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  Sudan - The South and the Unity of Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sudan - The South and the Unity of Sudan
In 1946 the Sudan Administrative Conference determined that Sudan should be administered as one country.
Some southern British colonial officials responded to the Sudan Administrative Conference by charging that northern agitation had influenced the conferees and that no voice had been heard at the conference in support of retaining the separate development policy.
countrystudies.us /sudan/19.htm   (374 words)

  
 Constitution Of The Republic Of Sudan
Sudan is a Federal Republic governed at its highest level of authority in accordance with a federal system of government based on the Constitution and at the local level it is governed by local councils acting in accordance with the law.
Sudan is united by the spirit of loyalty and compromise among its citizens, cooperation in the fair and just distribution of authority and of national resources.
Sudan is governed by a federal unitary government and the authority and financial resources are apportioned between the federal government and the states.
www.sudan.net /government/constitution/english.html   (9602 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Sudan unity requires secular state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The ordinary people in southern Sudan may have mixed reactions on regards to these statements by the head of state commissioned to champion the test of Sudan unity by these six years.
Another element of the old Sudan stiffness is manifested in the government actions to disrespect the regional geo-political bordersaccording to 1/1/56 of the country.
The time is now to make Sudan a one and united nation which could be achieved only if the northern brothers with their successive governments change fundamentally from their perception of arabizing and Islamizing the Sudan.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=15846   (1002 words)

  
 SouthSudan.Net
Is Sudan's Unity A prerequisites For Self-determination of South Sudan?.
For this reason, to promote unity of Sudan, to advocate for equality among the marginalize group of Sudanese people, and to ask for power sharing is not a bad idea.
This is the unity which is required of every Southerner to build and strengthen before talking the unity of Sudan, the unity of Africa, and the unity of the world.
www.southsudan.net /Laku.html   (1397 words)

  
 Unity (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unity (Arabic: الوحدة; transliterated: al-Wahda) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan.
While the national government in Khartoum maintains the name Unity, the new autonomous government of South Sudan refers to the state as Western Upper Nile.
Prior to an administrative reorganization in 1994, Unity was part of a much large province of Upper Nile.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unity,_Sudan   (186 words)

  
 THE SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND SUDAN LIBERATION ARMY (SLM/SLA)
The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army is of the view that Sudan’s unity is of paramount importance, but it should not be maintained and cannot be viable unless it is based on justice and equality for all the Sudanese peoples.
Sudan’s unity must be anchored on a new basis that is predicated on full acknowledgement of Sudan’s ethnic, cultural, social and political diversity.
The fundamental imperatives of a viable unity are an economy and political system that address the uneven developmen t and marginalization that have plagued the country since independence, so that the interests of the marginalized majority are adequately catered for and they are brought to the same level of development of the ruling minority.
www.sudan.net /news/press/postedr/214.shtml   (1590 words)

  
 Sudan News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Unknown armed men attacked a south Sudan village killing five people, the latest in a spate of assaults terrorising villagers and hampering humanitarian aid access to one of the poorest areas on earth.
With a myriad of regional peace deals under his belt, Sudan's president proudly touts his coalition government with former enemies in senior posts as a model of reconciliation and power-sharing.
A week after the ambush in which about 40 Sudanese civilians were killed in Juba, south Sudan, the LRA on Wednesday killed another two on Juba-Nisitu road, the Ugandan New Vision reported.
www.topix.net /world/sudan?full=c0e09757c9   (704 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan swears in unity government
Sudan's first post-war national unity government has been sworn in, as part of a deal signed with former southern rebels to end 21 years of war.
The theme of unity was also emphasised by President Omar al-Bashir after the ceremony.
His widow, Rebecca, was meanwhile appointed to the parliament of southern Sudan.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4266872.stm   (564 words)

  
 WikiMiki.net - Unity, Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Unity (Al Wahdah) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan.
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyas, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of the Second World War.
Below is a list of the 26 states of Sudan organized by their original provinces under British rule.
fotografa.es.wikimiki.net /es/simple:21st+century   (632 words)

  
 Unity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unity, the name of the belief system held by the members of the Unity Church.
Unity, one of the three mottos found on the national emblem of Pakistan.
Unity, one of the core beliefs of the Baha'i Faith.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unity   (405 words)

  
 Sudan: National unity for 6yrs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Khartoum - Sudan will begin implementing on Saturday a peace deal between the government and former southern rebels that provides for a national unity government for six years, after which the south will vote on whether to remain part of the country or become independent.
Economic and social development of southern Sudan will be the shared responsibility of the national government and the government of southern Sudan.
Southern Sudan needs billions of dollars to rebuild its infrastructure after 21 years of war and has to grapple with the return of tens of thousands of refugees, poor harvests and the looming threat of famine.
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-11-1447_1732708,00.html   (502 words)

