NGO Expulsions Fact Sheet #05
On April 4, at approximately 2330 hours local time, unidentified armed assailants kidnapped four Aide Médicale Internationale (AMI) staff from Ed al-Fursan locality, South Darfur, including two local guards, and one French and one Canadian staff member. 4-6-09

The forgotten people
After Sudan's Adolf Hitler, Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir, expelled 13 international humanitarian organizations from Darfur, with the rest to follow within the year, four black African Muslim children - mourned by what is left of their families at the Shangil Tobaya refugee camp - died of malnutrition in late March. Their official death notices will not appear in American newspapers.4-6-09

Senator to make rare Darfur visit
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, will lead a delegation to Sudan's Darfur region, U.S. officials said on Monday, in a possible sign of a growing willingness to engage with Khartoum.4-6-09

US envoy says open to stronger relationship with Sudan
The US Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, told reporters in Khartoum during a day of meetings with government officials that "we are looking for opportunities for us to build a stronger bilateral relationship."4-3-09

Uncertain situation in Sudan tops report
Growing fears for the safety of civilians in Sudan following an indictment of the country's president topped a monthly International Crisis Group report.4-3-09

U.S. envoy wants friendship, cooperation from Sudan
A new U.S. special envoy told Sudan on Thursday he hoped for friendship and cooperation from Khartoum, indicating a shift in tone by Washington under U.S. President Barack Obama.4-2-09

Obama's Sudan Policy Imperative: Reining in Bashir and bolstering South Sudan.
Ret.General Scott Gration, President Obama's new special envoy on Sudan, faces baptism by fire. He visits Sudan this week in the hope of resolving an aid crisis in which over a million Darfur refugees are being brought to the brink of death by the expulsion in March of a dozen international relief agencies.4-2-09

Darfur peacekeepers cannot replace aid groups: UN
UN and African peacekeepers can reassure people in war-ravaged Darfur but cannot replace foreign aid workers expelled by the Khartoum government, a UN official said on Tuesday.4-1-09

SUDAN: Expulsions leave gaps in Three Areas, eastern region
NGO expulsions have left humanitarian gaps not only in Darfur, but also in eastern Sudan and the so-called Three Areas bordering on Southern Sudan, Abyei, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile - volatile regions key to the success of a 2005 peace accord.3-31-09

China interference and influence in Sudan
China’s engagements in the African continent have been an instrument of controversies; within the countries it’s involved in, the major cause of concern for the Western World, and the source of hope for some.3-31-09

UN chief faces Sudan's president at Arab summit
The U.N. chief, facing Sudan's defiant president Monday, sharply denounced his government's expulsion of aid agencies in response to an international arrest warrant for him on charges of war crimes in Darfur.3-30-09

Obama's envoy due in Sudan this week: diplomat
US President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan, retired air force general Scott Gration, is to arrive this week on his first visit to the country, a diplomat said on Monday.3-30-09

UN urges Sudanese rethink on aid
The United Nations Security Council has called on Sudan to reconsider its decision to expel foreign aid agencies from the troubled Darfur region. Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir gave the order after an international arrest warrant was issued against him.(Reliefweb.net) 3-27-09

NGO Expulsions Fact Sheet #02 (FY 2009)
On March 24, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan released a statement on the joint Government of National Unity (GNU)–U.N. assessment of humanitarian needs in Darfur resulting from the early March non-governmental organization (NGO) expulsions.(Reliefweb.net) 3-26-09

AFRICOM: No US Military Role Against Sudan's Bashir
A senior civilian official of the American military command for Africa said she sees no role for U.S. troops in any effort to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges.(VOA News) 3-25-09

A Killer Forces A Choice in Darfur
For years, the Sudanese regime, headed by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has acted the part of a terrorist gang, holding millions of refugees in Darfur camps hostage and warning the world not to make any sudden or aggressive moves. Now the world faces a question: What do we do when the captors begin killing their captives?(The Washington Post) 3-25-09

