Are they going to achieve something I DOUBT!!!! BASHIR RAUS... this the slogan.

Sudan’s 7+7 committee reaches partial agreement on national dialogue

July 23, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s national dialogue committee known as 7+7, comprised of government parties and opposition ones, on Wednesday said it has partially agreed on a roadmap for a process to realise peace and democratic reforms.

Last Sunday, the committee discussed two separate papers on the dialogue’s principles, objectives, issues, participants, timetable, structures, and venue. It also agreed to prepare a draft framework agreement to be discussed in the committee’s meeting with the Sudanese president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir, on Thursday.

Presidential assistant, Ibrahim Ghandour, said in statements on Wednesday that the committee agreed to more than %90 of the roadmap, saying the framework agreement would be completed no later than Eid al-Fitr [feast of breaking the fast of Ramadan] holiday.

He expressed optimism that political forces would confidently move towards the national dialogue.

The deputy chairman of the Reform Now Party (RNP), Hassan Rizq, told Sudan Tribune that the meeting discussed integration of the government and opposition positions in a single paper besides identifying points of differences and ways to resolve them.

Rizq refused to go into details of their disagreement, pointing that opposition parties presented their views in all controversial issues. But he underscored existence of broad consensus in all issues at stake, saying that some issues need more discussion.

The RNP official further pointed that the unified paper will be discussed in a meeting with president Bashir on Thursday.

However, reliable opposition sources told Sudan Tribune that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) expressed reservation on issues of the transitional government and review of elections law while opposition forces insists on discussing these issues before the 2015 elections.

The opposition parties call for forming a national unity government during a transitional period and to postpone elections general elections scheduled for April 2015.

They also demand to allow political freedoms in order to create a conducive environment for the national dialogue and accommodate political forces which refused to participate in the process.

Observers say the momentum for the national dialogue has weakened substantially as a result of the government’s recent crackdown on opposition figures, activists and newspapers. They also point that the insistence of government on holding the April 2015 elections on time contrary to opposition demands.

The National Umma Party (NUP) suspended its participation in national dialogue following detention of its leader, al-Sadiq al-Mahdi in May after he criticised government militia, accusing them of committing war crimes in Darfur. After his release in June, Mahdi said there is a need to review the current process and to include rebels in the political process.

The RNP , which was established by a splinter group from the NCP, also boycotted the national dialogue for a while before resuming its participation, vowing to work towards achieving a political consensus to end war and restore democracy in Sudan.

Last January, Bashir called on political parties and armed groups to engage in a national dialogue to discuss four issues, including ending the civil war, allowing political freedoms, fighting against poverty and revitalizing national identity.

The opposition alliance of the National Consensus Forces (NCF) boycotted the political roundtable, saying the government did not respond to its conditions.

The NCF wants the NCP-dominated government to declare a comprehensive one-month ceasefire in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. In addition it has called for the issuing of a general amnesty, allowing public freedoms and the release of all political detainees.

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LEGGI MOLTI STRANI DEL ISLAM E LA DOTTORINA islamica.

Daash modelli oscuri negozi e in cerca di mogli dei combattenti

Tagliare i capelli è vietato, e l'imposizione del velo mammelle della mucca
2014/07/23 10:35


Costretto negozianti "Daash" nella città di Mosul, un velo sul volto dei top model tema "manichino", e che tra le azioni intraprese da ciò che egli chiama "l'applicazione della legge islamica" nei settori del controllo.

E pubblicato "NBC News", una foto di uno dei negozi di Mosul è stato coperto con i volti di top model abbigliamento velo nero, ha detto che diversi siti di notizie globale navigato a fa il "araba. Net" che la decisione Daash incluso manichini maschi e femmine, senza discriminazioni, sostenendo che le sculture che raffigurano il corpo umano è completamente proibito, e che i modelli sono simili ai vestiti di idoli.

Il comportamento del "Daash" in una serie di pratiche bizzarre imposti dalle Daash zone controllate di popolazione con il pretesto di adesione alla legge islamica, che equivale alla fine di brutale, a volte, ea volte spirito, rendendo difficile per la ratifica.
Le donne che cercano una moglie battaglione per Doaash

Come nella tenerezza, la forma Daash battaglione donne "Khansa", dopo il controllo della città, guidata dal "madre di Ryan" nazionalità tunisina, e diffondere questo battaglione in tutta la città e assumersi il compito di rilevare donne velate per assicurarsi che la loro identità, ed esercitare il controllo sopra il vestito islamico imposto Daash sulle donne, e arrestare chiunque non indossare il velo, niqab o mettere sotto qualsiasi forma di ornamento.

