20 July 2008 Juba, South SudanCIRCULAR No ONE -- THE STATE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONThe pending issue of the Writ by the ICC, for the arrest of President Bashir of Sudan, is already impacting on internal developments in Sudan and showcases internationally the current state of Afro-Arab relationsThe background historical synopsis is that all of Africa was originally inhabited by Black Africans, producing its own civilizations in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kush, Egypt and elsewhere. Later a people entered north-east Africa called Arabs and conquered the Black African Egyptian civilization, making it a white Arab civilization. This happened a thousand years ago. Arab penetration into north east Africa has reached the current zone of conflict in Sudan – south Sudan, Darfur, Nuba etc .In order to keep in check African nationalism, the British and Egyptians,the departing colonialists in Sudan, handed power on self-government in 1956 to a coloured/mixed-race minority, who are Arabised and Islamised, living in the center of the country, around Khartoum. Since the Khartoum islamists are a minority, they can only retain power over the majority, who happen to be black ( the marginalized ), by force. This resulted in genocide, bombings, rape as a weapon on a massive scale in south Sudan. With the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, between Khartoum and Juba, Khartoum implements the same policies in Darfur, to quell rising expectations and demands from Darfurians.Why was the long war in south Sudan, starting in 1956, ending in 2005, with a break of some ten years in between, unknown. It was the outcome of that war, starting with the Anyan-yah fight in 1956, which created the conditions for the marginalized in Sudan to obtain a better dispensation, and to halt Arab expansion into Uganda, the Great Lakes etc. The answer to this question provides the key to unravelling the conspiracy that has seen Africans the victim of Arab expansion projects in the Sahel, in the unity movement and internationally.The Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) kept quiet, either due to international pressure or due to the reticents of southern Sudanese to complain ( some 2-3 million lost their lives in south Sudan ), for to complain was seen as cowardice. South Sudan was never entirely pacified by invaders, be that Arab, Turk, or British. It has been a theatre of Afro-Arab contention and slavery over a millennium.Reasons given for the absence of information in the past are - international conspiracy, reticence, limited access to international media, few researchers visited the south, poverty in the south, and Khartoum stifling news of the south by all means.The Writ issue process has started and Khartoum’s first line of defence is Arabia. The war in south Sudan was never discussed by the OAU/AU due to Arab pressure. It was seen as a matter for the Arab League, the forum for the formulation of the Arab policy with the outside world, in this instance – Africa. The African Union will continue the former policy of complying with Arabia’s interests in Africa, at the expense of African lives, in this instance in Darfur, whereas formerly it was in south Sudan.It would be a mistake to underestimate Khartoum’s ability to survive. It defends an age old system of oppression of weaker groups. It defends Arab interests in the area and it defends the post colonial status quo put in place by the Condominium –Europe ( Britain ) and Arabia (Egypt ). Sudanese diplomacy understands African nationalism better than the rulers of the neo-colonies in Africa. The Sudanese Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York was an attentive participant the 1994 proceedings of the 7th Pan-African Congress in Kampala. The Sudanese delegation to the Congress was the second largest, after the Ugandans. Arabia has long understood that to rule Africans you divided Africa from its Diasporas ( in the west – in the Americas, Caribbean etc and in the east – Arabia, north Africa, the Gulf etc ). When the OAU became the AU, one of the reasons for the change was supposedly to integrate the Diaspora. This did not happen due to Arab interference, with the Diaspora being named as the so-called 6th region of the AU, with no voting powers and no capacity to participate as an equal partner. There is also a plan to create a United States of Africa, to perpetuate Arab domination of Africans ad infinitum.In the coming period the actions of the SPLM may be misunderstood, thus creating suspicion, by those who might otherwise be in solidarity. The CPA was signed by the National Congress Party (NCP) of Bashir and the SPLM. All other leading parties in Sudan denied it, stating that they were not cosulted. If the NCP loses power in