31/07/04
ARAB League against threatening Sudan
Arabic News – Middle East
The secretary general of the Arab League Amr moussa expressed his opposition
for threats to imposing sanctions on Sudan over the developments taking
place in…
www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040731/2004073104.html
UGANDA says Africa wants trade not aid from Europe
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… African products greater access to its market. “What Africa needs is
not (financial) aid from Europe … we need access to markets for…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31165172.htm
SUDAN Says It Accepts UN Resolution on Darfur
Reuters – USA
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Sudan said Saturday it would comply with a UN resolution
threatening it with sanctions if it failed to restore security in the
crisis…
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5834887
TRIAL of 'coup 15' delayed indefinitely
Independent Online – South Africa
The trial of the 15 alleged mercenaries – including eight South Africans
– being held in Equatorial Guinea has been postponed indefinitely.…
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20040731114030951C857029
FIRST Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo
noticias.info (press release) – Spain
The Office of the Prosecutor and the Registry of the International Criminal
Court organised a first official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
from 26…
www.noticias.info/Asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=30066&src=0
SUDAN Says Rebels Spread Fighting to the East
Reuters – USA
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Western rebels in Sudan have spread fighting to the
east of Africa's largest country after joining forces with another rebel
group…
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5834705
WE must be prepared to invade Sudan
The Globe and Mail – Canada
… For more than a year, Sudan's Darfur region has been wracked by a civil
conflict that has claimed the lives of almost 30,000 people and forced
more than a…
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040731/COWELSH31/TPComment/TopStories
NATIONS eye Africa's oil supply
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
… of supply interruption is expected to force the United States and other
nations to increasingly rely on another volatile region — central and
western Africa.…
www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/07/31/nations_eye_africas_oil_supply
SUDAN needs three years to disarm tribes
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
DUBAI – The Sudan Club in Dubai yesterday arranged a meeting in which North
Darfur Ruler (Wali), Othman Yosuf Kibir, briefed the Sudanese community
about the…
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2004/July/theuae_July671.xml§ion=theuae
UN Gives Sudan 30-Day 'Stop the Bloodshed' Ultimatum
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The United Nations Security Council has given Sudan 30 days to stem the
Darfur conflict or face the prospect of diplomatic and economic sanctions.
…
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3277881
AFRICA ready for peacekeeping burden – if someone pays
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… The plans are the embodiment of a radically new mandate for intervention
under the charter of the Africa-wide organisation, relaunched as the AU
two years ago.…
news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087374110710
DECISION 2004: Iran or Sudan?
Antiwar.com – Sunnyvale,CA,USA
… The election will, however, decide which country is next to have its
“regime changed.”. If Kerry is elected, it‚ll be Sudan. If…
www.antiwar.com/orig/prather.php?articleid=3214
REPORT says South Africa has far fewer HIV cases
The Advocate – USA
A report by South Africa's governmental statistics agency, Stats SA, suggests
that the nation has about 1.5 million fewer HIV-positive people than estimated
by…
www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=13269&sd=07/31/04-08/02/04
UN Council Threatens to Punish Sudan Over Militia Killings
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
… measures if it does not disarm and prosecute Arab militias that have
forced black Africans off their land in the Darfur region of western Sudan
through a…
www.nytimes.com/2004/07/31/international/africa/31NATI.html
AFRICA, a volatile region, vies to become a world oil provider
International Herald Tribune – Paris,France
… the fears of interruption of supplies are expected to force oil-consuming
nations to increasingly rely on another volatile region – central and
western Africa.…
www.iht.com/articles/532047.htm
HUMANITARIAN Crisis In Sudan Used As Cover For Neo-Colonial…
Tehran Times – Tehran,Iran
The deepening humanitarian disaster in the Darfur region of Sudan has given
media hacks and western politicians the chance to put their feigned moral
outrage…
www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/31/2004&Cat=4&Num=022
30/07/04
DRC parliament wants dissident members back
Independent Online – South Africa
Kinshasa – The speaker of the transitional national assembly in post-war
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged eight dissident former rebel
members of…
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1091190421807B236
BITTER Facts About Sierra Leone Politics
AllAfrica.com – Africa
Sierra Leone's problem is not only with leadership but also with the followers.