Esso descrive attivista voglia regista Huwaydi coordinamento pratiche giovani tenerezza estranee al battaglione, "Khansa", dice il "araba rete.": "Alcuni membri di questo battaglione portando bastoni Boadhen e camminare per le strade, il loro compito uno, per battere le donne a sua gamba che aveva sollevato vesti di partito, mentre rafforzamento del marciapiede o scale se che i pantaloni partito indossati sotto gli abiti. "

E aggiunge: "le opere di alcuni membri di questo battaglione Kkhtabat, come Ikmn dicendo combattenti Daash alle famiglie in cui vi poi ragazze età del matrimonio, e se ha avviato Daasha per il matrimonio di una di queste donne temute conseguenze padre di rifiuto, spesso, che ha portato sono stati imposti matrimoni, finivano in alcuni casi suicidio della moglie, e spesso stare da sola dopo il suo combattente abbandono dopo diverse notti. "

Tagliare i capelli è vietato, e l'imposizione del velo mammelle della mucca

Nella città di "porta" in agro di Aleppo a est, gli attivisti di trasporto - scelto di rimanere anonimo - per la "arabo Net,". Che Daash chiuso negozi "decorazioni" per gli uomini della città, sulla base del fatto che esso viola il "taglio di capelli legittimità", nel tentativo di evitare che la popolazione di tagliare i capelli della testa o il mento, perché è "simile agli infedeli" e contrario agli insegnamenti della "religione dell'Islam", secondo le credenze degli "Daash".

Previene Daash fumi e tubo dell'acqua in tutti i luoghi del suo controllo, e la masterizzazione nelle piazze e imponente "terminare" la pelle del fumatori e trafficanti di sigarette, essere applicato anche a "confine" risparmiare le mani dei ladri, e "apostata" solido in aggiunta ai due episodi di lapidazione avvenuta la scorsa settimana in "Tenderness" a due donne ha detto "Daash" Sono Zanian Mahsntan.

Daash prevenire anche i medici della pratica del lavoro delle donne, e ha invitato le donne in diverse città controllate da andare a cliniche private sotto la supervisione di medici e negozi di sartoria delle donne chiuso se il lavoratore non è la femmina, come l'imposizione di tale domanda in negozi di abbigliamento femminile per le donne.

Ma nelle zone rurali, ci sono stati diversi episodi in cui l'imposizione di combattenti "Daash" agli agricoltori per coprire i seni di mucche, sulla base del fatto che "la sedizione", ma che questi incidenti sono stati tramandati singole popolazioni senza imporre su grandi aree o interi villaggi.

arabo

Un and Sudan.

UN urged to probe alleged cover-ups and manipulations by its mission in Darfur

Strengthen Peacekeeping Mission’s Rights Reporting, Civilian Protection

(New York, June 25, 2014) – The United Nations secretary-general should investigate alleged cover-ups and manipulation of human rights reporting by the African Union/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Human Rights Watch said today. On June 17, 2014, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in her report to the UN Security Council, called for a “thorough, independent and public inquiry” into the alleged reporting problems.

In April, Foreign Policy published allegations based on internal reports leaked by the peacekeeping operation’s former spokeswoman, Aicha al Basri, that the mission’s leadership – reluctant to cast blame on the Sudanese government – had failed to accurately report on crimes committed by government forces. These included indiscriminate aerial bombing that killed civilians, and attacks on peacekeepers, such as the attack at Muhajeriya in South Darfur in April 2013 that killed a peacekeeper and injured two others.

“Civilians in Darfur are being killed, and the allegations that peacekeepers looked the other way are devastating,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The peacekeepers are under a lot of pressure and in a dangerous situation in Darfur, but the Security Council should conduct an independent inquiry into whether rights reports about Darfur have been suppressed or manipulated, and take appropriate action.”

The Security Council, when it renews the operation’s mandate for a seventh year in August 2014, should require the peacekeeping mission to regularly and publicly release its human rights reports, Human Rights Watch said.

