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3rd September 2007, MWC News, “UK lawmakers call for inclusive peace talks to solve Darfur conflict”

By admin • Nov 6th, 2007

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, [...]



25th August 2007, Gurtong, “More focus needed to help returnees”

By admin • Nov 6th, 2007

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 [...]



29th August, Reuters, “Detained sudan politician allowed to meet lawyers”

By admin • Nov 6th, 2007

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 [...]



29th August 2007, Reuters, “Darfur peacekeepers must use force-British MPs”

By admin • Nov 6th, 2007

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 [...]



Sudan APG on BBC - Peace Talks Must be Inclusive

By admin • Nov 6th, 2007

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 [...]



Parliamentary Delegation to Sudan

By admin • Sep 5th, 2007

 
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 [...]