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Elise Keppler is associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch
Displaced people living in Ardamata camp in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, welcoming the start of proceedings in the case against “Janjaweed” militia leader Ali Kosheib at the International Criminal Court. Photos courtesy of Radio Dabanga www.dabangasudan.org.
NEW YORK, Mar 12 2021 (IPS) - Sudanese authorities concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in February in its investigation of Ali Kushayb. This much needed step is expected to allow ICC investigators access to Sudan ahead of ICC judges’ deliberations in May to assess whether there is sufficient evidence to send his case to trial.
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The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission to Sudan (UNITAMS) is scaling up its operations following the appointment, on 7 January, of Volker Perthes as Special Representative for Sudan of the UN Secretary General and head of UNITAMS. He leads a mission tasked with providing support to the Sudanese government at a time of extraordinary challenge for the country. A political transition which began in 2019 with the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir is proceeding haltingly as Sudan faces a deep economic crisis, violence in the peripheral regions of Darfur and the East, and recurrent tensions between leading figures of the transition.
Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt,Libya, Chad, Central African Republic,South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
About Sudan
Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States.
Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 18.3 years
Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.)
Other Facts
Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded.