Section: Briefs & Advocacy: Post-Machakos '02-'03
The articles published under this section are as follows.
- Peace for Sudan? A Compendium of Obstacles and Opportunities, July 22, 2002 (2766 Reads)

- Urgent action needed for the peace process in Sudan, July 25, 2002 (2933 Reads)

- “Where does the US stand on self-determination for southern Sudan?,” July 30, 2002 (3250 Reads)

- Oil war resumes, despite Machakos Accord, July 30, 2002 (2781 Reads)

- Egyptian Opposition to Sudan Peace Process, August 1, 2002 (3033 Reads)

- A cry for justice, as an aid worker is killed by Khartoum-allied militia, August 7, 2002 (3064 Reads)

- Where is the monitoring team for attacks on civilians in Southern Sudan? -- August 30, 2002 (2674 Reads)

- Talisman Energy dealt a powerful setback in US Federal Court, September 6, 2004 (2769 Reads)

- Khartoum to end role of UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, September 19, 2002 (2830 Reads)

- Khartoum escalates its campaign of aerial bombardment of civilian targets in Southern Sudan, September 12, 2002 (2896 Reads)

- Khartoum suspends participation in Machakos process, September 2, 2002 (2543 Reads)

- Khartoum shuts down all humanitarian access to Southern Sudan, September 26, 2002 (2683 Reads)

- Day One of Khartoum's shutdown of humanitarian access to Southern Sudan, September 27, 2002 (2634 Reads)

- Sudan and the US Sudan Peace Act, October 8, 2002 (2676 Reads)

- Genocide in Sudan: The imperative to act, October 10, 2002 (2936 Reads)

- Resumption of the Machakos Talks: Responsibilites and obligations, October 16, 2002 (2706 Reads)

- Is the US State Department really commited to the Machakos Process? -- October 24, 2002 (2582 Reads)

- Canadian news media and reporting on Sudan, November 5, 2002 (2754 Reads)

- Southern Sudan: Current imperatives for humanitarian access, November 14. 2002 (2787 Reads)

- Machakos in suspension: Time for tough-minded thinking, November 20, 2002 (2683 Reads)

- Khartoum continues its objections to UN human rights reporting in Sudan, November 22, 2002 (2754 Reads)

- Torture, persecution, arbitrary arrest: Khartoum's tryanny continues, December 3, 2002 (3629 Reads)

- General Sumbeiywo and the logic of peace for Sudan, December 8, 2002 (2745 Reads)

- Monitoring attacks on civilians in Sudan: A dismaying start, December 15, 2002 (2839 Reads)

- Khartoum's renewed talk of war all too revealing, December 29, 2002 (2614 Reads)

- Khartoum's massive military build-up violates October cessation of hostilities agreement, January 9, 2003 (from Rumbek, South Sudan) (2799 Reads)

- The Nuba Mountains region: An inescapable issue at Machakos, January 13, 2003 (from Kauda, Nuba Mountains) (3452 Reads)

- Fighting in Western Upper Nile continues to threaten Machakos peace process, January 19/20, 2003 (from Lui, Yei, Western Equatoria) (2822 Reads)

- Khartoum captures Leer in an accelerating offensive in Sudan's oil regions, January 27, 2003 (2984 Reads)

- Machakos at the precipice: Khartoum moves Sudan towards war, January 29, 2003 (2758 Reads)

- A new "Memorandum of Understanding on cessation of hostilities in Sudan: Why was this necessary? -- ebruary 5, 2003 (2767 Reads)

- Full confirmation of Khartoum's Western Upper Nile offensive: Report from the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team, February 10, 2003 (2784 Reads)

- Khartoum again begins actively denying humanitarian access to Southern Sudan, February 12, 2003 (2788 Reads)

- Khartoum redeploys construction equipment for oil roads: New civilian populations at risk in Western Upper Nile, February 17, 2003 (3443 Reads)

- The Sudan Peace Act and the Machakos Peace Process, February 21, 2003 (2557 Reads)

- A continuing compromising of the Sudan peace process, February 27, 2003 (2664 Reads)

- Khartoum directly violating February 4 [2003] "cease-fire" agreement, March 4, 2003 (2710 Reads)

- US Sudan policy sinks further into disarray, March 10, 2003 (2735 Reads)

- Machakos peace process staggers under pressing deadlines, growing burden of policy expediency, March 14, 2003 (2424 Reads)

