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The Sudan APG met with key officials from the Government of Sudan

“Conflict, Arms and Militarization: The Dynamics of Darfur’s IDP Camps” by Clea Kahn

Seeking Solutions to the Crisis in Abyei, Sudan prepared by Vanessa J.Jimenez, Senior Peace Fellow
A report which seeks to identify the key factors contributing to instability in Abyei and to identify actions that can be taken by the key domestic actors and the international community to begin to reduce tension and resolve the conflict.

A new MSF report - “Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate health needs remain amid a precarious peace”

In this report, published to mark the third anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, we assess the progress of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with a focus on what needs to be done to create the conditions for free, fair, and meaningful elections. This is a national question and the report looks at North and South Sudan, Darfur and further discusses Eastern Sudan, long a concern of the Group.

David Drew MP briefly announced the Sudan APG report before Baroness Cox presented her findings direct from a three week visit to South Sudan.

http://mwcnews.net/content/view/16512/53/
UK lawmakers call for inclusive peace talks to solve the Darfur conflict 
NAIROBI, Daniel Ooko, (MWC News)–United Kingdom lawmakers said Monday that the African Union/United Nations are in danger of repeating the mistakes of the past in the quest for peace in Darfur.
In a statement issued in Nairobi after a visit to the strife-torn Darfur region, [...]

http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/weeklyupdates/wu_contents.asp?wkupdt_id=1023
25/08/2007
More focus needed to help returnees
JUBA, Aug 25 (Gurtong) – A representative from a group of Members of the British Parliament who visited Juba told Gurtong that more attention needs to be focused on providing services to recent returned refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) to South Sudan.
“People have come back and are looking for [...]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKMCD93741820070829
Detained Sudan politician allowed to meet lawyers
Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:49pm BST
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese opposition politician Mubarak al-Fadil has met his lawyers for the first time since he was detained without charge more than 40 days ago, his advocate Amin Mekki said on Wednesday.
Fadil, the head of the opposition Umma Party for Reform and [...]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKL29290511._CH_.242020070829
 
29, August 2007, “Darfur peacekeeprs must use force - British MPs” - Reuters

 
KHARTOUM, Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.N. and African Union peacekeeping troops in Darfur must respond with force if attacked by armed groups, British parliamentarians said on Wednesday.
 
The current 7,000-strong African Union force in Darfur has failed to stem violence in the region despite [...]

David Drew interviewed on BBC World with George Aligiah after a recent visit to Sudan. You can watch an excerpt from this interview by reading this post (clicking on the title above). The b-roll footage is also from the Group’s visit, and was taken in the AMIS camp at Geneina, and among displaced populations from [...]

 
A comprehensive report will be published shortly
 

Mark Lancaster MP and David Drew MP with recently returned IDPs in Juba.
 
Members of the APG visited Sudan between August 21st and August 29th 2007. The trip underscored the need for the internataional community to work with Sudan in the long term, to refocus its attention on the Comprehensive [...]

  
APG Delegation to Sudan, June 27nd - July 4th 2004
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Parliamentarians visited Sudan between 27 June and 4 July 2004 under the auspices of theAssociate Parliamentary Group for Sudan accompanied by HM Ambassador WilliamPatey, Mark Bryson-Richardson UK Embassy Khartoum and the Group Co-ordinator Sultana Begum.  Our grateful thanks [...]

  
APG Delegation to Sudan, April 6th - 13th 2002 
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The APG visited Sudan between April 6th and 13th 2002 under the auspices of the Associate
Parliamentary Group for Sudan accompanied by HM Ambassador to Sudan Richard Makepeace, Dan
Silvey of Christian Aid and the Group co-ordinator Colin [...]