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Sudanese government rebukes SPLM-N’s demand for preliminary meeting

Mar 02 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The Sudanese government Saturday rejected a demand by the SPLM-N to hold preliminary meeting over national issues in Addis Ababa, while its negotiating delegation refused to continue direct talks accusing the rebels of derailing the peace process.

In its response to a draft framework agreement proposed by the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), the SPLM-N proposed to hold a preliminary meeting in Addis Ababa with the participation of all the Sudanese political forces to discuss the preparation of a constitutional conference.

Party leader calls for postponement of Sudan’s 2015 elections

Mar 02 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The head of the Reform Now Party (RNP), Ghazi Salah Al-Deen al-Attabani said that it is in the interest of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to postpone elections to allow time for president Omer Hassan al-Bashir’s recent initiative to bear fruit.

"I fear for the NCP in the event that the next elections are held because time is running out and political issues have not been addressed," al-Attabani said in an interview with the pro-government Ashorooq TV on Sunday.

Sudan’s former presidential assistant says he is still politically active

Mar 02 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The Sudanese former presidential assistant Nafie Ali Nafie said that even though he is no longer part of the government or the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) top body, he still active in the political scene.

"Since I left power, I have been away from direct assignments, but I am not away from politics and I am not distant either from the relationship with the executive branch and the party," Nafie told the Turkey-based Anadolu Agency in an interview.

SPLM-N call for preliminary national meeting in Addis Ababa over constitutional reforms in Sudan

Feb 28 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has called to hold an inclusive meeting in Addis Ababa for the Sudanese political forces to discuss the modalities of a constitutional conference and agreed on the need to sign a cessation of hostilities.

Sudan’s opposition NUP renews calls for national peace council

Feb 28 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The leader of the opposition National Umma Party (NUP), Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, has renewed call for establishing a national council for peace to administer dialogue with the rebel groups.

While the opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) led by Hassan al-Turabi expressed readiness to convince rebel groups to engage in the comprehensive national dialogue.

Sudan government not serious about negotiations: SPLM-N

Feb 27 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement –North (SPLM-N) negotiating delegation in Addis Ababa accused the government of lacking seriousness to engage in talks to resolve the conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

In a statement released on Thursday evening, SPLM-N negotiating delegation spokesperson, Abdelrahman Ardol, said the government team declined to meet them without the presence of the African Union mediation and when the latter managed to gather them they refused to hold any informal preliminary consultations as it agreed previously.

Lakes state deputy governor sacked and replaced by security advisor

Feb 27 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

Lakes state military caretaker governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has sacked his deputy governor Mabor Achol Kuer who he appointed 13 months ago shortly after he was installed by President Salva Kiir, replacing the elected governor.

In a decree aired out on state owned radio FM-98 on Thursday that Kuer had been removed from both his position as deputy governor and as minister of education, science and technology without a reason being provided.

SPLM-N reiterates demand for holistic talks

Feb 26 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has reiterated its demand for a broader political process to end the nearly three-year-long conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, with parties expected to resume talks on 28 February.

The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) proposed a framework agreement to the Sudanese government and SPLM-N rebels providing to sign a cessation of hostilities agreement and to open humanitarian access. It further said the talks first should be limited to the two states.

Sudan’s Bashir in DRC amid calls for his arrest

Feb 25 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

 

A group of activists have urged the Congolese authorities to ensure the arrest of the Sudanese President, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur.

President Omer Al-Bashir is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attend the 17th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit taking place in the capital, Kinshasa.

Sudan’s ruling NCP to distribute invitations for national dialogue

Feb 18 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has announced it will extend a written invitation to all political parties to engage in a national dialogue to agree on a mechanism for implementing president Omer Hassan al-Bashir recent initiative.

The NCP political secretary, Mustafa Osman Ismail, said in the media forum organized by the National Union of Sudanese Youth (NYSY) that all-party dialogue reduces cost of war, pointing that Bashir’s call for national dialogue does not mean failure of previous initiatives for dialogue extended by other political forces.

Sudan’s opposition coalition holds talks with NCP splinter faction

Feb 16 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

The leaders of Sudanese opposition coalition of the National Consensus Forces (NCF) held a meeting on Saturday with their peers in the Reform Now Party (RNP) which was formed late last year after it split with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

The meeting, which follows a series of talks held between the RNP and other political forces, agreed on the importance of removing restrictions on freedoms, stopping the war and the creation of the atmosphere for national dialogue in order to reach a comprehensive national reconciliation.

SPLM-N rebels say Khartoum is not interested in comprehensive peace

Feb 15 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) on Friday criticized the position paper presented by the Sudanese government during the first days of negotiations, saying Khartoum is only interested in partial solutions.

In a three-hour meeting held on Friday, the Sudanese government and rebel delegations exchanged their negotiating position papers before to engage in talks brokered by African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) over the resolution of the armed conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

Road map for Darfur security arrangements ready to be implemented: DRA

Jan 08 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Radio Dabanga

The Sudanese presidency and the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) have agreed on the road map and schedules for the implementation of the security arrangements as stipulated in the Doha document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD).

The two parties decided to start with the practical implementation of the security arrangements immediately upon securing the necessary funds. On Tuesday, First Vice-President Bakri Hassan Saleh and the head of the DRA, Dr Tijani Sese, discussed the obstacles facing the implementation of the DDPD.

Sudan’s NCP may delay 2015 elections

Jan 07 2014
Sudan
Source: 
Sudan Tribune

Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) is not opposed to postpone the general elections of 2015, said the party’s spokesperson who called on the position parties to participate in the electoral process.

The head of NCP organisational sector, Hamid Sideeq made his remarks on Tuesday reacting to the statements by opposition parties threatening to boycott the next election as they demand a comprehensive conference to discuss regional conflicts and democratic reforms.

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