5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Teacher in Darfuri Camp: “We hope the little generation will get a good education by your help”
Today was my last day in Djabal refugee camp. After anticipating this visit for so long, I'm sad to leave eastern Chad and the people I’ve met. But after spending more than a week visiting Djabal and Goz Amer refugee camps, I'm returning to D.C. even more determined to increase support for refugee education here ...
LA Times Profiles George Clooney and His Satellite Sentinel Project
This weekend George Clooney will again leverage his star power, this time in a feature, “I Spy: George Clooney turns long-lens photography into a force for good, aiming satellites at human-rights violations in Sudan” by John Horn in the LA Times Magazine. The article, online now, will appear in the Sunday Edition of the LA Times ...
Sudan Opposition Rallying Around Sudan Revolutionary Front?
A political showdown in Sudan is imminent as both the ruling National Congress Party, or NCP, and the newly formed Sudan Revolutionary Front, or SRF, attempt to enlist more support from undecided opposition parties in Sudan. Soon enough all Sudanese political parties may face a dilemma: either accept the ruling NCP government or become part of the opposition coalition—a political contest that may have the potential to divide the country into two major political forces ...
Raise Hope for Congo Team Joins Students in D.C. Rally for Peace in Congo
Last week, I and other members of the Raise Hope for Congo team joined students from the DC area, along with representatives from Falling Whistles and Friends of Congo, in a rally for peace in the Congo hosted by the GW STAND chapter. We met on GW’s campus, and marched down K Street, through the Occupy DC camp, to rally in front of the White House and tell President Obama that Americans want to see action on policy towards Congo ...
How to End the LRA
A full rogues’ gallery of terrorists, war criminals, and dictators has been taken from the field this year: Osama Bin Laden, Ratko Mladic, Muammar Gadaffi, Laurent Gbagbo and others. Now there is a real opportunity to add another name to this list by apprehending Joseph Kony, the brutal leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, the group which has plagued several central African countries for nearly 25 years and has killed tens of thousands and has abducted approximately 70,000 children and adults ...
Former Cote d’Ivoire Leader Gbagbo Arrives at International Criminal Court to Stand Trial
Yesterday, Laurent Gbagbo became the first former head of state taken into custody by the International Criminal Court since the ICC’s establishment in 2002. While ICC prosecutors have previously issued arrest warrants for heads of state, namely Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and former Libyan Leader Moammar Qaddafi, Gbagbo’s arrival at the ICC’s detention center is a seminal moment for the ICC as it solidifies its position as an arbiter of international justice ...
Tis’ the Season to Remember Congo… And Write a Letter to Your School Paper
Student leader Carly Oboth wanted to use this season of heightened consumerism to make a point about our connection to the war in Congo through our electronics. Here's her Letter to the Editor of American University's newspaper. Take a look at hers and draft one of your own ...
Satellites Show Evidence of Sudan Armed Forces Razing ‘Amara Village in Blue Nile
The latest Satellite imagery collected on November 27 by the Satellite Sentinel Project shows evidence of the intentional destruction of structures in ‘Amara Village, located in the border state of Blue Nile, Sudan ...
Darfuri Refugees Make Plea on Behalf of Blue Nile, Southern Kordofan
Guest blogger Gabriel Stauring is reporting from the ground in Chad, where he is visiting Darfur refugee camps with the Enough Project’s Darfur Dream Team. His post is part of the campaign launched this week by Sudan Now to call for emergency assistance for survivors of ongoing Sudanese government attacks ...
