Author: Laura Heaton

If anyone was under any illusion that Darfur was more or less resolved or could simply be “managed,” recent developments there should be an abrupt wake-up call ...

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The short list of "actions" the White House highlighted to demonstrate President Obama's efforts on Sudan might be more accurately labeled "rhetorical accomplishments." ...

Charged with the message of urging U.S. senators to keep a close eye on what happens in Sudan in the final months before the January 2011 referendum, members of the Sudanese diaspora took to Capitol Hill to appeal for regular Senate hearings on U.S. policy in Sudan ...

The Brookings Institution has published a podcast from last week’s event about Africa’s two biggest wars – Congo and Sudan ...

One of the leading stories last week was of course President Obama’s signing of the Wall Street reform bill. But several news outlets delved into the 2,300-page bill and highlighted the provision that addresses the role that U.S. companies play in funding atrocities carried out by militias in eastern Congo ...

The Enough Project, the Genocide Intervention Network, and Save Darfur Coalition are teaming up today at the Netroots Nation conference in Las Vegas to share the narrative of the anti-genocide movement and some lessons learned along the way ...

With President Obama’s signature, the highly anticipated bill on financial reform became law today, and with it, the United States also took a significant step to address the mineral trade fueling conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Fighting in Darfur has gone on for over seven years now, forcing nearly three million people from their homes. Rarely do we hear from displaced people themselves about how they feel about justice and peace, but a recent survey of refugees in eastern Chad sought to document and quantify perceptions ...