Mr. TABAN: The Sudan government has a problem in Darfur and the African Union is supposed to be tackling that problem.

NPR: African Union Leaders to Meet in Sudan

Alfred Taban is publisher of the Khartoum Monitor, an independent daily newspaper in the city reflecting many of the views of southern Sudanese like himself.

NPR: African Union Leaders to Meet in Sudan

HUNTER-GAULT: Taban argues that the AU is compromising its neutrality.

NPR: African Union Leaders to Meet in Sudan

Mr. ALFRED TABAN (Publisher, Khartoum Monitor): They build a huge building like that and bring boats that day--so a big boat or cruise liner or whatever it is, being brought for the heads of state.

NPR: African Union Leaders to Meet in Sudan