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Media Monitoring Report United Nations Mission in Sudan/ Public Information Office 1 March 2009 Media Monitoring Report www.unmis.org United Nations Mission in Sudan/ Public Information Office Local News Headlines • West pushing for confrontation, “we are ready” – Nafie (Al-Rai Al-Aam) • Abyei Administration hints at unspecified measures (Al-Khartoum) • Taha and Machar to discuss national security law (Al-Rai Al-Aam) • JIUs a “failure” – Pagan Amum (Al-Rai Al-Aam) • “Musa Hilal” interview (Al-Intibaha) • Tang arrest a complicated process (Khartoum Monitor) • Sadiq Al-Mahdi re-elected Umma Party leader (Khartoum Monitor) • UNAMID notes increase in robbery, looting in Darfur (Al-Rai Al-Aam) • Malakal campus suspends studies following militia attack (Al-Rai Al-Aam) Websites/International Headlines • MFA denies UNMIS, UNAMID in evacuation mode (SMC) • GoSS VP says 57 killed in Malakal clashes (ST) • Ex-militia leader says not criminal (SRS) • AU praises efforts to contain Malakal clashes (ST) • SPLM official says JIUs need to be reassessed (Miraya FM) • UDF holds convention, aims at independence for region (SRS) • GoSS committed to assist women in upcoming elections (Miraya FM) • Egypt to send more peacekeepers to Darfur and Southern Sudan (APA) • Sudanese authorities arrest British journalist (ST) Commentary • Justice is coming (Ottawa Citizen) • Uncertainty as Sudan awaits president's arrest (Los Angeles Times) NOTE: Reproduction here does not mean that the UNMIS PIO can vouch for the accuracy or veracity of the contents, nor does this report reflect the views of the United Nations Mission in Sudan. Furthermore, international copyright exists on some materials and this summary should not be disseminated beyond the intended list of recipients. Address: UNMIS Headquarters, P.O. Box 69, Ibeid Khatim St, Khartoum 11111, SUDAN Phone: (+249-1) 8708 6000 - Fax: (+249-1) 8708 6200 UNMIS Media Monitoring Report 1 March 2009 WWW.UNMIS.ORG Highlights Local Arabic and English Language Press West is pushing for confrontation, “we are ready” – Nafie Al-Rai Al-Aam reports Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie criticized US, Britain and France for using the ICC to re-colonize Africa and the Middle East. He described the ICC as the court of “hypocrisy and injustice”. “The west is pushing for a confrontation and we are ready,” he told a rally in Northern State yesterday. MFA Spokesperson Ali Al-Sadiq told the paper the government “differentiates between the ICC, UNAMID deployment, justice and implementation of the people of Sudan’s initiative,” He said talks with Darfur rebels would continue. Meanwhile, Sudan deputy delegate to the EU Hamdi Hasab Al-Rasoul Osman has criticized the ICC Counsel for International Cooperation’s call on the international community to back an impending ICC decision against President Bashir. Sudan’s Interior Ministry announced yesterday its preparedness to contain any insecurity that might be caused by a possible ICC decision on Wednesday. Police Deputy Director General Lt. Gen. Adil Al-Agib said police and security forces were coordinating to deal with any eventuality. “Police will protect foreign institutions and organizations as well as their property and personnel,” he said The Sudan Vision cites high diplomatic sources that about 37 African states have started coordinating their stances to make a unified move to withdraw from Rome Convention and the ICC. MFA Spokesperson Ali Al-Sadiq told the paper that the government would protect UN missions and embassies in the Sudan against any negative impact that may result from a possible ICC decision against the Sudanese political leadership. MFA spokesperson Ali Al-Sadiq denied receiving any notice from UNMIS or UNAMID that they want to reduce their missions in the country. The Citizen reports the Sudanese government said today that it is unaware of any plan to evacuate UN staff dependents from the country before an ICC decision. There had been reports that UN missions had urged personnel to evacuate families from the country and that staff on vacation outside the Sudan were told not to return until further notice. Abyei Administration hints at measures to address financial crisis Al-Khartoum reports Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak as saying the Federal Finance Ministry continues to delay budget release. He said project implementation, reconstruction and IDP resettlement had come to a halt due to lack of funds. Saying the situation was unsustainable, he hinted they might be forced to take measures of their own, given the growing disillusionment of the local population. Page 2 of 9 UNMIS Media Monitoring Report 1 March 2009 WWW.UNMIS.ORG Taha and Machar to discuss national security law Al-Rai Al-Aam reports NCP-SPLM technical committee member David Kuku as saying VP Taha and GoSS VP Riak Machar would meet soon to resolve differences on the national security law. JIUs a “failure” – Pagan Amum Al-Rai Al-Aam reports SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum has called for a JIU review after the failures in Abyei and Malakal. “Musa Hilal” interview In a lengthy interview, Mahameed tribe leader Musa Hilal told Al-Intibaha that over 30,000 youths had been mobilized, trained and are now ready to reject the ICC move. “We will confront any quarter if the mandate is violated whether international troops or humanitarian organizations” he said. “No organization or international body will be spared if proved involved,” he warned. Tang arrest a complicated process Khartoum Monitor cited an official source that about 50 nationals were arrested in Malakal by SPLA and released later. GoSS VP Riak Machar described the arrest of Maj. Gen. Gabriel Tan as a “complicated process” given that the decision is in the hands of President Al-Bashir, SAF General Commander. Sadiq Al-Mahdi re-elected Umma Party leader Khartoum Monitor reports Sadiq Al-Mahdi, 74, has been re-elected head of the Umma party at the end of his Party’s seventh convention on Friday. UNAMID notes increase in robbery, looting in Darfur Al-Rai Al-Aam 28/2/09 -- UNAMID says the Darfur security situation is relatively calm other than an increase in robbery and looting incidents in S. and N. Darfur. Malakal campus suspends studies following militia attack Al-Rai Al-Aam, 27/2/09 -- The administration of Upper Nile University has announced that it has suspended studies indefinitely at its Malakal campus and that its students would be distributed among the university's campuses in Al-Rank and Khartoum. University chancellor Dr Akwai Dwal Akwai told a Khartoum press conference that the university had sustained losses of about 50m pounds ($25 m) as a result of looting and destruction triggered by Gabriel Tang’s militias. Websites/International News Coverage MFA denies UNMIS, UNAMID in evacuation mode Sudanese Media Centre website, 27/2/09 -- The government has made plans and set up mechanism to enable it avoid negative consequences of any decision by the ICC on the Sudanese leadership. In a statement to SMC, MFA spokesman Ali al-Sadiq said that diplomatic contacts were ongoing in all fronts and levels, bilateral, regional and international, with the help of friendly countries in the UN GA and SC. He pointed out that the Sudanese diplomacy had in the past managed to overcome even more difficult problems and was ready for the next battle with diplomatic contacts and coordination. He denied that the MFA had received indications of changes to operational procedures in Darfur or in the south from UNAMID or UNMIS. He described news reports that missions had plans to reduce or evacuate their staff as false, Page 3 of 9 UNMIS Media Monitoring Report 1 March 2009 WWW.UNMIS.ORG adding that the ministry had not seen anything of that sort. The official spokesman stressed that the government would shoulder its full responsibility regarding its obligations under Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations. He added that protection of UN and foreign missions was part of the government duties which it would fully discharge, whether or not there is an ICC decision. GoSS VP says 57 killed in Malakal clashes Sudan Tribune website, 28/2/09 -- About 57 people were confirmed dead in Tuesday's bloody clashes involving the SAF and the SPLA in Malakal. In a press statement on 27 February shortly after his arrival in Juba back from Malakal, GoSS VP Riek Machar Teny said among the people killed included 26 civilians, 15 SPLA soldiers and 16 SAF soldiers. The wounded, he said, included 21 civilians, 40 SPLA soldiers and 33 SAF soldiers, bringing the total wounded to 84. Machar stayed in Malakal town for three days, inspecting the town and assuring the citizens that the violence stopped and calm returned to the town. By Thursday shops were re-opened and civilians started moving in the town as normal. The UN said that Malakal violence resulted in about 50 deaths from the troops of both sides as well as civilians. Also there are some 100 wounded people. The deadly fighting erupted on Tuesday one day after the surprise arrival from Khartoum of General Gabriel Tang Ginya, for whom an order of arrest had been issued by GoSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit for his role in the Malakal clashes of November 2006 which left about 150 people dead. Tang been integrated with SAF for the last three years and, according to Machar, his arrival in Malakal on 23 February last week explained that Gen Tang, who arrived in the town on 23 February had been in defiance of SPLA and UNMIS commanders who had tried to persuade him to leave town. “It took us sometime, that day we arrived around 0615 (PM) and we straight went to meet first the SPLA commanders who were around the airport. From there we went to where Gen Tang was with the JIU (SAF) and persuaded him to leave so that there would be cease-fire.
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