The Darfur conflict, now in its 11th year, has intensified over the last year-and-a-half for various reasons, including widening conflict between government and rebel groups across the country, and economic drivers. There have been repeated government attacks on villages resulting in civilian deaths and injuries, large-scale destruction of civilian property, looting of livestock, and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

The government has been bombing populated areas, as recently as June 9 based on media reports, and has deployed the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a pro-government paramilitary force, to attack dozens of villages since February this year. Government authorities have also failed to stop large-scale inter-communal conflict in which government forces clearly participated to support one side.

Among the allegations by al Basri are that the peacekeeping unit failed to report a government bombing campaign in North Darfur in March 2013 to the UN security council, or make clear the government’s role in inter-communal conflicts, including the 2012-2013 conflict at a gold mine at Jebel Amer in which hundreds were killed and more than one hundred thousand people were forced to flee their home.

Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the ICC, which in 2005 opened an investigation into crimes committed in Darfur, supported an independent investigation into the former spokeswomen’s allegations. Several Security Council members have endorsed the call.

These allegations followed an African Union and UN review of the peacekeeping operation that noted the need to increase the mission’s effectiveness in the context of the ongoing conflict in Darfur. The review established new priorities for the mission focusing on mediation between the government and rebels, protection of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid, and resolving inter-communal disputes. The review did not, however, call for any improvements in human rights reporting, or make recommendations to improve accountability for attacks on civilians and peacekeepers, Human Rights Watch said.

The peacekeeping force has long been criticized for failing to protect civilians or report publicly on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Darfur by parties to the conflict, including the government of Sudan. Human Rights Watch and others have documented numerous instances in which peacekeepers did not reach locations where attacks occurred, either because of government restrictions or failing to press hard enough, undermining not just the mission’s ability to protect civilians, but also to report accurately on abuses.

The Sudanese government’s restrictions and chronic security threats to the peacekeepers have hampered the mission’s effectiveness. Attacks on UNAMID forces have killed 58 peacekeepers since 2008, one of the highest fatality rates in UN history, while government restrictions on travel have blocked many planned missions. Despite these restrictions, the peacekeepers have unparalleled access to current, accurate information on developments in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said.

However, public reporting about human rights abuses against civilians, a central aspect of UN work in Darfur since 2004, has all but ceased. The last public human rights division report on Darfur, by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, was issued in January 2009. The periodic reports by the peacekeeping force to the UN secretary-general provide an overview of the situation. However, they usually contain only a few paragraphs on human rights cases, even though the peacekeepers have more than 50 human rights officers on the ground.

“The UN secretary-general has pledged to place ‘Rights up Front,’ and the Darfur mission is now a test case for that approach,” Bekele said. “The conflict and abuses are intensifying in Darfur, making accurate, timely public reporting on human rights abuses more important than ever.”

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SPLM NORTH .... Declairs.

SPLM: Ads Bashir and his defense minister, false propaganda .. They resemble soap .. casualties incurred by government forces was great.

SPLM rebels declare summer campaign to thwart the military government in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
07-17-2014 03:24 AM

London: Mustafa secret
Announced that the SPLM in Sudan to enable them to thwart the military operations launched by the Sudanese government «summer decisive» to end the insurgency in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile of the two battles between the two sides since 2011. Stressed that she will move with the rest of the factions of the Revolutionary Front and the Sudanese people to end the system , ended with leaders diplomatic tour included Ethiopia, South Africa and working on arrangements to start again in West Africa for the warning, which it called «expansion of political Islam», at the time it declared the state of South Darfur state of emergency since yesterday in the city of Nyala, the state capital, starting at seven in the evening to seven in the morning local time.

A spokesman for the SPLM Arnaud Lodi «Middle East» that the leadership of the movement headed by the owner of the property, and its secretary general Yasser Arman, and Commander Jcod MEKOUAR assessed with the military chief of staff, Abdul Aziz Adam Sweet at military headquarters in the mountains of microkernel. The «I've managed SPLA forces to end what it calls the failure of the government of the crucial summer, and our forces were able to destroy more than 12 moving in the regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile». The «We were able to prevent the regime's forces from reaching the areas of Kauda in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile in Yaboos not been able to force the National Congress of the occupation of the international border between Sudan and South Sudan».

Lodi said that the military campaign by government forces failed miserably and did not reach their goals to end the insurgency in all of Sudan. He «advertisements President Omar al-Bashir and his defense minister, false» and said: «It resembles propaganda soap on TV soon to expire Vqat, and merchandise BART system thanks to the steadfastness of our people and our forces in the Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains».

