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Sudan accuses ICC of playing "proxy political foe"

December 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government again dismissed the latest report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and reiterated its position of not dealing with the Hague-based court.

Bensouda lambasted the UNSC on Wednesday for failing to effect and enforce its resolution 1593 taken in 2005 which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC.

“The time has come for this Council and States Parties to seriously devise strategies for arresting those alleged to be responsible for these crimes,” she said in her semi-annual report to the UNSC.

The ICC has issued arrest warrants for the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir, Defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, North Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun and militia leader Ali Kushayb.

Khartoum rejects jurisdiction of the ICC asserting it is not party to the Rome Statute which is the founding treaty of the court.

Bashir and Hussein have managed to travel relatively freely even to ICC members since the warrants which charges them with orchestrating war crimes in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.

The ICC judges’ notifications to the UNSC of non-compliance by state parties on the warrants received no action by the council which drew a strong rebuke by Bensouda.

“This Council’s silence even when notified of clear failures and/or violations by UN Member States of their obligations to comply with this Council’s resolutions only serves to add insult to the plight of Darfur’s victims,” she told the 15-member body.

“This is the only way to stop the seemingly endless suffering of the Darfur victims,” Bensouda said, calling it a “serious indictment on this Council and on States Parties” that those indicted are able to show “blatant disregard” for the UNSC by travelling without fearing arrest.

"Alleged perpetrators of serious crimes against the civilian population will continue to commit crimes unless they are brought to justice," she said. "It is now up to this council and to the states parties to heed the cries of the millions of victims of crimes which continue unabated in Darfur".

But Sudan’s UN ambassador Dafalla al-Haj Osman accused the ICC of playing a "proxy political foe" and said that the prosecution is getting info from unknown or biased sources.

He also rapped Bensouda’s remarks calling it "authoritative, as if giving instructions to the UNSC".

Osman noted the African position on the ICC as shown in last October’s summit adding that the continent has lost faith in the court.

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Sudan and Ethiopia agreement YES.

Sudan’s support to Ethiopian dam is economically motivated: Bashir

December 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, has said that his country’s approval for the construction of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam was driven by economic not political reasons and asserted that Sudan would yield great economic benefits from the construction of the dam.

He further called upon Egypt to utilize the anticipated benefits of the dam, stressing that Sudan would support the construction of the dam through the tripartite committee for the interest of all countries in the region.

The Nile Tripartite Committee, now named the ‘International Panel of Experts (IPoE), is composed of six experts drawn from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, and another four international experts.

Bashir , who addressed a public rally in Gedaref state, eastern Sudan, on Wednesday in the occasion of the inauguration of the power linkage network between Sudan and Ethiopia, added that Sudan supports all projects which benefit people of the region.

He emphasized that Sudan seeks to strengthen ties with Ethiopia through trade zones and development and infrastructure projects, pointing to the power linkage, communications, and railways projects which will be completed in the near future.

The Sudanese president also mentioned that Ethiopia’s electricity and dams projects will provide 200 megawatt of free electricity for Sudan, pointing that electricity generation from Upper Atbara and Setait dams would increase from 120 megawatt to 320 megawatt following the construction of the renaissance dam.

Addis Ababa was pleased recently by Khartoum’s support to the new dam project which will be erected near the Sudanese border, as Sudan used to support the Egyptian position in matters of Nile water.

In the nineties following the fall of Mengistu regime with the support of the Sudanese regime, the two countries aspired to enhance regional cooperation together with the new nation of Eritrea. But differences over Khartoum’s support to Ethiopian and Eritrean Islamists followed by Addis and Asmara border war hampered the tripartite project.

The Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said that the power linkage project represents the beginning of the integration and cooperation projects between Sudan and Ethiopia.

He affirmed that his country doesn’t seek to achieve narrow interests from the major development projects but takes into account the benefit of all countries in the region.

Bashir and Desalegn signed on Wednesday the framework agreement on trade, economy, and technical cooperation between Sudan and Ethiopia at the end of the JSEHC meetings while foreign ministers signed the minutes of the higher committee meetings.

The two leaders also signed several agreements and Memorandums of Understanding (MOU).

The agreements included cooperation agreements on legal assistance in criminal issues, aviation services, local and decentralized governance, passenger services, security issues, and railways.

The MOUs included cooperation in areas of combating human trafficking, woman, youth, and children, banking, customs as well as the executive programs on youth and general education.

Speaking in a press conference held on Wednesday evening, Bashir that Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on establishing a free economic and trade zone on the common border, pointing that the trade zone would be equally split between the countries in order to attract investments from both sides.

He renewed Sudan’s determination to achieve peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, stressing that Sudan has always sought to resolve problems and tensions among countries in the region. He pointed that Sudan’s strong ties with Ethiopia and Eritrea qualify it play a role in removing tensions between the two countries.

Last year , tensions between Eritrea and Ethiopia escalated, mounting fears of renewed conflict, after the Ethiopian army carried out cross-border attacks on military camps inside Eritrea. The attack was in response to the killing and abduction of foreign tourists in January 2012 in Ethiopia’s remote Afar region by rebels allegedly backed by Eritrea.

