Second Armed Group Rises Up Against Sudan Election Results
Post-electoral violence continues to plague Jonglei state in South Sudan as another armed group rises up in opposition to April’s election results ...
U.N. to Give Stamp of Approval to Bashir Presidency
There was more controversy over Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s inauguration this weekend, with the U.N. announcing that its top two Sudan officials would attend the swearing-in ceremony of the only sitting head of state targeted by an ICC arrest warrant ...
Come Out and March for Sudan This Sunday
Aimed at educating the public on Sudan’s conflicts, the march begins at 1:30 p.m. behind the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and ends with a rally across from the White House featuring speakers from Sudan, the Sudan activist community, clergy from various denominations, and music ...
Business As Usual in North Sudan
A month after Sudan’s elections—after the Sudanese government mimicked the motions of a democratic exercise, and international observers and interested states dutifully filed their critical, but ultimately box-checking reviews—the Khartoum regime seems to be tiring of the pretense of democratic transformation ...
One Million More IDPs at Close of 2009
The number of internally displaced persons, or IDPs, in the world swelled to an alarming 27.1 million by the end of 2009, one million more than at the close of 2008, according to a report published today ...
South Sudan Army and Renegade General Report Fresh Clashes
Dissident army general George Athor continues to challenge South Sudan’s ruling party and army, jeopardizing the stability of the region before its critical vote for secession next year ...
Tensions Mount Between Defeated Candidate and South Sudan Army
Hostilities continue to mount between South Sudan’s army, the SPLA, and a renegade army general who last week announced that he was amassing a personal contingent of soldiers in order to challenge election results in the southern state of Jonglei ...
Post-Electoral Tensions Prompt South Sudan Army Defection
Election-related threats by a renegade general of the southern Sudanese army signal a worrisome trend for a region where security has been undermined by ethnic tensions, the wide proliferation of arms, and a disorganized army of soldiers whose loyalties often lie more with individual commanders than the institution itself ...
Prendergast Honored With LBJ Moral Courage Award
Yesterday evening, Enough's John Prendergast joined the honored ranks of recipients of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award, given by Holocaust Museum Houston ...
NCP Candidates Swindle Darfur Citizens Out of Money, Goods
Hundreds of people scammed by a money scheme set up in Darfur protested yesterday in El Fashir, the region’s northern capital. Police used tear gas on the angry protestors, who were reacting to the loss of a large sum of money in a long-running scam set up by two ruling party candidates in the regional elections ...
