"Torture, Persecution, Arbitrary Arrest: Khartoum's Tyranny Continues" As the international community focuses on the Machakos peace process, and efforts to end the world's most destructive civil conflict, it is important ...

"Khartoum Continues Its Objections to UN Human Rights Reporting" In an all too familiar pattern, Khartoum has strenuously objected to human rights reporting by the UN's Special Rapporteur for Sudan, Gerhart Baum. Last ...

"Machakos in Suspension: Time for Tough-Minded Thinking" The current round of peace talks at Machakos (Kenya) has been suspended with very little further progress. Significantly, both the Government of Sudan and the ...

"Southern Sudan: Current Imperatives for Humanitarian Access" On October 26, 2002 agreement was reached in Nairobi over an outline for securing "unimpeded humanitarian access" to all areas and for all people in need in ...

"Canadian News Media and Reporting on Talisman in Sudan" Canadian news reporting on Talisman Energy's presence in Sudan has been for the most part uninspired and unsustained, though there have been some notable exceptions ...

"Is the US State Department Really Committed to the Machakos Process?" How seriously is the US State Department committed to the Machakos peace process and the agreements it produces? The question has considerable urgency ...

"Resumption of the Machakos Talks---Responsibilities and Obligations" There can be no denying the immense significance of the Machakos peace process resuming in the wake of an agreement between the National Islamic Front ...

"Genocide in Sudan: The Imperative to Act" The Sudan Peace Act passed by unanimous consent in the US Senate yesterday, and is now awaiting the President's signature before becoming governing legislation for the US. This ...

"Sudan and the Sudan Peace Act" The Sudan Peace Act, passed by an overwhelming margin yesterday in the US House of Representatives, serves to bring into focus a great many of the issues that will determine whether Sudan is ...

"Day One of Khartoum's Total Interdiction of Humanitarian Aid" As the world watches silently, the first day of Khartoum's total interdiction of humanitarian aid into Southern Sudan is coming to a close. The dying will ...