The cross-border attacks by Ethiopian troops was Addis Ababa’s first and official military incursion since the two East African nations ended the bitter war in 2000 over the disputed town of Badme, which had been attributed to Eritrea by a UN border committee.

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Thousands of Sudan’s NISS members stage show of force in Khartoum

December 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) asserted its ability to swiftly deal with rebel plots and squash them to protect the nation and its territorial integrity.

The country’s security apparatus on Tuesday concluded a military parade that included 7,000 of its members which marched through different districts of the Sudanese capital over the last few days causing traffic jams and infuriating drivers.

Al-Khalifa Square in Sudan’s twin capital city of Omdurman witnessed the conclusion of this unusual display of force.

The NISS Deputy Director Major General Salah al-Tayeb who addressed the parade stressed that the government is keen on peace and that they are not war mongers but that they will only accept a "peace with dignity with our heads high".

Al-Tayeb said that this procession was meant as a clear message to those who live in luxury hotels in the capitals of Europe as well as Kampala and other international cities in reference to rebel groups who joined ranks under the umbrella Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).

The NISS official accused the rebels of begging foreigners for food and arms to kill their fellow countrymen in Sudan.

He resolved that the youths of Sudan are ready to crush the insurgency this summer adding that the parade comes in the context of the training and physical preparation to enforce the directives of president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to establish security and stability in the country.

Battles are reportedly ongoing in Sudan’s West Kordofan state which borders South Kordofan between SRF and the Sudanese army with both sides claiming to be making major strides.

The border states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile have been witnessing armed conflict between the Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) which is a member of SRF and the Sudanese army since 2011.

This month several senior Sudanese officials announced that troops are heading to Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile, saying that the government troops would carry out a major military campaign to eliminate the armed rebellion.

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Sudan scoffs at ICG report on brewing dissent in the east

December 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The report issued by the International Crisis group (ICG) this week on East Sudan being on the verge of a new conflict over Khartoum’s failure to implement the 2006 peace accord is nothing but "fantasy", an official here said today.

The London-based think tank said that frustration is growing rapidly among the people of the East which in some cases is creating secessionist sentiments and calls for backing rebels fighting to topple the National Congress Party (NCP) led government in Khartoum.

ICG further accused NCP of using divide and conquer tactics along tribal lines which is also adding to the tensions in the region.

But Mustafa Osman Ismail who is the government official in charge of East Sudan dossier said that the ICG report was prepared by some opposition activists in European countries.

Ismail who spoke on pro-government Ashorooq TV on Sunday said that the report is false and imaginary. He also stressed that the East is governed by its own people.

He went on to say that East Sudan is witnessing a balanced economic development unseen since the country’s independence in 1956 and rejected describing the region as marginalized.

In its report, ICG blamed the situation over the non-implemented provisions of the East Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) including allocation of legislative and executive positions to Eastern Front (EF) former rebel group in federal and state institutions, East Reconstruction and Development Fund (ERDF) establishment as well as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of EF forces.

"The failure to implement the ESPA, together with NCP machinations, has hopelessly divided – mostly along tribal lines – the Eastern Front (EF), the alliance of armed groups that signed the agreement" ICG said.

Last February, EF members issued a statement giving the central government one month to follow through on their commitments particularly the financial portion.

Under the October 2006 peace agreement, the EF joined with the government and a $600 million ERDF was established to help the region recover from war.

A further $3.5 billion pledged at a donor conference that took place in Kuwait in December 2010 was also supposed to be added to the East Reconstruction and Development Fund (ERDF).

But the EF said the money is managed inappropriately without transparency and that that the people of the East were excluded from the top posts at ERDF or were given positions without a mandate.

According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Eastern Sudan has the country’s highest poverty rate; the highest number of deaths of children aged under five, and the most children between the ages of six and 13 out of school.

Sudan’s eastern Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref states have potential gold, oil and gas resources, but poverty remains endemic among the region’s five million inhabitants, whose livelihoods have been undermined by war, climate change and environmental degradation.

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End of MAHADYA 24TH NOVEMBER 1899 and the killing of Khalifa Abdullahi Altaishi.

End of Mahadya THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC MAHADYA RULL IN SUDAN, early 24th of November 1899 the English army helleped by some army scouts and Egyption serdar Killed Al Khalifa Abdullahi AL Taishi in  UM DEWIEKART

Mahdist War
Depiction of the Battle of Omdurman (1898).
Date 1881 (1881)–1899 (1899) Location Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda Result British-Egyptian victory Territorial changes Sudan becomes an Anglo-Egyptian condominium
Belligerents
Khedivate of Egypt British Empire Italy[1]  Belgium[2] Ethiopian Empire (1885–1889)[3]	Mahdist Sudan
Commanders and leaders
British Empire:Charles Gordon † Sir Garnet Wolseley Sir Herbert Kitchener Italy: Oreste Baratieri Giuseppe Arimondi Ethiopian Empire Yohannes IV †	Mahdist Sudan:Muhammad Ahmad Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (KIA) Several other advisors, Emirs, and officers
Casualties and losses
~17,821 to all causes	~73,148+ to all causes

The Mahdist War (also called the Mahdist Revolt) was a colonial war of the late 19th century. It was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Egyptian and later British forces. It has also been called the Anglo-Sudan War or the Sudanese Mahdist Revolt. The British have called their part in the conflict the Sudan Campaign. It was vividly described by Winston Churchill (who took part in its concluding stages) in The River War.

