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.Release Detainees and Punish Abusive Forces

By Damas Makangale, MOblog Tanzania

SUDANESE Authorities have failed to provide justice for scores of civilians killed in anti-government protests in September 2013, Human Rights Watch said recently.

Authorities should release all remaining political detainees and investigate allegations of abuse and torture of detainees.

“Sudan needs to address evidence that its forces killed scores of people during protests, and arbitrarily arrested and...

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Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki recognized that the solution to the current crisis was within the reach of the peoples of South Sudan

The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) (http://www.au.int) met with President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as Chairperson of the High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan, today 4 September 2014. In attendance were President Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Mahmood Mamdani and Lady Justice Sophia Akuffo.

The meeting follows nation wide...