… That is why the Sierra Leone scenario does not change.…
allafrica.com/stories/200407300344.html
SIERRA Leone Police in Financial Limbo
AllAfrica.com – Africa
It has become clear that the financial status of the Sierra Leone Police
(SLP) is in a limbo following drastic cuts in its annual and quarterly
budgetary…
allafrica.com/stories/200407300349.html
W Africa agrees on polio fight
News24 – South Africa
Abuja, Nigeria – Seven West African nations hit by a polio outbreak cantered
in northern Nigeria have agreed to co-ordinate future immunisations, as
health…
www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1565612,00.html
SA shakes hands with the devil
Mail & Guardian Online (subscription) – Johannesburg,South Africa
As South Africa prepares to get under the covers with Equatorial Guinea,
the extent of corruption in that oil-rich central African state has been
highlighted…
www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=119529
TERMS altered in Sudan resolution
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – Minneapolis,MN,USA
UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Thursday modified the wording of
a Security Council resolution on Sudan in an effort to win over countries
reluctant to…
www.startribune.com/stories/484/4902149.html
UGANDAN Troops Launch Attack in Sudan
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
KAMPALA, Uganda – Ugandan troops attacked the headquarters of a rebel group
inside Sudan, killing at least 120 fighters, the military said Thursday.
…
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/9277073.htm
SUDAN ˜ Why We Can‚t Give Up on the UN
The Jewish Journal – Los Angeles,CA,USA
by Robin Podolsky. Over 30,000 people have been brutally murdered in the
Darfur region of Sudan. … Sudan is rich in oil. But most Sudanese are
not rich at all.…
www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12596
29/07/04
SIERRA Leone asks Guinea to pull out troops
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
FREETOWN, July 29 (Reuters) – Sierra Leone's president has asked Guinea
to withdraw troops from a border town in the former British colony after
complaints the…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29595216.htm
ENOUGH is Already Known About Africa
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… few houses. There is even internet service. With all these, in Africa
it qualifies to be the nation's capital! Anyway, wealth and…
allafrica.com/stories/200407290576.html
JOINT Ethiopia-Sudan border force kills 50 militia
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
ADDIS ABABA, July 29 (Reuters) – A joint Ethiopia-Sudan military force
killed 50 militia and captured 80 operating along their common border
last week, the…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29612041.htm
CALM Returns to DRC – Envoy
AllAfrica.com – Africa
CALM has returned to Kinshasa after a group of renegade soldiers staged
a failed coup last month in the capital of the Democratic Republic of
Congo, a special…
allafrica.com/stories/200407290423.html
REPUBLIC of Congo groups denounce Asians' fishing practices
Environmental News Network – Berkeley,CA,USA
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo ˜ Republic of Congo said it is investigating
complaints of extensive illegal fishing by Chinese ships in the West African
…
www.enn.com/news/2004-07-29/s_26286.asp
US Drops Sanctions From Sudan Resolution
ABC News – USA
UNITED NATIONS July 29, 2004 ˜ The United States dropped the word “sanctions”
from a draft UN resolution on Sudan on Thursday in the face of opposition
on…
abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040729_834.html
SUDAN to Release Al-Turabi, Son Says
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
Mr. al-Turabi's son, Sediq al-Turabi, says Sudan's government has told
him it will release the head of the Popular Congress party, but did not
say when.…
www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=D5C9DBF1-2A4E-4913-93F24BDF9B9CEF9A
UP to 30-Thousand Civilians Displaced by Fighting in Congo's East
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
… civilians have been driven out of their homes and are in need of food
and shelter following fighting between rebel and government forces in
Congo's lawless east…
www.voanews.com/EnglishtoAfrica/article.cfm?objectID=6FD8F37A-C242-4D3C-86CC0F438A8F38F9
GOING to the Bush Not an Option
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… Earlier in the mid 1960's Commadante Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's failure
in neighbouring eastern Congo, had arisen mainly out of poor timing that
led to operating…
allafrica.com/stories/200407290056.html
UGANDAN army claims killing 120 LRA rebels in southern Sudan
Channel News Asia – Singapore
KAMPALA : The Ugandan army said that it had killed 120 rebel Lord's Resistance
Army (LRA) fighters during clashes in southern Sudan and narrowly missed
…
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/98237/1/.html
IVORY Coast, not Sudan, focus of Accra summit, Ghana presidency…
Channel News Asia – Singapore
ACCRA : The ongoing crisis in the western Darfur region of Sudan will not
be on the agenda at a summit of 10 African heads of state and UN Secretary
General…
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/98234/1/.html
SUDAN Islamist 'to be released'
BBC News – London,England,UK
Sudan's government is set to release opposition Islamist leader Hassan
al-Turabi from jail, his son says. Sediq al-Turabi said officials…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3936009.stm
UGANDA raids southern Sudan headquarters of notorious LRA rebels
Sudan Tribune – Sudan
KAMPALA, July 29, 2004 (dpa) — Ugandan security forces have stormed the
southern Sudan headquarters of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
killing over 120…
www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=4295
UN extends arms ban on Congo
The Namibian – Windhoek,Namibia
… Congo has made steps toward peace since being embroiled in a five-year
civil war, but tribal fighters still clash in the northeast Kivu and Ituri
provinces.…
www.namibian.com.na/2004/July/world/0458947D0E.html
ZAMBIAN maize headed for neighbouring countries
Business Report – Johannesburg,South Africa
Lusaka – Zambia will export maize to four neighbouring countries including
the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe after recording a bumper
harvest…
www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=2168221
AIDS claims 1.5 mln lives in South Africa
Xinhua – China
JOHANNESBURG, July 29 (Xinhuanet) — Some 1.5 million people have died
of AIDS in South Africa to date, according to Statistics SA on Thursday.