Lodi said that the casualties suffered by government troops was a great addition to the loss of military equipment that has become in the hands of the Revolutionary Front forces and the SPLA.

The «the lives of young people who have paid their government for military operations, shows disregard for this system and the sale of these cheap lives for the sake of al-Bashir and his regime remain in power», stressing that his movement will work with the Sudanese people and the forces of the Revolutionary Front to overthrow the regime.

He said that the military campaign will occur surprises do not expect the system, pointing out that the government's policies of starvation in war zones and sites that exist under the control of movement, to prevent international organizations from delivering food to the needy.

He added that government forces destroyed hospitals and water points daily aerial bombardment and the displacement of more than 150 thousand citizens and expel them from their villages and farms.

The Sudanese army spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad repeated in more than one occasion that the armed forces would end the rebellion by the end of this summer in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile, which ends in May last year, and starts after the autumn until October (October) next, where forces find it difficult to move because of Balyatea rugged roads that are filled with water in those areas.

كذاب ومنافق وياله من شيطان رجيم٠٠هذه صفات الترابى٠

"يا شيخ حسن عايز تمقلبنا مرّتين"!!

07-14-2014 11:14 PM

خالد التجاني النور


حدثني صديقي, الصحافي السوداني المقيم بلندن, أن مولانا السيد محمد عثمان الميرغني روى لطائفة من المدعوين التقاهم عقب خروجه من المعتقل والسودان أوائل عهد "سلطة الإسلاميين الإنقلابية" أن الشيخ الدكتور حسن الترابي دعاه والسيد الإمام الصادق المهدي ل"حوار" في سجن كوبر حيث كان يقيم ثلاثتهم, وقال مولانا الميرغني أن الشيخ الترابي أبلغهما أن الإنقلاب قادته مجموعة شبابية إصلاحية تريد إنقاذ البلاد من المخاطر المحيطة بها, وأنهم مستعدون للتواصل والتفاهم مع أبناء جيلهم من القوى السياسية المختلفة, وخلص إلى اقتراح بأن يبارك ثلاثتهم السلطة الجديدة, وأن يتنحوا تاركين للعناصر الشبابية في الأحزاب الثلاثة فرصة التلاقي والتعاون لإخراج البلاد من مأزقها ووضعها على طريق جديد. وأضاف محدثي أن مولانا الميرغني أطلق ضحكته الشهيرة وهو ينقل لهم تعليقه على اقتراح الترابي "معقول يا شيخ حسن عاوز تمقلبنا مرّتين, تعمل انقلاب وتدخلنا السجن, وكمان عاوز تحيلنا على المعاش".

والطرفة الأخرى الشهيرة ذات المغزى في شأن مفارقات فصول المسرح السياسي لأيام "الإنقلاب" الأولى, ما رواه زعيم الحزب الشيوعي الراحل الأستاذ محمد إبراهيم نقد حين حضّ الدكتور الترابي على إنهاء لعبة التمويه واستطالة البقاء بين معتقلي كوبر دون مبرر "يا شيخ حسن كتر خيرك جاملتنا, لكن أحسن تطلع تلحق ناسك ديل قبل ما يخربو عليك", ولأن الشئ بالشئ يذكر يبدو أن نصيحة نقد للترابي التي بدت كطرفة يؤكد مؤرخو تلك الفترة من المقربين للشيخ الترابي أنها كانت اللحظة التي استغلها مساعدوه الذين فوّضهم لتثبيت أركان سلطتهم على حسابه بتمديد فترة استضافته في كوبر, على أية حال ليس هذا موضوعنا.
الدلالة في روايتي مولانا الميرغني والأستاذ نقد, ونضيف إليها ما اعترف به الأمام الصادق أخير بما وصفه ب"وجود مشكلة كيمياء" بينه وصهره الشيخ الترابي في إشارة إلى صعوبة التواصل والتلاقي النفسي بينهما, ربما بدواعي الغيرة وتنافس الأنداد, وإذا ذهبت تستدعي التاريخ القريب للملاسنات المتبادلة بين الرئيس البشير والترابي على خلفية الصراع المرير على السلطة بينهما, تفصح كلها عن "الصراعات الخفية" المسكوت عنها في واقع العلاقات الحزبية المتأزمة بين القوى السياسية الكبرى في السودان بفعل تأثير تصورات القادة وانعكاسها على مسار ومجريات الأحداث السياسية في البلاد.

