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Arabic Media
August 20, 2023
Source: Al Khaleej (UAE daily, with over 80,000 in circulation)
Headline: Norway and Sweden to Participate in Darfur Hybrid Force
Sweden and Norway announced :
- They will send 400 troops of Engineers and soldiers to participate in Darfur hybrid force
- The troops will be deployed till the end of 2008
- Norwegian foreign minister stated that more than half of these troops will be from Norway
- Parliaments in both countries will vote to approve the deployment
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily with wide circulation)
Headline: British Muslim Groups Described Humanitarian Conditions in Darfur as “Difficult”
A group of Islamic organizations concluded a visit to Sudan and headed to Saudi Arabia:
- To meet with Organization of the Islamic Conference to report on Darfur humanitarian conditions
- To urge Islamic countries to provide more aid to conflict victims
- The group described the situation in Darfur refugee camps as “difficult”
- The group insisted that it had no agenda except a humanitarian one, and
- That it was on a discovery mission
- That it will meet with officials when it goes back to Britain to present their finding
- The group also indicated that it will recommend the government endorses the peace process and work with Sudan to resolve the crisis
- The group refused to answer questions about the controversy surrounding death counts saying it is concerned about providing aid to the victims whether they were just one person or hundreds of thousands
- The group indicated that it saw thousands of needy people and it will try to increase the humanitarian aid they receive
Source: Al Khaleej (UAE daily, with over 80,000 in circulation)
Headline: 142 People Killed in Fighting between Rebels and Arab Tribes and Sudanese government Promised to Protect Darfur Hybrid Force
By: Al Haj Muz
Sudanese minister of defense, Abdul Rahim Mohamed Hussein, said:
- Government troops will provide protection to Darfur hybrid force
- President Al Bashir ordered the military to protect and not attack this force
- He also ordered the military to cooperate with the hybrid force
- The minister added that the government and the army will cooperate fully with the UN resolution, and
- Explained that the resolution calls for a hybrid operation and not a hybrid force
Meanwhile fighting in South Darfur province between SLM – Minnawi faction and a splinter JEM – Khalil Ibrahim faction on one side and a group of Arab tribes:
- Killed 142 people and wounded tens more
- The province governor acknowledged the fighting but said the exact number of victims is not know yet
- The rebel groups said the Janjaweed militia attacked and pillaged numerous villages near Saoona town
- A regional official reported that the militia killed 78 rebel fighters, set 13 armed vehicles on fire and captured many weapons
Source: Al Arabiya (Dubai-based Pan Arabic News channel with over 15 million viewers)
Headline: Israel Deports Tens of Illegal Sudanese Immigrants to Egypt but Exempts Darfur Refugees
- Israel deported 50 Sudanese refugees on August 18 to Egypt
- Israeli government spokesperson said 500 Darfur refugees will be allowed to remain in Israel
- Hundreds of Sudanese refuges, including many who fled the war in Darfur and the hardship in Egypt put themselves through harm’s way to sneak into Israel
- Egyptian officials said they received 48 Sudanese immigrants and that they were being interrogated
- Egypt increased its border control to prevent more illegal refugees from crossing into Israel
- An Arab human rights activist, Jamal Eid, blamed governments’ persecution, oppression, and injustice for pushing “these people to seek refuge even in Israel”
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily with wide circulation)
Headline: Nafi Ali Nafi to Represent the Government in Darfur Negotiations
By: Ismail Adam
Well-informed sources indicated that presidential Advisor Nafi Ali Nafi will replace late Majdoub Al Khalifa in leading the government’s team to Darfur negotiations. He was chosen because:
- Of his ties to the president and the ruling party
- Of the complexity of the upcoming peace negotiations
- Of the involvement of many ministries which require someone of Nafi’s stature to commend their respect
Meanwhile, minister of defense indicated that Darfur hybrid force “has no right to protect the civilian population at all,” but can protect itself, its equipment and headquarters. He added that UNSC resolution “respects Sudan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
And in the mean time, the secretary general of the communist party who concluded a visit to Darfur said:
- He found Darfuri people to be knowledgeable of their situation and ways to resolve it
- He criticized the increased role of humanitarian organizations, and
- Questioned the void left by the absence of local and national humanitarian organizations
- Splintering rebel groups reached 15 different groups by his count, and
- Called for a common strategy on which all groups could agree
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily with wide circulation)
Headline: The Past Haunts Darfur Refugees as They Yearn for Peace
Mariam, like many other children in this refugee camp in eastern Chad, was orphaned by the atrocities committed in neighboring Darfur region in Sudan:
- Most refugees describe terrifying events
- Rape and indiscriminate killing by the Janjaweed militia
- The artwork of the children show repeated war scenes
- Planes bombing villages
- Men on camel and horse backs shooting at everyone, men, women, and children
- Most the children say they “felt anger” when they drew the pictures
Despite all the pain, most of the refugees are optimistic things would change when Darfur hybrid force will be deployed. However, many insist:
- The force must have Western troops
- 70 year old Amina Adam said: “we don’t want African troops; we only want UN troops”
- Ezzidine Khater said “when we faced difficulties, no Arab came to our rescue”
- He added “when we arrived here in 2004, we only found ‘white people’ willing to help us… we believe them when they say we will bring you peace”