…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/29/content_1673287.htm
UN debates Sudan sanction resolution
ABC Online – Australia
A divided United Nations Security Council has begun debating a draft resolution
threatening sanctions against the Sudanese Government over a conflict
in the…
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1164785.htm
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti hits rich vein
Business Day, South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
… Meanwhile, exploration drilling is being planned at Kimin in Democratic
Republic of Congo. … The Congo is potentially a huge gold province.”.
…
www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1669627-6078-0,00.html
SUDAN: US Insists on 'Clear Threat' of Sanctions
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
America said it would consider changes to overcome opposition to a draft
United Nations resolution on Sudan, but insisted that the threat of sanctions
must be…
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3267243
DE Beers says close to re-entering Angola
Reuters – London,England,UK
… The company said it was also looking at renewing prospecting in the
Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the newspaper reported.
…
www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=555582§ion=finance
THOUSANDS of civilians flee rebel attacks
International Herald Tribune – Paris,France
KINSHASA, Congo About 30,000 civilians have fled their homes in Kalehe
in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rebel
general is…
www.iht.com/articles/531609.htm
AFRICAN leaders discuss Sudan
News24 – South Africa
… President Thabo Mbeki will be attending, has been expanded to include
discussion on the trouble in the Ivory Coast as well as in Darfur, Sudan,
the French…
www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1564503,00.html
300 000 flee clashes in DRC
News24 – South Africa
Kinshasa – About 300 000 civilians have fled their homes in the area of
Kalehe in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where a rebel general
is holding out…
www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1564488,00.html
IVORY Coast president upbeat ahead of peace summit
Channel News Asia – Singapore
… Gbagbo's host, President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Congo Republic,
told journalists here he was attending the Ghana summit to help prevent
the situation from…
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/98120/1/.html
USA/AFRICA: Oil And Transparency
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… on the options for US support for transparency in strategic oil-rich
countries in the Gulf of Guinea region, including Nigeria, Angola, and
Equatorial Guinea.…
allafrica.com/stories/200407280959.html
28/07/04
ACCUSED British mercenary admits weapons bid
Ireland Online – Dublin,Ireland
A former captain in the SAS, accused by Zimbabwe of leading 70 suspected
mercenaries in a coup plot against Equatorial Guinea today admitted attempting
to…
breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=112355664&p=yyz35637x
UNDP Reports Development Reversal in Sub-Saharan Africa
AllAfrica.com – Africa
Twenty countries, 13 of them in sub-Saharan Africa, have suffered development
reversals since 1990, according to this year's Human Development Report,
released…
allafrica.com/stories/200407280204.html
US ENVOY DISCUSSES SIERRA LEONE DIAMOND SMUGGLING
Tacy Ltd. – Israel
During a recent fact-finding mission to the Kono district of Sierra Leone,
Larry Andre Jr, Deputy Chief of Mission American Embassy, held discussions
with…
www.tacyltd.com/Research_Materials_Full.asp?id=53935
OTTAWA won't call Sudan crisis genocide
The Globe and Mail – Canada
MONTREAL — The crisis in Sudan's western Darfur region is a humanitarian
disaster to which Canada is paying close attention, but it is not a genocide,
Foreign…
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20040728/SUDAN28/TPInternational/TopStories>
SUDAN Threatens Fight If Foreign Troops Enter Darfur
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
Sudan's foreign minister says his country will fight back if foreign troops
are sent to help end violence in its western Darfur region.…
www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=18B78584-F135-4AC3-8D21AC9BB86BD0E9
ACCUSED Mercenaries Lose Their Lead Lawyer
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The head of the defence team for 70 suspected mercenaries accused of plotting
a coup in Equatorial Guinea has withdrawn from the case.…
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3263905
POWELL, Mubarak discuss Arafat, Sudan, Iraq
Jerusalem Post (subscription) – Jerusalem,Israel
… He is also posed to meet with some of America's closest Arab allies
to discuss Iraq's future, the war on terror, violence in Sudan and the
US initiative to…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1090984587490
GUILTY plea for 'mercenary' leader
Sunday Times – Johannesburg,South Africa
… over in Zimbabwe to pick up weapons from the state arms manufacturer
that they claim were to be used to guard a diamond mine in the Democratic
Republic of Congo…
www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimes/newsst/newsst1091019328.asp
ZIM 70: Will they be sent to Equatorial Guinea?
