African Media Coverage

April 16-30, 2008

UGANDA: Daily Monitor
“A letter from Darfur”
Published: April 18, 2008

Sudan is a tough nut to crack. There are two peacekeeping missions - one a joint African Union-United Nations effort set to become the world's biggest, the other a UN mission keeping a lid on what had been Africa's longest-running civil war in southern Sudan - and a strong central government that enjoys the support of the world's emerging superpower, China.

There aren't many Sudan watchers who don't have an opinion on what should be done about Darfur or whether the comprehensive peace agreement between southern Sudan and the Khartoum government Sudan will hold. Ironically, the stronger the opinion held by interest groups the more rigid and less likely the prospects for mutual understanding and compromise.

Read the full article here (scanned article from newspaper).

UGANDA: Daily Monitor
“Counting starts in disputed Sudan census”
Published: April 23, 2008

Work on Sudan's first census since a landmark 2005 north-south peace deal began on Tuesday after months of wrangling, with President Omar Hassan al-Bashir the first to be counted at midnight.

Streets in the capital Khartoum were quiet on the national holiday after police told people to stay at home to be counted in the census. The count will help to determine the distribution of wealth and power and to set constituencies before Sudan's first democratic elections in 23 years due next year.

Read the full article here (scanned article from newspaper).

CENTRAL AFRICA: IOL
"Right Organisations call for Darfur arrests"
Published: April 26, 2008

International human rights organisations on Friday launched a campaign calling for the arrest of two leading Sudanese war crimes suspects, accused by the International Criminal Court of atrocities committed in Darfur.

Called Justice for Darfur, the campaign for the arrest of Sudan's secretary of state for humanitarian affairs Ahmed Haroun and pro-government Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kosheib is supported among others by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Darfur Consortium and Aegis Trust.

Read the article, including a quote by Dismas Nkunda, here.