Sudan Human Rights Monitor

(August-September 2011) The conflicts in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, two of Sudan’s “three areas” that received special provisions under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), continue with no sign of resolution. There has been no visible progress made on establishing a forum for negotiations between the ruling Northern …

(June-July 2011) On 9 July, Sudan’s Southern region officially seceded from the rest of the nation, becoming the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS). The secession follows the overwhelming January 2011 vote in favor of separation in the referendum for self-determination prescribed by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The birth …

(April-May 2011) Despite the CPA agreement on a referendum for Abyei to be held simultaneously to the Southern vote on 9 January to determine its administrative status as part of the North or South, the vote never took place due to disputes over voter eligibility. Several clashes took place in …

(February-March 2011) On 15 May, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced preliminary results of the long-delayed South Kordofan gubernatorial and legislative elections, declaring the incumbent National Congress Party (NCP) Governor Ahmed Haroun the victor with 201,000 votes, narrowly beating the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) candidate Abdul Aziz Adam Al-Hilu. …

(December 2010-January 2011) Over their history, North and South Sudan have struggled to coexist in a single state. The history of post- independence relations is overshadowed by war. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended the Second Sudanese War, which devastated the South, killed two million and displaced a further …

(August-September 2010) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies is dedicating this issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor to our dear friend and colleague, Abdelsalam Hassan Abdelsalam, who was tragically killed in London on 13 March 2010. A memorial celebrating Abdelsalam’s life was hosted by Redress Trust, where …

SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR JUNE – JULY 2010 Feature: Humanitarian Blockade of Kalma Camp Renews Fears of Forced Expulsion In late July, tension in Darfur’s Kalma and Almahidia internally displaced persons (IDP) camps turned deadly as clashes broke out between political rivals and amidst longstanding disputes over IDPs’ political representation …

SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR DECEMBER 2009 – MAY 2010 Feature: Post-Election Repression Unchecked On 26 April, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced that the incumbent President Omar al-Bashir had been re-elected by a 68.24 majority. In the North, National Congress Party (NCP) candidates at local and parliamentary levels were elected …

SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2009 Overview The two months of this reporting period saw considerable movement at the political level. The release of the Mbeki Panel report can be seen as the culmination of months of AU engagement – and the findings represent a new opportunity to build international …