Mail & Guardian Online (subscription) – Johannesburg,South Africa
Lawyers for most of the 70 men held in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting
a coup in Equatorial Guinea said they would plead not guilty to breaching
Zimbabwe's…
www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=119410
UN renews arms embargo on Congo
Xinhua – China
… Council on Tuesday extended by one year its arms embargo against irregular
forces in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
and called…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/28/content_1662080.htm
WE'LL retaliate against foreign troops: Sudan
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The Sudanese cabinet, in a meeting today, condemned the prospect of foreign
military intervention, saying Sudan could solve its own problems.…
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/28/1090694011151.html
SUDAN to face 'genocide' inquiry
Guardian – UK
The US and British governments are gathering evidence to determine whether
genocide is being committed in the Darfur region of Sudan, where an estimated
30,000…
politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1270516,00.html
THERE can be no quick fix in Sudan
Guardian – UK
As the extent of the atrocities in western Sudan becomes apparent, the
scramble to find a quick-fix solution begins. The US Congress…
politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1270694,00.html
SOUTHERN Sudan Rebels Preparing for Peacetime Roles
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
World attention in recent weeks has been focused on violence against civilians
in Sudan's western Darfur region. That has overshadowed…
www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=7804043B-DDB6-4EAB-B844DE3E974A84C0
ARAB League: Give Sudan time
Al-Jazeera – Qatar
The Arab League has urged the UN Security Council to “avoid precipitate
action” in the Darfur crisis. The 22-member bloc on Tuesday…
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E7B7EF15-61AC-47B6-AD44-BB500DFBDD3F.htm
RWANDAN 'renegades' in DRC
News24 – South Africa
Pretoria – Any Rwandan involvement in destabilising the eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo was not government sponsored but the work of renegade
militia, a…
www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1563963,00.html
27/07/04
BURKINA Faso Lawyer Named UN Independent Human Rights Expert for…
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… has been appointed the United Nations Independent Expert to report
on the human rights situation in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC).…
allafrica.com/stories/200407270627.html
DRC-RWANDA: UNHCR Repatriates Second-Generation Immigrants
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… has repatriated 283 people to Rwanda in a case involving second-generation
Rwandan immigrants living in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
town of…
allafrica.com/stories/200407270629.html
INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court arrives in DR Congo to start probe…
UN News Centre
27 July 2004 ˆ Officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC)
have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for their first
investigation…
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11480&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo
HEALTH Partnership to Help Africa in Research Development
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… says the newly established European and Developing Countries Clinical
Trials Partnership (EDCTP) places a huge responsibility on sub-Saharan
Africa to play a…
allafrica.com/stories/200407270337.html
AFRICA Needs a Positive Identity, Says Graca
AllAfrica.com – Africa
Africa must move fast to acquire a more positive identity, an official
of New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) said yesterday.…
allafrica.com/stories/200407270351.html
SUDAN: US using Darfur crisis
Al-Jazeera – Qatar
Usman al-Said also told reporters on Tuesday that a western military intervention
in Sudan's remote western region would risk splitting Africa's largest
…
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/55BA621D-6863-4D37-9A8E-337DA9A2BC72.htm
ZAMBIA keeps doors open as refugees pour in
Independent Online – South Africa
Lusaka – One of the world's poorest countries, Zambia, is struggling to
cope with 300 000 refugees – mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo
and Angola…
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1090901162442B251
SUSPECTED mercenaries plead guilty in Zimbabwe
ABC Online – Australia
… over in Zimbabwe on March 7 to pick up weapons that they claim were
to be used as part of their work guarding a diamond mine in the Democratic
Republic of Congo…
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1163320.htm
EGYPT says Sudan sanctions should be avoided
