Sudan Now

Here’s the third installment of Guisma’s Story, a video series about a six-year old girl from Darfur, currently living in a refugee camp in eastern Chad, who dreams of returning to a peaceful Sudan one day. Our Sudan Now partner iAct produced this video series to share her inspiring story and dreams.  Read More »

On Friday, three villages north of Abyei town were reportedly bombed, and a fourth reportedly bombed or shelled, according to multiple reports from sources on the ground, said the Enough Project. Sources say the Sudan Armed Forces conducted the bombings. These reports have not been officially confirmed.

The reported bombings follow Thursday’s attack on a U.N. convoy escorting Sudanese Armed Forces that were part of a Joint Integrated Unit.  Read More »

A deadly wave of government-led bombings and ground attacks hit Darfur early this week, just on the heels of a vow by two prominent rebel leaders to work together for “regime change.” The humanitarian impact of the government’s air strikes and ground attacks were unclear and likely exacerbated by the fact that the government has blocked access for peacekeepers and aid groups to the affected areas.  Read More »

Alleged war criminal Ahmed Haroun was announced the winner of the Southern Kordofan governor’s race this past Sunday, in elections that the leading opponent party, the SPLM, has called fraudulent.

According to the National Elections Commission, the national body that is running the vote, Haroun won with 201,000 votes, over the SPLM candidate’s 194,000. The ruling northern party also won more seats than the SPLM in the legislative assembly.  Read More »

In September 2010, the Obama administration presented a package of incentives to the Government of Sudan in exchange for progress on the full implementation the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, credible and peaceful referenda on southern secession and the future of Abyei, an agreement on post-referendum arrangements, and the resolution of the Darfur conflict through a peace agreement that is credibly implemented. In “No Rush to Reward Khartoum," Save Darfur Coalition/Genocide Intervention Network examine the progress thus far.  Read More »

Divisions between leading contenders in South Kordofan’s elections are widening in the results period, following what was largely a calm vote in the tense Sudanese border state. The race pitted incumbent governor, NCP-backed alleged war criminal Ahmed Haroun against the SPLM candidate and deputy governor Abdelaziz al-Hilu in a heated contest.

Party rhetoric sharpened shortly after polls closed, with both the NCP and SPLM preemptively claiming that their candidate for governor had won.  Read More »

Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier, musician, and activist and I recorded the video (with a cameo by Enough's Joe Enten, AKA 'MoJoe) to drive home the point that while the independence vote in southern Sudan will usher in the world's newest country, the Republic of Southern Sudan faces many challenges. The main reason the referendum was successful was that the world shined a bright light on the situation and made it hard for the spoilers to ruin the moment. We are going to have to keep the focus on the situation there.  Read More »

Khartoum’s military campaign is without precedent, presently and historically: Never has a recognized government and member of the United Nations, over many years, deliberately and extensively bombed and strafed its own citizens with almost complete impunity. And these attacks continue today in Darfur on a large scale, and occasionally even in South Sudan, which was the primary target through 2002.

Sudan scholar Eric Reeves wrote this guest post announcing the launch of a new database compiling information about the Sudanese government's aerial bombardments targeting civilians and humanitarians between 1999 and now.  Read More »

Sixteen states are coming before the United Nations Human Rights Council for a review of their human rights records. The exercise, known as the Universal Periodic Review, brings forward a U.N. member state once every four years for a conversation about the human rights situation in its country. Among those scrutinized this week is Sudan, a country whose regime has shown little interest in the protection and respect of the human rights of its citizens.  Read More »

This peace process is going to take a while, and as activists, we’re going to have to stick it out, stick together, and continue raising heck about it with the Obama administration and other world leaders.

Today, we hope you’ll join Sudan Now by signing our petition to President Obama’s right-hand-foreign-policy-man Denis McDonough, to encourage him to address key issues related to the peace process.  Read More »