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Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 02:00
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Conflict & emergencies [2]
Issue Number: 
130 [3]
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Africa Confidential reports that Colin Powell told the Sudanese National Islamic Front government during a visit to Kenya that it would stay on the US 'terrorist list' until it expelled Hamas and Islamic Jihad, resulting in the following comment circulating on the streets of Nairobi: "If you sign, you get the White House. If you don't, you get Guantánamo Bay!" Meanwhile, the expected signing of a partial Sudan peace agreement during the United States Secretary of State's trip was replaced by...read more [4]

Africa Confidential reports that Colin Powell told the Sudanese National Islamic Front government during a visit to Kenya that it would stay on the US 'terrorist list' until it expelled Hamas and Islamic Jihad, resulting in the following comment circulating on the streets of Nairobi: "If you sign, you get the White House. If you don't, you get Guantánamo Bay!" Meanwhile, the expected signing of a partial Sudan peace agreement during the United States Secretary of State's trip was replaced by the two sides agreeing to agree later.

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Human Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/conflict/18101 [6]

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