  
 Sudan: The Passion of the Present: Sudan announces national unity government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sudan's unity government was partially announced Tuesday, after weeks of bitter wrangling and eight months after the January peace agreement that ended 21 years of civil war in Africa's largest country.
Sudan currently has a crude output of more than 300,000 barrels per day and aims to reach the half-million mark by the end of the year.
The formation of the unity government was due to have been completed by Aug. 9 but was delayed by the death of former SPLM leader John Garang in a helicopter crash on July 30.
platform.blogs.com /passionofthepresent/2005/09/sudan_announces.html   (1313 words)

  
 SouthSudan.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Well, this could be a good news for the people who have been looking (at the beginning) for united Sudan for so long with out computing the consequesnes of the said Country.
There, most Southerners around the world have hailed the peace (most of them via their hearts) that, the peace will be a wise choice for the sake of the whole country.
Sudan's Minister of Oil and minning is a risky post to approach.
www.southsudan.net /Chak.html   (587 words)

  
 BASP
Sudan with its Arab depth and belonging to the Arab world and fl continent deepens the contents of Arab civilization, its humanity, tolerance and openness, and strengthen the historical and current ties among Arab and African countries.
Since the correction movement on 1970, headed by president Haffez al-Assad, has rooted the basis's of national unity because this unity is the essence of any achievement and mean of any victories, and it is the contribution platform in the march of promoting Arab solidarity and putting their countries on the road of unity.
Sudan as a Brother country which it has of law and of what has adopted procedures' lately embodies an important step and a begging of enhancing national unity of their people with its all differences races, sects and groups.
www.baath-party.org /mi/issus_e5.htm   (865 words)

  
 Pronk Expulsion Creates Rift in Sudanese Government
Former southern and Darfuri rebels - now part of Sudan's unity government - say they do not agree with the decision and were not consulted about it.
The former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which commands an autonomous government in southern Sudan, has also said it was not consulted about the decision.
Pronk was a vocal critic of the actions of both the Sudanese Government and rebels in Darfur, in the wake of continuing violence in the region.
www.sudaneseonline.com /en/article_1767.shtml   (529 words)

  
 FAMINE IN SUDAN, 1998
The pipeline from Unity field to a new terminal to be built at Port Sudan on the Red Sea would have an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day, to be expanded to 250,000 bbl/d by 2002.
The SSDF is headed by Riek Machar, the chairman of the South Sudan Coordinating Council, the government body established to govern the government-controlled areas of the south.
In Unity state, this meant that the government town of Bentiu was combined with the SSIM/A territory surrounding it to form one Unity state with one appointed governor, Paulino Matiep.
www.hrw.org /hrw/reports/1999/sudan/SUDAWEB2-55.htm   (5406 words)

  
 Sudan: Enough is Enough
Sudan peace talks resumed on August 11 in Nairobi, despite strong government opposition to the framework presented by mediators.
The people of Sudan demand a peace that is just, democratic and enduring, a peace that will guarantee their security and human rights and allow them to determine their own political future.
The Sudan Peace process is in a crucial stage after the GoS rejected the draft framework for resolution of outstanding issues arising out of the elaboration of the Machakos Protocol presented by the Mediators at the Sixth round of Talks at Nakuru, Kenya, on 12 July.
www.africaaction.org /docs03/sud0308.htm   (5869 words)

  
 United Nations - OCHA IRIN | Web Special | Sudan - The Road to Peace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
However, it was not until 1997 that the countries of IGAD (comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, in addition to Sudan) managed to gain agreement from both parties to accept the DoP as a basis for negotiations, says John Young, an expert on the Sudan peace process.
Indeed, the protocol specifically states the alternatives to be presented in the referendum to be to either: confirm the unity of Sudan by voting to adopt the system of government established under the peace agreement; or to vote for secession.
While the protocol makes clear that "the people of South Sudan" will participate in the referendum, it does not state whether or not southerners have to be resident in the territory at the time of the vote, and whether or not they could participate while living in the north, or even outside the country.
www.irinnews.org /webspecials/sudan/selfdeterminationp1.asp   (980 words)

  
 Sudan Human Rights Organization
The unity of the South is a fundamental goal to bring about symmetrical negotiation between the North and South.
Lagu said, "as I look at the situation in the Sudan, I find that the war is being sustained by power-seeking politicians in the North who lack cohesion due to power struggle among them, one group aims to topple the other.
Amadu ascertained that, together with all People of the Sudan, the Nigerian Presidency is deeply concerned with the peaceful settlement of the crisis of Sudan via unity of the South as a desirable step at this stage.
www.shro-cairo.org /reports/peace_summit.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Sudan's New Unity Cabinet Sworn In
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's new national unity Cabinet was sworn in Thursday, a key step under the country's peace deal that was delayed by two weeks of tough negotiations between the ruling party and former southern rebels.
The move is part of a broad attempt under the January peace agreement to give the south a share in the nation's resources - particularly oil - and a stake in the country, in part to dissuade them from voting to secede in a referendum promised in six years.
"The national unity government's responsibility is to make the country's unity a choice that attracts the people," el-Bashir said in a speech at the swearing-in ceremony, before the Cabinet held its first session.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/w-me/2005/sep/22/092200484.html   (679 words)