Background

[edit]Following the invasion by Muhammed Ali in 1819, Sudan was governed by an Egyptian administration. This colonial system was resented by the Sudanese people, because of the heavy taxes it imposed and because of the bloody start of the Turkish-Egyptian rule in Sudan.
Throughout the period of Turco-Egyptian rule, many segments of the Sudanese population suffered extreme hardship due to the system of taxation imposed by the central government. Under this system, a flat tax was imposed on farmers and small traders and collected by government-appointed tax collectors from the Sha'iqiyya tribe of northern Sudan. In bad years, and especially during times of drought and famine, farmers were unable to pay the high taxes. Fearing the brutal and unjust methods of the Sha'iqiyya, many farmers fled their villages in the fertile Nile Valley to the remote areas of Kordofan and Darfur. These migrants, known as black "Jallaba" after their loose-fitting style of dress, began to function as small traders and middlemen for the foreign trading companies that had established themselves in the cities and towns of central Sudan.
By the middle 19th century the Ottoman Imperial subject administration in Egypt was in the hands of Khedive Ismail. Although not a competent or devoted leader, Khedive Ismail had grandiose schemes about Egypt. His spending had put Egypt into huge debt and when his financing of the Suez Canal started to crumble, Great Britain stepped in and repaid his loans in return for controlling shares in the canal. As the most direct route to the jewel in the British Crown, India, control over the Suez Canal was of paramount strategic importance, so that British interests dictated the need to seize or otherwise control it. Thus an ever increasing role in Egyptian affairs was mandated for the British Empire. With Khedive Ismail's spending and corruption causing instability, in 1873 the British government supported a program where an Anglo-French debt commission assumed responsibility for managing Egypt's fiscal affairs. This commission eventually forced Khedive Ismail to abdicate in favor of his son Tawfiq in 1877, leading to a period of political turmoil.
Ismail had appointed General Charles "Chinese" Gordon Governor of the Equatorial Provinces of Sudan in 1873. For the next three years, General Gordon fought against a native chieftain of Darfur, Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur.
Upon Ismail's abdication Gordon found himself with dramatically decreased support. He eventually resigned his post in 1880, exhausted by years of work, and left early the next year. His policies were soon abandoned by the new governors, but the anger and discontent of the dominant Arab minority was left unaddressed.^{[citation needed]}
Although the Egyptians were fearful of the deteriorating conditions, the British refused to get involved, "Her Majesty’s Government are in no way responsible for operations in the Sudan", the Foreign Secretary Earl Granville noted.
Among the forces historians see as the causes of the uprising are ethnic Sudanese anger at the foreign Turkish Ottoman rulers, Muslim revivalist anger at the Turks' lax religious standards and willingness to appoint non-Muslims such as the Christian Charles Gordon to high positions and Sudanese Sufi resistance to "dry, scholastic Islam of Egyptian officialdom".^[4]

I will give my life for this animal ...azim

S. Africa Aims to Cut Rhino Poaching by 20% a Year

South African conservation authorities on Tuesday said they aim to reduce rhino poaching by 20 percent a year, insisting their strategy is working despite record levels of poaching.
"The war against poaching is not yet won, but we can reduce the figures... it's an ongoing process," said Major General Johan Jooste, who heads the Kruger National Park anti-poaching task team.
The number of rhino killed this year for their horns has hit a record 860 so far, despite the deployment of the army and the use of helicopters and drone patrols.
The vast two-million hectare (five-million-acre) Kruger National Park, which borders Mozambique has experienced the largest number of killings.
Jooste admitted there were still daily killings but said "with the increased intelligence operations, we aim to cut poaching numbers by 20 percent a year".
He was adamant that its multi-pronged approach is making a difference.
"It might look like we are not winning, but we are making a difference," said Jooste.
"The war against poaching can not only be won in the bush, the law needs to take its course as well when it comes to prosecuting the syndicates," he said.
Jooste said he would like to see increased cooperation between South Africa and Mozambique, adopting stricter measures to fighter poaching.
Mozambique currently has limited laws against poaching, making it a breeding ground for those who slip through the porous 360 kilometre (225 mile) border with South Africa.
A spokesman for the South African National Parks, Ike Phaahla, said that army patrols had made a significance in the park since they were started in 2010.
"If it wasn't for the army we would have no rhino in the park by now, the rangers would have had a difficult time keeping up with the poachers' paramilitary tactics."
South Africa is home to 80 percent of the world's rhino population, estimated at around 25,000.
Rhino in the Kruger park are estimated to number between 8,500 and 9,500, according to a 2012 count.
In May, the South African authorities said they would re-erect the border fence, equipped with a special detection system in a bid to curb poaching.
Fencing in some parts of the border was pulled down to create a cross-border park with Mozambique.

By AFP, 17 hours 24 minutes ago