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Gabriel M.Tor
I am a poet and a opinionated writer.
A high delegation from the World Bank headed by the Deputy Governor and the Director of African strategies is expected to arrive in Sudan on Tuesday. The visit, which includes Khartoum and Juba, will review the Multi-donors Activities Fund, which was established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to support war-affected areas in Sudan.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, has visited Rwanda on Wednesday to dissuade the country from withdrawing its peacekeeping forces, in an attempt to soften tensions provokes by the UN report citing involvement of Rwandan troops in genocide crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the nineties.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the United States has said that climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa. The report challenges previous assumptions that environmental disasters, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, had played a part in triggering unrest. Instead, it said that traditional factors-such as poverty and social tensions were often the main factors behind the outbreak of conflicts in the African continent.
Members of the Liberation and Justice Movement in Darfur said they have been attacked by what they believed to be the Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Western Sudan. The Deputy Chairman of Liberation and Justice Movement, Haider Falokoma Atim, told Reuters News Agency that a group of LRA rebels attacked their forces on Wednesday in Dafak area in South Darfur.
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Friday September 10, the festival that signals the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a season of fasting and spiritual reflection. In his morning address on the occasion, the Sudanese President, Omer Al Bashir, congratulated the Sudanese and Islamic nation over Eid al Fitr.
A group in Darfur said they have been attacked by what they believed to be the Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Western Sudan. The Deputy Chairman of Liberation and Justice Movement, Haider Falokoma Atim, told Reuters News Agency that a group of LRA rebels attacked their forces on Wednesday in Dafak area in South Darfur.
The SPLM Secretary General, Pagan Amum, said the unity of Sudan could be achieved voluntarily and in manner that respects the interests of all the people of Sudan. Speaking to a press conference at Juba International Airport, Amum said that the SPLM has briefed the visiting delegation of the African National Congress of South Africa on its views on Sudan's unity.
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Regional Coordinator for South Sudan, David Gressly, inaugurated on Thursday the UNMIS Team Site in Kuajok town of Warrap State.
The Governor of Western Equatoria State, Joseph Bakosoro, has said that at least ten people were killed in the State by the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