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Tuesday that imposing sanctions on its
southern neighbour Sudan over a humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region
would be…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27418633.htm
SUDAN hits back over sanctions
BBC News – London,England,UK
Sudan has summoned senior UK and German diplomats to protest at “threats
to national security” after the EU pushed for sanctions over the Darfur
conflict.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3928997.stm
EU Mulls Sanctions to Punish Sudan for Ethnic Violence
NPR (audio) – USA
… But first, the European Union is calling for international measures
against Sudan if it does not curb ethnic violence in the western province
of Darfur.…
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=3618609
EGYPT says Sudan sanctions should be avoided
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Tuesday that imposing sanctions on its
southern neighbour Sudan over a humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region
would be…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27418633.htm
SUDAN hits back over sanctions
BBC News – London,England,UK
Sudan has summoned senior UK and German diplomats to protest at “threats
to national security” after the EU pushed for sanctions over the Darfur
conflict.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3928997.stm
EU Mulls Sanctions to Punish Sudan for Ethnic Violence
NPR (audio) – USA
… But first, the European Union is calling for international measures
against Sudan if it does not curb ethnic violence in the western province
of Darfur.…
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=3618609
SUDAN: UN wrestles with sanctions threat
Ireland Online – Dublin,Ireland
United Nations Security Council members say concerns remain over whether
to threaten Sudan with sanctions, but hope a vote can be held this week.
…
212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=112155160&p=yyzy55866&n=112155920
EU backs sanctions for Sudan
Houston Chronicle – Houston,TX,USA
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The European Union joined the United States on Monday
in pushing for UN sanctions against Sudan if it does not end the conflict
in its…
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2702869
INTERNATIONAL Criminal Tribunal begins probe into Congo war crimes
Xinhua – China
… Tribunal (ICT) delegation arrived in Kinshasa on Monday for its first-ever
investigation into the war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC) over the…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/27/content_1656052.htm
SA delegation hold talks in Equatorial Guinea
SABC News – Auckland Park,South Africa
Ronnie Mamoepa, a spokesperson for the foreign affairs department, says
the South African delegation visiting Equatorial Guinea has held talks
with their…
www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,84486,00.html
GENOCIDE is unfolding in Sudan
Independent Online – South Africa
Washington – Washington's Holocaust Memorial Museum on Monday declared
a “genocide emergency” after reports that Sudan's government-backed militias
had taken…
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=136&art_id=qw1090886042122U242
THE dandy highwayman?
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… If he ever helped anyone leave the war-ravaged Democratic Republic
of Congo, Wemba‚s story now goes, it was for altruistic humanitarian
reasons rather than…
news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=856372004
SA'S deadly silence on 'mercenaries'
The Star (subscription) – Johannesburg,South Africa
… It was believed they were on their way to Equatorial Guinea to assist
a number of other South Africans to overthrow the government of President
Obiang Nguema.…
www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=327&fArticleId=2164580
Q&A: Sudan President Omar al-Bashir
United Press International – USA
KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 26 (UPI) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said
Monday international pressure and military intervention would not solve
the problem in…
www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040726-014303-6215r
26/07/04
SUDAN protests to London and Berlin
Reuters – London,England,UK
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan has summoned senior British and German diplomats
to protest against what it says are threats to its national security,
while a top…
www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=554237§ion=news
AFRICA is No Failure, Says Graca Machel
AllAfrica.com – Africa
There was more to Africa, she said, than the perceived failures of its
former leaders and the many woes the continent has been associated with.
…
allafrica.com/stories/200407261454.html
SUDAN: A limited intervention?
