Cause I’m a hopeless optimistic guy…
I was giving them 1 year before going down that road.
Too bad.
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George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project warned of escalating violence in Sudan’s Abyei region, along the volatile border between North and South Sudan.
The satellite photos show evidence of the intentional burning of the strategic border villages Maker Abior and Todach.
The satellite project, in the report "Flashpoint: Abyei", also documented a significant increase in military activity by what appears to be the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which operate in South Kordofan state, as well as an apparent buildup of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Abyei. The increased militarization of this area, including evidence of battle tanks and other heavy equipment, has increased tensions between the two sides.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/n...violence-sudan
Well done George! You probably took too much drugs to be president but on that one, you did hit the target!
Fragile and yet to be a nation state
A commentary on Africa's next new country:http://www.opendemocracy.net/sam-car...-fragile-state
Tries to address:
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Despite continuing North-South tensions, intra-Southern fragility is now one of the most pressing concerns in Sudan, whether or not Khartoum is fuelling the flames of these insurrections. With independence due in just over two months, it needs addressing
North and South Sudant at the brink of war...again
The situation in teh Abey region is deteriorating dramatically, with bands of thugs attacking even the UN. Seems as if the wors prediction become reality...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/wo...er=rss&emc=rss
Terror in Abyei: FP Blog report
An interesting, sad report:
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The first interviews with fleeing residents of this Sudanese border town make one thing clear: the regime in Khartoum knows exactly what it is doing.
Link:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...abyei?page=0,0
There also a direct counter-attack in the 'Comments'.
At least there is some good news
Aidan Hartley has been wandering around South Sudan and writes a short column. It ends with:
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...I sip a cold brew from Juba’s brand-new brewery that is now selling to a people who have at last gained their liberty.
Link:http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnist...ild-life.thtml
Perhaps he is preparing a TV documentary?
South Sudan: this time refugees from the Sudan
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A humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in a remote corner of South Sudan, the world's newest nation – and one of its poorest -- as it prepares to celebrate its first anniversary of independence....Emergency teams admit to being overwhelmed by an influx of 120,000 refugees from fighting which continues to rage across the border in Sudan's Blue Nile State. The Khartoum government has been attacking African tribal groups who got trapped on the wrong side of a line on a map when the two countries split last July
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ail&utm_medium
Yes this post could go in the new Sudan 2012 thread, but sits better here.
More http://www.msf.org.uk/South_Sudan_Ap...ontent=websitedetails and a map on:
Why does South Sudan matter so much to the US?
I admit (again) events in South Sudan rarely reach my in-tray, but this headline caught my attention just:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34083964
The article gives a very short update on the current situation, with more on the American angle and a passing reference to the possible competition with China.