CAR: Violence and killings in capital Bangui threaten fragile peace
In the past two weeks there has been an alarming upsurge of violence in the Central African Republic's capital city, Bangui. Combatants, civilians, children, peacekeepers and humanitarian actors have all been severely affected these recent clashes. As political tensions between the transitional government and Anti-Balaka intensify, the roots of this return to instability appear to be multidimensional ...
“Watchers of the Sky” Documentary Film Opens in NY and LA
On October 17th, the documentary film Watchers of the Sky, an overview of the issue of genocide and its many consequences, opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles ...
Guest Review of The Good Lie
Steve Hansch, a Hunger Notes editor with more than 20 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of aid programs, particularly humanitarian mitigation, relief and recovery, reviews The Good Lie ...
Enough and partners call for veto of South Sudan security bill
The Enough Project has joined five other human rights organizations in submitting comments and highlighting major concerns on the draft of South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) Bill, which would give the NSS broad powers and significant authority over the civilian population ...
Interview on the front lines: Congolese researcher Murairi speaks on Dodd-Frank, conflict minerals
Throughout most of the past decade, the Bisie mineral deposits have been under the physical control of various rebels groups and a renegade brigadeof the Congolese Army. Today, Alphamin awaits government permits to begin modern industrial mining of its Bisie Tin resources; however, conflicts with local artisanal miners have not yet been resolved ...
Famine Looms in South Sudan as “The Good Lie” Debuts in Theaters
With the dust from the second Sudanese civil war barely settled, South Sudan has plunged back into full-scale conflict that shows no sign of a peaceful resolution. Just as the civil war drove millions from their homes between 1983-2005, and set off a massive humanitarian catastrophe, renewed conflict has left the young nation on the brink of starvation ...
Caught in the Crossfire: Child Soldiers in South Sudan Have Few Alternatives
Youth have been key fighters in South Sudan’s various conflicts for decades, as depicted in the new feature film The Good Lie. As the country’s ongoing crisis unfolds, with little evidence of abatement, youth continue to suffer the consequences as both the victims and perpetrators of violence, with few alternatives for a better life ...
Think Progress Op-Ed: How War Criminals And Human Rights Violators Exploit U.S. Banks
Ill deeds on a mass scale require money – heaps of it. And for those who get their working capital through trafficking, pillage, and corruption comes the problem of where to stash their cash. For far too long, the American financial system and corporate structures have been exploited to enable the actions and transactions of the worst of the worst ...
Daily Beast Op-Ed: ‘The Good Lie’ and the Hard Truths of South Sudan
The Good Lie should be about the past. Unfortunately, a new war, rooted in the embers of the one that brought the Lost Boys and Girls to America, has engulfed South Sudan today ...
The Good Lie Student Discussion Guide
The Good Lie, a new Warner Brothers film, depicts the shared experiences of several of the "Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan" during the Second Sudanese Civil War and is a powerful point of entry into the story of peace and conflict in South Sudan. This discussion guide can be used in the classroom or among youth groups to enhance and inform conversations surrounding the film ...
