---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Radio Dabanga <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:17 AM Subject: 'Our demands to be approved': Sudan opposition on roadmap, Darfur & Sudan News Update (20-26 July) To: [email protected]
*Darfur & Sudan News Update by Radio Dabanga (20 - 26 July)* View this email in your browser <http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=8c359cce4c&e=5ffa50b614> <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=80d6a3eb3a&e=5ffa50b614> *'Our demands to be approved': Sudan opposition on roadmap* [image: News photo 1] <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=a57f0bfe7b&e=5ffa50b614> *26 July - 2016 KHARTOUM* A public discussion in Sudan about the renewed position of the Sudan Appeal towards the proposed peace roadmap sparked in Sudan, as its representatives have held the first press conference after their meetings in Paris last week. On Monday, Umma Party leader El Sadig El Mahdi and SPLM-N Secretary-General Yasir Arman disclosed new information on the steps to be taken before the Sudan Appeal opposition will sign the peace roadmap, that has been proposed by the African Union and signed by the Sudanese government. They claimed that chief AU mediator Thabo Mbeki has promised that his team will pass the opposition's demands for the roadmap. The AU panel has yet to make a statement after this announcement, however, the ruling party NCP stressed that the roadmap is already clear and ruled out that any preparatory meeting between the government and the Sudan Appeal will take place. The Sudan Appeal members, a mix of rebel movements, opposition and civil society parties, express their willingness to sign the file following months of rejecting it <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=65963ee892&e=5ffa50b614>. The roadmap outlines the subjects that the Sudanese government and the Sudan Appeal should agree on: a cessation of hostilities and humanitarian access in Sudan's conflict areas. Continue Reading <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=756261310a&e=5ffa50b614> *Feature* *Activists encourage Darfuri women to prevent rapes* *July 22 - 2016 NYALA *In Darfur, activists condemn the prevalence of sexual violence against displaced girls and women as much as the denial of the government and the impunity for offenders. Sexual violence is continuously used during attacks on villages and displaced people in Darfur, according to the United Nations Secretary-General in April. The acts have continued for as long as the conflict in Darfur has lasted: more than 12 years. Women rights activists <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=9f73695c7c&e=5ffa50b614> have been able to pin-down the areas where most cases of rape have occurred: Jebel Marra, Kereinik locality in West Darfur, and the camps Otash and El Salam in South Darfur. The representative of displaced women in the five Darfur states, Awatif Abdelrahman Yousif, explained that the majority of rapes in Darfur are covered-up by the families of the victims. Most rapes are not filed at police stations because victims fear to be persecuted by the police. “Women say they are humiliated and at times the police turns their report into accusing them of committing adultery.” Despite amendments to the definition of rape in Article 149 in Sudan’s criminal law, the legislation remains unclear about evidence standards that apply. To respond to sexual violence in camps in South Darfur, representative Awatif Yousif has established an association that supports victims of rape. Sheikhs and elders, for instance, encourage women to go farming in groups in order to be less easy victims for roaming gunmen. Radio Dabanga found in 2015 that the majority of the victims of reported rape crimes in Darfur were assaulted while tending their farm. Dr. Nur El Sadig, a Sudanese women rights defender, called on <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=71cfedf1e7&e=5ffa50b614> Sudanese women to curb the underreporting of rape cases. “Stop denying the rapes in Darfur and recognise that they happen.” *More news from Radio Dabanga:* *SLM-AW claims win in Jebel Marra battle* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=eda025db54&e=5ffa50b614> July 26 - 2016 WESTERN JEBEL MARRA / KASS Rebels in Darfur claim to have killed more than 100 soldiers during a battle in western Jebel Marra on Friday night. The military spokesman for the SLM led by Abdel Wahid El Nur (SLM-AW)... *Spike in applications for South Darfur camp school <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=ff908d12e1&e=5ffa50b614>* July 25 - 2016 NYALA There is a significant increase in the number of students applying for secondary schools in camps north of Nyala in South Darfur, amid a shortage of schools. New displacement from Jebel Marra seems to be... *Children die of malnutrition in Lobe, South Darfur* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=386cf5f291&e=5ffa50b614> July 24 - 2016 DERIBAT Two children died of malnutrition on Thursday and many more are in danger among the displaced people taking refuge in the Lobe area, eight kilometres west of Deribat in East Jebel Marra. About 2,500... ‘*No significant improvement in human rights in Sudan’: UK Govt. report* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=a751c655b7&e=5ffa50b614> July 24 - 2016 LONDON The Human Rights Priority Country report on Sudan taken from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2015 Human Rights and Democracy Report laments that “overall there was no significant... [image: Boy in Darfur] <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=8826fdbeb0&e=5ffa50b614> *This week's Most-Read on Facebook:* *Displaced boy commits suicide in Central Darfur* Read article <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=7767bf0c7d&e=5ffa50b614> || Go to Facebook <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=cb0d1697ca&e=5ffa50b614> *Sports papers seized, crackdown on journalists in the Sudans* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=e4e8153b77&e=5ffa50b614> July 22 - 2016 KHARTOUM / JUBA The security service in Sudan cracks down on news media, as the print-runs of two sports newspapers were confiscated on Thursday. Two journalists were summoned or tried in court, while the United... *Heavy rains and flooding across Sudan: OCHA <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=0dd8b109c7&e=5ffa50b614>* July 21 - 2016 SUDAN In its latest Humanitarian Bulletin, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan reports that the areas of Sudan affected by heavy rains and flash floods include parts of Blue Nile, Kassala... *Concern over permits among tea sellers in Sudanese capital* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=caeb6d3f97&e=5ffa50b614> July 20 - 2016 KHARTOUM Khartoum’s women tea sellers are concerned about a decision issued by the Commissioner of Khartoum locality to withdraw their permits to sell tea along Nile Street, the boulevard that follows the Blue Nile. On... *Sudanese Pound hits record low against US Dollar* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=48df7df7e4&e=5ffa50b614> July 20 - 2016 KHARTOUM Tuesday saw the Sudanese Pound (SDG) drop to a record low against the US Dollar, as demand for greenbacks outstripped supply on the parallel market. At one point, Dollars were trading on the parallel... <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=75fea42db3&e=5ffa50b614> Facebook <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=65aa524b2a&e=5ffa50b614> <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=211e958214&e=5ffa50b614> Twitter <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=af6a88a962&e=5ffa50b614> <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=8a8aecc4b4&e=5ffa50b614> Invite a Friend to Subscribe <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=ba758379b9&e=5ffa50b614> This email was sent to [email protected] *why did I get this?* <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/about?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=cb0579777a&e=5ffa50b614&c=8c359cce4c> unsubscribe from this list <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=cb0579777a&e=5ffa50b614&c=8c359cce4c> update subscription preferences <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/profile?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=cb0579777a&e=5ffa50b614> Radio Dabanga · https://www.dabangasudan.org/en · Amsterdam, 1011 AA · Netherlands [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp] <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&afl=1> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooV%2BGfiTbmGgu_VvPrLOANdht4mbv5HTHygrgMntaax-w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
