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As Abyei Deadline Passes, Bashir Adds Fuel to Fire

As Abyei Deadline Passes, Bashir Adds Fuel to Fire
Yesterday marked the day when the African Union High Level Implementation Panel had hoped the two Sudanese ruling parties would reach an agreement on the status of Abyei. Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement which ended the North-South civil war, residents of this volatile border region should have been given the right to decide whether Abyei should be administered by the northern or southern government through a referendum. That option has been discarded by international mediators who are now working toward an agreement on Abyei’s status through high-level negotiations with the Sudanese and South Sudanese Presidents Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir ...

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

Join California’s First Annual Walk Against Genocide

Join California’s First Annual Walk Against Genocide
Genocide is not only an international story. It’s a local story as well. In the San Francisco Bay Area, survivors of mass atrocities and their families live among us right here, as neighbors, friends, colleagues. Our community is home to Burmese, Jews, Sudanese, Armenians, Cambodians, Rwandans, and many other survivors and descendants of victims of genocides. These are the local faces of a grim reality: Genocide is not only for the history books. It is an ongoing fact of our world today, writes activist Mohamed Suleiman in this guest post ...

Survivors Recount Attacks on Villages in Abyei

Survivors Recount Attacks on Villages in Abyei
Testimony collected through interviews conducted by Enough among displaced Ngok Dinka communities in the region illustrate the human impact of the ongoing stalemate over Abyei. The interviews also demonstrate pervasiveness of the perception among Ngok Dinka that SAF forces and allied militias, acting on orders of the northern government, are intent on eliminating them – if not by killing them, then by forcing them off the land for good. These fears reveal just how far trust has deteriorated in Abyei, raising the likelihood of continued conflict ...

Ambassador Princeton Lyman Appointed New Sudan Special Envoy

Ambassador Princeton Lyman Appointed New Sudan Special Envoy
Since the announcement in February of Major General Scott Gration’s departure from the Sudan special envoy post, observers of U.S.-Sudan policy have been eager to learn who will be next to step up to bat. Former Ambassador Princeton Lyman, who has been part of the U.S. diplomatic team working on Sudan for the last six months, was announced as the new special envoy today ...

There’s Only One Reason to Start Something

There’s Only One Reason to Start Something
In this guest blog post, Resolve's Michael Poffenberger annouces the launch of a new campaign – Start Something to Finish It – to ensure that members of Congress follow through on their commitment to make available the resources needed to see an end to the violence committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army ...

We Must End the Atrocities Committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Africa

We Must End the Atrocities Committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Africa
In this guest blog post, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and John Boozman (R-AL) write about why the United States has an important role to play in helping to end the decades-long insurgency waged by the Lord's Resistance Army. "We have a moral obligation to help protect people in central Africa from these rebel forces that are destroying families, communities, and lives. We are proud to be championing a letter calling for sufficient resources to help end the atrocities committed by the LRA," they write ...

Video: Back from Congo, Eve Ensler Talks Survival and Solidarity

Human rights champion and iconic author of the "Vagina Monologues," Eve Ensler, made her first on-screen appearance on PBS’s Tavis Smiley last week since her successful battle with cancer. Ensler, who is a symbol of hope and empowerment for women worldwide, spoke of her long-standing work to cast a spotlight on the brutal impact of war and sexual violence on the women and girls of eastern Congo ...

Manipulating the Flow of Aid in Darfur

Manipulating the Flow of Aid in Darfur
The Sudan advocacy community was on high alert – though cautiously quiet – when news publicly emerged late last week that one of the main suppliers of food aid in West Darfur would be forced to close down operations. On Friday, Catholic Relief Services said that its food program would end this month, leaving 400,000 people without monthly food rations. By Monday, CRS announced that it was given permission by Khartoum to resume services and that it would work with the local government to begin distribution quickly. The incident played out publicly over the last several days, but the controversy ...

Sudan Consultations Marred By Parties’ Involvement

Sudan Consultations Marred By Parties' Involvement
A key democratic process in the volatile Sudanese border state of Blue Nile has suffered from manipulation by the two ruling Sudanese parties, the Carter Center recently warned. The process, known as popular consultations, is mandated by the 2005 peace agreement, or CPA, that ended the North-South civil war, and is meant to ascertain whether the people of two border states, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, accept their part of the peace agreement—and the economic, security, and political arrangements included—as the final resolution of their long-standing grievances against Khartoum ...