrying out the census. Aside from security, transportation, communication, and logistical concerns, the CBS hasn't received confirmation from the local community, especially the native administrati [...] | 2008-03-16 05:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM385 | NEW CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE BREWING IN WEST DARFUR [...] (C) A new attempt to overthrow Chadian President Idriss Deby's government is brewing in West Darfur, UN officials, humanitarian workers, and Chadian rebel commanders told Poloffs in El Geneina between March 11 and 13. Though predictions on the start date for the next attempt to topple Deby's [...] | 2008-03-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM386 | DESPITE DAKAR ACCORD, SPLM AND SLM BRACE FOR [...] (C) Recounting his efforts to press a diffident President Bashir to support the recent Dakar accord with Chad--including a mechanism to monitor violations--Foreign Minister Deng Alor remains concerned that Khartoum will continue to pursue regime change in N'djamena, he told Senior Assistant to [...] | 2008-03-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN AU SU CD UG |
08KHARTOUM387 | (C) CAIRO TO LOAN $300 MILLION TO SPLA? [...] (C) According to a senior expatriate advisor within the Government of Southern Sudan's Finance Ministry, the Government of Egypt has decided to award a $300 million loan to the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. The MinFin advisor told ConGen staff on March 7 that save for the note of guarant [...] | 2008-03-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM388 | VIEWS ON MARCH 1 BORDER SKIRMISHES FROM SOUTH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with senior UN and UNMIS officials in Juba and Aweil, in addition to follow-on discussions with various elements of the SPLA, place March 1 skirmishes not in the disputed region of Abyei but south of the Kiir River near Rumaker, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. UNMIS off [...] | 2008-03-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR MPOS SU |
08KHARTOUM389 | IDPS REJECT PARTICIPATION IN THE CENSUS AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The native administration of sheikhs and umdas in Darfur say that IDPs will not participate in the census nor the elections. They believe that the time is not right to conduct a census or the elections due to the massive displacement of the people of Darfur. Additionally, they [...] | 2008-03-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM39 | LOOKING AHEAD ON THE SUDAN AEC [...] (C) Norway's Ambassador to Khartoum, in his capacity as Interim AEC (Assessment and Evaluation Commission) Chairman called AEC working group chairs (US, UK, Norway, Italy, Netherlands) together to survey the way ahead for the Commission over the next few months. UK Ambassador reported on the [...] | 2008-01-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM390 | NCP LEADER TOES THE PARTY LINE [...] (SBU) On Sunday, March 16, CDA Fernandez met with Retired Maj. Gen. Al Fatih Abdoun (and former Governor of Khartoum) in his Khartoum home. Known as a flexible and moderate leader, Abdoun assisted in creating the military support that brought President Al- Bashir to power in his 1989 coup. Abdo [...] | 2008-03-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM391 | GOSS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL [...] The text of the enclosed document was recently passed to poloff in Juba, though the letter is not dated. Original will be passed to Jason Small when he visits Juba next week. 2. Begin text: Government of Southern Sudan, (GOSS) Office of the President H.E. Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Se [...] | 2008-03-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SU |
08KHARTOUM392 | DARFUR - UNOFFICIAL SETTLEMENTS NEAR SEKELE PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: New settlements near Sekele (near Nyala, South Darfur) originated in October 2007 as a result of GNU HAC efforts to relocate IDPs who fled Kalma camp following inter-tribal violence in that camp. While the GNU HAC completed the resettlement process, approximately 500 additional fa [...] | 2008-03-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM393 | AEC CHAIRMAN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE WITH STAFFING FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Steering Committee of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met March 16 to review a draft outline for the Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of the CPA. The MTE is due to be delivered to the Sudanese Presidency by July 9, requiring a robust series of meetings by the AEC's fo [...] | 2008-03-17 05:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM395 | 1956 BORDER DEMARCATION: STILL ANOTHER FLASHPOINT [...] (C) SUBJECT: Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Joint Executive Talks are concerned that forthcoming demarcation of the North/South 1956 border will fuel popularly-led violence that could push the SAF and SPLA in direct conflict across the disputed boundary region. Both parties ha [...] | 2008-03-17 05:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM MARR MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM396 | YASIR ARMAN ON USG-SUDAN RELATIONS, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman has called on the USG to admit that it needs Khartoum as much as it loathes it, and to recognize that in the absence of "meaningful leverage" against the National Congress Party, it must refocus its efforts on "internal mechanisms for chang [...] | 2008-03-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM397 | CHAD: RFC'S ERDIMI PLANS LAND GRAB WHILE OTHER [...] (C) As other Chadian rebel factions conspire to topple President Idriss Deby, RFC leader Timan Erdimi plans to "occupy" as much territory as possible and then negotiate with a transitional government to achieve his political objectives, he told Poloff in Khartoum on March 15. Explaining that r [...] | 2008-03-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM399 | SLA/MM STUDENTS TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE CENSUS [...] (SBU) SLA/Minni Minnawi (SLA/MM) student supporters reject the census and are organizing campaigns against it at universities in Darfur as well as in SLA/MM political offices. Regarding university politics, the students described NCP harassment including freezing of student body elections at E [...] | 2008-03-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM400 | SPLA - DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) At the beginning of last week, President Salva Kiir finally signed the Defense White Paper (DWP). At this point the DWP has been reviewed and approved by the SPLA military leadership, the GOSS Defense Council, the GOSS Council of Ministers (cabinet equivalent) and the President. The Pre [...] | 2008-03-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM403 | SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail confirmed on March 17 to CDA Fernandez that President Omar al-Bashir has accepted an invitation to attend the Arab League Summit in Damascus. Dr. Ismail noted that Sudan doesn't much care about internal political developments in either Lebano [...] | 2008-03-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY SU |
08KHARTOUM407 | AGREEMENT MAY BE NEAR ON ELECTIONS LAW [...] (SBU) The SPLM in Juba currently is considering an NCP/SPLM compromise on the National Elections Law, according to SPLM S-ecretary General and GNU Minister of Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amum. The compromise draft, worked out between Vice President Ali Osman Taha, National Congress Party Assessment a [...] | 2008-03-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM408 | UNAMID ON POLITICAL AND SECURITY DYNAMICS IN WEST [...] (C) Instability is still prevalent in the corridor north of El Geneina, where fighting over the last month displaced thousands and has left the civilians who remain in the area vulnerable to looting and violence at the hands of Arab militias, the Sudanese military, and the Central Reserve Poli [...] | 2008-03-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM409 | SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WARNED ON SUPPORTING [...] (C) Summary: Warned about continued interference in Chad on March 17, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail said that Sudan was ready for immediate monitoring of its border with Chad, denied that Sudan supports Chadian rebels and said that the U.S. should press President Deby to [...] | 2008-03-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SU CD |
08KHARTOUM41 | AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...] | 2008-01-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU PGOV UN |
08KHARTOUM410 | THERE ARE NEITHER MODERATES NOR HARDLINERS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The NCP regime is unified and well organized despite its corruption, and the popular characterizations of regime "hardliners" versus "moderates" are overplayed, according to opposition observers who have known individuals in the NCP regime for decades. These opposition members als [...] | 2008-03-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM411 | FISCAL MONITORING CHAIRMAN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GNU AND [...] (U) In contrast to his October 24, 2007 briefing for the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) (reftel),Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC) Chairman Mohammed Osman Ibrahim told Poloff on March 13 that he is now optimistic on cooperation with the Ministry of [...] | 2008-03-19 04:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM418 | UFDD/F CALLS ON WEST TO SPONSOR DIALOGUE WITH DEBY [...] (C) The Union des Forces de la Democratie et du Development/Fondamentale (UFDD/F) wants Western governments to sponsor a dialogue between the opposition and the regime of Chadian President Idriss Deby, the movement's commissar for political affairs, Mukhtar Yaya, told Poloff in Khartoum on Mar [...] | 2008-03-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM419 | GOSS POLICE CONCEDE PROBLEMS, RESOLVE TO IMPROVE POLICING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) held a Southern Sudan Police Service (SSPS) Leadership Council Conference in Juba on March 11 to 14 to discuss police, security and justice issues. UN agencies, State Police Commissioners from ten States of Southern Sudan, and Directors of [...] | 2008-03-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM42 | FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR: NEW MARCHING ORDERS FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the newly sworn in Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor said President Bashir had personally tasked him with taking the lead in improving bilateral relations between Sudan and the United S [...] | 2008-01-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU UN PGOV |
08KHARTOUM420 | DONORS MEET WITH SRSG QAZI IN PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to donor's concerns about UN slowness on the Sudanese 2009 elections, SRSG Ashraf Qazi and the Electoral Donors met Tuesday, March 18, to share dates, assumptions and concerns. SRSG Qazi recognized that, as UNMIS works to build Sudan's electoral capacities, key legisl [...] | 2008-03-21 08:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM421 | UNAMID WILL BRING SECURITY BUT NOT A PEACE DEAL, SAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur needs security before traditional leaders can play any role in tribal reconciliation, an indigenous NGO leader and Darfur expert told emboff in two separate meetings in El-Fasher on March 19. Contacts emphasized that the Government of Sudan's recent push for tribal rec [...] | 2008-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM422 | USG STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS OF THE SUDANESE CENSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: As long feared by the international community, multiple problems with conducting the census across the South and in Darfur have surfaced in recent weeks, leading to the risk of a serious undercount in these areas and a widespread perception that the census will be inaccurate. N [...] | 2008-03-21 08:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM423 | HASSAN AL-TURABI ON NCP DYNAMICS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to PCP leader Hassan al-Turabi, the ruling National Congress Party lacks any base of popular support and is under stress as it tries to deal with multiple challenges (most of its own creation). Al-Turabi said that President al-Bashir's indecisive leadership compounds [...] | 2008-03-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM425 | BASHIR TELLS ADVISOR THAT THE DAKAR AGREEMENT IS [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Minni Minawi told poloff March 22 that President Bashir had rejected Minawi's proposal to travel to Ndjamena in order to encourage negotiations between President Deby and Chadian rebel Timane Erdimi. Minawi had hoped that his own direct appeals to President Deby [...] | 2008-03-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM427 | USG ELECTIONS STRATEGY IN SUDAN [...] (C) Free and fair elections in Sudan are a top foreign policy objective for the USG, and it is therefore critical early on to define a policy framework and begin planning in earnest now for the 2009 Sudanese elections. Despite the constant demands for our attention from Darfur and the North-S [...] | 2008-03-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM428 | LIAR'S POKER: SUDANESE "CALL AND RAISE" ON USG [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's formal response to a USG non-paper raises the hope of progress on some humanitarian and UNAMID deployment issues, considerable flexibility on CPA-related items and also presents unrealistic, maximalist recommendations towards normalizing relations with the United States an [...] | 2008-03-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ABLD SU |
08KHARTOUM429 | LRA PEACE TALKS TO RESUME IN JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Peace talks between the LRA and Government of Uganda will resume in Juba on Monday, March 24. Lead negotiator Riek Machar expects a final implementation agreement to be initialed no later than March 25, and he hopes for a final signing ceremony in Juba on Friday, April 4. End [...] | 2008-03-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU UG SU |
08KHARTOUM430 | GOSS REGIONAL COOPERATION MINISTER ON IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Regional Cooperation discussed the SPLM,s concern over a recently revealed &defense pact8 between Tehran and Khartoum, continued SAF manipulation of the Misseriya Arabs, and outward attempts by the SAF to push a military solution to th [...] | 2008-03-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS EAID MARR IR MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM432 | GOSS MINISTER PRESSES FOR U.S. COMMITMENT ON ABYEI DISPUTE [...] (SBU) GOSS Presidential Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng recently told ConGen Juba PolOff that President Kiir was struck by the frank nature of Kiir's meeting with with Special Envoy Richard S. Williamson. Deng noted that Kiir was "relieved by the clarity of the message." Deng himself was l [...] | 2008-03-24 04:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM434 | UNAMID IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY ON DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For at least the second time in four months, UNAMID leadership in El Fasher has attempted to use logistical considerations as an excuse for delaying deployment of the peacekeeping force in Darfur. The latest attempt, articulated by the Chief of Planning, was in direct response t [...] | 2008-03-24 05:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM435 | FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor agreed to the immediate visa issuance of US Military Observers requested by UNAMID, and promised rapid progress on other visas and on security measures. He also will be raising the issue of NEC containers with President Al-Bashir in the next two days. Al [...] | 2008-03-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU KPKO ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM437 | UNAMID FORCE COMMANDER'S VISION OF DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A March 24 conversation with UNAMID Force Commander (FC) Martin Luther Agwai revealed the depth of the chasm between the vision on the ground in El Fasher and at UN Headquarters in New York of UNAMID's short-term deployment plan. Like other UNAMID officials (reftel),the FC cit [...] | 2008-03-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM438 | UNAMID - A VIEW FROM RURAL NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 24 visit by emboffs to UNAMID camps in Sector North revealed that UNAMID troops can make a difference on the ground as local populations trust UNAMID with their security concerns. Nonetheless, discussions with UNAMID contacts in Um Kadada and Shangil Tobai also reveale [...] | 2008-03-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM442 | BASHIR WILL REPORTEDLY APPROVE NEC CONTAINER [...] (C) Summary: President Al-Bashir told his Foreign Minister on March 25 that he is willing to authorize the release of NEC containers the same day the U.S. Administration "eases up on pressure on Sudan's diplomatic missions in New York and Washington." Alor complained about the lack of SPLM inp [...] | 2008-03-26 07:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM448 | ALLEGED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST LAM AKOL DEBUNKED [...] (SBU) An accidental encounter between cattle-rustlers and a motorcade convoy belonging to former Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol has sparked a press battle of conspiracy theories and alleged assassination plots. Media spin to date has cleaved along "true SPLM" and "former SPLM" lines, wit [...] | 2008-03-26 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM452 | JEM'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ON THE CENSUS, PEACE PROCESS, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Chief Negotiator, Ahmed Tougod, told emboff by satellite phone on March 26 that JEM rejects the upcoming census, the AU-UN's approach to the peace process, and bilateral negotiations with the Government of Sudan (GoS). To [...] | 2008-03-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM453 | REARRANGING DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: JMST [...] (C) Poloffs met March 25 with the UN Joint Mediation Support Team's (JMST) newly-appointed Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra to discuss the stalled Darfur peace process and JMST plans to restructure its operations and pursue modest "confidence building measures" with the parties in advance of a more [...] | 2008-03-27 08:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM454 | UNAMID TRIES HARDER WHILE DARFURIS FUME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: March 25 visits to two UNAMID camps in Darfur revealed that UNAMID troops, while bringing much needed relative security to their immediate areas of control, currently lack the troops and equipment to be in some of the most operationally-important areas. The visits also reveale [...] | 2008-03-27 08:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM459 | MFA APPROVES USE OF NON-DIPLOMATIC LICENSE PLATES [...] (SBU) MFA Protocol Director Ambassador Ali Yusuf called in CDA Fernandez and the UK Ambassador March 27, 2008 to advise us that both the US Embassy and the UK Embassy had been approved by the Sudanese Government to use non-diplomatic license plates for both official vehicles and personal vehicl [...] | 2008-03-27 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AMGT KSEC EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM461 | EASING "IMPOSSIBLE LIFE" FOR SUDANESE DIPLOMATS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry's key administrator confirmed that Sudan is willing to allow NEC construction to resume and containers shipped in reciprocity to "easing up on pressure on Sudan's diplomatic missions" in the U.S., as promised recently by President Al-Bashir. This mea [...] | 2008-03-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM462 | DARFUR: HAC INTERROGATES AMCIT HUMANITARIAN WORKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the week of March 10, a Korean-American employee of the American Jewish World Service, visiting El Fasher, North Darfur, was questioned by officials of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) for possible links to a Darfur rebel group which has opened an office in Israel an [...] | 2008-03-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASO APER CASC PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM463 | NORTH DARFUR'S ARABS: PLAYING THE VICTIM, WANTING A SEAT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, Darfur's northern Arab tribal leaders told emboff that they are victims that should be included in any negotiations on Darfur's future. In separate meetings the week of March 23, UN staff, local NGOS, and leaders from other ethnic groups emphasized that many of D [...] | 2008-03-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM464 | NORTH DARFUR'S ECONOMY - UNAMID GIVES A BOOST TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of North Darfur's Chamber of Commerce, Rashid Mekki, told econoff on March 26 that the presence of UNAMID has given a small boost to the region's struggling economy, particularly the construction, real-estate (with land prices increasing twenty times in f [...] | 2008-03-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO ECON AU EFIN SU |
08KHARTOUM466 | AEC TO URGE SPECIAL SESSION ON ABYEI [...] (C) Newly installed Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) chairman Sir Derek Plumbly met with AEC working group chairs (UK, Norwegian, Italian and Dutch Ambassadors plus CDA Fernandez) on March 30 to discuss a more aggressive AEC stance on political issues and to outline a common agenda fo [...] | 2008-03-31 07:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM469 | JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR JEM IN JEBEL MOUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations on March 28 and 29, representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) claimed it was business as usual for them in their struggle against the Government of Sudan (GoS) and in their "dedicated quest" toward negotiations. Political leadershi [...] | 2008-03-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM471 | CHINESE ENGINEERS WAIT FOR THEIR MATERIALS; LACK OF WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt will accept deployment of its infantry battalion in the hopes that its second battalion might be accepted at a later date. UN contractors are refusing to transport Chinese prefabricated housing units to the Nyala super-camp because UN payment offered for transport is too l [...] | 2008-03-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM474 | NAFIE COMPLAINS OF PERCEPTION PROBLEM IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Darfur is better than what is being reported, Presidential Advisor and NCP leader Nafie Ali Nafie told CDA Fernandez during a meeting March 31. Nafie blamed international NGOs for distorting the image of what is happening in Darfur said that if the international c [...] | 2008-04-01 05:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM476 | SPLM EL FASHER REPS GIVE MIXED VIEWS ON DARFUR REBEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations on March 30 and 31, El Fasher representatives of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) gave mixed messages on prospects for unifying Darfur rebels in an as-yet undated second round of talks in Juba. One group, chaired by an Acting Secretary [...] | 2008-04-01 09:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM477 | DARFUR IDPs PROTEST CENSUS IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Multiples sources confirmed to emboffs that internally displaced persons in Abu Shouk camp near El-Fasher, North Darfur organized a protest on March 31 in opposition to the upcoming Sudanese census. Although protests are common in Darfur's many IDP camps, this is the first prot [...] | 2008-04-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM48 | SOUTHERN SUDANESE CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On Friday, January 11, CG Datta paid a courtesy call on George Justin Achor, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Their one-hour discussion covered a wide range of topics, including the upcoming CPA celebrations in Wau, the LRA, the state of the CPA, the need [...] | 2008-01-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM480 | SUDANESE DEFENSE MINISTER: WE WANT A BETTER [...] (C) Summary: In a surprising conversation after a two year boycott, Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein told CDA Fernandez that Sudan was strongly in favor of a better relationship with the United States. He gingerly accepted that "mistakes were made" in Darfur, called for greater Am [...] | 2008-04-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM481 | SUDAN - SURGE IN RETURNS EXPECTED PRIOR TO CENSUS [...] In a March 27 meeting in Khartoum, a UN Mission in Sudan Returns, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) official identified a new and potentially troubling trend of return convoys organized by the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). According to UNMIS RRR, the first GOSS-organized movement [...] | 2008-04-01 15:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM482 | SPLM SG ABDUL AZZIZ ON STRENGTHENING THE PARTY AND [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Deputy SG Abdul Azziz al Helou outlined his plans to strengthen the party's organization to CDA Fernandez, including training cadres, augmenting offices in the North, and developing a clear, consistent communications strategy, including its own media outlets. The SPLM hopes [...] | 2008-04-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAID AU SU |
08KHARTOUM484 | SPLM SG ABDUL AZZIZ ON STRENGTHENING THE PARTY AND [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Deputy SG Abdul Azziz al Helou outlined his plans to strengthen the party's organization to CDA Fernandez, including training cadres, augmenting offices in the North, and developing a clear, consistent communications strategy, including its own media outlets. The SPLM hopes [...] | 2008-04-02 05:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAID AU SU |
08KHARTOUM485 | JMST'S SAM IBOK ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1 AU Chief Mediator of UNAMID,S JMST San Ibok briefed senior UNAMID representatives on the Darfur peace process as part of the two-day "UNAMID Brainstorming on DPA." Ibok highlighted that of the five major rebel movements, only two (SLA-Unity and the URF) have indic [...] | 2008-04-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM486 | UNAMID LEADERSHIP DEBATES DARFUR SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In one of the most inconclusive sessions of the two-day internal UNAMID brainstorming session on the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and Related Issues, UNAMID leadership on March 31 made myriad excuses for UNAMID,s performance to date without highlighting any relative successes o [...] | 2008-04-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD PGOV |
08KHARTOUM5 | JEM REPRESENTATIVES ARRESTED IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30 Government of Sudan (GoS) security forces surrounded a house full of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) members in El Fasher and arrested six JEM members, including the JEM Ceasefire Commission (CFC) representative GEN Mohammed Basher Mohammed. The United Nations [...] | 2008-01-02 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD |
08KHARTOUM501 | CHADIAN REBELS: WEST CAN FACILITATE DIALOGUE OR [...] (C) One faction 'c2MwCQ$Q outbreak of a renewed offensive to topple him. According to UFDD/F President Abdelwahid Aboud, the three movements in the AN have settled on a joint structure, with Mahamat Nouri as the political chief. He said the recent attack on Ade was the opening salvo of a new c [...] | 2008-04-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD SU |
08KHARTOUM502 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID Chief of Planning informed FieldOff on April 2 that "there will be no new infantry battalions coming in this year to UNAMID" beyond those that are currently planned. Instead, he stated UNAMID would be prepared to receive the Egyptian and Ethiopian battalions and the enabli [...] | 2008-04-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM503 | GOS FLEXES ITS MUSCLE IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last two weeks, there are indications that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is flexing its muscle in Darfur. Signs of this include: three firefights between Arab militias/janjaweed and SLM-Minnawi members in the center of El-Fasher; several Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) p [...] | 2008-04-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM506 | LITTLE PROGRESS ON DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of International Cooperation (and SPLM member) Elias Wakoson told CDA Fernandez that Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) efforts have fallen short due to the availability of arms and the lack of dispute resolution alternatives. He said the lack of D [...] | 2008-04-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM509 | DUP NEGOTIATES ALLIANCE WITH NCP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs spoke April 3 with Tag El-Sir Mohammed Salih, Deputy Secretary General of the Democratic Unionist Party'S (DUP) Mirghani faction. Salih confirmed that elderly DUP leader Mohammed Osman Al-Mirghani will soon return to Khartoum from Cairo despite alleged threats against h [...] | 2008-04-06 05:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM517 | UNMIS DDR PROGRAM TO REQUEST FUNDING AT SUDAN CONSORTIUM IN [...] (SBU) At a meeting of the AEC Security working group April 2 UNMIS DDR Chief Adrian Verheul described plans for an April 9 high-level roundtable meeting in Khartoum of UN officials, donors and GOS officials to develop comprehensive DDR program. Verheul plans to follow this up with a request fo [...] | 2008-04-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM518 | BALANCING ACT - UNAMID PUBLIC AFFAIRS WALKS TIGHTROPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Shereen Zorba and Ali Hamati, of UNAMID's Public Information Office in El Fasher, told emboffs that they feel both external pressure from the Government of Sudan (GoS) and a degree of internal marginalization within UNAMID itself. Most notably, Zorba reported that st [...] | 2008-04-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU KPKO UNSC |
08KHARTOUM519 | GOSS MINISTER KWAJE ON ABYEI BORDER COMPROMISE, LRA TALKS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of April 1, CG Datta was invited to a GoSS dinner in honor of the visiting South African Foreign Minister. At that dinner, Datta had a long discussion with Samson Kwaje, GoSS Minister of Agriculture and prominent player in the SPLM, that touched on an NCP offer on [...] | 2008-04-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SU UG |
08KHARTOUM52 | FINANCE MINISTER REFUSES TO RELEASE NEC CONTAINERS [...] (C) Summary: GOS Finance Minister Zubair Ahmed Al-Hassan told visiting PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield that he will not authorize the release of the containers for the New Embassy Compound unless the Embassy pays the customs duties and demurrage fees, due to the deteriorating relationship between [...] | 2008-01-15 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM524 | SPLM'S EDWARD LINO IN ABYEI: ESCALATING TENSIONS, [...] (C) Summary: According to SPLM-appointed Abyei Administrator Edward Lino, the NCP is ratcheting-up tension in Abyei by sending SAF and police reinforcements to the region, and by seeking to incite Misseriya herdsmen against the Ngok Dinka. The Misseriya have resisted this ploy and Lino hope [...] | 2008-04-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM529 | FM ALOR WARNS "THIS WEEK COULD BE DECISIVE" ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that April 2 discussions on Abyei between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regressed and the next meeting on April 9 could be decisive. He also warned of SPLM plans to aggressively challenge Northern [...] | 2008-04-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM53 | DSRSG ZERIHOUN ON ABYEI, DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) Meeting with DCM Powers and SPG Director Lauren Landis on January 13, the UN's Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary-General Taye Zerihoun urged all parties to maintain focus SIPDIS on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as it enters the third year of its six year transit [...] | 2008-01-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM536 | AHMED HAROUN, DENG ALOR, AND PAGAN AMUN NEGOTIATE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez and polchief entered Cabinet Minister Pagan Amun's office April 6 and encountered not only Amun, but also Foreign Minister Deng Alor and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and ICC indictee Ahmed Haroun huddled over a map of the oil-rich contested Abyei region. Alor and [...] | 2008-04-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM537 | FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Former defense minister and former governor of North Darfur Ibrahim Suleiman Hassan told poloff that now is the time to push for peace in Darfur. Hassan believes peace is achievable if the U.S. pushes Sudan to reach deals with the Darfur rebels and Chad. He also said the U.S. s [...] | 2008-04-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM538 | GOS BORDER INTELLIGENCE FORCE SPARKS GUNFIRE IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) On April 6 at approximately 1330, United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in El Fasher, North Darfur, warned that "groups of combatants from the GoS Military Camp intend to cause problems in the market area, due to unsatisfactory welfare conditions." A group of Border I [...] | 2008-04-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM539 | POSSIBLE "POLIITICAL ASSASSINATION" IN EL-FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4 at approximately 20:00 gunmen allegedly affiliated with the janjaweed Border Intelligence Unit shot and killed Suliman Ishaq Korayna Daoud, a member of the Darfur Forum and leader of the SLA-Peace Wing (former rebel group which threw in its lot with the Khartoum regim [...] | 2008-04-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU KPKO UNSC |
08KHARTOUM540 | ABYEI: GOSS-SPONSORED RETURNS UPDATE [...] On April 2, USAID staff visited a reception center in Abyei town that had received approximately 3,000 Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS)-sponsored returnees from Khartoum. According to UN Mission in Sudan Return, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) staff, the returnees arrived with house [...] | 2008-04-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM541 | "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF" - A NYALA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Discussions with United Nations and local representatives in Nyala, South Darfur, reveal a complex picture of security in this Darfur state, where attacks against humanitarians, intertribal fighting and banditry constitute the main threats to stability. END SUMMARY. TARGETED [...] | 2008-04-08 06:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO KSEC SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM542 | SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-awaited SPLA Defense White Paper provides a concise overview of SPLA's mission and objectives, while highlighting capacity issues and a framework to tackle them. The challenge will be in its implementation - the document codifies the military's weaknesses that require s [...] | 2008-04-08 14:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM543 | UNMIS GRANTED 14-DAY AUTHORITY TO PATROL OUTSIDE OF ABYEI [...] (U) On April 7, UNMIS Force Commander LTG Jasbiri Singh Lidder announced that both Sudan's National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) have granted UNMIS Authority to patrol freely within the Abyei area for 14 days. Previously, UNMIS had been restricted to th [...] | 2008-04-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU |
08KHARTOUM547 | AEC PLENARY: DISAGREEMENT OVER ABYEI AND CENSUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met in plenary session April 8. Highlights included disagreement by the two sides over an Administrator for the Abyei area, and over inclusion of questions on ethnicity and religion in the upcoming census. CDA Fernandez briefed on h [...] | 2008-04-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM549 | POSSIBLE SPLM-RIZEIGAT ALLIANCE IN SOUTH DARFUR? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings in Nyala with emboffs on November 7, multiple political leaders reported that the Arab (Baggara) Rizeigat tribe had created an alliance with the SPLM. However, on November 7, the Nazir of the Rizeigat denied any association with the SPLM, scoffing at the idea and [...] | 2008-04-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM555 | ABDUCTEE RETURNS [...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on April 8, UNICEF Child Protection Officer Viktor Nylund described the recent activities of the Committee on the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children (CEAWC) as "limited" and "disorganized." Formed in 1999 within the Government of Sudan's (GoS) Ministry of J [...] | 2008-04-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM556 | SPLM ROLLS OUT BROAD DARFUR PLAN AND REQUESTS DONOR FUNDS [...] (SBU) The SPLM has developed a multi-track plan to effect resolution of the Darfur crisis. Though lacking in operational detail, the plan includes having SPLM representatives visit rebel groups and civil society in all three Darfur states, working with the NCP to develop a GNU approach to the [...] | 2008-04-10 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM557 | UPDATE ON NORTH DARFUR SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Following the shooting in El Fasher's market April 6 perpetrated by Arab janjaweed militia (reftel),armed militia members re-entered the market later that same day and engaged GoS forces there while attempting to loot the Bank of Khartoum. Shots were heard again between 0030-0100 April [...] | 2008-04-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU ASEC |
08KHARTOUM559 | SUDANESE LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Speaking at a March 31 to April 1 workshop "Foreign Presence and its impact on National Sudanese Security" organized by the National Assembly Committee on security and Defense, National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Chief Salah Abdullah Muhammad, aka Salah Ghosh, called on the [...] | 2008-04-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM560 | ARMING LOCAL EMBASSY GUARDS AGAIN RAISED WITH MFA [...] (C) As Embassy begins process of changing most vehicles' plates from diplomatic to regular license plates this week (reftel b),CDA Fernandez raised the outstanding issue of Sudanese Government permission for unarmed local Embassy Khartoum guards to be armed with defensive weapons while on off [...] | 2008-04-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM563 | FM DENG ALOR ON ROME, ABYEI, AND "COLD" RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan is likely to make some concessions on UNAMID deployment at the bilateral talks in Rome, such as agreement on the Thai and Nepalese troop contributions, FM Deng Alor advised CDA Fernandez in a meeting April 10. However Alor cautioned that the ruling National Congress Party (N [...] | 2008-04-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM564 | MINAWI ON DIVIDED CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR REBELS, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging conversation on April 12, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi discussed the emergence of two competing streams of Chadian support for Darfur's rebel movements--one led by Dausa Deby and focused on recruiting SLM fighters to augment the URF--and another led by I [...] | 2008-04-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM566 | SURPRISE CENSUS DELAY BY SPLM EXPOSES INTERNAL FISSURES [...] (SBU) Just one day after GoSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit publicly supported the upcoming national census and urged all Southern Sudanese to participate in it, the GoSS Council of Ministers, led by Kiir, voted to unilaterally "postpone" the census in Southern Sudan. GoSS officials cited a la [...] | 2008-04-14 04:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM567 | URF ANNOUNCES FINAL CONSOLIDATION [...] (SBU) Four months after the close of SPLM-hosted Darfur movement consolidation talks in Juba, the United Resistance Front (URF) has announced its final consolidation. The coalition represents five factions that includes Massaleit and Arab representatives but is dominated by Zaghawa JEM/Collect [...] | 2008-04-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREL PGOV SOCI EAID SU AU |
08KHARTOUM568 | WE NEED A CEASEFIRE COMMISSION, SAYS FRUSTRATED DPA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 9, three members of SLM-Free Will (SLM-FW) informed emboffs about recent Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombings in their areas of control in North Darfur, emphasizing that there is no mechanism for them to report these incidents, since the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) remains [...] | 2008-04-14 06:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM569 | NCP ACCUSES SOUTH OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NORTHERNERS [...] (U) On April 8, several newspapers in Northern Sudan published stories highlighting supposed escalating violence against Muslim Northerners living in the South. GNU Vice President Taha's public remarks about the same issue several days earlier were also widely featured in both the local Northe [...] | 2008-04-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM570 | UNAMID POLICE DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) UNAMID Acting Chief of Police Administration Ralf Gehling told poloff April 8 that the second 140-officer UNAMID Formed Police Unit (FPU),from Nepal, is poised to deploy in late April. The Nepalese FPU, the third non-African UNAMID unit after the Chinese engineers and the Bangladeshi F [...] | 2008-04-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM571 | FFAMC CHAIRMAN UPBEAT ON CPA IMPLEMENTATION AT AEC SESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Mohammed Osman Ibrahim, Chairman of the GOS's Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC),spoke to a special plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) April 10, updating a report he presented last October (REFTEL). Most oil re [...] | 2008-04-14 07:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM573 | JANE HOLL LUTE PREVIEWS MESSAGE TO UNSC ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations outgoing Under-Secretary-General in the Department of Field Support (DFS) Jane Holl Lute said that the only way for the UN to deploy the bulk of UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces in 2008 was with the parallel provision of enabling assets, a point [...] | 2008-04-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM574 | RARE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GOS, SLA/ABDULWAHID AS FIGHTING [...] (SBU) In a departure from the unofficial ceasefire between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Abdulwahid, three separate confrontations have erupted between their forces in recent days. The first two rebel attacks occurred in East Jebel Marra on April 9 and 11 and [...] | 2008-04-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM576 | CHAD: UFDD, FSR'S DIFFERING VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see para. 7. --------------------------------------------- ---------- UFDD: Negotiations with Political Opposition, Observers --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (C) In separate conversations, representatives fro [...] | 2008-04-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU CD SU LY |
08KHARTOUM578 | U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND FOR CT -- PROPOSAL FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Below is Embassy Khartoum's submission for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Counterterrorism. The proposed project would take place at the Spring Youth Center in Omdurman, the historic capital and working-class hub of the Khartoum metropolitan area. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) BACKG [...] | 2008-04-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU |
08KHARTOUM582 | MFA OFFICIAL COUNSELS "TANKS MORE LIKELY THAN [...] (C) In the midst of a wide-ranging discussion on violence in Darfur (reftel A) on April 13, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq, a regime insider and former intelligence officer (and also in charge of the UNAMID deployment file for the GOS),asked CDA Fernandez "why aren' [...] | 2008-04-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM584 | SPLM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OPENS DARFUR OFFICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yassir Arman announced the establishment of a SPLM political office for North Darfur on April 12. Local government leaders, including the Wali of North Darfur, opposition parties' representatives, NCP members, and rebel groups such as JEM/Peace Wing [...] | 2008-04-15 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM585 | NO PROGRESS ON JMST CHIEF MEDIATOR; POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with poloffs on April 14, the AU's Chief Mediator of the JMST, Sam Ibok, stated that there are no promising candidates for the position for UNAMID's Chief Mediator now that Mohamed Sahnoun has declined the job. Ibok also stated that he would be leaving his posi [...] | 2008-04-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM59 | FORGING A STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE FGM IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) The National Council for Children's Welfare (NCCW) in Sudan held a conference in late December 2007 to announce its strategy for eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM),or female circumcision. UNICEF and PLAN Sudan also attended, as did Dr. Samia Ahmed Mohamed, Minister of Social Wel [...] | 2008-01-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM591 | UNFPA FIELD OFFICER OPTIMISTIC ON CENSUS [...] (SBU) UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Head of Office in Darfur Dr. Ezizgeldi Hellenov told poloff on April 15 that UNFPA will do its best to conduct the census in Darfur. He said that the one-week delay in conducting the census has left his field offices with two problems: first, making sure questi [...] | 2008-04-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM598 | ROME BILATERAL MEETING TRUMPETED IN PRO-REGIME KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Khartoum pro-regime daily Akhbar al Youm headlined April 17 on page one the Sudan-US talks in Rome, prominently announcing "details of the talks on Sudanese-US relations on their first day." The article states that "today the two sides will conclude important talks for developing bilatera [...] | 2008-04-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM6 | INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...] | 2008-01-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM603 | SPLM REPS IN NORTH DARFUR: WE DON'T BELIEVE THE CENSUS WILL [...] (SBU) Speaking at the newly-opened North Darfur SPLM office, nearly a dozen SPLM reps told poloff on April 15 that Darfurians don't support the census because it will not benefit the people of Darfur. The SPLM reps said that the SPLM will not support a census that enables the NCP to manipulate [...] | 2008-04-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM604 | WHEN THE THIRST FOR POWER TRUMPS CPA COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) The GoSS' reluctance to carry out the census in the South (and its latest statement that it reserves the right to dispute the census results) indicates that it is fearful that the actual size of the population in the South and NCP manipulation of the census process will result in less tha [...] | 2008-04-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM605 | CDA MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT MIRGHANI [...] (U) On 17 April, CDA Fernandez met with former Sudanese President (1986-89) and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Ahmed Al-Mirghani, brother of DUP leader Mohamed Othman Al-Mirghani who remains in self-imposed exile in Cairo. Ahmed Al-Mirghani stated that the DUP (Mirghani faction) is kee [...] | 2008-04-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM607 | STUDENTS COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON POLITICAL [...] This is an action cable, please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings with university leaders the week of April 13, SPLM-affiliated students and members of the Darfur Students Union complained of discriminatory support for students based on party affiliation and geography. [...] | 2008-04-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM610 | UNAMID OFFICER ARRESTED IN NYALA FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the April 13 arrest without warrant of a UNAMID staff officer for alleged sexual misconduct, and subsequent reports that the South Darfur Wali banned UNAMID soldiers from downtown Nyala, UNAMID tempered its reaction to this apparent SOFA violation to emphasize that [...] | 2008-04-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM611 | STUDENTS COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON POLITICAL [...] This is an action cable, please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings with university leaders the week of April 13, SPLM-affiliated students and members of the Darfur Students Union complained of discriminatory support for students based on party affiliation and geography. [...] | 2008-04-20 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM613 | SOUTH SUDAN OPPOSITION POLITICIAN ON THE CENSUS AND GOSS [...] (SBU) Summary: South Sudan parliamentarian and opposition leader Dr. Jimmy Wongo believes that the GoSS's last-minute attempt to delay the census in the South has only made it look foolish and indecisive. Wongo said that he expects the NCP to manipulate census results to undercount the South [...] | 2008-04-21 05:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM614 | JMST BRIEFING FOCUSES ON SECURITY AND CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 19 briefing to Khartoum's Ambassadors, Salim Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliasson (the African Union and United Nations Special Envoys for Darfur) stated that their most recent visit to Sudan focused on security concerns. According to Salim and Eliasson, consultations wit [...] | 2008-04-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM615 | UNAMID'S JMST REACHES OUT TO THE U.S. LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY On April 20, UNAMID's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) Chief of Staff Yassir Sabra told poloffs that there is a "window of opportunity" for engaging the rebels and the Government of Sudan (GoS) on security issues with a meeting planned for late May possibly in Geneva. Sabra al [...] | 2008-04-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM616 | ROME TALKS - INITIAL NCP PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) "The Rome talks were useful and even though we didn't get much out of them, we're looking at the bigger picture," NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker, who was present in Rome, told CDA Fernandez April 21. Bebiker said the NCP viewed the talks as a "good start" as long as the two sides begin to c [...] | 2008-04-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM62 | UNAMID CIVILIAN RECRUITMENT PROCEEDS SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Deputy Director of the UNAMID Recruitment Office Haris Pajtic told poloff January 9 that civilian recruitment for the 5,500 civilian UNAMID positions is underway but admitted that serious obstacles remain. He said that his 12-person office expects to have recruited 50 percent of the posi [...] | 2008-01-17 05:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM620 | GOSS OFFICIALS COMPLAIN OF LACK OF OIL REVENUE TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Organized by the US Embassy in its role as Coordinator, the AEC's Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG) traveled to the South Sudanese capital of Juba April 16 for a field visit. The purpose of the trip, besides the symbolism of holding a session in Juba, was to gather information [...] | 2008-04-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM623 | GOSS GIVES JUBA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the afternoon of April 21 the GOSS assembled the Diplomatic and NGO community for a briefing on what steps it is taking to combat the recent rash of armed robberies targeting foreigners and NGOs in Juba. Actions to be taken include putting more police out on the streets, star [...] | 2008-04-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CASC SU |