BBC News – London,England,UK
The serious international concern about Darfur in western Sudan might lead
to a limited form of military intervention – but such action is likely
to be aimed…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3928093.stm
SA Companies Step Up March Into Africa
AllAfrica.com – Africa
South African firms have moved up in the rankings as investors and trading
partners in Africa, displacing European companies hailing from former
colonial powers…
allafrica.com/stories/200407260678.html
SUDAN-UGANDA: Dozens Killed As LRA Rebels Raid Sudanese Villages
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… of people were killed and homes burnt or looted on Friday when Ugandan
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided villages in southern Sudan,
religious and…
allafrica.com/stories/200407260460.html
OBASANJO to send envoy to Sudan on Darfur crisis
Xinhua – China
ABUJA, July 26 (Xinhuanet) — Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjois to
send his special envoy to Sudan and neighboring Chad for talks on the
Darfur crisis…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/26/content_1652865.htm
DR of Congo: 20,000 fleeing fighting in east in Œcritical…
UN News Centre
26 July 2004 – Nearly 20,000 people are in a “critical humanitarian
state” in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after fleeing
renewed…
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11458&Cr=DRC&Cr1=
UGANDAN rebels kill 40 in Sudan
Xinhua – China
… July 26 (Xinhuanet) — Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels
have killed about 40 people during a raid on villages in southern Sudan,
including seven…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/26/content_1650510.htm
35 000 children behind bars in South Africa
Pretoria News (subscription) – Pretoria,South Africa
By Angela Bolowana. They should be in classrooms or on the playing fields.
Instead, almost 35 000 youngsters are behind bars in South…
www.pretorianews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=665&fArticleId=2163482
SUDAN turns on US Congress over use of `genocide' label
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
Sudanese authorities on Saturday rejected the US Congress' declaration
that the violence in Sudan's Darfur region constitutes genocide.…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/26/2003180535
25/07/04
UN peacekeeping: Congo on the brink of full-scale war
International Herald Tribune – Paris,France
NEW YORK After the loss of some 3 million lives in Congo's war of 1998
to 2000, most due to hunger and disease, only intense international pressure
drove the…
www.iht.com/articles/530984.htm
MOSCOW Defends Sudan Sales, Nixes Sanctions
Moscow Times – Moscow,Russia
UNITED NATIONS — Russia on Friday rejected US criticism of its sales of
military aircraft to Sudan and moved to block efforts to impose UN sanctions
against…
www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/07/26/040.html
US raising stakes over Darfur crisis
Christian Science Monitor – USA
… Mr. Prendergast says he hasn't seen so much lobbying on an Africa issue
“since the anti-apartheid movement of the 1980s.” There's even a poll
on the issue – a…
www.csmonitor.com/2004/0726/p01s04-woaf.html
CENTRAL African States Plan Meeting to Review Diamond Production
IDEX Online – Israel
… countries are planning to meet in Brazzaville to review production
of the region‚s diamond resources, according to the Democratic Republic
of Congo’s (DRC…
www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=22837
S.AFRICA team heads to “mercenary” trial
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… South Africa has pledged to do its best to ensure the men get a fair
trial in Equatorial Guinea, where human rights groups accuse the government
of subjecting…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B670953.htm
GERMANY Divided Over Asylum Centers in Africa
Deutsche Welle – Germany
After the interior minister proposed the creation of EU asylum centers
in North Africa, opposition leader Angela Merkel endorsed the plan as
“legitimate…
www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1432_A_1276037_1_A,00.html?mpb=en
S.AFRICA Top Prosecutor to Quit After Political Row
Reuters – USA
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa's top prosecutor, who sparked political
turmoil last year by floating corruption allegations against Deputy President
…
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5764017
PRESIDENT accuses world of targeting Islam in Sudan
Daily Times – Pakistan
… The international concern about the Darfur issue is targeting the status
of Islam in Sudan,” claimed Beshir, who seized power in a bloodless
Islamist coup…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_25-7-2004_pg4_8
RWANDA still in our human rights blind spot
Guardian – UK
… abuses. It served to justify four years of Rwandan occupation of eastern
Congo, which in turn sparked Africa's bloodiest war. The…
observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1268692,00.html
DR Congo will demobilise 200,000 combatants: official
SpaceDaily – USA
“The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which last year emerged from five
years of armed conflict has 300,000 recognised combatants,” said Azarias
Ruberwa…
www.spacewar.com/2004/040724170138.u81h832b.html
PLOT quickens in thriller trial
Sunday Herald – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
… week. He is accused of trying to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s President
Nguema and could face execution. By Fred Bridgland. Africa…
www.sundayherald.com/43627
SIR Mark Thatcher threatened over 'mercenary' friend
Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK
… Mann since their arrest in Harare. The men are accused of planning
to stage a coup in Equatorial Guinea. The callers are thought to…
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/25/wthat25.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/25/ixworld.html
SAP Africa's BEE deal approved
Sunday Times – Johannesburg,South Africa
SAP Africa's plan to sell 25.1% of the company to a black economic empowerment
consortium has been approved by its parent company, German-based business
…
www.sundaytimes.co.za/2004/07/25/business/companies/comp02.asp