Amandla

Chinese and Indian cooperation in Africa: The case of Sudan  

Written by Yejoo Kim

This paper explores the cooperation between China and India in Africa, with specific reference to Sudan. During the process of obtaining natural resources, China and India have been described as rivals. Under these circumstances, it is intriguing that China and India have chosen not to compete, but to cooperate, in the oil industry in Sudan since 2004. Furthermore, the paper discusses the general features of the cooperation, each stakeholder’s motivations, as well as the prospects for successful cooperation... Consultancy Africa Intelligence

National Election Commission of Sudan is responsible for overseeing the conduct of Sudanese elections. Its website provides information on the electoral system, full text electoral laws and legislation

The Sudan Information Gateway - is maintained by the United Nations. It has news updates on the voting and background to the elections.

The BBC also has news reports and a useful FAQ on the background to the elections.

Some other organisations monitoring the conduct of the elections include:
EU election observations -

The Carter Center - read statements online.

National Democratic Institute includes a useful paper Imagining the election: a look at what citizens know and expect of Sudan’s 2010 vote
The report contains findings from focus groups with Sudanese men and women in Southern Sudan and three other regions of Sudan. These were conducted between October 20, 2008-February 6, 2009. They cover knowledge of and perceptions of the forthcoming elections in Sudan 2010.

Sudan VoteMonitor was created by the Sudan Institute for Research and Policy to monitor the conduct of the 2010 Sudanese elections. Its website provides information about the research, a blog, YouTube channel and a space for citizens to report incidents of political violence and electoral fraud during the election campaigns.

Gurtong Trust - Peace and Media Project is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based project, which seeks to promote democracy and human rights in Southern Sudan. Its website includes press releases relating to the elections.

Gurtong Trust - Peace and Media Project is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based project, which seeks to promote democracy and human rights in Southern Sudan. Its website provides information on its mission, organisation and recent activities. This includes some articles and discussion of politics, political reform, elections and the peace process in Sudan. There are also links to diaspora resources. http://www.gurtong.org/

From Intute.ac.uk

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

DATE:  Wednesday, 18 November 2009

 

TIME:  17h30 to 19h00

 

CHAIR:

 Dr Comfort Ero

 Deputy Director: Africa

 International Centre for Transitional Justice

 Cape Town

 

 

SPEAKERS:

 Professor Peter Woodward

 School of Politics and International Relations

 University of Reading

 United Kingdom

 

 

 Dr John G Nyuot Yoh

 Head of Mission

 Government of South Sudan

 Mission to Southern Africa (Pretoria Office)

 South Africa

 

 All are welcome and entry is free.  Kindly RSVP for seating purposes

 

RSVP:

 Lavenia Benjamin

 

TEL:

 (021) 689 1005

 

E-MAIL:

 lavenia@ccr.uct.ac.za

 

WEBSITE:

 www.ccr.org.za

Against the gathering storm: securing Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
This site provides free access to the full text of the report by Edward Thomas which was published by Chatham House in January 2009. ISBN 978 1 86203 213 2. The 42 page report critically assesses the impact and achievenments of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army and the Government of Sudan in 2005. It includes coverage of the drafting of the agreement and its implementation. Reference is made to the current state of security and the humanitarian situation in Darfur. From: Intute.ac.uk
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/688/

The report of the Security Council mission to Djibouti (on Somalia), the Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Côte d'Ivoire, 31 May to 10 June 2008, has been issued (S/2008/460). The report summarizes the discussions held in each country and presents the findings and recommendations of the mission. Annexes include the terms of reference and composition of the mission. A full list of the Security Council missions since 1993 is available in the UN-I-QUE database.

UN Pulse Permanent link 

Relationship between the UN and the African Union

 The Secretary-General recently issued a Report on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security (S/2008/186). Issued in response to the Security Council presidential statement of 28 March 2007 (S/PRST/2007/7), the report considered the important issues that define the nature of collaborative partnership in international peace and security between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular, the African Union and the division of responsibilities between them under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations.Permanent Link: Relationship between the UN and the African UnionUN Pulse 

 

Food – Who pays the price?