- A Major Legal Defeat for Talisman Energy in US Federal District Court: A Landmark Decision, March 19, 2004 (2590 Reads)

- "Talisman Can't Escape the Burden of Genocidal Complicity in Sudan," March 24, 2003 (3049 Reads)

- "'Sudan's Overall Human Rights Picture Has Not Changed Significantly,' says UN Investigator [Special Rapporteur for Sudan, Gerhart Baum]," March 30, 2003 (3061 Reads)

- "Khartoum Obstructs Operations of US-led Civilian Protection Monitoring Team in Sudan, Clearly Violating the Terms of Deployment," April 1, 2003 (3003 Reads)

- "Khartoum Continues to Deny Flight Access to the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team," April 4, 2003 (2567 Reads)

- "Full Confirmation that Khartoum Has Prevented the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team from Conducting Operations Throughout Sudan,” April 7, 2003 (2654 Reads)

- "Growing Chorus of Voices Demanding Continued Scrutiny of Sudan's Human Rights Performance," April 9, 2003 (2634 Reads)

- "Khartoum's Human Rights Record Rehabilitated: The Travesty in Geneva," April 16, 2003 (2615 Reads)

- "Latest Round of Machakos Peace Talks Breaks off with No Progress," April 17, 2003 (2534 Reads)

- "President Determines that Khartoum is 'Engaged in Good Faith Peace Negotiations, ' Not 'Unreasonably Interfering with Humanitarian Efforts,'" April 22, 2003 (2618 Reads)

- "State Department and the White House Seek to Justify Their Assessment of the Khartoum Regime," April 24, 2003 (2694 Reads)

- "Egypt Attempts to Squeeze the Remaining Life out of Machakos Process," May 1, 2003 (2588 Reads)

- "Khartoum's Ongoing Militarizing of Oil Roads, Offensive Redeployments," May 12, 2003 (3054 Reads)

- "A Time-table for Genocide," May 15, 2003 (2900 Reads)

- "Other Faces of Terror in Sudan,” May 22, 2003 (2843 Reads)

- "Monitoring in Southern Sudan: Confusion Abounds, Khartoum Benefits," May 30, 2003 (2886 Reads)

- "Attacks on Civilians in Eastern Upper Nile: Of No Concern?" -- June 3, 2003 (3202 Reads)

- "Can Khartoum Function as a National Capital Under Shari'a Law?" -- June 6, 2003 (2768 Reads)

- "Can Peace Ever Be Made with the National Islamic Front?" -- June 13, 2003 (2705 Reads)

- "The Civilian Protection Monitoring Team in Sudan: A Growing Disgrace," June 17, 2003 (3650 Reads)

- "Khartoum and the LRA: Clear Evidence of Renewed Assistance," June 20, 2003 (3089 Reads)

- "The CPMT Report on the Liang Area Atrocities: A Disgraceful Failure," June 19, 2003 (2905 Reads)

- "The CPMT and Oil Development Activities in Eastern Upper Nile: Another Extraordinary Reporting Failure," July 2, 2003 (2697 Reads)

- "Renewed Violations of Cease-fire Agreement by Khartoum's Forces in Southern Sudan," July 7, 2003 (2507 Reads)

- "Petrodar and Oil Development in Eastern Upper Nile: The Asian Connection," July 9, 2003 (4907 Reads)

- "Breakdown of the Machakos Peace Process at Nakuru, Kenya," July 13, 2003 (2530 Reads)

- "Ongoing Civilian Displacement in the Oil Regions of Western Upper Nile," July 16, 2003 (2542 Reads)

- "Machakos at the Breaking Point: What They Are Saying, What it Means," July 18, 2003 (2620 Reads)

- "Egypt's Effort to Collapse the Machakos Peace Process," July 20, 2003 (2806 Reads)

- "Who Supports the Nakuru 'Draft Framework' Agreement? No Time for Expedient Ambiguity, July 24, 2003" (2691 Reads)

- "The Cost of Silence: Chances for Peace in Sudan Continues to Dissipate," July 28, 2003 (2627 Reads)

- "Khartoum's Strategy in Collapsing the Machakos Peace Process," July 29, 2003 (2596 Reads)

- "Consequences of Failure: The Face of Resumed War in Southern Sudan," August 4, 2003 (2892 Reads)

- "On the Razor's Edge: Khartoum Sets the Stage for Collapse of Machakos," August 7, 2003 (2698 Reads)

