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  United Press International - NewsTrack - Top News - Sudanese war criminal sought by U.N.
United Press International - NewsTrack - Top News - Sudanese war criminal sought by U.N. UPI en Español
Sudanese war criminal sought by U.N. Published: Sept. 6, 2007 at 10:26 PM Print story
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www.upi.com /NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/06/sudanese_war_criminal_sought_by_un/6328   (277 words)

  
  Sudanese kinship - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sudanese kinship (also referred to as the Descriptive system) is a kinship system used to define family.
Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Sudanese system is one of the six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudanese).
The Sudanese kinship system was used in ancient Latin and Old English societies as well as present day Turkish society.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /sudanese_kinship.htm   (176 words)

  
 Sudanese Women Convention
Among Sudanese women in Sudan and those living as refugees and exiles, the issue of personal law and discrimination against women is one of the main areas that needs to be addressed and resolved as soon as possible.
Many Sudanese women fear that the NDA will itself be disposed to interpret Islam and Sudanese traditions in a similar way, so as to control women and deprive them of their full rights and humanity.
Sudanese society with its different religions and cultures should be ruled with one common law for the equality and unity of the country.
www.justiceafrica.org /convention.html   (4839 words)

  
 Sudan: No one to complain to - no respite for the victims, impunity for perpetrators
The Sudanese government, instead of admitting that it has violated human rights by supporting the nomad militias responsible for much of the devastation of Darfur, and instead of listening to the plight of its citizens, continues to oppress the victims of gross human rights abuses.
Unless the Sudanese government urgently puts in place basic human rights standards to enable the judiciary to address the devastation of Darfur by bringing to justice the suspected perpetrators of human rights abuses, the Sudanese judiciary and the security forces will not be in a position to restore the rule of law in the region.
The Sudanese commission of inquiry's mandate was to investigate "alleged human rights violations by armed groups in the Darfur states," the causes of the violations and to establish the facts about the human and material damage.
www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=5268DEDBBF056CD180256F3A00529C6E   (20059 words)

  
 Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In fact, the borders of the ancient Egyptian and Sudanese kingdoms fluxated greatly and what is now the upper third of present day Northern Sudan was during ancient times indistinguishable from Upper Egypt.
In place of payment on his road venture, the Government of Sudan, strapped for cash, paid him with a defunct tanning factory, which was confiscated when in 1996 he was forcebly expelled at the request of the United States and relocated to Afghanistan.
Since 2003, the foreign relations of Sudan have centered on the support for ending the Second Sudanese Civil War and condemnation of government support for militias in the Darfur conflict.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudan   (2201 words)

  
 Sudanese - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sudanese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In March 1985 a general strike was provoked by a sharp devaluation of the Sudanese pound and an increase in bread prices.
The Sudanese government agreed to a one-month truce.
Hassan Turabi, arrested in February for alleged sympathies with the rebellion movement, was released from jail in May and placed under house arrest.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sudanese   (1745 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Sudanese uncertainties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Mohamed Taha and SPLA leader John Garang began a series of face-to-face negotiations in September 2003.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Beshir announced on Monday that the clinching of a Sudanese peace deal is imminent.
The Sudanese government is engaged in peace talks with armed opposition groups championing the rights of the indigenous peoples of Darfur, who are predominantly Muslim but non-Arab.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/685/re14.htm   (1353 words)

  
 Darfur Liberation Front / Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) / Sudan Liberation Army
The Sudanese Liberation Army is a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the umbrella opposition organisation grouping.
In December 2003 nearly 10,000 new Sudanese refugees fled into Chad from the strife-torn Darfur region of the Sudan.
Chadian government mediators persuaded the Sudanese government and representatives of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to agree to the truce.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/darfur.htm   (3664 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Fact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Her village, which was burned to the ground by Sudanese soldiers and Arab militiamen, is only fifty miles from the camp, but by donkey the trip requires a weeklong journey across the Sahara, through mounds of powdery sand, up and down steep seasonal riverbeds, over gravel slopes, and around towering red-rock mountains.
The Sudanese government, a U.S. diplomat told me, was desperate to end U.S. sanctions and to court American oil investors, and in the wake of September 11th and the war in Afghanistan it wished to avoid being added to the Administration’s target list.
Sleeping Sudanese soldiers, who were encamped in a nearby garrison, awoke and scrambled out of their barracks toward an ammunition depot across the street.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content?040830fa_fact1   (10991 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | Ramadan riddle
As the first plane packed with Sudanese beef touched the runway, it was given a standing ovation by bystanders.
Sudanese beef is now sold at the price of LE15.5/kg, while other meat on the market costs in the range of LE35-40/kg.
We are not responsible for the disappearance of the Sudanese meat from the shelves," Fouad Ibrahim, the economic attaché at the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo, told Al- Ahram Weekly.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/713/eg4.htm   (927 words)

