Author: Laura Heaton

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Today’s Sudan Activist Call is on now, so click here for details about how to join in. For the next hour we’ll be talking about the major milestones in Sudan in the year ahead, and, importantly, what U.S. activists can do to help ensure that the Obama administration’s diplomatic efforts promote peace in Sudan ...

Former Peace Corps volunteer Rebecca Kingsley hadn’t been back to Congo for a number of years, but when she learned of the violence in eastern Congo targeting women and girls and leaving communities shattered, she began drawing from her strong memories of the country to look for ways to encourage people in the United States to support the survivors ...

In light of the utter devastation caused by the massive earthquake in Haiti yesterday, we wanted to pass along some information to people looking for ways to help with the relief effort ...

Challenging a report of a “fragile calm” in Sudan’s Darfur region, activist Susan Morgan’s letter to the editor appeared today on NYTimes.com ...

Weigh in on a Facebook live chat with an Obama speech writer today and participate in an Activist Call on Thursday ...

Highlights (and lowlights) from international coverage of the fifth anniversary of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement ...

Enough’s South Sudan researcher Maggie Fick reports that the streets in Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, were relatively quiet today, five years since the signing of the landmark peace deal that ended the South's civil war with the North ...

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Africa could have a new country just a year from now. The continent’s largest, Sudan, could divide into two if the people of the southern region vote next January to secede. Tomorrow’s CPA anniversary marks the start of the countdown to that choice between unity and independence. Enough's Maggie Fick in southern Sudan explains why we should all be paying close attention ...