  
 2005 Sudan Studies Association, 7A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One of the prime reasons stated by the conquerors was the unity of the Nile Valley.
Historically the slogan of those advocating unity between Sudan and Egypt was always the "Unity of the Nile Valley" and not the "Unity of Egypt and the Sudan", since the Nile was the bond uniting the two regions, not its people.
Secondly, Egypt and Sudan have a combined population of over 100 million people who depend on the Nile as their main water source for both agriculture and daily usage, hence its centrality in their survival.
www.sudanstudies.org /ssa057a.html   (1023 words)

  
 Sudan Government Formation Delayed
The formation of Sudan's unity government has been delayed yet again, prompting fears that the northern government in Sudan is not ready to commit to power sharing with the former southern rebels.
On Thursday Sudan's government-run news agency (SUNA) reported the government would be formed by the end of the week.
Sudan's peace deal put an end to 21 years of civil war between north and south Sudan.
www.voanews.com /english/2005-09-11-voa23.cfm   (451 words)

  
 Times of Oman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KHARTOUM –– Sudan's first post-war national unity government was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony attended by President Omar al-Beshir, eight months after a peace deal that ended Africa's longest-running conflict.
The establishment of a national unity government is a major step in the implementation of a January peace agreement that ended 21 years of civil war between north and south in Africa's largest country.
The formation of the unwieldy cabinet was delayed by bitter wrangling over the oil and finance portfolios and the July 30 death in a helicopter crash of historical southern leader John Garang, who was seen as the guarantor of the peace deal.
www.timesofoman.com /newsdetails.asp?newsid=20057   (345 words)

  
 Rebel leader says Sudan unity in Khartoum's hands
Rebel leader John Garang said Sunday that Sudan's unity was in the Khartoum government's hands as his Sudan People's Liberation Movement prepared to ratify a landmark peace deal that promises a vote on independence for the south.
Both the Khartoum government and fellow members of the Arab League have promised to invest heavily in the post-war reconstruction of the south in a bid to persuade southerners that it is not in their interests to break away.
Pronk briefed the rebel leader on the mandate of the UN peace support mission due to be deployed in Sudan to ensure that both sides abide by the terms of the agreement, including a permanent ceasefire.
www.spacewar.com /2005/050123162010.knxmy74p.html   (675 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Sudan's unity Cabinet is sworn in
KHARTOUM, SudanSudan's new national unity Cabinet was sworn in Thursday, a key step under the country's peace deal that was delayed by two weeks of tough negotiations between the ruling party and former southern rebels.
The move is part of a broad attempt under the January peace agreement to give the south a share in the nation's resources – particularly oil – and a stake in the country, in part to dissuade them from voting to secede in a referendum promised in six years.
The ruling party kept some of the most powerful ministries, including defense, the interior – which is in charge of the police – justice and the ministry of energy and mining.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050922-1345-sudan.html   (694 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Sudan’s government of national dis-unity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Recent events testify the old dangerous fallacy perpetuated over the years as a norm is much in evidence, that the running of the country is exclusively an elected affair of few and the silent majority should unquestionably submit to their idiosyncrasies without the slightest hesitation.
It is a truism that Sudan fate is undoubtedly at their mercy, often than imagine with their acts politicians dictate the function of society.
It is against this backdrop that we in Sudan are held to ransom by a crass ideology and self-centred individuals who relegate the utmost good of a nation below their lofty selfish ambitions.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=14640   (982 words)

  
 Peacewomen Home Page
US President George W. Bush was "very personally engaged" in Sudan, Danforth told reporters, and the international community had a common commitment to supporting peace in Sudan both now and in the future.
"Egypt supports this unity in the context of one country in which all people have their own rights and enjoy the fruits of national wealth," he went on to say, speaking on Egyptian President Husni Mubarak's behalf.
"Partitioning the country of Sudan into two parts would be a contagious phenomenon that would spread to surrounding countries on the basis of tribe, language, and religion," the state-run MENA news agency quoted him as saying, according to AFP.
www.peacewomen.org /news/august/sudan.html   (897 words)

  
 PC(USA) - Washington Office - International Community Hopeful on Recent Framework for Peace in Sudan
While the agreement also affirms "the unity of Sudan" - a seeming contradiction - it clearly states that secession would be one option in the referendum.
The U.S. also continues to monitor the Sudan's involvement in terrorism: In May the State Department concluded that Sudan had not made sufficient progress to be removed from the U.S.'s list of terrorist-sponsoring nations, and thus from economic sanctions.
The New Sudan Council of Churches, a PCUSA partner in Sudan, is calling for all external oil companies to leave Sudan.
www.pcusa.org /washington/issuenet/africa-020726.htm   (1682 words)

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