Africa Brain Trust In D.C. Tomorrow
The African Brain Trust, a day of discussion on issues of justice and accountability, conflict, economic security, human rights, and U.S. policy in Africa, takes place tomorrow ...
MSNBC Calls on Prendergast for Sudan Segment
Enough Co-founder John Prendergast appeared on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” yesterday to talk about The Enough Moment and to call for leadership in Sudan from the Obama administration ...
Sudan’s Double Game
Though CIA support to Sudan’s intelligence arm appears to have aided U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Iraq and other terrorism hot spots, the strategy also has significant consequences for Sudan, most of which are at odds with the Obama administration’s stated policy objectives in the country ...
Sudanese Diaspora Protest Kenya’s Welcome of Bashir
Disappointment hung in the air yesterday outside the Kenyan embassy in Washington D.C., where members of the Sudanese diaspora and human rights activists gathered to protest the Kenyan government’s recent reception of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir ...
President Obama’s Sudan Policy
Without a clearly spelled-out Sudan policy from the top, one that defines which incentives and pressures the administration is willing to deal out and what actions or inactions will trigger those responses, an expanded U.S. ground presence will not have the necessary direction to do its job effectively ...
Bashir Visit to Kenya Undermines U.S. Policy
Kenyan officials today welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to a signing ceremony for Kenya’s new constitution, in direct contravention of the state’s legal obligations, as an International Criminal Court signatory, to arrest the indicted sitting head of state ...
Al-Shabaab Offensive Wreaks Havoc in Mogadishu
Over 80 people have been killed this week by fighting between militant group al-Shabaab and Somali government troops backed by African Union forces in the capital of Mogadishu ...
President Obama, Make the Right Decision on Sudan
Sudan Now is calling on President Obama to make the right decision on the future direction of U.S. policy in Sudan ...
South Sudan Referendum Moves Past Secretary General Impasse
After months of deadlock over the appointment of the secretary general for the South Sudan Referendum Commission, the SPLM has conceded to what is largely viewed as an NCP nomination for the position, announcing Monday that it would allow a northerner to take the post ...
Talks of Referendum Delay in Sudan
With a short five months to go until South Sudan’s referendum, the prospects of a free, fair, and credible vote appear dim. Preparations for the vote on whether the South will become an independent state have barely begun while the two Sudanese ruling parties appear irreconcilably divided on issues that have thus far prevented the two parties from moving forward ...