تتداعي هذه الصور لتؤكد أن مساعي "مبادرة الحوار الوطني" المتقلّصة بفعل اتساع رقعة المقاطعين لها من قوى المعارضة اليسارية والحركات المسلحة, إلى الانسحاب "التكتيكي" لحزبي الأمة والإصلاح يقف وراءها جبال من انعدام الثقة في "جدوى" الحوار وأجندته الحقيقة أو بالأحرى عدم وضوح حسابات الربح والخسارة بالنسبة لكل طرف في مآلاته النهائية.

وقد برز الدكتور الترابي وحده "مؤمناً بالحوار على أية حال" وبأي وجه تمّ, وتمسكه به ك"إيمان العجائز" على نحو يغذي من الشكوك حول دوافعه ويستدعي كل ذلك الرصيد من العلاقات المتوجسة بين القادة السياسيين بكل مساجلاتها ومواقفها الملتبسة, ولذلك يبقى الموقف من سائر العملية الجارية بإسم الحوار الوطني محل للمناورات وتسجيل النقاط والمكاسب الحزبية بدلاً من أن تكون ساحة لتسوية تاريخية شاملة.

بالطبع من السذاجة المفرطة اعتبار أن دواعي "الحوار الوطني" المطروح والتفاعل معها اقتضها اعتبارات المصالح الوطنية العليا كالخشية على مصير الوطن من الإنزلاق إلى هاوية االفوضى أو لتلافي المخاطر المحدقة بها, فهذه كلها ظلت حاضرة باستمرار وليست من الاكتشافات المستحدثة, بل هو واقع ظل يتفاقم دون أن تكون هناك تحركات جدية لتداركه إن لم تسهم الصراعات لمدفوعة أحياناً بالتنافس الزعامي في تأزيمه, ما نشهده في الواقع هي مجرد حلقة من سسلة طويلة من التحالفات المتبدلة تهدف لإعادة تفكيك وتركيب التحالفات السياسية الراهنة في ظل المستجدات الطارئة يتم التوسل إليها بلافتة الحوار الوطني.
وبدلاً من إرهاق الناس بأحلام مجهضة, فمن الأفضل بدلاً من هذه "اللفة الطويلة" اختصار الزمن وإعادة تشكيل التحالفات دون الحاجة لاستلاف "مسرحية سجن كوبر".

BASHIR IS ADDRESSING THE SUDANESE!!!

Bashir: il Sudan sarà libero della rivolta cinque mesi dopo le elezioni in programma

"Le truppe di sostegno rapidi" si risolvono la situazione nel Kordofan meridionale
2014/07/13 11:38
(SUNA) - riconosce Maresciallo Omer al-Bashir Presidente della Repubblica presidenziale risposta palazzo pomeriggio del legislatore nazionale sul discorso, che ha presentato corpo della tabella in una sessione, il nono e l'estradizione del Dr. Fatih Izz al-Din al-Mansur capo del corpo legislativo alla presenza del Ministro del Salahuddin Presidenza e dimenticato, e un certo numero di capi delle commissioni del Consiglio nazionale.
Ha elogiato il Presidente della Repubblica, dopo aver ricevuto risposte in uno spirito di consenso e l'armonia tra le istituzioni dello Stato, sottolineando che la gestione del paese è una responsabilità condivisa tra tutti i dispositivi legislativi, esecutivi e giudiziari.
Egli ha ribadito la sovranità del Sudan attaccato ai suoi principi outs di dominio e di sfruttamento delle sue risorse, sottolineando che il Sudan era destinata fin dai tempi antichi per la sua posizione geografica e più risorse.
Ha detto che lo Stato fornisce una lettera al legislatore per l'esame mira ad ampliare la cerchia di Shura in quanto rappresenta l'opinione del popolo sudanese.
Il Presidente della Repubblica, la determinazione dello Stato di ampliare il cerchio della pratica politica e promuovere la libertà del cittadino sudanese secondo la legge e senza violare i diritti degli altri e dei diritti comuni che invitano i parlamentari a prestare attenzione ad affrontare le questioni e problemi del paese, in particolare i conflitti tribali alimentati dai nemici della patria.
E in relazione alle elezioni in programma nel mese di aprile prossimo presidente della Repubblica ha detto che l'obbligo costituzionale e che non c'era motivo di rinviare diretto la Commissione elettorale nazionale a fare pienamente il suo ruolo in questo settore.
Il Presidente della Repubblica alla legge elettorale nella sua forma attuale può tutte le forze politiche di entrare nel parlamento e detti che vogliamo un parlamento che rappresenta tutta l'arena politica.
Ha elogiato il Presidente della Repubblica gli sforzi compiuti dalle forze armate e le altre forze regolari nella difesa delle conquiste del paese, lodando le truppe sostenere la rapida, che ha detto che era in grado di risolvere i ribelli in diverse aree del Sud Kordofan e del Darfur afferma ha fatto per proteggere l'onore della nazione, "163", come un martire e un numero di feriti durante i soli cinque mesi.
"Le forze di supporto rapido" si risolvono la situazione nel Kordofan meridionale denunciato critiche da parte di alcuni poteri politici di queste forze e Gdahm partito per le violazioni commesse dalle forze ribelli nelle località Alleit, Aiwieshh, Millit e Kalimandou aggiungendo, "Ma il reato di queste forze negli occhi di coloro che stabilirono l'insurrezione."
Il Presidente della Repubblica "entro la fine di questo anno 2014, il Sudan sarà libera dalla rivolta e conflitti tribali".
Da parte sua, il dottor Fatih Ezz Eddin, capo del corpo legislativo che il discorso, signor Presidente della Repubblica ha subito una riflessione approfondita e discussione da parte dei membri della Commissione sotto forma di commissioni specializzate da più assi, che trattavano il discorso.
Ha detto che l'Autorità apprezza quello che è venuto nel discorso del presidente in vari temi, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la posa di nuovi fondamenti attività politica nel paese e raggiungere la pace e l'impegno sostenibile agli accordi sottoscritti in aggiunta ai contenuti del discorso di piani e programmi per sostenere l'economia e la promozione.
Sottolineando il supporto per il corpo legislativo delle forze armate per difendere l'onore della nazione e del suo destino.

