البشير يطرد السفير الكيني...! بي بي سي

Quote: Canada expels Sudanese diplomat in retaliatory move By CanWest News Service August 29, 2007 Canada furthered its hard line in a diplomatic squabble with Sudan on Wednesday and announced it is expelling a diplomat from that country's embassy in Ottawa. OTTAWA — Canada furthered its hard line in a diplomatic squabble with Sudan on Wednesday and announced it is expelling a diplomat from that country’s embassy in Ottawa. The move is in direct retaliation to the recent “unwarranted” expulsion of Canada’s top diplomat from the African country. “Canada considers the expulsion of our charge d’affaires to be entirely unjustified. Wherever they are posted, Canada’s diplomats will continue to work to uphold Canadian values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law,” Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier said in a statement. It is not clear whether it is Sudan’s ambassador, Faiza Hassan Taha, who is being turfed or another envoy. There are four other diplomats listed on the Sudanese Embassy’s website, along with several administrative staff. No one could be reached at the Sudanese Embassy and Canada’s Foreign Affairs Department did not return phone calls Wednesday afternoon. Canada’s decision to expel the Sudanese diplomat is effective Saturday and has been conveyed to Sudan’s ambassador, the minister’s statement said. Opposition Leader Stephane Dion supported the government’s decision to remove the envoy, calling it the “right move.” “We need to be sure our diplomats will be respected around the world. And we need to speak with Khartoum in a very, very frank way because what’s happening in Darfur is a matter of concern, to say the least,” the Liberal leader told reporters at a news conference in St. John’s, N.L.. The move turns up the heat on a dispute that began simmering last week when Canada’s acting charge d’affaires in Khartoum, Nuala Lawlor, was declared persona non grata and asked to leave Sudan. The reason for her expulsion was not made clear by the Sudanese government, although there are reports it was because she meddled in the country’s internal affairs and supported the release of two opposition leaders who were recently arrested over an alleged coup attempt. Foreign Affairs has not confirmed the reports. The envoy of the European Commission, Kent Degerfelt of Sweden, was asked to leave at the same time as Lawlor but was then permitted to stay after the commission issued an apology to Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir. On a French radio station over the weekend, a high-level member of the European Commission said Degerfelt had been expelled for a mistake in protocol — for failing to go through the presidency or the Foreign Ministry before expressing concerns about the human rights situation in Sudan, Agence France-Presse reported. In contrast to the European Commission, Canada defended its diplomat and refused to issue an apology. Bernier instructed Lawlor to leave Khartoum on Sunday. Canada is among the countries that have expressed concerns about human rights abuses in Sudan and the government’s actions in the war-torn region of Darfur. Since 2003, fighting between rebel and militia groups has killed more than 200,000 people in the region, and left more than two million homeless .

Quote: Sudan to expel Chad's ambassador: SUNA 2006-04-15 08:06:17 KHARTOUM, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday that it would expel the Chadian ambassador in reaction to Chad's unilateral move to cut diplomatic ties with Sudan, the official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported. "The Foreign Ministry has decided to expel the Chadian ambassador to Sudan as a reaction to the accusations and aggressions by Chad on Sudan," said the statement quoted by SUNA. The statement also requested the Chadian ambassador to explain his country's decision to cut diplomatic relations with Sudan. Khartoum's move came in response to an earlier decision made by the Chadian government to sever diplomatic ties with Sudan, which accused Khartoum of supporting a current rebel attempt to overthrow Chadian President Idris Deby. Sudan denied on Thursday any involvement in current fightings near the Chadian capital N' Djamena between government troops and rebels. "Sudan has nothing to do with the incidents in Chad and considers them as an internal affair," Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol told reporters. It was reported on Thursday that Chadian rebels from the United Front for Change were moving on N'Djamena and spotted only 100 km from the capital. Chadian government accused neighboring Sudan of supporting the rebels. Khartoum denied the accusation, stressing its commitment to the Tripoli agreement signed by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Chadian President Deby during a mini African summit in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Feb. 8. Both Chad and Sudan promised in the agreement that they would not harbor rebels on their territories or conduct mutually hostile activities

Quote: Sudan Orders U.S. Charity Director To Leave AUGUST 27 2007 Dalje.com Sudan has expelled the top official in Sudan of the U.S.-based aid group CARE. Sudan has expelled the country director of the U.S.-based aid group CARE for an undisclosed reason related to state security, a government official said on Monday. Country director Paul Barker earlier told Reuters the Sudanese government's Humanitarian Aid Commission had given him 72 hours to leave the country without giving reasons for the decision. Bakheit Yousef, deputy commissioner of the Humanitarian Aid Commission, told Reuters Barker's expulsion was not connected to his aid work. "He was doing something related to intelligence or state security, not his humanitarian work. That was the main reason he has been ordered to leave," he said. "This decision has been taken against an individual. CARE can continue its work as normal. CARE's headquarters can just send out someone else," he added. Barker was the third prominent foreigner expelled from Sudan in less than a week. On Thursday Sudan told diplomats from Canada and the European Union to leave but it later allowed the EU ambassador to stay until his term expires next month. Barker, a U.S. citizen, denied he had been carrying out any inappropriate work and said he was hopeful the government would hear his appeal. "This has come as a huge surprise to us. I am very disappointed with the government's decision, which I believe was based on information that was taken out of context," Barker said. Barker said the director of the Humanitarian Aid Commission called him in on Saturday. "He told me he had a letter from the highest levels of government saying that they could not renew my work permit and that I had to leave in 72 hours. He told me it was somebody in security but would not be more specific." Barker said the only explanation he could think of was that the government was unhappy with an internal e-mail he had written to CARE staff in October and which was leaked to the Sudanese press earlier this year. "It was an e-mail about the security of CARE staff, setting out various scenarios for what might happen in (the western region of) Darfur," said Barker, 53, who comes from Oregon. "It was a totally appropriate email for a country director to write. But the government saw it as political analysis that was inappropriate for an aid organisation to make," he added. Aid workers from other aid agencies who did not want to be named said the expulsion came at a time of growing tension between humanitarian officials and the government of Sudan. In the cases of the two diplomats last week, state radio quoted the Sudanese Foreign Ministry as saying they had interfered in the internal affairs of the country. Barker said CARE had spent more than $184 million on aid projects in Sudan since it arrived in the country in 1979. It has spent more than $60 million in the last three years, he added, mostly in the troubled Darfur region. "We have been in Sudan through thick and thin, through some very difficult times. It is very important that this doesn't impact on our work in Sudan," he added. Barker said he would be leaving for the Kenyan capital Nairobi with his wife as soon as he received an exit visa.

Quote: Sudan Orders U.S. Charity Director To Leave AUGUST 27 2007 Dalje.com Sudan has expelled the top official in Sudan of the U.S.-based aid group CARE. Sudan has expelled the country director of the U.S.-based aid group CARE for an undisclosed reason related to state security, a government official said on Monday. Country director Paul Barker earlier told Reuters the Sudanese government's Humanitarian Aid Commission had given him 72 hours to leave the country without giving reasons for the decision. Bakheit Yousef, deputy commissioner of the Humanitarian Aid Commission, told Reuters Barker's expulsion was not connected to his aid work. "He was doing something related to intelligence or state security, not his humanitarian work. That was the main reason he has been ordered to leave," he said. "This decision has been taken against an individual. CARE can continue its work as normal. CARE's headquarters can just send out someone else," he added. Barker was the third prominent foreigner expelled from Sudan in less than a week. On Thursday Sudan told diplomats from Canada and the European Union to leave but it later allowed the EU ambassador to stay until his term expires next month. Barker, a U.S. citizen, denied he had been carrying out any inappropriate work and said he was hopeful the government would hear his appeal. "This has come as a huge surprise to us. I am very disappointed with the government's decision, which I believe was based on information that was taken out of context," Barker said. Barker said the director of the Humanitarian Aid Commission called him in on Saturday. "He told me he had a letter from the highest levels of government saying that they could not renew my work permit and that I had to leave in 72 hours. He told me it was somebody in security but would not be more specific." Barker said the only explanation he could think of was that the government was unhappy with an internal e-mail he had written to CARE staff in October and which was leaked to the Sudanese press earlier this year. "It was an e-mail about the security of CARE staff, setting out various scenarios for what might happen in (the western region of) Darfur," said Barker, 53, who comes from Oregon. "It was a totally appropriate email for a country director to write. But the government saw it as political analysis that was inappropriate for an aid organisation to make," he added. Aid workers from other aid agencies who did not want to be named said the expulsion came at a time of growing tension between humanitarian officials and the government of Sudan. In the cases of the two diplomats last week, state radio quoted the Sudanese Foreign Ministry as saying they had interfered in the internal affairs of the country. Barker said CARE had spent more than $184 million on aid projects in Sudan since it arrived in the country in 1979. It has spent more than $60 million in the last three years, he added, mostly in the troubled Darfur region. "We have been in Sudan through thick and thin, through some very difficult times. It is very important that this doesn't impact on our work in Sudan," he added. Barker said he would be leaving for the Kenyan capital Nairobi with his wife as soon as he received an exit visa.

Quote: U.S. diplomat expelled from Sudan CNN Dec 7, 2000 A U.S. diplomat in Sudan has been ordered to leave the country, according to the State Department.Glenn Warren, a career diplomat, was declared "persona non-grata" for meeting with members of the opposition Democratic National Alliance (NDA), State Department spokesman Phil Reeker said. Warren was given 72 hours to leave the country, but is doing so tonight. Reeker said the United States "utterly rejects" the idea that Warren did something wrong by meeting with members of the opposition. Reeker characterized the meeting as involving discussions of Sudan's general political situation, and said the Sudanese government never told U.S. officials they could not meet with the group. A senior State Department official said security officers entered the residence where Warren was meeting with the NDA members, searched the building, then confiscated their notebooks and cell phones. The United States and Sudan enjoy only partial diplomatic relations. The Sudanese embassy in Washington does not keep an ambassador, and the U.S. embassy in Khartoum is staffed by Sudanese nationals. There is no U.S. ambassador to Sudan, only a charge d'affaires. President Clinton's special envoy for Sudan, former Florida Congressman Harry Johnston, told CNN he thinks the removal of the diplomat was designed to "pick at Susan Rice," the assistant secretary of state for African affairs. Rice traveled to southern Sudan last month, where she made a public condemnation of the human rights situation. Johnston said that after the incident, the Sudanese government made a formal complaint to the U.S. government, and has since denied entry to U.S. Charge d'Affaires Raymond Brown. "They are just sucking their thumbs," said Johnston, who visited Khartoum months earlier with no problem. "They are just trying to get back at the State Department."Johnston said the National Democratic Alliance is a legitimate political opposition party, and termed as "ridiculous" the idea that the United States was working with the NDA to plot a popular uprising. CNN Producers Marty Kramer and Elise Labott and State Department correspondent Andrea Koppel contributed to this report .