  
 Sudan - Rise of Sudanese Nationalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sudanese nationalism, as it developed after World War I, was an Arab and Muslim phenomenon with its support base in the northern provinces.
Ali Abd al Latif's arrest and subsequent exile in Egypt sparked a mutiny by a Sudanese army battalion, the suppression of which succeeded in temporarily crippling the nationalist movement.
Educated Sudanese wanted to restrict the governor general's power and to obtain Sudanese participation in the council's deliberations.
www.countrystudies.us /sudan/17.htm   (383 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Big powers wary over Sudan crisis
They said they were monitoring the humanitarian crisis, after being warned by a UN team that atrocities had been committed in the area.
Sudanese refugees from the troubled Darfur region describe the difficulties of life in Chad.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail has acknowledged there might have been human rights violations, but denies a campaign of ethnic cleansing is going on.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3695539.stm   (434 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Sudanese president suggests power sharing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thousands of Sudanese turned out in the capital, Khartoum, to welcome the return of the government delegation that negotiated the deal in the Kenyan city of Naivasha on Friday to end the 21-year southern civil war.
U.S. and Sudanese officials hope the momentum behind the peace deal to end the southern war will help steer rebels and the Sudanese government, which is believed to be backed by Arab militiamen known as the Janjaweed, toward a similar result in Darfur, a region roughly the size of France.
President Omar el-Bashir urged all Sudanese — particularly opposition groups — to engage in a comprehensive reconciliation and work to end the Darfur crisis.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=7317   (571 words)

  
 Sudanese Arabs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While three million of those living in Sudan belong to the supratribes of the Jahayna or Jaaliyin, the rest can be found primarily by their self-identification as an Arab from Sudan, rather than as a member of a specific tribe or people group.
Although some Sudanese Arabs have continued living in the nomadic style of their ancestors and others live in urbanized towns, the majority live in small rural villages, where they grow grains, vegetables and cotton and raise livestock.
One characteristic of Sudanese Arab culture is the coffee ceremony, which welcomes guests by serving them coffee in an elaborate presentation.
www.sudan101.com /sud_arabs.htm   (528 words)

  
 Sudan (Harpers.org)
One Sudanese diplomat scoffed at the U.S. objection and pointed to the American atrocities in Iraq.
A court in southern Darfur sentenced ten Janjaweed fighters to have their left hands and right feet amputated; the Sudanese ambassador in London denied that his government was supporting the militias.
A Sudanese sheikh accused of being a leader of the Janjaweed militias that have been killing and raping fl farmers in Darfur admitted that he had been "appointed" by his government to "defend their land."ยป[Telegraph]
www.harpers.org /Sudan.html   (1568 words)

  
 Sudanese Leaders, Southern Rebels Finish Peace Deal (washingtonpost.com)
NAIVASHA, Kenya, Dec. 31 -- The Sudanese government and rebels in the southern part of the country signed the final chapters of a peace deal Friday, clearing the way for a comprehensive accord ending Africa's longest-running civil war.
Delegates from the government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army signed the last two of eight peace protocols in an accord ending 21 years of war in which 2 million people have died.
In the capital, Khartoum, southern Sudanese thronged one of the main streets where a screen had been erected to show live televised pictures of the signing.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A39784-2004Dec31.html   (636 words)

