Obama Renews Sanctions On The Sudan

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama renewed sanctions on Sudan, a week after unveiling a new policy of pressure and incentives toward the Khartoum government aimed at settling the simmering conflict.

Reuters gives us a similar lead with a key difference...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday under his new strategy of keeping up pressure while offering incentives to the Khartoum government.

Reuters puts some more emphasis on the *formal* renewal. Got to love the Washington process.

Obama Unveils Strategy On The Sudan

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration set out an approach to Sudan today that directs attention toward a fragile peace deal holding together the northern and southern halves of the country while pushing for an end to violence in Darfur.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, and U.S. envoy Scott Gration jointly announced after months of internal deliberations what they described as a new policy rooted in diplomatic engagement.

As if President Barack Obama's involvement isn't reason enough for this to be a big story, Bloomberg name drops even more Washington big shots. AllAfrica.com, however, goes for a more internationally-accessible angle.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a "comprehensive" U.S. policy for resolving the conflicts in Sudan, focused on ending human rights abuses and genocide in the Darfur region, fully implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and ensuring Sudan does not become a haven for violent extremists.

Sudan Sentences Diplomat Killers To Death

From VOA News...

A court in Sudan has upheld the death sentence of four Islamists convicted in June of killing an American diplomat and his Sudanese driver in January 2008.

BBC NEWS gets a bit more detailed in the lead of its piece...

A Sudanese court has upheld a death sentence against four Islamists who shot dead a US envoy on 1 January 2008.

Interesting how the murderers are identified as "Islamists" instead of, say "religious radicals." But by now it's a given that all Muslims are radicals, right? I kid.

UN To Sudan: Stop The Violence

From the A.F.P....

WASHINGTON — Envoys from the UN Security Council's top powers have called on Sudan's feuding parties to urgently implement a 2005 peace accord and prepare for 2010 elections.

The UN elaborates in its direct report...

7 October 2009 – Significant challenges remain to the return of displaced people in southern Sudan following the 2005 peace accord between the Government and separatists, particularly this year’s inter-ethnic violence, a senior United Nations refugee official warned today.

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This blog takes a look at the violence in the Sudan, through the eyes of the world's news media.  I'll try to get multiple reports on each development and compare the different reports.