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), six international panellists … consider the future of global food production in the BBC World debate “Food – Who Pays the Price?”. Learn more on the IFAD website.Permanent Link: Food – Who Pays the Price? UN Pulse  

 

 

10 Stories, 2007

 The UN Department of Public Information has launched a list of ten stories that unfolded in the course of 2007 that the world may wish to hear more about. The list includes:

• Northern Uganda: Major steps towards peace in a decades-old conflict
• The Excluded: The hidden world of the stateless
• Extreme weather events are part of a “new normal” trend
• The suffering of the girl soldier
• At a fragile crossroads: Afghanistan and the international community must pull together
• A deadly disease no more – advances in malaria prevention and treatment
• Promotion and protection of human rights: The role of special procedures of the Human Rights Council
• Policing for peace: The law-and-order role played by blue berets
• Southern Sudan: A path to ‘indivisible peace’ in the country
• Bird flu pushed back – but threat of a human pandemic remains

  

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN – African Union Joint Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have issued a report on an investigation into recent attacks on four villages in West Darfur (full text, pdf, 78.6 KB). According to the OHCHR press release, the attacks left at least 115 people dead and some 30,000 displaced, and amount to violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.

Permanent Link: Human Rights in Darfur UN Pulse

Making sense of Darfur Begun in May 2007 Making Sense of Darfur is a Social Science Research Council blog that addresses human rights, peace keeping and the socio-economic consequences of crisis in this region. Posts lend support to the stated theme of the weblog: "What do we need to know about Darfur and what does this necessary knowledge tell us about what we should do?" Intute.ac.uk
http://www.ssrc.org/blog/category/darfur/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/

As the situation in Darfur continues to unfold, a number of media outlets have continued to investigate the United Nations involvement in the region. The journalists and researchers at the PBS program Frontline embarked on their own investigation into the subject. Along the way, they explored China's economic interests in the region, the actions of the Security Council, and those of various UN member nations. Visitors to this site can watch the documentary program in its entirety, and they can also read essays on various aspects of Darfur written by activists, historians, and policy experts. Other features on the site include a map of the region, a list of suggested readings and links, and journal entries from the show's producer, Neil Doherty. [KMG] from The Scout Report 

The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) [took] over from the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS)... [on] 31 December 2007.

At full strength, the new mission will be the UN’s largest peacekeeping operation, with some 20,000 troops and more than 6,000 police and civilian staff. For more information, see the press release, Mission page on the Department of Peacekeeping Operations website, or the UNAMID website.

Permanent Link: UNAMID becomes active UN Pulse

The final report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan has been issued (S/2007/584). The report covers the work of the panel in four substantive areas:

• monitoring implementation of the arms embargo on Darfur;
• monitoring implementation of targeted financial and travel-related sanctions against individuals designated by the Security Council in its resolution 1672 (2006);
• submission of recommendations to the Security Council; and

• provision of information on individuals who impede the peace process, commit violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, violate the arms embargo, or are responsible for offensive military overflights.  

From UN Pulse: Permanent Link: Sudan Panel of Experts

Amnesty International's unprecedented Eyes On Darfur project leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide unimpeachable evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur - enabling action by private citizens, policy makers and international courts. Eyes On Darfur also breaks new ground in protecting human rights by allowing people around the world to literally "watch over" and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages using commercially available satellite imagery.

Peace Operations Monitor is a project of the Peace Operations Working Group (POWG), a working group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC). It paims to provide an independent source of information about current United nations and other non-UN peacekeeping missions and forces worldwide. At present it is covering three main regions Afghanistan, Sudan (Darfur) and Haiti, although other materials may be added. Each country entry includes details about the mandate of the mission, its deployment and links to news and full text reports analysing it from a variety of sources. These include the United nations and other relief agencies and human rights groups. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.pom.peacebuild.ca/

The latest report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan has been issued (S/2007/520). According to the report, Sudanese children continue to face grave violations of their human rights, including their recruitment and use by armed forces and groups and rape and sexual violence. The report identifies parties to the conflict who violate children’s rights and outlines action plans to address violations. Read more in the News Story. UN Pulse Permanent Link: Sudan's Children

AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur

 (More)

Will Security Council Resolution 1769 Make a Difference in Darfur?
Source: The Brookings Institution

 (More)

Establishment of UN-African Union Force in Sudan (UNAMID) (More)

African Union Mission in Sudan

Crisis in Darfur: Refugees International

From Intute.ac.uk

 (More)

Permalink Resourceshelf

A new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report presents the findings of the Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment of Sudan and provides detailed recommendations for follow-up action. Learn more from the press release, the synthesis report (pdf, 1.79 MB), or the full report (pdf, 34 MB). The goal of the UNEP assessment was to develop a solid technical basis for medium-term corrective action in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development. The assessment identified a number of critical environmental issues that are closely linked to the country's social and political challenges. From UN Pulse

Permanent Link: UNEP evaluation of Sudan's environment

ACCORD Sudan project

Accord is An International Review of Peace Initiatives published by Conciliation Resources, the International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva. Its primary aim is to inform and support agencies working in situations of violent conflict to increase opportunities for reconciliation and social justice.

 (More)