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Arabic Media

December 11, 2022

Source: Al Khaleej (UAE daily, with over 80,000 in circulation)
Headline: Khartoum Committed to Hybrid Force Deployment and Said Delay Was Caused by Lack of Funds and Specialized Forces
By: Al Haj Mouz

Khartoum indicated it fully supported UN Security Council resolution 1769 concerning deployment of AU – UN hybrid force in Darfur
Sudanese foreign ministry reiterated its commitment to work with international community to implement the resolution and rejected all kinds of pressure and threats
It added Sudan would not accept European forces , explaining that any country has the right to refuse peacekeepers it does not want
The ministry stated that the main obstacle to hybrid force deployment was lack of funds and helicopters

Source: Al Jazeera (Leading Arabic News Channel, headquartered in Qatar)
Headline: Eliasson in Darfur to Restart Peace Negotiations

UN Envoy Jan Eliasson visited some tribes in Darfur in an effort to convince rebel groups to join peace talks
He told some Fur tribes that he wanted the peace negotiations to start at the same time as hybrid force deployment
Meanwhile, Abdul Wahid Nour reiterated his opposition to any peace talks before the deployment of the hybrid force
As for the tribal leaders, they presented Eliasson with a list of demands that included: speedy deployment of international troops, disarm militias groups, return lands occupied by Arab tribes to their lawful owners, and compensate victim’s families and those who lost property

Source: Okaz (Government-Friendly, Saudi daily with strong circulation)
Headline: Sarkozy Says French Troops Provide Indirect Assistance to Chad

French President Sarkozy told journalists in Lisbon that French troops currently deployed in eastern Chad provide indirect assistance to Chad
He added that if French troops were not welcome, they would leave immediately, but no such sentiment was expressed officially
It is worth noting that Chadian rebels demanded the departure of these troops and accused them of supporting the regime of Idriss Deby

Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

People Against Injustice (PAIN)

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)