Report: Arms Race In Sudan, Two Million Weapons Among Civilians
A significant majority of weapons in Sudan—two million to be precise—are outside of government control and in the hands of civilians, mostly in the South, says Small Arms Survey in a report released yesterday ...
Kristof Profiles Valentino Deng In NYT
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Be sure to check out Nicholas Kristof’s editorial in the New York Times today, profiling Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng and his efforts to build a high school in his hometown in South Sudan ...
Congolese Gov’t, U.N. Special Rapporteur Speak Out On Peacekeeping Mission
As discussions over the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo continue to brew, the various parties involved have begun speaking out ...
No Guarantees From Sudan Parties’ Referendum Agreement
This Monday, the two main parties in Sudan arrived at a breakthrough in negotiations necessary for moving forward on key components of the North-South peace agreement signed in 2005. While an essential step in the push for peace in Sudan, this agreement is only the first of many more steps that must follow ...
Senator Feinstein Signs On To Congo Bill
California Senator Dianne Feinstein signed on to the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 (S.891) this Monday, making her the eleventh cosponsor of this important bill that seeks to ensure U.S. involvement in the mineral trade does not contribute to human rights violations and crimes against humanity in eastern Congo ...
Peacekeeping Mission In Congo Must Prioritze Civilian Protection
As deliberations over the future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, or MONUC, continue among Security Council members, a nearly 200-page report by Human Rights Watch released yesterday documents just what human consequences are at stake ...
LA Times: Crackdown On Conflict Minerals
An LA Times editorial calls attention to the role of conflict minerals in fueling Congo’s ongoing conflict ...
Politico And WSJ Cast A Sharp Eye Over Obama Sudan Policy
Take a look at two notable pieces, from Politico and Wall Street Journal, published this weekend ...
5 Best Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Sudan UN Ambassador Spouts Off, Again
Sudan’s UN Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad is on the defense again, this time responding to increasingly sharp rhetoric from the International Criminal Court and international criticism of the government’s crackdown on political opposition on Monday ...
