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Encyclopedia > Sudan Peace Act

The Sudan Peace Act is a US law condemning Sudan for genocide. It was signed into law October 21, 2002 by President George W. Bush.


According to Nat Hentoff:

More than 2 million black, non-Muslim civilians in the South have died from an ongoing civil war since 1983 in that country. The United States now declares in a law that "the acts of the government of Sudan . . . constitute genocide as defined by the [1948 United Nations] Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide."
The northern National Islamic Front government in Khartoum has enslaved women and children in the south of Sudan; engaged in ethnic cleansing; bombed churches and schools; and prevented food from humanitarian agencies from reaching the black Christians and animists trying to withstand the armed "jihad" forces of the north.

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BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Sudan's peace balancing act (995 words)
Under the peace agreement, Sudan's new oil wealth - at present 250,000 barrels a day rising to 500,000 by 2005 - is to be split equally between north and south.
The peace agreement allows for a six-month period to agree a new constitution, then six years to implement it, ending in a referendum by southerners on the future of the south.
The present peace process may be the best opportunity Sudan has ever had but if it is to work, far deeper changes are required from all the participants than they think necessary at the moment.
Sudan Peace Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (166 words)
The Sudan Peace Act is a US law condemning Sudan for genocide.
The United States now declares in a law that "the acts of the government of Sudan.
The northern National Islamic Front government in Khartoum has enslaved women and children in the south of Sudan; engaged in ethnic cleansing; bombed churches and schools; and prevented food from humanitarian agencies from reaching the fl Christians and animists trying to withstand the armed "jihad" forces of the north.
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