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The United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo submitted its final report last month, which includes several points about the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, worth noting ...

In its January issue Boston magazine profiles Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Michael VanRooyen and his efforts to train a new breed of aspiring humanitarians. The article by William Wheeler, titled “The Saving Game,” focuses on Satellite Sentinel Project’s work and successes as a truly innovative game-changing tool ...

Renewed inter-communal violence in the restive Jonglei state has recently displaced as many as 50,000 people in and around the town of Pibor, South Sudan. The violence began in late December, when a column of 6,000 Lou-Nuer youths approached the town, which is largely home to members of the Murle community burning smaller villages and a Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic along the way ...

Activists rallied against attorney Bart Fisher, who the government of Sudan is paying $20,000 a month to lobby for removal from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list ...

Now four days into the New Year, the 2011 reflections are tapering off, giving way to predictions about what may be in store in 2012. But permit us one more: 2011 was a momentous year for the International Criminal Court as the institution played a role in some of the year’s most defining moments, further establishing itself as an avenue for pursuing justice for victims of even the seemingly most invincible leaders and war criminals ...

Actress and Raise Hope for Congo activist Robin Wright dropped by the E! Network's popular late-night show "Chelsea Lately" to talk about her latest film "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," the holidays, and the mineral-fueled conflict in eastern Congo ...

“We were running, most of the time on foot. Sometimes there is a vehicle, sometimes you have to go straight, sometimes you have to zigzag,” said Zahara, a refugee in Sherkole refugee camp. “It all depends on the security situation.” Zahara, a Masseleit originally from the city of El Geneina in West Darfur, was describing her second time fleeing a war in Sudan. The first time, she ran from Darfur. The second time, in September, it was from Kurmuk, Blue Nile ...

In this guest post for MTV Act, I wrote about my overwhelming impressions from visiting Darfuri refugee camps in eastern Chad recently on behalf of the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program ...

This week's post in the series Enough 101 looks at the underpinnings of the Darfur conflict. It's the first of a two-part history of the crisis in Sudan's Western region ...