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THE WEEK in Focus United Nations Mission In Sudan THE WEEK In Focus HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE UNMIS NEWS BULLETIN AND RADIO MIRAYA 16 - 22 November 2007 HEARD on RADIO MIRAYA Ban Ki-Moon urges CPA implementation During a meeting with the press at UN headquarters in New York, Secretary On the impact of Sudanese General Ban Ki-moon urged both parties to Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace President Omar Al-Bashir's Agreement (CPA) to implement the accord. call to reopen PDF camps for After what was a ‘’good meeting’’ on 6 November with the President of the "Al Mujahideen" (holy Government of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, the Secretary-General expressed warriors) on the CPA, hope for smooth implementation of the CPA in future. following Vice-President Salva Kiir’s visit to the US … "This … expresses the crisis UN & AU Mediators meet Darfur rebels at its highest level … the NCP UN and AU Mediators Tayé-Brook Zerihoun and Sam Ibok, along with wants to tell the SPLM that it members of the UN-AU Joint Mediation Support Team, visited Juba to meet is completely ready to revert with non-signatory groups to the Darfur Peace Agreement, the Vice-President to war if it wanted to go in that of the Government of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar, and the Sudan People’s path." Liberation Movement (SPLM) Task Force for the Darfur political process. Dhia El-Din Bilal Meetings were held as part of continuing efforts of the UN-AU mediation to Political Analyst assist the movements in finding common ground ahead of scheduled direct 18 November negotiations with signatory parties to the DPA. The Mediators then traveled to Darfur, where meetings were held with other rebel movements who did not “The talk about reopening the attend last month’s first round of peace talks in Sirte, Libya. camps for the "Mujahideen" and declaring Jihad again reverts from the language of UNMIS to assist with police manual on human peace…the SPLM has no rights intention to enter any war and The Ministry of Interior recently approved a joint project proposed by the if we do so, it would be for Sudanese Advisory Council for Human Rights and UNMIS on the self-defense only." development of a Human Rights Training Manual for the Sudanese Police Pagan Amum Force. The project will be launched on 9 December at a workshop to take SPLM Secretary-General place in Khartoum. 17 November “People have been talking UNMIS Police continue capacity building about having gone to America to conspire against Sudan. I UNMIS Civilian Police launched on 11 November a six-week comprehensive have no reason to do that “Training of Trainers Course” on community policing at the Police Academy in because I'm part of Sudan Khartoum, after concluding a similar training course on 17 November in the Southern region of Yei. and you can't conspire against yourself." Additionally, UNMIS Police concluded a training course on special weapons and tactics at GoS Police headquarters in Kadugli and two five-day traffic management training sessions in both Dilling and Ed Damazin on 15 Salva Kiir Mayardit November. Other activities included a basic computer training course, which First Vice-President of Su dan started on 15 November at local police headquarters in Ed Damazin, as well and President of GoSS as English language courses for local police in Malakal. 20 November THE WEEK In Focus ● By UNMIS Public Information Office ● 16 – 22 November 2007 Security Developments MIRAYA HIGHLIGHTS Southern Sudan and the Three Areas Fighting between Arab nomads and farmers of the Hausa tribe erupted in Live Debates and Call-ins Bados, 45 kilometres north of Rosieres in Blue Nile State, on 16 November. Is Tribalism an obstacle to The fighting was triggered by the killing of a nomad by a Hausa tribesman, Democracy in Southern Sudan? whose crops were destroyed by the murdered nomad. Ghada James, Chairperson for Information and Culture in the On 17 November, two drunken armed men stopped an UNMIS/Sudan Armed Central Equatorial Legislative Forces/Sudan People’s Liberation Army Joint Monitoring Team on a patrol to Assembly (CELA) (15 November). Paloich, northeast of Malakal, and forced the team to drive them to a camp. Formation of SPLM Youth League The Team reported the incident to the local Joint Integrated Unit Commander, in Bahr El Ghazal: Majut Yak Secretary SPLM (16 November). who said it would be investigated. Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Eastern Sudan: Jacob Miju, Director of Disease Control, South Darfur Ministry of Animal Resources, GoSS Three armed men stopped a UN vehicle carrying two UN staff members at (19 November). gunpoint on 15 November near the UN Office in Nyala. The attackers South Sudan Fire Belt: Khamis dropped the staff members after driving for about 10 minutes and left with the Abuanja, Advisor, and Justin vehicle. The staff were slightly injured, as they were beaten by the attackers, Sebit, Deputy Director of Animal Resources in GoSS Ministry of and their personal belongings were looted. The vehicle remains missing. Agriculture and Forestry ( 20 November). On 17 November, thirty armed bandits stopped commercial trucks in the South Darfur area, 10 kilometres west of Sania Afandu and 70 kilometres Features and Interviews southeast of Nyala. The attackers exchanged fire with five Popular Defense Force (PDF) soldiers escorting the convoy, leaving two people killed and two Interviews: Head of Sudan Journalists; Majak Macher, seriously injured (identities are still unknown). Director of Census in Lakes State; Dr. Michel Wejang on the policy of Two trucks were taken by the attackers, while the remaining vehicles were GoSS‘s Ministry of Health. ordered to proceed. The PDF soldiers also reportedly went missing after the incident. Later, a second convoy on its way from Sileah to Nyala was stopped Features: T he rights of children in at the same location by the same perpetrators. After one hour, the convoy North Kordofan; hemorrhagic fever; expensive house rental rates was allowed to proceed without being looted. in Juba. Darfur: The Road to Peace A review of recent talks in Sirte, Libya. Noted Darfurian journalist, Abdullah Adam Khater, who recently returned from Sirte is featured in the program. UN Mirror An Interview with DDR representative, Khaled Awadallah Almsoual. The program also included reports on fast food culture in Khartoum and local development initiatives by NGOs. Page 2 THE WEEK In Focus ● By UNMIS Public Information Office ● 16 – 22 November 2007 .
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