  
 Pacetown - All a part of life's rich pageant
I've recently come into contact with a group of Sudanese refugees who are organizing to help their fellow Sudanese who have been displaced by the ongoing Genocide in their country.
Many of the most motivated South Sudanese have seen friends and family members killed by warring Darfurians, and yet they are now reaching out to aid Darfur now that the government has turned against it.
The grass-roots movement of Sudanese refugees in the US coming to the aid of those who formerly persecuted them and their families for their Christian faith is a breathtaking example of mercy and compassion that should be held up for all the world to see.
www.spacetownusa.com /hmmm.html   (1060 words)

  
 Sudan Country Analysis Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On December 31, 2004, the Sudanese government and the SPLA finalized a comprehensive peace agreement, giving Sudan six months to formulate a new constitution and a transitional, decentralized national unity government in Khartoum, as well as a separate administration for the South.
Because much of Sudanese oil exploration has been limited to the central and south-central regions, Sudanese Energy Ministry representatives estimate proven reserves at 700 million barrels and total reserves at five billion barrels, including potential reserves in northwest Sudan, the Blue Nile Basin, and the Red Sea area in eastern Sudan.
Foreign investment in the Sudanese power sector is expected to increase with the cessation of the recently-ended civil war.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/sudan.html   (2501 words)

  
 African Studies Center | Sudan Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The organization is fully committed to the struggle for the preservation of human rights independently from any government or opposition group.
The gallery aims to become a viable and significant source for materials and information about Sudanese art and artists, and to play maximum role in the documentation of such works.
Founded in 1994, South Sudanese Friends International (SSFI) is a grassroots organization committed to grassroots solutions in southern Sudan.
www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/Sudan.html   (1104 words)

  
 Presbytery of San Diego - Sudanese/American Fellowship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 2002 the Presbytery of San Diego established a Mission Church for the Sudanese, enabling the congregation of Sudanese families to worship together in East San Diego.
One of our most important responsibilities is to provide spiritual education for these children who are growing up suspended between two cultures, the familiar traditions and hierarchy of their African family, and the freedom, opportunity, and temptations of American life.
The Sudanese Church has a 30-member choir, mostly young people, who energetically sing familiar hymns in their native Nuer language, with drums and traditional instruments.
www.presbyterysd.org /ministries/sudanese.html   (301 words)

  
 SSA Newsletter, Volume 17, Issue # 1 (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Sudanese National Rally, is an off-shoot of the Sudanese National Democratic Alliance, the main opposition group against the current regime.
Many Sudanese hold the Brotherhood responsible, politically as well as juridically, for charging the late Islamic reformer, Mahmoud Muhammad Taha, who was 76 years old at the time, of apostasy.
Out of concern for the welfare of the Sudanese people and their right to free movement inside and outside the country, and in an attempt to address some of the urgent problems facing displaced people and refugees, the conference adopted a practical program of action to be implemented during the interim period.
www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Newsletters/ssa171.html   (13663 words)

  
 Women, Peace and Security News: Sudan
January 13, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS) Thousands of southern Sudanese women sang, ululated and danced to African drumbeats in a football stadium here last weekend as a power-sharing and ceasefire agreement was signed between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the southern rebel group.
Reproductive health care for the Sudanese refugees in Chad is nearly non-existent despite the widespread and systematic rape of women in Darfur by the Arab militia Janjaweed.
July 21, 2000 – (Sudan Monthly Report) Sudanese women are set to have a greater say in peace negotiations for their country following the creation of a Women's Desk at the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat for Sudan.
www.peacewomen.org /news/Sudan/news.html   (5323 words)

  
 Sudan: Darfur: Rape as a weapon of war: sexual violence and its consequences - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Sudanese women interviewed by Amnesty International in Chad were very reluctant to talk about rape, for fear of being ostracized by their communities and families.
Many Sudanese women interviewed by Amnesty International in Chad said that their husbands, brothers or other male relatives were working in towns in Darfur, in the Sudanese capital Khartoum or in neighboring countries and that the men were not present during the attacks.
According to Article 149 of the Sudanese Penal Code, rape, defined as sexual intercourse with any person without his/ her consent, is a crime punishable by a hundred lashes and up to ten years imprisonment; if rape is sexual intercourse on a married person or "sodomy", it is punishable by death(42).
web.amnesty.org /library/index/engafr540762004   (18665 words)

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