Source: Al Khaleej (UAE daily, with over 80,000 in circulation)
Headline: Norway and Sweden to Participate in Darfur Hybrid Force
Sweden and Norway announced :
- They will send 400 troops of Engineers and soldiers to participate in Darfur hybrid force
- The troops will be deployed till the end of 2008
- Norwegian foreign minister stated that more than half of these troops will be from Norway
- Parliaments in both countries will vote to approve the deployment
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily with wide circulation)
Headline: British Muslim Groups Described Humanitarian Conditions in Darfur as “Difficult”
A group of Islamic organizations concluded a visit to Sudan and headed to Saudi Arabia:
- To meet with Organization of the Islamic Conference to report on Darfur humanitarian conditions
- To urge Islamic countries to provide more aid to conflict victims
- The group described the situation in Darfur refugee camps as “difficult”
- The group insisted that it had no agenda except a humanitarian one, and
- That it was on a discovery mission
- That it will meet with officials when it goes back to Britain to present their finding
- The group also indicated that it will recommend the government endorses the peace process and work with Sudan to resolve the crisis
- The group refused to answer questions about the controversy surrounding death counts saying it is concerned about providing aid to the victims whether they were just one person or hundreds of thousands
- The group indicated that it saw thousands of needy people and it will try to increase the humanitarian aid they receive
Source: Al Khaleej (UAE daily, with over 80,000 in circulation)
Headline: 142 People Killed in Fighting between Rebels and Arab Tribes and Sudanese government Promised to Protect Darfur Hybrid Force
By: Al Haj Muz
Sudanese minister of defense, Abdul Rahim Mohamed Hussein, said:
- Government troops will provide protection to Darfur hybrid force
- President Al Bashir ordered the military to protect and not attack this force
- He also ordered the military to cooperate with the hybrid force
- The minister added that the government and the army will cooperate fully with the UN resolution, and
- Explained that the resolution calls for a hybrid operation and not a hybrid force
Meanwhile fighting in South Darfur province between SLM – Minnawi faction and a splinter JEM – Khalil Ibrahim faction on one side and a group of Arab tribes:
- Killed 142 people and wounded tens more
- The province governor acknowledged the fighting but said the exact number of victims is not know yet
- The rebel groups said the Janjaweed militia attacked and pillaged numerous villages near Saoona town
- A regional official reported that the militia killed 78 rebel fighters, set 13 armed vehicles on fire and captured many weapons
Source: Al Arabiya (Dubai-based Pan Arabic News channel with over 15 million viewers)
Headline: Israel Deports Tens of Illegal Sudanese Immigrants to Egypt but Exempts Darfur Refugees
- Israel deported 50 Sudanese refugees on August 18 to Egypt
- Israeli government spokesperson said 500 Darfur refugees will be allowed to remain in Israel
- Hundreds of Sudanese refuges, including many who fled the war in Darfur and the hardship in Egypt put themselves through harm’s way to sneak into Israel
- Egyptian officials said they received 48 Sudanese immigrants and that they were being interrogated
- Egypt increased its border control to prevent more illegal refugees from crossing into Israel
- An Arab human rights activist, Jamal Eid, blamed governments’ persecution, oppression, and injustice for pushing “these people to seek refuge even in Israel”
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily with wide circulation)
Headline: Nafi Ali Nafi to Represent the Government in Darfur Negotiations
By: Ismail Adam
Well-informed sources indicated that presidential Advisor Nafi Ali Nafi will replace late Majdoub Al Khalifa in leading the government’s team to Darfur negotiations. He was chosen because:
- Of his ties to the president and the ruling party
- Of the complexity of the upcoming peace negotiations
- Of the involvement of many ministries which require someone of Nafi’s stature to commend their respect
Meanwhile, minister of defense indicated that Darfur hybrid force “has no right to protect the civilian population at all,” but can protect itself, its equipment and headquarters. He added that UNSC resolution “respects Sudan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
And in the mean time, the secretary general of the communist party who concluded a visit to Darfur said:
- He found Darfuri people to be knowledgeable of their situation and ways to resolve it
- He criticized the increased role of humanitarian organizations, and
- Questioned the void left by the absence of local and national humanitarian organizations
- Splintering rebel groups reached 15 different groups by his count, and
- Called for a common strategy on which all groups could agree
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily with wide circulation)
Headline: The Past Haunts Darfur Refugees as They Yearn for Peace
Mariam, like many other children in this refugee camp in eastern Chad, was orphaned by the atrocities committed in neighboring Darfur region in Sudan:
- Most refugees describe terrifying events
- Rape and indiscriminate killing by the Janjaweed militia
- The artwork of the children show repeated war scenes
- Planes bombing villages
- Men on camel and horse backs shooting at everyone, men, women, and children
- Most the children say they “felt anger” when they drew the pictures
Despite all the pain, most of the refugees are optimistic things would change when Darfur hybrid force will be deployed. However, many insist:
- The force must have Western troops
- 70 year old Amina Adam said: “we don’t want African troops; we only want UN troops”
- Ezzidine Khater said “when we faced difficulties, no Arab came to our rescue”
- He added “when we arrived here in 2004, we only found ‘white people’ willing to help us… we believe them when they say we will bring you peace”
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