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Sudan:
Govt Reneges on Southern Independence Referendum Deal
allAfrica, 23 December 2009
The United States has condemned the Sudanese ruling party for introducing last-minute unilateral changes to the law under which southern Sudanese will vote on whether they want… Read more »
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Sudan:
Reneging On Another Agreement - Statement by Congressman Donald Payne
U.S. Congress, 24 December 2009
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Sudan:
Press Statement from the Office of the Chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement
SPLM, 23 December 2009
The following is a press statement from the Office of Chairman Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement concerning the Southern Sudan referendum. Read more »
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Sudan:
Southern Sudan Referendum Bill
State Department, 23 December 2009
The United States is deeply concerned about reports that the National Assembly passed the Southern Sudan referendum bill with language added by the NCP that is different than that… Read more »
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Sudan:
North, South Agree on Independence Referendum
allAfrica, 14 December 2009
Officials from the ruling parties in Khartoum and Southern Sudan have reached an agreement on new legislation governing national elections next April as well as a later referendum… Read more »
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Sudan:
Political Violence Follows Arrests
UN News, 7 December 2009
The top United Nations envoy in Sudan has voiced his concern over the detention and alleged beating of some prominent Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) leaders, opposition… Read more »
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Sudan:
Govt Arrests Leading Southern Politicians
allAfrica, 7 December 2009
The Sudanese government arrested leading figures of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) during a protest outside the National Assembly in Khartoum on Monday, news… Read more »
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Sudan:
Confusion Ahead of Historic Polls, Referendum in Sudan
Daily Champion, 12 December 2009
"WE can increase the percentage by whatever we think is minimal. ... It could be fifty percent-plus-one. We can say fifty-two, fifty-three, up to fifty-five. We can go as far as… Read more »
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Sudan:
Country Risks Return to All-out Civil War, Group Warns
Crisis Group, 18 December 2009
If the international community does not step in to ensure full implementation of Sudan's North-South peace deal and shore up other failing centre-periphery agreements, the country… Read more »
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Sudan:
Stealing an Election in Slow Motion - Time for Real Consequences
ENOUGH, 21 December 2009
Sudan's national elections scheduled for April 2010 will be neither free nor fair absent significant international pressure on the ruling National Congress Party, or NCP, to change… Read more »