08KHARTOUM624 | ABYEI UPDATE: UNMIS OBSERVERS ACTIVITIES RESTRICTED BEFORE [...] (SBU) The 14-day period during which UNMIS peacekeepers were permitted to patrol outside of the town of Abyei ended on April 21, without being renewed by Sudan's Joint Military Commission (JMC). The JMC did grant UNMIS specific authority to travel from Abyei town to Higlig in order to meet and [...] | 2008-04-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM625 | MINNAWI ON CENSUS, BILATERAL TALKS, AND PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, Senior Assistant to the President, Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that the census will not be accurate in Darfur, that the U.S.-Sudan bilateral negotiations legitimizes the NCP and marginalizes minority political voices, and that a recent aborted trip to Juba make [...] | 2008-04-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM626 | UN STAFFER'S PROPOSAL ON DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On April 22, Gerry McHugh, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's chief strategist, told poloffs that the Darfur peace process needs strong U.S. leadership, not more large, multi-lateral meetings. McHugh offered a number of uncharacteristic UN ideas including: 1) Any deal will be brokered behind the [...] | 2008-04-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM627 | UNAMID LIQUIDATION TEAM ARRIVES IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID has assigned a team of liquidation specialists to identify AMIS assets for disposal either to the UN or to the AU. The team said it can transfer European-donated AMIS assets by June but was not able to specify a similar date for USG assets since they were inventoried and [...] | 2008-04-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM628 | DANGEROUS LIES, DOUBLE-GAMING, AND DECEIT: INSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY. GNU Presidential Advisor and NCP loyalist Ghazi Salah Eddin claims that the SPLM falsely accuses the NCP of conniving tactics to undercut the SPLM and the CPA. Salah Eddin complained about SPLM party disorganization, echoed sentiments that SPLM party leadership is splintering, an [...] | 2008-04-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM63 | PRESIDENCY TO NAME ADMINISTRATORS FOR ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Presidency may name an interim administration for Abyei soon despite the fact that borders have yet to be defined, according to NCP negotiator Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed. Dirdeiry boasted that the SPLM-NCP relationship has "never been better" following the SPLM's rejoining of th [...] | 2008-01-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM630 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) Begin Summary: From April 5 to 15, a USAID/OFDA program officer conducted site visits in Kadugli, Abu Gebeha, Talodi, and Kauda areas in Southern Kordofan State. The USAID/OFDA officer monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs, particularly in the rural health sector, and met with humanitarian [...] | 2008-04-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM637 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL ON ROME, CHAD/JEM, AND [...] (C) Summary: Sudan decided to keep its high-level delegation in Rome - despite the majority of the US delegation being "comprised of low-level officials", to demonstrate its seriousness - said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Othman Ismail. Ismail suggested that the second round of talks should o [...] | 2008-04-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM639 | SUDAN HEALTH MINISTRY REQUESTS SANCTIONS WAIVER ON CANCER [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post has been contacted by the Sudanese Ministry of Health (via Sudanese Foreign Ministry),in a note dated 4/13/2008, with a request for assistance in permitting importation of radioisotopes and related equipment for cancer ther [...] | 2008-04-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFPC PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM64 | CLASHES CONTINUE IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy clashes in West Darfur continued January 13 - 15, with confirmed GOS aerial attacks on JEM rebel positions. There were also additional reports of Chadian aerial incursions into Sudan. End summary. 2. (SBU) During discussions with poloff January 15, UNAMID contacts confi [...] | 2008-01-17 06:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KSEC SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM640 | CHAD: UFDD, UFDD/F REITERATE IMPORTANCE OF PEACE [...] (C) In an April 24 conversation with Poloff, representatives of Mahamet Nouri's Union des Forces du Developpement et de la Democratie (UFDD) and Abdelwahid Aboud Makaye's UFDD/Fondamentale welcomed the increased international engagement on the Chadian conflict evident during the April 10 Conta [...] | 2008-04-25 10:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU CD |
08KHARTOUM641 | ERITREAN OFFICIALS: NCP/SPLM COALITION AND UNITY [...] (C) Eritrean policy toward Sudan centers on two priorities, senior Eritrean officials told the Charge d'Affaires in a recent meeting: facilitating a partnership between the NCP and the SPLM that maintains the country's unity and defusing the Sudan-Chad conflict. Asmara continues to view a "co [...] | 2008-04-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ER CD LY |
08KHARTOUM642 | UNAMID PUBLIC INFORMATION STRATEGY IN DISARRAY, ACCORDING [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with representatives from Albany Associates, a communications firm that has been hired by DFID to support UNAMID. Albany, which has an interest in getting its contract extended, warned that UNAMID is in disarray and has no communications strategy. The Albany r [...] | 2008-04-25 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM643 | GOSS VP MACHAR ON THE LRA AND THE SPLM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Riek Machar met with Consul General Datta on the morning of April 23 and engaged in a wide ranging discussion that covered fading hopes for a peace agreement with the LRA and the future of the SPLM and the South. Machar [...] | 2008-04-25 11:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM644 | JANJAWEED FIGHTING CONTINUES INSIDE EL FASHER [...] (SBU) In yet another example of the clashes between Government of Sudan (GoS) military forces and unruly janjaweed elements that have been plaguing El Fasher for almost one month, on April 21 at approximately 2300 a truck of GoS Special Forces officers was stopped at a checkpoint in east El Fas [...] | 2008-04-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU ASEC |
08KHARTOUM645 | TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES TO SUDAN [...] (S) CDA Fernandez briefed MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on April 27 of the contents of reftel A. RAO briefed Sudanese Intelligence (NISS) at the same time. DLO has provided flight information to appropriate MOD authorities and to MFA in a diplomatic note (without specifying the nature of [...] | 2008-04-27 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI SU |
08KHARTOUM646 | SUDAN AGREES TO RELEASE NEC CONTAINERS, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Sudan agreed to release long-delayed NEC containers beginning the morning of April 29 with all in country released by the end of the week. The Sudanese are also clearing up any remaining UNAMID shipment backlog in anticipation of a continuing dialogue with the US, the MFA's Under [...] | 2008-04-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU ASEC ABLD AMGT PGOV PREL |
08KHARTOUM647 | GOSS REGIONAL AFFAIRS UNDERSCRETARY ON SPLM POLITITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide ranging conversation April 25, the Undersecretary of the GoSS Ministry of Regional Cooperation said that the Council of Minister's vote to delay the census in the South reflected South Sudan's internal ethnic anxieties, that it is unclear whether President Kiir will r [...] | 2008-04-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KCRM SU |
08KHARTOUM648 | DETERMINED UNHCR ENGAGES EXIGENT GNU [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings between USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials and USAID/OFDA partner U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Khartoum and Nyala reveal that the Government of National Unity (GNU) has methodically challenged UNHCR in it [...] | 2008-04-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM650 | TCCS FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE UNAMID PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander (FC) Agwai compromised on his number one deployment priority while in Addis Ababa, according to UNAMID's Chief of Planning. As he did with the Egyptians in Um Kadada (ref A),Agwai agreed to let the Ethiopi [...] | 2008-04-29 09:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD ET SU |
08KHARTOUM653 | CLASHES CONTINUE ALONG NORTH-SOUTH BORDER, COURT CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Violent clashes continue to flare along Sudan's north-south boundary, centering on the Abyei region. On April 25, a skirmish between SPLA troops and a pro-NCP tribal force left a reported 20 casualties. On April 28, a murder in the town of Kharsana escalated into a battle tha [...] | 2008-04-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU |
08KHARTOUM654 | WFP TO REDUCE DARFUR FOOD AID RATIONS IN MAY [...] (U) On April 14, the UN World Food Program (WFP) informed key donors that in May it would be forced to nearly halve the general food aid ration distributed in Darfur, due to ongoing banditry against contracted commercial vehicles resulting in decreased commodity dispatches. WFP issued a press [...] | 2008-04-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM663 | EGYPT PLANS TO NOMINATE REPLACEMENT FOR UNAMID CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Egyptian Pol/Mil Officer Tamer Azzam told poloff on April 29 that Egypt plans to nominate an Egyptian BG to replace BG Patrick Davidson-Houston as UNAMID Chief of Staff. He said that Egypt hopes to have their nominee in place as early as May 18, pending approval by the UN. 2. (SBU) S [...] | 2008-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM665 | SUDAN: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rising global price of food and agricultural commodities is having an impact on food prices in Sudan, mainly with staple commodities, such as wheat and sorghum. While not fully quantifiable, domestic agricultural production seems to be responding to the changes, and the Go [...] | 2008-05-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM666 | CHAD: ERDIMI BLAMES STALLED TALKS ON CHAD, LIBYA [...] (C) RFC leader Timan Erdimi says that the talks in Tripoli between his movement and Chadian representatives have stalled because of Deby's lack of sincerity to participate in real political dialogue and Libya's pro-Deby bias. Though some RFC representatives remain in Libya to signify Erdimi's [...] | 2008-05-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU CD LY |
08KHARTOUM667 | RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) China's engagement in Sudan centers on the pursuit of its economic interests, particularly oil, and these interests underpin its relationship with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP). China's engagement on the political issues related to the conflict in Darfur or tensions between N [...] | 2008-05-01 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SU CH XA XE |
08KHARTOUM668 | SUDAN RELEASES NEC CONTAINERS, APPROVES ARMING [...] (C) The GOS has begun releasing long-delayed NEC containers and also approved the US Embassy's request to arm its local guard force, as long as the guards "remain inside Embassy premises," MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq told CDA Fernandez and polchief April 30 (first containers with in Embassy hands on [...] | 2008-05-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM669 | MANSOUR KHALID ON SPLM PREPARATIONS FOR PARTY [...] (C) Everything is on track for the SPLM convention to go forward May 10, GOS Presidential Advisor and prominent SPLM northerner Dr. Mansour Khalid told CDA and polchief April 29. Khalid expects full support for Salva Kiir as Chairman of the party as "no one would dare stand against him." Khal [...] | 2008-05-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM67 | KORDOFAN REBEL GROUP MERGES WITH JEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new Kordofan rebel group led by a well-known former brigadier general in the Sudanese Armed Forces, Ibrahim Abu Rannat, has recently merged with the Justice and Equality Movement. This unification with "The Sons of Kordofan Alliance" (SKA) supports JEM's goal of spreading the Dar [...] | 2008-01-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSEC PHUM ECON SU |
08KHARTOUM671 | AEC PLENARY OF MAY 1, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 31st ordinary plenary session of the AEC was held May 1, 2008. The two sides (SPLM and NCP) sparred over recent incidents around Abyei, while CDA Fernandez stressed the need to grant UNMIS forces freedom of movement in the Abyei area to reduce tensions (an expression support [...] | 2008-05-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM672 | INCONSISTENCIES FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE HIS UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai lamented in a May 2 conversation with FieldOff that "inconsistencies are forcing me to change my priorities" with regard to UNAMID deployment, as articulated reftel. The most damaging of these inc [...] | 2008-05-04 04:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM68 | AMIS "LIQUIDATION TEAMS" TO REDISTRIBUTE UNAMID ASSETS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary. The African Union (AU) plans to form Liquidation Teams to inventory and redistribute equipment, possibly including USG assets already transferred to UNAMID. Until the inventory, AMIS refuses to permit UNAMID pers [...] | 2008-01-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM680 | SOUTH DARFUR FIGHTING TAKES NEW TURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A traditional rivalry between two clans in South Darfur erupted in Sheiria, South Darfur, on April 30, with the introduction of mortars into fighting between the sides in an IDP camp. UNAMID leadership acknowledges this is the first time it has heard of use of this type of weapo [...] | 2008-05-05 07:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM683 | INCONSISTENCIES FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE HIS UNAMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai lamented in a May 2 conversation with FieldOff that "inconsistencies are forcing me to change my priorities" with regard to UNAMID deployment, as articulated reftel. The most damaging of these inc [...] | 2008-05-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM684 | POSTURING FOR ELECTIONS, UMMA WORKS TOWARD PEACE [...] (C) Predicting that the National Congress Party and/or the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) may use the ongoing crisis in Darfur as a pretext to postpone the 2009 elections, the Umma Party is seeking to forge a peace settlement for the troubled region and to defuse Chad-Sudan tensions, [...] | 2008-05-05 08:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU CD |
08KHARTOUM69 | UNAMID OFFICIAL SAYS GOS NEITHER HELPING NOR HARMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 15 conversation with FieldOff, United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) did not paint a picture of outright Government of Sudan (GoS) obstructionism to UNAMID deployment. Instead, the CISS reported that the G [...] | 2008-01-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM691 | GOS BOMBINGS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The last week of April and first week of May witnessed a spate of Government of Sudan (GoS) bombings in remote parts of North Darfur against rebel positions. Civilians have been the primary victims, sounding alarm bells for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...] | 2008-05-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM692 | URFF ARAB REBEL REPRESENTATIVES SEEK SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4 in Khartoum, three representatives of the Arab-dominated United Revolutionary Forces Front (URFF) told poloffs that their individual rebel group and the larger umbrella group of which they are a part, the United Resistance Front (URF),are both weak and need support. The [...] | 2008-05-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM7 | INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...] | 2008-01-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM70 | UNMIS DEPUTY RESIDENT SEES PROBLEMS AHEAD IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see para 5. 2. (C) Summary: UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan David Gressly worries that poor governance and corruption risk derailing the potentially bright future of South Sudan while budget shortfalls could lead to pro [...] | 2008-01-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM701 | EASTERN SUDAN - IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Charge Fernandez traveled to Kassala, in eastern Sudan, May 4-5 to meet with local political representatives and tour two locations ripe for USAID help: the flood-prone Al Gash River and the horrifically rundown Kassala hospital. This was the first trip to Kassala by a U.S. chief [...] | 2008-05-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM702 | CHINESE SEE UNAMID "INEFFICIENCY AND INCAPACITY" [...] (C) CDA Fernandez welcomed Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Li Cheng Wen to Embassy chancery on May 7 to discuss Chinese perspectives on UNAMID deployment. A clearly frustrated Wen noted that the remaining Chinese engineers should have been in place in February, but UNAMID's clear "inefficiency and [...] | 2008-05-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM704 | IDPS FACE CHALLENGES ON ISSUE OF RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The issue of whether to remain in camps or return to their homelands is one that internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to struggle with as the conflict in Darfur stretches into its fifth year. Fresh displacements highlight the dangers of returning too soon, however even h [...] | 2008-05-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM705 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REFUTES GOS IDP RETURN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent local radio reports, based on a statement attributed to the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) office in El Fasher, stated that as many as 4000 internally displaced persons in North Darfur were voluntarily returning to their villages. Separately, the North Darfur HAC commis [...] | 2008-05-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM71 | SUDAN HOSTS ARAB WOMEN'S UNION CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Women's General Union (SWGU) hosted in Khartoum January 8-10 the fourth annual conference of the Arab Women's General Union (AWGU). Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir addressed delegates at the opening session, promising that the Government of Sudan (GOS) will see [...] | 2008-01-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM710 | SUDAN WARNS OF JEM RAID ON KHARTOUM, ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) In a call to CDA Fernandez late on May 8 and during a hastily convened diplomatic corps briefing on May 9, Sudan warned of an advance of JEM rebel forces deep into Sudanese territory, including a possible attack on a suburb of Khartoum within days. The Government also made a public statem [...] | 2008-05-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM713 | CHAD: AWAITING CONTACT FROM DEBY, NOURI sEEKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SU CD LY SA |
