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Sudan: Can Obama’s Peace Proposal Help Prevent Civil War? (Time.com)

November 15th, 2010

Time.com - As the referendum on the separation of Sudan threatens to spark violence, the U.S. hopes that an offer of a more amicable relationship will help keep the peace.…

South Sudan: Can Obama’s Peace Proposal Prevent Civil War? (Time.com)

November 15th, 2010

Time.com - As the referendum on the separation of Sudan threatens to spark violence, the U.S. hopes that an offer of a more amicable relationship will help keep the peace.…

Sudan independence vote chief slams foreign donors (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Foreign donors have held up preparations for a referendum on south Sudan’s independence by not transferring money to the organizers and wasting money on pointless grants, the head…

South Sudan monitors see risk of fraud in voter lists (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - A south Sudan civil society umbrella group said on Saturday that voter lists for the southern referendum on secession could be falsified because it was not clear who…

U.N. council gets Sudan report that infuriated China (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Sudan's Minister of Defence Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein talks to South's minister for the SPLA (the southern army) Nhial Deng Nhial after a joint news conference at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Khartoum November 11, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahReuters - After weeks of delays due to Chinese objections, the U.N. Security Council on Friday received a report on violations of the arms embargo in Sudan’s western Darfur region…

U.N. rejects south Sudan calls for peacekeepers (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Reuters - The United Nations on Saturday rejected calls by south Sudan to send peacekeepers and set up a buffer zone along the country’s tense north-south border ahead of a…

South Sudan invites back old enemies before vote (AP)

October 21st, 2010

In this photo of on Tuesday, Oct  19, 2010 Gabriel Tanginye, a notorious southern Sudanese former militia leader, shakes hands with leading members of the Nuer tribal community in Unity state, Bentiu, Sourthern Sudan followed by Taban Deng, behind, white suit, the current governor of Unity state.  Tanginye, a Nuer himself, commanded a sizable, northern-supported milita throughout much of the civil war between north and south Sudan.  His visit to southern Sudan reflects a growing interest among southern Sudanese factions to establish unity within the south ahead of a self-determination vote scheduled for January 9, 2010. (AP photo/Pete Muller)AP - To ensure an overwhelming vote for independence in an upcoming referendum, Southern Sudan officials are embracing rebel military commanders whose fighters killed southerners during a civil war between…

Diplomats: China tries to block Sudan report (AP)

October 20th, 2010

AP - China is trying to block a U.N. report alleging that Chinese ammunition was sent to Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.

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US helps Sudan town move past ‘hungriest place’ (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Southern Sudanese soldiers wait on Akobo landing strip during the arrival of high level US, UN and southern Sudanese officials on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The US Consul-General in Juba, Ambassador Barrie Walkley and Leis Grande traveled to Akobo to celebrate the formal opening of several US-funded building projects, including a new county headquarters. The United States and other binternational/b donors targeted significant funds at Akobo in a bid to curtail serious intertribal fighting there in recent years. (AP Photo/Pete Muller) --AP - International officials once visited this straw-hut town to examine skeletal children and make plans to combat a brewing famine. Now six months later, fears of mass hunger are…

Church prays for Sudan peace before freedom vote (AP)

September 21st, 2010

Sister Cecilia Sierra Salcido, left, and a member of her congregation prepare for the launch of the Catholic Archdiocese's '101 Day of Prayer for Peace'  at Kator Cathedral in Juba, sourthern Sudan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. The Catholic Church is launching a country-wide peace campaign in Sudan amid political tensions 3½ months until a scheduled referendum on southern independence. Southern Sudan is scheduled to vote on independence Jan. 9, but preparations for the vote are behind schedule. The Obama administration has said it is 'inevitable' the south will declare independence, but given the south's substantial oil resources, many here worry the north may not accept an independent south.  (AP Photo/Maggie Fick)AP - The Catholic Church on Tuesday launched a countrywide campaign in Sudan to pray for peace ahead of a scheduled referendum on southern independence that some fear may lead…