Revie the anti -terrorism accord.

Sudan to review anti-terror pact with US: state media

July 11, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government is in the process of reviewing the anti-terrorism accord it has with the United States to protest the status of political relations between the two countries.

Sudan’s official news agency (SUNA) quoted a senior foreign ministry official who requested anonymity because the decision has not been announced or communicated to the US side, as saying that his country remains committed to the fight against terrorism in line with national security and in accordance with international conventions and treaties in this regard.

The official emphasized that Sudan’s regional role is central to combating terrorism and justified their move by saying that bilateral relations, which should establish the overall policy framework for this cooperation, is inconsistent with the spirit that Sudan has demonstrated in its cooperation in this field with the United States.

It is not clear when this bilateral accord was signed and under what terms.

In response to a question from SUNA on status of bilateral relations with the U.S., the source explained that Washington continues to classify Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism despite recognizing on a yearly basis its cooperation in the field of anti-terrorism.

The official also noted that the US keeps tightening its economic sanctions and goes after banks and financial institutions that deal with Sudan as well as obstructing the country’s efforts to obtain funding and grants from international financial institutions.

Furthermore, the official mentioned what he described as negative attitudes towards Sudan in international organizations, especially the UN Security Council (UNSC).

The latest US annual Country Reports on Terrorism states that “the Government of Sudan remained a generally cooperative counterterrorism partner and continued to take action to address threats to US interests and personnel in Sudan”.

However the report said that despite Khartoum’s efforts, terrorist groups continued to operate in Sudan in 2013, adding that there are reports of Sudanese nationals participating in terrorist organizations, citing the attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi last year.

The report also said that over the past year, authorities continued to allow members of Hamas to travel, fundraise and live in Sudan.

Sudan was placed on the US terrorism list in 1993 over allegations it was harboring Islamist militants working against regional and international targets.

The east African country has also been subject to comprehensive economic sanctions since 1997 over terrorism charges and human right abuses. Further sanctions, particularly on weapons, have been imposed since the 2003 outbreak of violence in the western Darfur region.

In 2005, the Los Angeles Times revealed that former Sudanese spy chief Salah Gosh was a main point of contact for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) war on terror in the Middle East.

The newspaper reported that the CIA ferried Gosh aboard a private charter jet into Washington for secret meetings to discuss cooperation on tracking down Islamic extremists groups leveraging on Khartoum’s extensive dealings with them.

A senior US official commented on the visit saying that Gosh “has strategic knowledge and information about a critical region in the war on terror. The information he has is of substantial value to law enforcement, the intelligence community and the US government as a whole, and this relationship will be of both current and future value”.

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