08KHARTOUM716 | JEM REBELS ATTACK OMDURMAN, ALMOST REACH KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) JEM rebels attacked the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman May 10 and advanced within sight of one of the bridges leading to Khartoum. Although Sudanese Government forces prevented the rebels from crossing the Nile into the capital, JEM claims that it will launch another attack on the [...] | 2008-05-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM718 | NCP "AFRAID OF ITSELF" IN JEM INCURSION INTRIGUE [...] (SBU) The day of the JEM attack on Omdurman May 10, on the margins of party discussions in preparation for the second SPLM General Conference, CDA Fernandez caught up with party leaders to discuss fears and intrigue in Khartoum caused by reports of the (then rumored) attack by the Justice and E [...] | 2008-05-12 08:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM719 | UNAMID POLICE LACK CRITICAL RESOUCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID civilian police (CIVPOL) leadership have identified deficiencies in their programs such as the need for a greater police presence in IDP camps, additional female officers from Police Contributing Countries (PCC),and additional senior police officers with more experience. [...] | 2008-05-12 08:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM72 | SPLM - "WE WILL NEVER COALESCE WITH THE NCP" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are still several issues being negotiated regarding the electoral law at the level of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC): how women will be elected, the make-up of the mixed electoral system, and how to manage the registration and voting process for Sudane [...] | 2008-01-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM720 | ORPHANS OF THE CPA - SUDAN'S NUBA MOUNTAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of Sudan's "Three Areas," the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan state hosts SPLA enclaves north of the 1956 dividing line between north and south Sudan. According to a high-ranking SPLM and GNU official who hails from the area, the region continues to host 16,000-17, [...] | 2008-05-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM721 | SPLA COS ON INTRA-SPLM TENSIONS AND RELATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez and Acting CG met with SPLA Chief of Staff LTG Oyai Deng Ajak on May 9. They discussed recent Misseriya/SPLA tensions within Sudan's oil-field region along the 1956 border, SPLA difficulties integrating a sometimes fickle Misseriya force, and Unity's State Governor Taban De [...] | 2008-05-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM722 | RESPONDING MORE EFFECTIVELY ON SOFA VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Responding to reports of GOS aerial bombardments in North Darfur (ref A),the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) opened investigations into the attacks on Um Sidir, Shegag Karo and Ein Bissaro. Although these investigations are ongoing, initial reports confirm that the attacks did occur [...] | 2008-05-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO AU SU ASEC CD UNSC |
08KHARTOUM723 | UNAMID STRUGGLES TO BRIDGE GAPS WITHIN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As local civil society institutions begin to emerge in Darfur, tensions between traditional government-supported institutions and newer donor-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are rising. Resentment and distrust have hampered the development of a cohesive civil societ [...] | 2008-05-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM724 | SUDAN'S NSC DISCUSSES JEM ATTACK AS ARRESTS [...] (S/NF) In the aftermath of the JEM attack on Omdurman (reftels) Sudan's National Security Council pledged to "react" to Chadian aggression, neutralize the "fifth column" that supported the rebels, and exploit the opportunity to enhance Sudan's international image, Senior Assistant to the Presi [...] | 2008-05-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM SU CD |
08KHARTOUM725 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KHARTOUM AND DARFUR AND EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Following the bold JEM raid on Omdurman May 10, the situation in Khartoum appears to have normalized as of May 13. There were numerous military police check points in downtown Khartoum May 11 and 12 in neighborhoods with sensitive government buildings and major roads and arteries. The Go [...] | 2008-05-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU AMGT ASEC CASC |
08KHARTOUM726 | CHAD: NATIONAL ALLIANCE POSITION UNCHANGED BY [...] (C) The main Chadian rebel factions have not changed their strategy as a result of the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) May 10 brazen assault on Omdurman, National Alliance (AN) Secretary General Abakar Tolli told Poloff in a May 12 meeting. The AN--composed of the Union des Forces du De [...] | 2008-05-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD SU |
08KHARTOUM727 | SUDANESE MFA BRIEFS KHARTOUM DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 at 11:00 A.M. (local time) Mutriff Sadiq, the Undersecretary at the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by a Sudanese Army General, briefed Khartoum's Ambassadors on the Justice and Equality Movement's attack on Omdurman, across the Nile from the Sudanese c [...] | 2008-05-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM729 | SPLM'S SHIFTING RESPONSE TO JEM ATTACK [...] (SBU) The SPLM's reaction to the May 10 JEM attack on Omdurman has shifted from private glee to deep concern. Any admiration for JEM's ability to achieve what eluded the SPLA during 21 years of war with Northern Sudan Party has been muted by fears of a National Congress Party (NCP) backlash ag [...] | 2008-05-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM732 | MAY 14 UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KHARTOUM AND DARFUR AND [...] (SBU) There are reports of continued, sporadic firing in Omdurman during the night of May 13-14 and the Nile bridge connecting Omdurman with Khartoum-proper was closed briefly, but Khartoum remains generally calm four days after the May 10 JEM raid. Armed police and SAF continue to patrol the [...] | 2008-05-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU CD AMGT ASEC CASC |
08KHARTOUM734 | SUDAN'S MESSAGE TO U.S., FOLLOWING [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail on May 14 at NCP HQ shortly after Ismail received his diplomatic marching orders from President Al-Bashir (Note: Sudan's Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, belongs to the SPLM and Ismail is Al-Bashir's and the ruling National Congr [...] | 2008-05-14 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM736 | MOVEMENTS EXPECT GOS RETALIATION IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Darfur representatives of Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) expect Government of Sudan (GoS) to retaliate against Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) positions in Darfur for JEM having exposed the GoS' military weakness, particularly by allegedly killing officers at the [...] | 2008-05-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU CD UNSC |
08KHARTOUM737 | HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN SPLA AND SAF IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting has broken out and continues between SPLA and SAF forces in the town of Abyei, despite UNMIS efforts to broker a ceasefire. With both the NCP and SPLM distracted by other crises, the UN is concerned that the situation could deteriorate further if the fighting sp [...] | 2008-05-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM739 | PAULINO MATIEP ON SPLM POLITICS AND THE SPLA [...] (SBU) Deputy Commander in Chief for the SPLA and ex-SSDF Commander Paulino Matiep claims that his involvement in the SPLM Unity State Congress fallout has been overstated. In a May 13 conversation with Acting CG, the aging Nuer military strategist was emphatic that rumors linking him with GOSS [...] | 2008-05-15 10:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM MARR MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM74 | ISMAIL: CHADIAN MILITARY ESCALATION RISKS PUSHING [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Mustafa Othman Ismail warned of growing Sudanese exasperation at what they see as Chadian military escalation on the Darfur border. He also expressed Sudanese frustration at obstacles to Sudanese diplomats performing their work in the U.S. and warned of possible counte [...] | 2008-01-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AU UN CD SU |
08KHARTOUM740 | PAGAN AMUN THREATENS TO LEAVE GNU CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GNU Cabinet Affairs Minister and SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun cited irreconcilable differences with SPLM Chairman and First Vice President of Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit as his justification for why he intends to leave the Government of National Unity (GNU) and join his wife [...] | 2008-05-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM741 | SPLM PROPOSES FM ALOR VISIT PARIS TO DISCUSS JEM/CHAD, SPLA [...] (SBU) GNU Foreign Minister Deng Alor told poloffs in Juba May 14 that President Bashir may send him to Paris possibly as soon as next week to discuss Chad and its support for JEM with the French. Alor asked poloffs to "pass this information to your people in Khartoum and Washington." FM Alor [...] | 2008-05-15 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM745 | ABYEI UPDATE: FIGHTING SUBSIDES, BUT HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between SAF and SPLA (reftel) subsided on May 15 and late in the day the sides agreed to a mutual withdrawal. Casualty numbers from May 13-14 fighting are unknown, but the town reportedly sustained heavy damage and the UN estimates that as many as 30,000 people (virtu [...] | 2008-05-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM747 | DRAFT SPLM CONSTITUTION SETS STAGE FOR CONVENTION DYNAMICS [...] (SBU) The SPLM's 119-member Interim National Council (INC) held its final session May 12-13 in a marathon push to finalize transformative foundational documents for the SPLM on the eve of the party's second national convention. Before its dissolution (the INC will be replaced by a 250-member Na [...] | 2008-05-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM748 | UNDERCOUNTING, INTIMIDATION MAR DARFUR CENSUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the census officially completed, international organizations are taking stock of census results. While UNAMID, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),is preparing a detailed analysis of the exercise and expected results, preliminary observations indica [...] | 2008-05-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM749 | TAWILA INCIDENT AS UNAMID TEST CASE IN PROTECTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence in Tawila, North Darfur on May 12, threatens to create a humanitarian crisis if left unchecked and unaddressed by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). An interagency UNAMID team plans to travel to the region on May 15 to do an assessment and to m [...] | 2008-05-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
08KHARTOUM75 | SPLM HOLDS FOUR-DAY CPA CELEBRATION IN WAU [...] (SBU) The GoSS pulled out all the stops to hold its own celebrations of the third anniversary of the signing of the CPA, with a four-day celebration in the southern city of Wau from January 13 to 16 that included cultural events, speeches, sports competitions and parades. By holding the celebr [...] | 2008-01-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM750 | "NO TO WAR, YES TO A NEW SUDAN" - THE SPLM NATIONAL [...] (SBU) The SPLM National Convention - the party's second in 14 years - kicked off May 15 with great fanfare. 1720 delegates elected via successive grassroots contests at the boma, payam, county, and state-level converged on Juba to craft a new executive structure for the party - the first intra [...] | 2008-05-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM755 | SUDAN PUTS CAPTURED JEM MATERIEL ON DISPLAY IN [...] (SBU) Less than a week after a brazen rebel raid into the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman, the Sudanese Government put on an impressive display of captured weapons and materiel from the Chadian-supported Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Darfur rebel group in Omdurman's historic Khalif [...] | 2008-05-18 10:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL CD SU |
08KHARTOUM760 | SUDANESE WILLING TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES, FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to President Al-Bashir, Dr. Nafie says that Sudan will not retaliate militarily against Chad for the Chadian-supported JEM rebel attack on Omdurman but will rather seek to isolate JEM and have it be condemned internationally. He admitted that Chadian rebels could u [...] | 2008-05-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CD SU |
08KHARTOUM761 | THE GOS HARDLINE WILL SOON CHANGE, SAYS AL-TURABI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, Popular Congress Party leader Hassan al-Turabi told CDA Fernandez on May 18 that the Government of Sudan's (GoS) current hardline approach and rhetoric in the wake of the Omdurman attack is temporary. The GoS will soon change its tone and be open to negotiations with K [...] | 2008-05-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
08KHARTOUM762 | MAY 18 ABYEI UPDATE: SPORADIC FIGHTING AMIDST EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in Abyei remained quiet as of mid-day May 18, after renewed fighting on May 16-17. SAF remains in the town, despite a UN-brokered mutual withdrawal agreement with the SPLA "police forces," which departed the town May 17. The Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Commission [...] | 2008-05-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM763 | DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent bombings targeting civilians in rebel-held areas of North Darfur have accompanied a deteriorating human rights situation throughout the region. Human rights advocates have also noted an increase in the incidence of rape, as well as domestic violence, often taking place in [...] | 2008-05-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM764 | MINAWI SAYS KHALIL IBRAHIM STRONGER AFTER OMDURMAN [...] (C) Summary: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim is stronger as a result of the attack on Omdurman, despite the short-term loss of fighters and vehicles, according to SLM leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi. Minawi believes an attack on Chad is imminent, despite comments from other [...] | 2008-05-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM769 | A "BILL OF RIGHTS" FOR DARFUR'S IDPS [...] (C) As the United States considers further discussions with Sudan on issues related to the conflict in Darfur, the challenge remains to comprehensively address all aspects of this bloody, complex and contradictory crisis. The Darfur crisis is unusual: some rebel commanders receive/received gen [...] | 2008-05-19 11:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID UN SU |
08KHARTOUM77 | HILAL APPOINTMENT AIMED AT KEEPING RESTLESS ARAB [...] (C) Summary: During their meeting January 20, CDA Fernandez told Presidential Advisor and NCP moderate Ghazi Salahudin that the GOS has a short window of opportunity to demonstrate that it is not the obstacle to peace in Darfur. Fernandez suggested a basket of initiatives that could break the [...] | 2008-01-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM770 | HIGHLIGHTING ABYEI IN US-SUDAN BILATERAL [...] This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their tribal surrogates and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and their proxies over the disputed oil-rich area of Abyei claimed more lives and displaced more people this week t [...] | 2008-05-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM772 | SPLM TAKES THE HIGH ROAD IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM is using the current humanitarian and security crisis in Aryei town"tk highlighd NCQ intrajsigefce"of thQJAbiai kssue"ane pmucD gvrnbu3t$~dg^qsvQh4 eQu)ktfb&'bl$XalQ ibmtneIa.aAa%jQjnQwxo 'cYb@,aQhd]cm"~7Qkdf.oth+,sFQ_px(hV\Q^"G"ldtr ies to respond to the humanitarian cri [...] | 2008-05-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM773 | SPLM NATIONAL CONVENTION: THE ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The SPLM National Convention recessed abruptly on May 17 to allow for a six-hour extraordinary session of the Interim National Council. The future of Dr. Riek Machar - and the embattled GOSS Vice President's legacy of untrustworthiness and brutality within the South - brought decisions o [...] | 2008-05-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM774 | GOSS CALLS FOR USG INTERVENTION ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) Government of Southern Sudan Ministers Barnabas Benjamin (Regional Cooperation) and Luka Biong Deng (Presidential Affairs) requested US assistance on Abyei at a GOSS/UN/USG coordination meeting on Abyei relief efforts May 19. More specifically, they called for direct and immediate engage [...] | 2008-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM775 | MFA INFORMS OF SPLA "SURPRISE ATTACK" IN ABYEI, [...] (C) MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq called in CDA Fernandez on May 20 to inform him of military escalation in the contested region of Abyei by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after a purported compromise had been achieved on May 18. Siddiq said that SPLA units armed with heavy wea [...] | 2008-05-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM777 | AEC CHAIRMAN TO CONVENE AEC PLENARY IN JUBA TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After consulting with AEC Coordinators May 20, AEC Chairman Derek Plumbly said he would convene a special plenary session of the Commission in Juba May 22 to address the recent outbreak of fighting in Abyei. A previously-planned trip by the AEC to the troubled region is not fea [...] | 2008-05-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM778 | GOS WILL NEGOTIATE WITH CHAD, SEEK TO ISOLATE AND [...] (C) Sudan will not support Chadian rebels in another bid to unseat President Deby, but rather will seek multilateral sanctions against Khalil Ibrahim and JEM and will participate in the African Union mediation between Sudan and Chad, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA May 20. Siddiq said that to t [...] | 2008-05-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM779 | JEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After days of relative silence, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim contacted FieldOff to accept the Special Envoy's proposal for a meeting in Ndjamena May 29. Khalil made clear that "Darfur is not the goal," but that regime change in Khartoum remains not [...] | 2008-05-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU CD UNSC |
08KHARTOUM78 | DARFUR RIZEIGAT LEADER FEARS BEING PULLED INTO THE [...] (C) Over lunch with emboffs January 16, NGO activist and leading Rizeigat figure Waleed Madibbo expressed his frustration with the Wali of South Darfur over his refusal to allow a planned reconciliation conference to go forward. The conference, which Madibbo had previewed with CDA Fernandez la [...] | 2008-01-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SU AU UN |
08KHARTOUM782 | HEAVY FIGHTING IN ABYEI MAY 20 EVENTIALLY DIES DOWN, CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heavy fighting took place in Abyei May 20 between SAF and SPLM forces. Each side accuses the other of an unprovoked attack. A tense calm returned later in the day, with both sides back in their original positions. SPLM officials complained that President Kiir is under intense pre [...] | 2008-05-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM783 | ARAB REBEL LEADER PROMISES MORE ATTACKS ON GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY On May 19 and 20, Anwar Ahmed Khater, the leader of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) (and "Darfur's emerging Arab leader" according to one Darfur expert),told poloff that Chadian officials and JEM leaders attempted to recruit his Arab rebel movement prior to JEM's May 10 a [...] | 2008-05-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM786 | ABYEI REMAINS QUIET MAY 21, BUT TEMPERS REMAIN RAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abyei is reported to be relatively quiet but tense on May 21. Based on confirmed information, any of the previously reported accounts from both the SAF and the SPLA on how the most recent fighting started remain plausible. In speeches on May 20 and May 21, GoSS President Kiir [...] | 2008-05-21 13:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM787 | SPLM ANGER FOLLOWING MAY 20 BATTLE IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM remains divided over Kiir's decision to limit SPLA forces from Abyei, and senior leadership, including Foreign Minister Deng Alor, are among a faction favoring a more aggressive response. Outrage over SAF conduct intensified following May 19 SAF interference with the r [...] | 2008-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM788 | HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING REBEL ACTION IN KHARTOUM [...] (U) Summary: Following last week's armed engagements in Omdurman between JEM and the GOS forces, Sudanese authorities have begun a widespread campaign of random arrests, detainee torture and newspaper censorship. While many have been released, 150 individuals remain under arrest, and one newsp [...] | 2008-05-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM789 | WFP REPORTS THAT DARFUR CONVOYS ARE MOVING [...] (SBU) WFP food convoys to Darfur are now moving in greater numbers thanks to a new contract signed with the trucking companies, WFP Representative Kenro Oshidari told polchief May 21. The contract increases substantially the rate provided to the companies, and imposes a penalty for non-deliver [...] | 2008-05-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM79 | SUDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTRY WANTS CLOSER COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's new Minister of State for Interior, Abbas Jumaa, seeks closer cooperation with the United States in law enforcement, anti-terrorism and anti-drug efforts. A native of Blue Nile State, Jumaa strongly urged greater U.S. engagement, of every sort, in Sudan's marginalized borde [...] | 2008-01-21 12:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SU |
08KHARTOUM793 | TDRA IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) created the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the six commissions tasked with implementing the various components of the agreement. In general, the commissions are plagued by poor administration and weak leadership, and characteri [...] | 2008-05-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM796 | MAY 21 ABYEI TIDBITS [...] (SBU) With the exception of sporadic, possibly random, firing, Abyei is reported to have been quiet for the previous 24 hours as of early May 24. Contrary to previous reports (reftel),according to the SPLA the bridge over the Kiir River remains intact, although supposedly two aerial bombs fe [...] | 2008-05-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM8 | DIFFICULTIES PROVIDING EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR CODEL PAYNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even without the need for increased security in the wake of the January 1 attack on an Embassy Khartoum vehicle, resulting in the deaths of an FSN driver and an American USAID officer, post is facing enormous challenges in providing support for the visit of CoDel Payne. This is [...] | 2008-01-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC AMGT PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU KE |
08KHARTOUM80 | EL FASHER ARABS DEFENSIVE ABOUT MUSA HILAL APPOINTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with FieldOff, representatives of two Arab tribes in El Fasher were defensive about President Bashir's appointment of former janjaweed militia leader Sheikh Musa Hilal to the post of Advisor to the Minister of Federal Rule. The Arab reps dismissed the pos [...] | 2008-01-21 13:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM806 | AEC EXTRAORDINARY PLENARY ADDRESSES ABYEI: SPLM LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held an extraordinary plenary session May 25 to address recent violence in Abyei, a situation that all agreed is a "crisis." Members of the international community joined AEC Chairman Derek Plumbly in pressing the two parties to exer [...] | 2008-05-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM807 | USAID ASSESSMENT OF ABYEI IDPS IN AGOK [...] Begin Summary: On May 24, a USAID team including officers from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a one-day assessment of the humanitarian situation in and around Agok in southern Abyei Area. The Agok area is curr [...] | 2008-05-27 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM816 | NORTH DARFUR ATTACKS APPEAR TO TARGET SLA/MM [...] (SBU) A spate of attacks in North Darfur has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 Sudanese Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) rebels in the last week. According to UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS),fighting erupted on May 20 in Kafoud between SLA/MM and SLA/Free Will (SLA/FW),[...] | 2008-05-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM817 | TDRA IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) created the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the six commissions tasked with implementing the various components of the agreement. In general, the commissions are plagued by poor administration and weak leadership, and characteri [...] | 2008-05-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM821 | DARFUR PLANNED COMPENSATION SCHEME FAULTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Compensation is the number one issue raised by virtually every segment of society in Darfur. To implement components of the Agreement dealing with reparations and compensation, the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) established the Darfur Compensation Commission (DCC). Although it w [...] | 2008-06-01 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM822 | AEC VISITS DEVASTATED ABYEI TOWN AND REFUGEES [...] (U) Summary: An Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) delegation visited Abyei and associated refugee sites May 28 to view the effects of recent fighting between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) units in that town. Abyei is now completely under the contro [...] | 2008-06-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM830 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESSES SUDANESE PRESIDENCY TO TABLE [...] (SBU) On 28 May, the National Assembly adopted a resolution requesting that the Presidency table the long-delayed electoral bill. The resolution could lead to one of two alternatives - either the Presidency will feel compelled to resolve the outstanding issues on the law itself or it will subm [...] | 2008-06-03 08:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM834 | DARFUR ELECTION COALITIONS EMERGE FROM SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the widely criticized census exercise, Darfuris remain wary of the prospects for elections mandated for next year. In a series of meetings, North Darfur political leaders told FieldOff that Darfur political parties are generally ill-prepared to participate, and most r [...] | 2008-06-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM836 | "NOW IS THE TIME," TURABI TELLS WILLIAMSON [...] (SBU) On May 30, Special Envoy Richard Williamson called on Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, founder and leader of the People's Congress Party (PCP). Turabi was a founding member of the National Islamic Front (NIF),predecessor of the current regime, the National Congress Party (NCP). Turabi was [...] | 2008-06-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
08KHARTOUM840 | UNAMID CHIEF OF STAFF LEAVES MISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After months of uncertainty about his possible PNG-ing, UNAMID Chief of Staff Patrick Davidson-Houston left the Mission on May 27, lamenting that he "left much undone." The majority of UNAMID officials acknowledge that Davidson-Houston's departure is a blow to the Mission, and no [...] | 2008-06-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU ER ET UNSC |
08KHARTOUM842 | S/E WILLIAMSON MEETS WITH NYALA WOMEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 31 meeting, Nyala women and civil society leaders told U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson that delays in implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) were disproportionately impacting women and children. They detailed training they had undertaken in [...] | 2008-06-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM846 | MEDIA REACTION: WHAT'S NEXT FOR U.S.-SUDAN TALKS? [...] Several local newspaper commentators added their voices to the debate surrounding the U.S. role in trying to help the Sudanese political class resolve the country's internal conflicts - Darfur and the North/South dispute over the oil-rich Abyei region. Meanwhile, the local press increasingly tu [...] | 2008-06-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP SU |
08KHARTOUM847 | DARFUR STUDENTS BEATEN AND DORMITORIES DESTROYED FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to eyewitnesses and participants, Sudanese security services violently broke up a Darfuri student protest at Khartoum University on June 5. Security forces beat the protestors with iron bars, threw several Molotov cocktails into the crowd, and fired handguns into the [...] | 2008-06-08 05:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM849 | DEMARCHE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) During his May 28 - June 4 visit to Sudan (septels),Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson and embassy officers repeatedly and forcefully raised the need for unfettered freedom of movement for both UNAMID and UNMIS in their discussions with high-level officials of the GoS (ref a) [...] | 2008-06-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM85 | AT LONG LAST CHINESE AND BANGLADESHI UNITS DEPLOY [...] (SBU) Despite a 24-hour delay from their projected January 20 deployment date, the Chinese engineering unit and the Bangladeshi-formed police unit (FPU) of the United Nations Heavy Support Package (HSP) of assistance to the African Union Mission in the Sudan finally left their base in Nyala to [...] | 2008-01-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM851 | SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SENIOR SPLM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with the senior leadership of the SPLM in Khartoum on May 31 to discuss progress on the implementation of the CPA, the crisis in Abyei, and the need for better coordination between the SPLM and the United States in dealing with the National C [...] | 2008-06-08 09:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM857 | DARFUR ZAGHAWA PREDICT ANOTHER REBEL ATTACK ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While El Fasher Zaghawa report that they have not experienced increased harassment or threats against them since the May 10 attack on Omdurman, they claim that Khartoum-based Zaghawa still are targeted for arbitrary abuse. Despite the repercussions, local Zaghawa civilians supp [...] | 2008-06-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM858 | LACK OF POLITICAL AGREEMENT CONTINUES TO THREATEN [...] (SBU) On 2 June, Deputy Secretary General of the SPLM for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman told poloff that the 2009 elections and the 2011 referendum on independence for south Sudan are the "end game" of the CPA. "The elections are about the democratic transformation of Sudan," he said. He ma [...] | 2008-06-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM859 | NCP AND SPLM SIGN ABYEI ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of June 8, with great fanfare before an assembled audience of media and diplomatic community representatives, President of the Government of National Unity (GoNU) Omar Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir announced the completion of a new road map agreement [...] | 2008-06-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM86 | OPPOSITION LEADERS IN NORTHERN STATE DISCUSS NEW GOVERNOR, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoff on January 17 and 21, leaders of the Kush Movement for Democracy and the Dal Dams Committee criticized Northern State's newly appointed governor. Contacts complained that the new governor is an outsider unfamiliar with northern issues, that he wa [...] | 2008-01-22 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM863 | UNMIS CONSIDERS MANDATE SHIFT IN WAKE OF LRA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a succession of highly visible, high casualty LRA attacks in Southern Sudan, UN officials are discussing a temporary shift of UNMIS's peacekeeping mandate from Chapter Six to Chapter Seven. UNMIS Sector One officials, sensitive to criticism leveled against their Sector [...] | 2008-06-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SU UG |
08KHARTOUM866 | MASS ARRESTS, TORTURE THREATEN DARFURIS IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the May 10 JEM attacks on Omdurman, there are reliable reports that the GoS has detained and tortured thousands of Darfuris living in Khartoum. Sudanese civil society is scrambling to document the names of the detainees, and Sudanese opposition has formed the "May 10 [...] | 2008-06-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM871 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SPQL ENVOY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 1 meeting Special Envoys Williamson and Eliasson compared notes on current circumstances complicating the path to peace in Darfur. Eliasson highlighted regional aspects of the Darfur crisis, namely the need for the P5 to facilitate normalization of Chad-Sudan relation [...] | 2008-06-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM872 | WHEN ONE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT DOOR OPENS, ANOTHER CLOSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deployment "progress" made during the June 5 United Nations Security Council visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, appears to be illusory, according to United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander GEN Agwai. While the Government of Sudan promised to allow Thai and [...] | 2008-06-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU ET SU |
08KHARTOUM876 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SLM-MINNAWI LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Presidential Special Envoy Richard S. Williamson met with seven senior leaders of SLM-Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM). SLM-MM representatives voiced concern about DPA implementation, UNAMID's performance, GoS-USG bilateral discussions, and the indiscriminate targeting and deten [...] | 2008-06-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM877 | SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - NORTHERN BAHR EL [...] Summary: From May 19 to 23, a USAID team, including officers from the Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),reviewed the humanitarian situation in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG). The team looked at the problem of malnutrition a [...] | 2008-06-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM878 | MIXED REVIEWS FROM EL FASHER ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reviews are mixed in parts of Darfur about Special Envoy Williamson's June 3 suspension of bilateral talks with the Government of Sudan (GoS). However, most people tend to agree that the GoS will use this action as a pretext for further disingenuous behavior in its dealings with [...] | 2008-06-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM881 | PROMINENT CRITIC GOES UNDERGROUND AS GOS CROWS ABOUT HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: GoS authorities held a press conference on June 10 to spotlight JEM human rights violations, and announce that all JEM "collaborators" will soon be charged and brought to trial. One young critic who came to prominence through his internet postings, Ibrahim Bagal, has gone undergr [...] | 2008-06-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM882 | SLM-UNITY AND SAF BOTH CLAIM VICTORY IN NORTH DARFUR FIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fighting between SLM-Unity and Sudanese Armed Forces broke out on June 8 in North Darfur State. SLM-Unity representatives claimed victory, alleging that they killed more than 150 SAF soldiers and destroyed dozens of SAF vehicles. SAF reported they suffered only fourteen casualt [...] | 2008-06-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM883 | SPECIAL ENVOY ATTEMPTS TO BRIDGE UNAMID DISCONNECT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Special Envoy and UNAMID Force Commander aired shared frustrations in a May 31 meeting over the disconnect between UNAMID in Darfur and UN Headquarters in New York, a disconnect which led the Force Commander to declare that UNAMID had actually regressed in the five months si [...] | 2008-06-15 05:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC |
08KHARTOUM889 | NCP AND SPLM DISCUSS THEIR AGREEMENT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Two key NCP-SPLM leaders discussed on June 11 the June 8 Accord on Abyei, its implementation, and whether the parties would welcome the return of Special Envoy Williamson to assist with Abyei negotiations. The SPLM and the NCP agreed that the new accord is a positive step. The SPLM went so [...] | 2008-06-15 11:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM89 | SAF AND SPLA DECLARE EACH OTHER'S REDEPLOYMENTS INCOMPLETE [...] (SBU) Two weeks after the January 9 deadline for troop redeployment, and despite high-profile media announcements by both armies that they had redeployed their troops, now both the SAF and the SPLA have begun accusing each other of not fully withdrawing. One of the National Congress Party's mos [...] | 2008-01-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM890 | INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS ASSESS SUDAN'S CENSUS ENUMERATION [...] (SBU) The Monitoring and Observation Committee's (MOC's) international and domestic census enumeration observation team's preliminary findings indicate that enumeration went "well" across Sudan and the quality of data collected was "good." Although the areas country-wide in which the nearly 60 [...] | 2008-06-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM891 | EL FASHER CULTURAL CENTER AMBITIOUS, UNDERFUNDED [...] SUMMARY. Situated on the outskirts of the bustling central market, the El Fasher Cultural Center includes a theater, music room and public library. The Center, managed under the watchful eye of General Manager Ibrahim Abbakr has eight departments - art and painting, folklore, music and bands, [...] | 2008-06-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM892 | CHADIAN REBELS DISCUSS LATEST OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 15 at 13:00, representatives of the National Alliance (NA) told poloffs that contrary to other reports, Chadian rebels control Goz Beida and are on the verge of entering Abeche. NA representatives requested U.S. mediation in the conflict, stating that they are ready to [...] | 2008-06-15 13:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM893 | ABDUL WAHID'S KHARTOUM REP DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY In a discrete June 12 meeting with poloff, the head of SLA-Abdul Wahid's Khartoum's office boasted of Abdul Wahid's military strength, extensive and multi-layered organization throughout Sudan, and overall popularity in Darfur. He also strongly criticized UNAMID, Special Envoys [...] | 2008-06-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM894 | RULING PARTY STILL POSITIVE ON US-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (C) MFA U/S and National Congress Party (NCP) insider Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez June 15 that Sudan remains positive about the prospects for improved US-Sudan relations despite SE Williamson's departure from Khartoum without reaching an agreement. Siddiq said the GOS plans to follow th [...] | 2008-06-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM896 | SURGE IN REBEL ACTIVITY IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Daily Government of Sudan helicopter gunship overflights of El Fasher, rebel movements from Tine to Tawilla, and a sharp increase in banditry - particularly against international non-governmental organizations, all highlight a recent increase in rebel activity in Darfur. Such ac [...] | 2008-06-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU CD SU |
08KHARTOUM897 | DARFUR UNIVERSITIES DEVELOP PROGRAMS AROUND USG BOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, FieldOffs delivered the final installment of USG-provided English language teaching materials to the Languages Department at Nyala University. Department head Dr. Mahmoud Adam Daoud thanked FieldOffs for the donation, noting that Nyala University had set a goal to train [...] | 2008-06-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM898 | ABYEI ACCORD MAY BE AN NCP TRAP, SAYS FORMER SUDANESE FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez that the SPLM views the June 8 Abyei agreement as success, but the choice to refer the border demarcation to international arbitration could help the NCP delay a decision until after the 2011 referendum. A prolonged arbitration process serves the NCP w [...] | 2008-06-16 14:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM899 | IMPLEMENTATION OF ABYEI ROADMAP; SRSG EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir issued a decree June 15 implementing the legal framework for the Abyei agreement, but an administration has yet to be named or confirmed. Observers continue to disagree over which side got the better deal in the agreement, however everyone agrees that the proces [...] | 2008-06-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM9 | GONU EXTENDS CONDOLENCES ON KILLING OF U.S. DIPLOMAT [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note dated January 2, 2008 from the Presidency of the Republic of Sudan expressing condolences on the shooting death of USAID officer John Granville in Khartoum on New Year's morning. Below is a non-official translation of the text of the Note, the original of which [...] | 2008-01-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU |
08KHARTOUM90 | SUDAN: NARROW WINDOW FOR ACHIEVING U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (C) After seven years of intense diplomatic focus, U.S. efforts to secure a peaceful, stable, and transformed Sudan have accomplished much - ended the bloodiest and longest running civil war on the continent, saved several million Darfuri Sudanese who rely on US humanitarian assistance, pushed [...] | 2008-01-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM902 | SLM/MM FRUSTRATED AND WEAKENED TO THE BREAKING POINT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 17, Mohammed Suliman, a senior leader of SLM/Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) and Secretary General of the TDRA, railed against the NCP, stating that the ruling party should openly admit its neglect of the DPA, rather than deceptively undermine the peace agreement. Suliman's fiery [...] | 2008-06-18 10:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS SU |
08KHARTOUM904 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: JIU DEPLOYS, INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Elements of the new Joint Integrated Unit were deploying to Abyei on June 18, as both the SAF and SPLA are concentrating their regular forces outside the region to be part of the new unit. The SAF reportedly tried in the June 12 JDB meeting to walk back the timeline agreed to [...] | 2008-06-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM905 | NORTH DARFUR KEY ACADEMIC INDICATOR SHARPLY DECLINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tasked with reviewing and monitoring the performance of state ministries, the State Legislative Council recently discovered a little noticed but sharp decline in the percentage of students passing the exam from primary to secondary school last year in North Darfur. Ministry of E [...] | 2008-06-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SCUL SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM91 | HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER REQUESTS TRANSITION FROM [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez paid a courtesy call January 21 on the newly-appointed Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Ron. Minister Ron is a respected and loyal member of the SPLM who assumed this post when the SPLM allowed its ministers back into the government earlier this month. 2. (SBU) Wi [...] | 2008-01-23 04:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM911 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT GETS A LIFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just when it seemed like those in charge of UNAMID deployment were all out for summer break and all meaningful work would accordingly have to wait until fall, the contingent-owned equipment for the Chinese engineers in Nyala reached its destination at long last, allowing for arri [...] | 2008-06-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM912 | STRUGGLE WITH NCP OVER ELECTIONS MASKS SPLM [...] (C) Summary: Wrangling between the National Congress Party (NCP) and SPLM over elections, police and other laws masks an ongoing divide within the SPLM between purists and pragmatists, Southerners and Northerners, over the direction of the party and of Sudan. This divide has both ideological a [...] | 2008-06-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM913 | ABYEI UPDATE JUNE 19 [...] (U) SPLA and SAF contingents that will form the basis of the new JIU battalion in Abyei began to arrive in Abyei June 19, according to UNMIS. 310 SPLA troops arrived overland from Wau June 19, while the 200 SAF arrived overland from Muglad with an additional 100 due to arrive later the same da [...] | 2008-06-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM915 | SHORTLEY MEETINGS WITH GOSS/SPLA ON LRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "Dove" Vice President and Juba Peace Talks Mediator Riek Machar and military pragmatist SPLA Chief of Staff General Oyai Deng Ajak provided AF Senior Advisor Shortley with nuanced and occasionally differing viewpoints on how to deal with the LRA question following fresh LRA acti [...] | 2008-06-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG |
08KHARTOUM916 | A GUIDE TO THE FORMAL POLITICAL PARTY LANDSCAPE IN DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although the two CPA signatories - the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) - form the basis of the Government of National Unity (GNU) and control most aspects of political life in Sudan (with the NCP controlling the North and the SPLM [...] | 2008-06-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM918 | 39 DARFURIS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MAY 10 ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities formally charged 39 detainees in connection with the May 10 JEM attacks on the capital, although many more Darfuris remain in custody or are unaccounted-for. Khartoum-based Darfuri civil society groups have received significant moral support from political pa [...] | 2008-06-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM92 | COURTESY CALL ON CIRINO HITENG [...] (SBU) CG Datta paid a courtesy call January 22 on Cirino Hiteng, a prominent player in the SPLM and Undersecretary in the Ministry of Regional Cooperation. Topics covered ranged from Eritrean-Ethiopian border tensions to the CPA. 2. (SBU) Dr. Cirino led off by commenting that a senior delega [...] | 2008-01-23 05:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM920 | SLM LAWYER DESCRIBES SUDAN'S "UNDECLARED STATE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 19, Abdel Aziz Sam (the legal expert for the Sudan Liberation Movement/Minni Minnawi- SLM/MM) told CDA Fernandez that the harassment, detention, and unauthorized search and seizure of Darfuris in Khartoum and Omdurman continues and that Sudan is currently under an "undecla [...] | 2008-06-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM922 | SPLA ACCUSED OF TOTURING SUSPECTS WHILE SPLA [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA military police have been accused of torturing employees of a U.S. company operating in Juba, Sudan. Two of these individuals were reportedly subject to psychological abuse as well as beatings and sodomy. In an unrelated incident, a counter-intelligence officer was arreste [...] | 2008-06-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM924 | JEM-CHAD UPDATE FROM DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group has been active over the past week in Darfur, as well as in eastern Chad supporting the GOC. The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has attempted to confirm reports of cross-border military movements between [...] | 2008-06-22 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM925 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DSRSG HAQ OUTLINES UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs for told CDA that security is gradually being reestablished in Abyei as the JIU moves into position. The UN expects about half of the IDPs to begin to return immediately when they are told it is safe. UN priorities are to assist IDPs [...] | 2008-06-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM926 | SPLA CASH-STRAPPED, POUND FOOLISH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM928 | ABYEI: CPA PARTIES AGREE TO THE HAGUE PERMANENT COURT OF [...] (SBU) As announced widely in the press, the SPLM and the NCP agreed in Juba June 21 that the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague will serve as the arbitration mechanism to resolve the permanent borders of the Abyei region. GNU Second Vice President Taha traveled to Juba June 19 and 20 [...] | 2008-06-23 10:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM93 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: SUDAN ATTENDENCE [...] (SBU) (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Foreign Minister Deng Alor will attend the AU Summit, most likely on January 28 and 29. Though he has not yet requested a meeting, post suggests that A/S Frazer meet with FM Deng Alor, who was just sworn in as Foreign Minister e [...] | 2008-01-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU XA |
08KHARTOUM931 | CHIEF MEDIATOR DESPERATELY NEEDED AS UN/AU MEDIATION TEAM [...] This is an action cable, see para 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 22, the political director of the UN/AU's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST),Muin Shrim, told poloffs that they are "back to square one" in the search for a joint mediator, and that by August only a couple of its current staff [...] | 2008-06-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM932 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI? (AND OTHER SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors have circulated that the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Minni Minnawi, traveled to Chad, withdrew from the Darfur Peace Agreement, and instructed his field commanders to prepare for war. On June 23, Minnawi publicly dispelled his rumored travel to Chad (saying [...] | 2008-06-24 06:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM933 | SUDAN WON'T STOP UNTIL DEBY STOPS, CLAIMS GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the GoS to refrain from interfering in Chad, Chadian President Idris Deby must stop his support for Darfur rebel groups, particularly the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim, GoS NCP Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez. On a rece [...] | 2008-06-24 06:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM936 | EMBASSY KHARTOUM RESPONSE ON ABYEI NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for post views on next steps to support implementation of the Abyei Roadmap. Responses are keyed to the questions posed in para. 12 of reftel. Provision of U.S. Legal Advisor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post strongly supports the pr [...] | 2008-06-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM938 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DUTCH LEGAL ADVISOR BRIEFS AEC [...] (SBU) On June 23, Dutch arbitration advisor J.G. Lammers briefed international partners of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on the Terms of Reference (TOR) on arbitration of the Abyei boundaries dispute, agreed to by the NCP and the SPLM. Prof. Lammers said that the two sides ha [...] | 2008-06-25 07:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM939 | EMBASSY HEARS MISSERIYA SIDE OF THE ABYEI SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: On June 23 and 24, two large groups of Abyei's Arab Misseriya leadership in Khartoum met CDA Fernandez at the Embassy. Both groups warmly praised Embassy's initiative for this outreach and inviting them to the U.S. Embassy, but ticked-off a list of many complaints including: alleged [...] | 2008-06-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM94 | GNU STATE MINISTER DECLARES RE-ESTABLISHED SPLM-NCP [...] (SBU) On 22 January, CDA Fernandez called on newly appointed Minister of State for the Presidency, Joseph Lual. Minister Lual, an SPLM member from the Dinka tribe and former state administrator for Bahr el Ghazal, was brought into the government when the SPLM ended its boycott of the GNU earli [...] | 2008-01-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM940 | UNAMID DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELAYED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNAMID Acting Human Rights Chief Joanna Oyediran told FieldOff June 24 that the first UNAMID human rights report, which was due to be published in July, had been delayed until September. The human rights office was "taking a bit more time to work out content" for the report, bu [...] | 2008-06-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM941 | ABYEI, SUDAN ON KNIFE'S EDGE, WARNS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor described ongoing tensions on the June 8 Abyei road map while noting some progress in implementing its milestones. Back from a just concluded visit to several European capitals, he summarized increasing European pressure, especially from France, on the need for Sudane [...] | 2008-06-25 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM943 | GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS DENG ON ABYEI AND [...] (SBU) Summary: GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs discussed Abyei and elections the afternoon of June 24. While recognizing the risks of arbitration as called for in the new Abyei roadmap signed on June 8, the SPLM sees it as the only way to bring pressure on the NCP to agree on a final Aby [...] | 2008-06-25 12:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM945 | ABYEI IDPS: HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Begin Summary: On June 20 and 21, a team from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a follow-up assessment of Agok area, where an estimated 27,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abyei have been displaced to since mid-May. The USAID team reported a [...] | 2008-06-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM949 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI MINAWI (THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As reported in reftel, the location of Senior Presidential Assistant, SLM leader, and DPA signatory Minni Minawi has been the source of much speculation throughout Sudan over the past week. Other Darfur rebel factions confirm he crossed the border to Chad, where he had meetings [...] | 2008-06-26 06:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM95 | UN, AU ENVOYS PROVIDE UPDATE ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Briefing the Khartoum diplomatic corps on January 18, UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson and AU Special Envoy for Darfur Salim Ahmed Salim said that increased tensions between Sudan and Chad posed the greatest risk to the political process at present. They remarked that without an [...] | 2008-01-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM954 | CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER PAGAN AMUM SAYS HE WILL [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Secretary General and current GNU Minister of Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amum told CDA June 25 that he will leave his post as Cabinet Minister "within two weeks." Lam Akol is the candidate most likely to replace him, according to Amum, for lack of other good options in the SPLM. [...] | 2008-06-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM955 | UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...] | 2008-06-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM957 | "PRECARIOUS" DARFUR HUNGER GAP CALLS FOR URGENT US [...] (SBU) This is an action message. See para 5-6. 2. (SBU) On June 22 the United Nations country team in Sudan issued a statement on the increasingly precarious "hunger gap" this year in Darfur. The rainy season between May and October is always the toughest time of the year but this year it h [...] | 2008-06-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM958 | NORTH DARFUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOWS POTENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. The most recent session of the North Darfur Legislative Council officially ended on June 25 following an extension to finish all business before a four-month recess. Although handicapped by a narrow mandate, and dominated by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP),the appointed [...] | 2008-06-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM962 | UNMIS SENDS DETAILED ABYEI REPORT TO SYG AND DPKO [...] (C) According to senior staff at the embattled peacekeeping mission, UNMIS sent a comprehensive report with recommendations to SYG Ban and DPKO Guehenno June 26 regarding the mid-May fighting in Abyei and the UNMIS response to it. UNMIS reportedly "did not pull any punches" and expects that t [...] | 2008-06-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM964 | OYAI DENG AJAK ON ABYEI JIU FORMATION AND INTERIM [...] (SBU) SPLA Chief of General Staff Oyai Deng Ajak reviewed the latest developments on the Abyei Interim Administration for the Consul General on June 27. As anticipated and previously reported, the Southern Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission Chairman General Arop Ma [...] | 2008-06-30 12:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG |
08KHARTOUM965 | DARFUR: PAE WILL STOP WORK JULY 14, BUT A 45-60 DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting PAE President John Moore, resident Project Director Bruce Smart, and Support Manager Claire Sanford told CDA Fernandez June 29 that PAE will stop work on all projects July 14 ("the date for no more shovels in the ground") but that UNAMID and PAE have discussed a 45- to 6 [...] | 2008-07-01 05:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM966 | DISSECTING UNSCR 1769 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As renewal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 (2007) approaches on July 31, it is time to take stock of what this resolution has accomplished during the first year of its existence, and more critically what it has failed to do. Identifying its shortcomings, howeve [...] | 2008-07-01 05:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM967 | CPA IMPLENTATION IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN STATE PLAGUED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM Deputy Governor of Southern Kordofan, the state's Under Secretary for Rural Development, and an UNMIS analyst all agreed that CPA implementation in that state is lagging, with resulting problems in security, but they provided conflicting reasons for the delay. END SUMM [...] | 2008-07-01 05:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM969 | DARFURI MILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST DISCUSSES MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27, Darfuri millionaire entrepreneur Sadiq Adam Abdullah (aka Sadiq Widaa') told poloff in London that his successful investment in his hometown of Kalimendo, North Darfur can serve as a model for development in all of Darfur. Widaa' encouraged the CDA and USAID Mission [...] | 2008-07-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM971 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER ENERGIZES SPLA BUDGET PROCESS, [...] (SBU) This is an action cable, please see paras 10-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly,s (SSLA) long-expected, but very public, endorsement of the SPLA,s Defense White Paper (DWP) has had immediate impact on SPLA/SAF relations and the SPLA,s 2009 budge [...] | 2008-07-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM972 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER LESS THAN HELPFUL ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: In an exchange at times collegial, at times heated, CDA Fernandez met the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila on July 1 at the GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pressing him for progress implementing the Abyei Roadmap and urgent GOS action to improve security along [...] | 2008-07-02 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM973 | JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROCESS (PART I of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed Darfur's political process. Leaders appeared confident of JEM's position following their May 10 attack on Omdurman, though frustrated by the stalled political p [...] | 2008-07-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM974 | JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS REBEL UNIFICATION AND EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed JEM's ideas on rebel unification; its relations with the SPLM, SLM/Minni Minnawi, Chad, and Libya; and JEM's expectations for the content of any peace deal. Thes [...] | 2008-07-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM98 | SUDAN'S TOP BUSINESSMAN SAYS HE'S FED UP WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Sudan's leading businessman, Osama Daoud Latif, appeared unusually frustrated with the Sudanese Government, concluding that "a lot of people feel it is time for this government to go." Daoud described the governing regime as internally [...] | 2008-01-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM982 | APOCALYPSE SOON: SUDANESE PONDER POSSIBLE NEW ICC [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials are quietly warning the international community that cooperation on a variety of priority issues, from UNAMID implementation to CPA follow through and Sudan's slow move to democracy could be jeopardized by "politically motivated" indictments of the ICC of Sudanese o [...] | 2008-07-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM983 | SLA/UNITY AND SLA/AW APPEAR INTERNALLY DIVIDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 26, the SLA/Unity's erratic spokesman, Mahjoub Hussein, told poloff in London that his rebel movement is planning a massive attack ("the flood") on Khartoum. In a separate meeting with Hussein's colleague, SLA/Unity's Humanitarian coordinator Suliman Jamous said he was [...] | 2008-07-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM985 | EU SPECIAL ENVOY WARNED BY GOS REGIME ABOUT IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with EU Special Envoy to Sudan Torben Brylle on July 2 to discuss EU concerns about possible ICC indictments of senior Sudanese government officials. Brylle recounted his meeting the same day with security chief Salah Ghosh, who warned him that Sudan is not afrai [...] | 2008-07-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM986 | UNAMID ON PAE DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) New Deputy Director of the UNAMID Liaison office in Khartoum Aziz "Peter" Iskandar discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs on July 1. Iskandar, a career UN administrator, arrived in Khartoum in early June to work in UNAMID's Khartoum-based liaison office. The small office on the [...] | 2008-07-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM987 | UN-IDDR CONSIDERS ASSISTANCE TO CONTROVERSIAL SPLA [...] (SBU) Summary: UN-Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Chief Adrian Verheul said that the UN is considering offering assistance to the SPLA's civilian disarmament efforts as an incentive for them to use less force in their program. He said that the UN plans to issue a [...] | 2008-07-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM99 | SUDANESE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ON ELECTIONS SHOWS HOPE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Co-chairs of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) Abel Alier and Abdulla Idris confirmed that the National Assembly will hold a special session before April to review and ratify the electoral law. Alier and Idris explained that the draft law calls for free and unim [...] | 2008-01-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM992 | DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions are mounting throughout Darfur, particularly in North Darfur, where a heightened Government of Sudan (GoS) military presence and tightening GoS restrictions on movement of all parties seem to signal a reassertion of GoS control over the state, possibly in response to reb [...] | 2008-07-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM996 | SUDAN NEEDS AMERICAN HELP - ON MINNAWI AND ICC - [...] (C) Summary: Sudan wants US help in bringing former rebel leader and current Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi back from Darfur where he is encamped with his fighters and proposes a trilateral (NCP, Minnawi, US) discussion on implementing the moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Su [...] | 2008-07-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM997 | SLOW, INCREMENTAL PROGRESS IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: The CPA parties met in Juba the weekend of July 4/5 to address remaining questions on the Abyei roadmap, including the arbitration mechanism and the interim administration. An additional document on the arbitration will likely be presented to the GNU Presidency this week, to whi [...] | 2008-07-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KINSHASA249 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: CEEAC summit Kinshasa [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 11 to Minister Alice Kimpembe of the Office of International Organizations at the Congolese Foreign Ministry. 2. Kimpembe stated that while she was not directly involved in the preparations for CEEAC (Economic Community of Central African States) summi [...] | 2008-03-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CD SU CG |
08KINSHASA254 | CEEAC summit condemns attempts to overthrow Chadian [...] A special two-day summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) in Kinshasa March 10-11 condemned armed attempts to destabilize the Chadian government and reiterated its support for the government and people of Chad. The summit, organized by the DRC as holder of the CEEAC' [...] | 2008-03-14 06:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AO AU BY CD CG CM CT GB EK TP SU |
08KUALALUMPUR336 | ASD SHINN AND DASD CLAD MEETINGS IN KUALA LUMPUR [...] (U) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia Pacific James Shinn and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Southeast Asia James Clad visited Kuala Lumpur April 23-24, meeting with Deputy Defense Minister The Honorable Daduk Wira Abu Seman, Ministry of Defense Secretary General Dato hj Abu B [...] | 2008-04-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF LE MY RP SU |
08KYIV158 | UKRAINE/SUDAN: UKRAINIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Visiting EUR A/S Daniel Fried raised the issue of helicopter assets for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID, ref A) during a January 24 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandohiy. (Note: FM Ohryzko was unavailable due to his travel in Davos, Switzerland.) Fried t [...] | 2008-01-25 12:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO SU UP |
08KYIV285 | UKRAINE/SUDAN: UKRAINIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Summary/recommendation: Ambassador continues to raise the urgency of the UN request for military helicopters to support the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),most recently in separate February 4 meetings with DefMin Yekhanurov and FM Ohryzko. Both officials stated the Ukrainian [...] | 2008-02-05 12:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO SU UP |
08LJUBLJANA323 | SLOVENIAN RESPONSE FOR JULY 22-23 GAERC [...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs met with Aljaz Arih, Head of the CFSP Unit at the MFA, to deliver reftel points in advance of the July 22 - 23 for the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. IRAN ---- 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Emboff urged the Government of Slovenia (GOS),[...] | 2008-07-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN IR SO SU CD ZI UP |
08LONDON1505 | SUDAN: UK SUPPORTS DESIGNATION OF REFTEL [...] (C) HMG supports sanctioning all four individuals in reftel A, FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Rachel Edis said May 30. If other UNSC members oppose the entire list, however, sanctioning Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim and Doussa Deby would be the preferred o [...] | 2008-05-30 16:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1643 | UK AND UGANDA: NEXT STEPS ON THE LRA [...] (S) The UK Government has adopted a "harder edge" policy to "isolate and marginalize" the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the face of LRA leader Kony's continued refusal to sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA),according to FCO Northern Uganda Desk Officer Sheena Lavery. With the Juba Peace P [...] | 2008-06-17 15:37:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SU UG UK |
08LONDON1841 | SUDAN/ICC: UK PREPARED TO REMAIN INITIALLY [...] (C/NF) In the wake of yesterday's call by Chinese and Russian PermReps in New York to suspend the ICC investigations that may lead to the July 14 indictment of Sudanese President Bashir and other regime higher-ups, the Foreign Office has decided to remain flexible on its strong support for the ICC. [...] | 2008-07-11 14:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1852 | UK AND SUDAN: S/E WILLIAMSON'S JUNE 30 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson held June 30 wide-ranging discussions with UK officials on the way forward on Sudan and attended a P3 lunch with French and British colleagues. UK officials told Williamson that Ban Ki-Moon's impending appointment of a new media [...] | 2008-07-15 10:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1862 | SUDAN/ICC: UK STRATEGY WITH POTENTIAL BASHIR ICC [...] (C/NF) Summary. Following Foreign Secretary Miliband's July 9 visit to Sudan, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's July 14 request for indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor's July 14 assurances to the UK that the GoS will "engage legally" wit [...] | 2008-07-15 16:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPKO PHUM SU UK |
08LONDON1919 | SUDAN/CPA: AEC CHAIR ON ABYEI, MID-TERM REPORT, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly is cautiously optimistic about the Abyei Roadmap and reiterated the need for the international community's support for pushing the NCP and SPLM ahead with arbitration. He said Sudanese President Bashir was pleased [...] | 2008-07-23 12:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR SU UK |
08LONDON2025 | (C/NF) SUDAN/UNAMID: UK "PERPLEXED" OVER USG [...] (C/NF) UK Special Representative for Sudan Michael O'Neill and other FCO contacts intimated to us August 4 that HMG is "perplexed" at the USG's decision to abstain in the UNSC's recent vote on the UNAMID mandate renewal (reftel A). They said that the USG's abstention put the U.S. out in front of H [...] | 2008-08-04 15:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPKO MOPS SU UK |
08LONDON2195 | SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSSIONS ON SUDAN - ICC ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 12:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KAWC SU UK |
08LONDON92 | (SBU) SUDAN: UK SUPPORT FOR JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) The UK considers the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) vital to full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the future of security in Sudan, according to Peter Lord, Senior Political Officer for North-South Issues in FCO's Sudan Unit. (Lord happens to be an American [...] | 2008-01-10 16:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM SU UK |
08MOSCOW1533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN - SEEK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1673 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW60 | RUSSIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW783 | TWO-STEP REQUEST TO DEMARCHE KHARTOUM AND N'JAMENA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CH FR LY PGOV PREL RS SU UK KPKO |
08NAIROBI1049 | AMERICAN BUSINESS INTEREST IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel request to gauge sentiment in the Kenya-based U.S. business community with regard to doing business in Southern Sudan and likely participation in a suggested USG-organized trade mission to Juba. In Kenya, the response of U.S. companies is mixed: Most are ke [...] | 2008-04-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV SU KE |
08NAIROBI2290 | WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS? [...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...] | 2008-10-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU |
08NAIROBI2793 | GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...] | 2008-12-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG |
08NAIROBI804 | MT. ELGON MILITARY OPERATION CONTINUES, CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan military forces continue to support police attempts in the Mt. Elgon region to eliminate the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),an informal militia drawn from the Soy subclan of the Kalenjin tribe that may number in the thousands. As of March 18, Kenyan security forces had [...] | 2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE TZ SU |
08NDJAMENA106 | FRENCH READY FOR ONE LAST CHAD EVACUATION, ACTIVE IN PROMOTING POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French Charge D'Aaffaires, a reprise of the February 2-3 attack on N'Djamena is less likely, particularly in view of the thinning Zaghawa forces Timan Erdimi's RFC. France is ready to perform another evacuation if need be, but a second evacuation would trigger t [...] | 2008-03-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CD SU CASC |