Nat Hentoff: Evil in Sudan
Despite an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Sudan's president, Gen. Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, intends to continue traveling to friendly Arab and African nations and China. But, says an aide, the wanted criminal "will be surrounded by as much secrecy as possible."(Herald Times Reporter) 3-24-09

Darfur violence puts more pressure on basic services
Massive humanitarian gap, tribal clashes cause influx of more Darfur refugees into other areas.(Middle East Online) 3-24-09

Aid Groups’ Expulsion, Fears of More Misery
On Friday, Haider Ismael al-Amin lay in his mother’s arms, his 10-year-old body withered and weak from dehydration after a night of vomiting. But the door to the clinic was locked. After 30 minutes of waiting, his family gave up.(New York Times) 3-23-09

Oil's decline threatens Sudan government
Ask a Sudanese citizen what troubles him these days and he might not even mention Darfur or the International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the president. To many here, it's the economy that is keeping them up nights.(Los Angeles Times) 3-23-09

SUDAN: Fallout scenarios
The expulsion or closure of 16 aid groups in Sudan could worsen North-South relations, stall the Darfur peace process and deter future humanitarian action, analysts said.(IRIN) 3-20-09

U.N. Condemns Attack On Peace-keepers
The situation in the Sudan's Darfur continues to deteriorate with the African Union-United Nations Mission (UNAMID) in the strife-torn region reporting Thursday more attacks on the peace-keeping staff, hijacking of a car, other banditry and harassment of civilians, reports say.(RTTNews) 3-19-2009

US Gen. Gration takes over as Sudan envoy
President Barack Obama today appointed retired Air Force General J. Scott Gration as the US Special Envoy for Sudan, fulfilling one of the campaign promises he had made to address the situation in Darfur.(WASHINGTON) 3-19-2009

Sudan pledges no more aid groups expulsions: U.N.
Sudan has assured the United Nations that it will not expel any more aid agencies working in the conflict-torn western region of Darfur, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official said on Wednesday.(Reuters) 3-18-2009

Obama chooses Sudan envoy, to announce Wednesday
President Barack Obama has chosen retired Air Force General Scott Gration as his special envoy to Sudan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, in the midst of a worsening humanitarian crisis in its Darfur region.(Reuters) 3-17-09

U.S. blames Sudan's president for Darfur 'catastrophe'
The U.S. State Department threw aside diplomatic language Tuesday, attacking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for creating what it calls a "catastrophe" by throwing many international aid workers out of the country.(CNN) 3-17-09

Sudan to throw out aid workers
Having already ousted 13 foreign aid groups from the Darfur region, Sudan's president said Monday he would expel all international aid workers from the country over the next year, a move that threatens to cut off millions from their only source of food and water. (USA Today) 3-17-09

Blackmail in Sudan
Over the past six years at least 300,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million left homeless by marauding gangs and government troops fighting African rebels in Darfur. (The Times) 3-17-09

Sudan wants aid groups to stop distributing relief
Sudan's president said on Monday he wanted foreign aid groups to stop distributing aid in Sudan within a year, in an escalation in the country's defiant response to an international war crimes warrant against him. (Reuters) 3-16-09

Hundreds killed in South Sudan cattle attacks: officials
Heavily armed fighters have killed more than 200 people in raids on villages in South Sudan, where bloody tribal disputes over cattle are jeopardizing peace efforts in the oil-rich region, officials said on Sunday. (Reuters) 3-16-09

Sudan Says It’s Negotiating With Kidnappers of Aid Workers
The Sudanese government says it is negotiating with a group of armed men who are holding three Western aid workers hostage in the conflict-ridden Darfur region.
(Bloomberg) 3-13-09

Aid group: 35 foreigners leave Darfur
A spokeswoman for Doctors Without Borders says 35 of its foreign staff are leaving Darfur after the abduction of three colleagues.
(AP) 3-13-09

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