- "August 8, 2003: Comments from the International Community at 'Five Minutes to Midnight' for the Sudan Peace Process,” August 8, 2003 (2587 Reads)

- "Machakos Negotiations 'Resume': No Sign of Khartoum Engaging," August 11, 2003 (4410 Reads)

- "Khartoum's Final Reneging: The Denial of Southern Self-Determination," August 18, 2003 (2674 Reads)

- "Sudan Peace Talks 'Suspended Indefinitely': Meanwhile---Oil Development and Fighting Ratchet up in Eastern Upper Nile," August 20, 2003 (3144 Reads)

- "Seventh Round of Machakos Peace Talks Ends with No Progress: Where does the process go from here?" August 24, 2003 (2428 Reads)

- "The Khartoum Regime and the Lord's Resistance Army: Growing Evidence of High-level Cooperation," August 26, 2003 (4407 Reads)

- "The Realities of Oil Development in Southern Sudan: An Overview Prior to the Final Round of Machakos Peace Talks," September 1, 2003 (2849 Reads)

- "Moment of Decision in Naivasha (Kenya): The Machakos Peace Process Concludes Here," September 10, 2003 (2783 Reads)

- "Hopes Fading in Naivasha (Kenya) for Sudan Peace: Khartoum Refuses to Negotiate in Good Faith," September 16, 2003 (2567 Reads)

- "Khartoum Muscling up on Security Issues at Naivasha: NIF Army and Defense Minister Put Negotiations on a ‘Short Leash,’" September 23, 2003 (2635 Reads)

- "Time for the US to Commit Financially to Peace in Sudan: Peace Won’t Come on the Cheap, But War is More Expensive in All Ways," october 2, 2003 (2592 Reads)

- "The Face of War in Darfur (Sudan): Many Tens of Thousands Flee Khartoum’s Campaign of Aerial Bombardment, Militia Attacks," October 8, 2003 (2909 Reads)

- "The Urgent Costs of Peace for Sudan: Immediate and Imminent Needs," October 16, 2003 (2482 Reads)

- "Colin Powell’s Bumpy Ride to Naivasha (Kenya): What It May, and May Not, Mean for the Sudan Peace Process," October 23, 2003 (2635 Reads)

- "How committed is the Bush administration to providing transitional aid and peace support operations for Sudan?" -- October 29, 2003 (2607 Reads)

- "No Peace, No War---But Plenty of Oil Development: Consequences for Upper Nile Province in Sudan," November 3, 2003 (2990 Reads)

- "Enabling Peace in Sudan: The Task at Hand," November 6, 2003 (2635 Reads)

- "Red Flags in Sudan: Threats to the Peace Process; Widening Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur," November 11, 2003 (2690 Reads)

- "A United Nations Peace Support Operation for Sudan: Urgent Needs, Lethargic Planning," November 14, 2003 (2643 Reads)

- "The Accelerating Catastrophe in Darfur (Sudan): Khartoum Fixes Upon a Policy of War and Civilian Destruction," November 24, 2003 (2682 Reads)

- "The Day After a Sudan Peace Agreement is Signed: Promises, Risks, Consequences," December 6, 2003 (2757 Reads)

- President Bush Declares Peace in Sudan a "Beacon of Reconciliation": Does the Light from this “Beacon” Shine as Far as Darfur? -- December 9, 2003 (2735 Reads)

- Human Destruction and Displacement in Darfur: War, Humanitarian Access, and "Ethnic Cleansing," December 12, 2003 (4247 Reads)

- Robust "Humanitarian Intervention" as a Response to the Crisis in Darfur: “Ethnic Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Civilian Slaughter Require Action, December 16, 2003 (2819 Reads)

- US State Department Statement on Crisis in Darfur (December 16, 2003): Belated, Inadequate---and Silent on the Question of “Ethnic Cleansing,” December 17, 2003 (2833 Reads)

- Wealth-sharing Deal Brings a Final Peace Accord Closer, But---Can the Khartoum Regime Accommodate the Realities of Peace? -- December 22, 2003 (2704 Reads)

- "Ethnic Cleansing" in Darfur: Systematic, Ethnically-based Denial of Humanitarian Aid Is No Context for a Sustainable Peace Agreement in Sudan, December 30, 2003 (3492 Reads)

- On Genocide in Darfur --- Eric Reeves, December 30, 2003 (6790 Reads)