Khartoumthe CPA would be rendered useless and the north/south war could restart. If Bashir was to be arrested, would the successor leader of the NCP be able to implement the CPA ?Pronk, the former UNDP representative in Khartoum who was expelled, described the Writ issue as juridically understandable, but politically unwise.Reaction to the Writ issue saw Khartoum immediately stop landing rights in Khartoum to UN planes, which undertake humanitarian work in Darfur. In Juba there was a proposal to form a Crisis Committee to handle any eventuality. As usual Khartoum will opportunistically maximize any benefits arising from the crisis.Last week Dudley Thompson became the Chair the Honorary Board of the Sudan Sensitization Peace Project (SSPP). The Honorary Board is constituted by Garba Diallo, Dorothy Lewis, Kwesi Prah and Dani Nabudere. A North American Chapter of SSPP is in process of formation. There is a European Chapter. Last year SSPP undertook a mission to West Africa. It seeks to provide answers and a way forward out of the Sudan crisis, which solutions have application throughout the Borderlands, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, which are illustrated by the situation in Mauritania and the rising expectations throughout the Sahel. Again the realities of this area are unknown or largely ignored by Africans. They contain duplications of the internal contradictions found in Sudan, but on a smaller scale.South Sudan has few expectations from Africans. From Nkrumah to present Africans have chosen to ignore the earlier Arab colonialism, and base their analysis on only one side of the coin, European colonialism .This had unfortunate ramifications. For instance South Sudan has failed to develop meaningful relations with African America, rather developing ties with the white/Right. Africans need to engage the Sudan crisis, to ensure responsible action by their governments. They should cease to be spectators at their own funeral and become actors in their destiny.
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AFRICAN LEADERS AT THE AFRICAN UNION BETRAY THE AFRICANS CURRENTLY UNDER GENOCIDE IN DARFUR
ARAB LEAGUE SAYS SUDAN AGREES TO INVESTIGATE DARFUR WAR CRIMES, extracts from page 8 of the Juba Post,24-28 July 2008, Juba, Southern Sudan
… The African Union (AU) yesterday asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to invoke article 16 of the Rome Statute and suspend any indictment of Sudan’s head of state. But the request got a cool reception from some members of the UNSC. The French Ambassador to the UN Jean-Maurice Ripert said that the UNSC ‘should not interfere with the process of law in terms of letting the International Criminal Court (ICC) do its work’.
…Asked to comment on the African and Arab bloc at the UN requests to suspend the indictment, the French diplomat said he respects AU decisions but scathingly dismissed any imminent decision on the matter.
‘They can do whatever they wish. It is a free country. As soon as they find a country to do it we will look into it’, Ripert said.
The United States envoy at the UN Zalmay Khalilzad said that he does not expect UNSC action on suspension ‘ in the foreseeable future ‘ and added ‘ there should be no impunity’.
Another US official echoed Khalilzad’s remarks- ‘We strongly support holding accountable those who are responsible for genocide in Darfur’, Richead Grenell, spokesman for the US Mission to the United Nations, told The Associated Press on Monday.
It is widely expected that China and Russia would back such a step but neither have tabled a formal resolution.
But Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters on Monday that his country would not initiate such a resolution saying other countries are better suited to push it.
SUDAN REBELS CRITICIZE AFRICAN UNION OPPOSITION TO ICC WARRANT extract from page 8 of the Juba Post 24-28 July 2008, Juba, Southern Sudan
…the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) accused the African Union of bias after it urged the United Nations Security Council to suspend a proposed arrest warrant against President Bashir.
The rebels reportedly said they would no longer recognize African Union efforts to mediate a peace process aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis
Since Ocampo announced the Bashir Writ many of us have been repelled by the obnoxious behaviour of our kith and kin in the leadership of the AU. Just as his regime did in South Sudan, Bashir has used genocide, aerial bombardment and rape as weapons of war in Darfur. JEM are right to expect Africans to rise to their defence in Darfur. Rather what we witness is Africans defending the perpetrator of crimes against humanity.Yet again the AU has failed us. Apparently Europeans are more concerned about saving African lives.
