In January Alone, 63,000 People Displaced in Somalia
The new year has certainly not brought about improvements on the ground in Somalia, with the latest report from the U.N. refugee agency finding that a staggering 63,000 people have already been displaced this year due to ongoing violence ...
Online and In Schools, Darfur Dream Team Kicks Off Exciting 2010
The Darfur Dream Team’s Sister Schools program is kicking off the year with the launch of a social networking site and a bi-weekly newsletter, exciting new initiatives to engage a wider audience and foster relationships between Darfuri and U.S. students ...
Gloomy Snapshot of Southern Sudan’s Challenges
Check out this Relief Web map which provides a visual articulation of the basket of humanitarian issues in the South that make holding elections and a referendum, as well as the prospect of an independent nation, so daunting ...
Darfur Peace Talks To Resume Next Week
Darfur peace talks and civil society consultations are expected to resume later this month as conflicting accounts from the ground – those describing both a fragile calm and spreading violence – have emerged ...
Chadian Opposition Wreak Havoc In N. Darfur
Chadian groups in North Darfur recently committed a series of attacks and abuses “reminiscent of the tactics employed by the janjaweed militias and government forces early in the Darfur conflict,” according to a brief from the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies ...
Aid Groups: Int’l Community Must Act To Thwart Violence in South Sudan
The international community has a significant role to play in addressing the myriad humanitarian problems plaguing southern Sudan, a half-decade after the signing of a peace agreement, or CPA, that officially ended hostilities between the North and the South. So says a new report by 10 aid agencies ...
First ICC Trial Hears Defense Of Congolese Rebel Lubanga
The defense for Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga opened today at the International Criminal Court, a year after the trial—the first one ever held in the international court—got its start ...
Militant Threats, Attacks Cut Off One Million Somalis From UN Food Aid
Escalating attacks from armed groups have led the World Food Program, or WFP, to suspend operations that would reach one million in need in southern Somalia, the U.N. agency said in a statement released yesterday ...
Senators Casey, Brown, Johnson Join Conflict Minerals Fight
Three more senators, Robert Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Tim Johnson (D-SD) signed on to the Congo Conflict Minerals Act 2009 (S. 891) over the holidays, solidifying 14 co-sponsors for this bipartisan bill introduced in April ...
5 Best Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
