Here is the daily roundup and summary of the major headlines coming out of conflict areas. United to End Genocide does not necessarily support the views expressed in the articles in this post.

Sudan and South Sudan

Darfur LJM counts on Washington workshop to convince holdout rebels to join peace—Sudan Tribune

The Liberation and Justice Movement(LJM) is hoping that the workshop in Washington aimed at making peace in Darfur will be successful in convincing other rebel groups to sign the Doha Darfur Peace Document (DDPD).  The LJM was the only rebel group to join the Sudanese government in agreeing to the Doha peace accord, and most of the other groups refused unless they were allowed to renegotiate the conditions.

Sudan denies its citizens taking refuge in south, US says bombing denial ‘blatant lie’ –Sudan Tribune

Sudan has denied that Sudanese civilians are fleeing the country for refuge from government attacks or that it bombed two of the refugee camps in South Sudan they are fleeing to.  US Ambassador Sudan Rice said the denials were a “blatant lie” and that the evidence is “incontrovertible”.  The aerial attack on the Yida refugee camp was witnessed by UN personnel delivering aid in the area and the damage was videotaped.

Rebel groups agree to work together for regime change in Sudan—Sudan Tribune

Four of the major rebel groups operating in Sudan agreed on Friday to form a coalition called the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), to overthrow Omer El-Bashir’s regime and replace it with a democratic government based on “voluntary unity and neutrality of religion on political matters”.  The coalition is made up of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM), the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-AW) led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur, and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).

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