Its almost too sad to watch another Nation of Black of the Land of the Black (Sudan)
get get put into another trick-bag by the lying-liars of the west. Unfortunately this happens in the U.S. on a DAILY basis! The local police raid a Black person's home "by mistake" and shoot them down only to find out that it was the "wrong house" -- just another dead nig__ gone! Lost reaction, "we need to sit down and talk to the killyers to see if they used the correct technique, right angle and correct shot (we're going to be very angry if they didn't!).
Understand the West is making a noise in the East (Iran) buy my thought is that they actually intend to strike SUDAN after throwing its people and government into total chaos! Of course troops will be needed to restore order -- after all there are oil fields to protect.
In my view, the Nation of Black. (wherever we,may be). is under the greatest threat, and potential, we've had to face in all of trillions of years of existance!
We are going to have leaders who are Godly men and women of great wisdom and equally great courage.
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ARAB LEAGUE SAYS SUDAN AGREES TO INVESTIGATE DARFUR WAR CRIMES, extracts from page 8 of the Juba Post,24-28 July 2008, Juba, Southern Sudan
… The African Union (AU) yesterday asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to invoke article 16 of the Rome Statute and suspend any indictment of Sudan’s head of state. But the request got a cool reception from some members of the UNSC. The French Ambassador to the UN Jean-Maurice Ripert said that the UNSC ‘should not interfere with the process of law in terms of letting the International Criminal Court (ICC) do its work’.
…Asked to comment on the African and Arab bloc at the UN requests to suspend the indictment, the French diplomat said he respects AU decisions but scathingly dismissed any imminent decision on the matter.
‘They can do whatever they wish. It is a free country. As soon as they find a country to do it we will look into it’, Ripert said.
The United States envoy at the UN Zalmay Khalilzad said that he does not expect UNSC action on suspension ‘ in the foreseeable future ‘ and added ‘ there should be no impunity’.
Another US official echoed Khalilzad’s remarks- ‘We strongly support holding accountable those who are responsible for genocide in Darfur’, Richead Grenell, spokesman for the US Mission to the United Nations, told The Associated Press on Monday.
It is widely expected that China and Russia would back such a step but neither have tabled a formal resolution.
But Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters on Monday that his country would not initiate such a resolution saying other countries are better suited to push it.
SUDAN REBELS CRITICIZE AFRICAN UNION OPPOSITION TO ICC WARRANT extract from page 8 of the Juba Post 24-28 July 2008, Juba, Southern Sudan
…the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) accused the African Union of bias after it urged the United Nations Security Council to suspend a proposed arrest warrant against President Bashir.
The rebels reportedly said they would no longer recognize African Union efforts to mediate a peace process aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis
Since Ocampo announced the Bashir Writ many of us have been repelled by the obnoxious behaviour of our kith and kin in the leadership of the AU. Just as his regime did in South Sudan, Bashir has used genocide, aerial bombardment and rape as weapons of war in Darfur. JEM are right to expect Africans to rise to their defence in Darfur. Rather what we witness is Africans defending the perpetrator of crimes against humanity.Yet again the AU has failed us. Apparently Europeans are more concerned about saving African lives.
As-Salaam Alaikum,
Its almost too sad to watch another Nation of Black of the Land of the Black (Sudan)
get get put into another trick-bag by the lying-liars of the west. Unfortunately this happens in the U.S. on a DAILY basis! The local police raid a Black person's home "by mistake" and shoot them down only to find out that it was the "wrong house" -- just another dead nig__ gone! Lost reaction, "we need to sit down and talk to the killyers to see if they used the correct technique, right angle and correct shot (we're going to be very angry if they didn't!).
Understand the West is making a noise in the East (Iran) buy my thought is that they actually intend to strike SUDAN after throwing its people and government into total chaos! Of course troops will be needed to restore order -- after all there are oil fields to protect.
In my view, the Nation of Black. (wherever we,may be). is under the greatest threat, and potential, we've had to face in all of trillions of years of existance!
We are going to have leaders who are Godly men and women of great wisdom and equally great courage.
As the song goes: "Heave help us all!"
As-Salaam Alaikum
HTS