Full Coverage: Sudan

29.06.2004 Mentre Kofi Annan e Colin Powell stanno per giungere in Sudan, varie ong internazionali richiamano le "gravi responsabilità" del governo di Khartoum per il "genocidio" e la "pulizia etnica" in corso nella regione occidentale del Darfur. Solo nei giorni scorsi il presidente sudanese Omar el Beshir ha ordinato il disarmo di tutte le milizie presenti nel Darfur, comprese quelle filogovernative Janjaweed e solo ieri ha annunciato l'eliminazione di tutti gli ostacoli che impediscono l'arrivo di aiuti umanitari destinati alla popolazione del Darfur.

29.06.2004 “This is the most serious humanitarian emergency in the world today," Hilary Benn told MPs on 9 June. Yet the crisis in Darfur is happening because the Government of Sudan wants it to happen, and the rest of the world does not care enough to stop it, writes IDS research fellow Stephen Devereux. (See Sudan emergency appeal.)

28.06.2004 Citing first-hand accounts from human rights organizations and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) satellite photos showing 300 non-Arab villages completely destroyed, U.S. Committee for Refugees is urging President Bush to declare the Darfur crisis genocide and to act swiftly.

27.06.2004 With the paucity of humanitarian response and the onset of seasonal water-borne diseases, relief agents are warning that pregnant women and children under five in refugee camps may not survive the on-coming famine.

26.06.2004 Il Segretario Generale dell'Onu Kofi Annan ha annunciato che la sua visita in Sudan coinciderà in parte con quella del Segretario di Stato Usa, Colin Powell. L'intento è di fare pressioni sul governo di Khartoum per disarmare le milizie di predoni arabi (note col nome di Janjaweed) che da tempo imperversano nella regione del Darfur dove è in atto un conflitto che "rasenta la pulizia etnica". Gli sfollati continuano ad essere vittime di violenti attacchi, mentre è devastante la carenza di aiuti - ribadiscono Medici senza Frontiere e Amnesty International.

22.06.2004 Sudaniin ei saada vakiinnutettua rauhaa, elleivät kansan syvät rivit koe asiaa omakseen, maan uskontokunnat katsovat. Siksi ne aikovat kääntää rauhansopimuksen ydinkohdat lukuisille Sudanissa puhutuille kielille. Maassa kuitenkin epäillään yhä, ovatko hallitus ja sissit sittenkään tosissaan valmiita rauhaan annetuilla ehdoilla. Samalla Darfurin alueella jatkuu kansanmurhaksi luonnehdittu etninen konflikti.

21.06.2004 Chad has threatened to abandon its role as mediator between the Sudanese government and rebels in the Darfur region amid growing indications that the Darfur conflict is spilling across the border into eastern Chad.

21.06.2004 As World Refugee Day is marked for the fourth time, Amnesty International calls on the international community to translate its concern about the destruction and devastation in Darfur into concrete actions by ensuring that protection and pledges of material and financial support for the displaced population becomes a reality.

18.06.2004 The United Nations Security Council, the body supremely charged with acting to ensure international peace and security, is failing in its responsibility to Darfur's victims of ethnic cleansing. The UN's own evidence of government complicity in attacks is now so great that further investigation must now be replaced by real and unequivocal condemnation at the highest level, states Minority Rights Group International (MRG).

18.06.2004 Sudanin Darfurissa taistelut ja hyökkäykset siviilejä kohtaan ovat pahentaneet humanitaarista kriisiä ja ajaneet yli miljoona ihmistä maan sisäiseen evakkoon. Pelastakaa Lapset tukee Sudanin konfliktin lapsiuhreja. Järjestö muistuttaa YK:n kansainvälisen pakolaispäivän aattona, että valtaosa kodeistaan ja kotimaastaan lähtevistä ihmisistä pakenee sotia ja konflikteja.

17.06.2004 The conflict in Darfur has affected more than 2 million people. Approximately 10,000 people have died, and over 110,000 are living as refugees in eight camps along Chad’s eastern border. Save the Children has launched an emergency appeal for its work in food security, health, child protection, education, water and sanitation in Darfur.

17.06.2004 After 21 years of civil war, southern Sudan ranks worst in the world for many key indicators of the wellbeing of women and children, including rates of chronic malnutrition, immunisation, antenatal care and primary school completion, according to a new study.

17.06.2004 Ihmisoikeusryhmät ovat toistuvasti vaatineet kansainvälistä yhteisöä puuttumaan Länsi-Sudanin etnisiin puhdistuksiin. Yhdysvaltain ulkoministeri Colin Powell ilmoitti New York Timesin haastattelussa, että hallituksen lakimiehet tutkivat mahdollisuuksia julistaa Darfurin etniset väkivaltaisuudet kansanmurhaksi. Jos näin käy, voi USA aloittaa sotilaallisen intervention.

16.06.2004

Family planning

A radio serial drama promoting healthy family planning practices is currently running in the predominantly Muslim Khartoum State of northern Sudan. The project was introduced after formative research on cultural and religious issues found that many healthy family planning practices are encouraged by traditional Islamic teachings and have a basis in the Quran.

16.06.2004 Un'ulteriore minaccia incombe sui 2 milioni e 200 mila civili coinvolti nella gravissima crisi umanitaria del Darfur, Sudan occidentale: le violente piogge estive, quest’anno in anticipo. L’organizzazione internazionale Save the Children ha rafforzato l’intervento di aiuto a favore delle centinaia di migliaia di minori costretti ad abbandonare, insieme alle famiglie, le proprie case a causa delle violenze etniche che stanno insanguinando la regione da 15 mesi a questa parte.

16.06.2004 Pressure for stronger action to deal with the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Darfur in western Sudan is growing steadily, with the administration of President George W. Bush reportedly considering declaring the repression of African peoples in the region "genocide."

15.06.2004 Almost 90,000 refugees fleeing the war-torn Darfur region in western Sudan for Chad have been successfully moved into one of eight United Nations camps away from the dangerous border as the rainy season sets in. Officials from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which organised the transfer, said they are rushing to move another 15,000 people to the camp at Djabal, which opened last week.

14.06.2004 U.S. Secretary of State said last week that the Bush administration is considering sanctions against Sudanese individuals responsible for the conflict in Darfur region. Government lawyers and policy officials are also considering whether the mass displacements and killings constitute genocide.

14.06.2004 Intersos sta operando nel Sud-Est del Ciad, nell’area di confine col Darfur sudanese, in partnership colle agenzie ONU presenti sul campo, UNHCR (Alto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati), WFP (Programma Alimentare Mondiale) e UNICEFper rispondere alla crisi umanitaria in atto in Darfur. Sono 200,000 i profughi sudanesi che si stima siano attualmente già entrati in Ciad ma si riportano nuovi arrivi spontanei ogni giorno e la situazione di crisi, così come riportato anche da tutti gli altri Organismi Umanitari presenti sul campo, non sta certamente volgendo verso il miglioramento.

14.06.2004 Suomen Punainen Risti on välittänyt jo miljoona euroa Sudaniin tänä keväänä. Avustustyö on käynnissä sekä lännessä Darfurin alueella että etelä-Sudanissa. Noin miljoona ihmistä on joutunut lähtemään kodeistaan Darfurin taistelujen vuoksi. Heistä 110 000 on paennut rajan yli Tshadiin, ja loput elävät Darfurissa leireissä, muissa tilapäismajoituksissa ja taivasalla.