Professor’s Departure Raises Questions on Freedom of Expression in South Sudan
The abrupt departure of an academic from South Sudan’s largest university has raised new concerns about the state of free expression in Africa’s newest country ...
Sunstein: Conflict Mineral Disclosure Requirements Critical for Peace and Security in Congo
In a recent Bloomberg article, Cass R. Sunstein (former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs) defends the importance of strong corporate regulations as they relate to public disclosures ...
Life as a Surgeon in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains: Atavist Feature
A recent Atavist Magazine feature highlighted the work of Dr. Tom Catena, the only surgeon working in the Nuba Mountains, in southern Sudan ...
Tusk Wars: Inside the LRA and the Bloody Business of Ivory
Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is part of an onslaught of poaching in central Africa, and continues to pose a threat to local populations, across a swathe of central and east Africa, according to a new field-researched report by the Enough Project. The report, Tusk Wars: Inside the LRA and the Bloody Business of Ivory, tracks how ivory trafficking funds LRA operations and perpetuates violence against civilians. It uncovers new evidence of ivory trafficking into Sudan, including testimony by ex-LRA members of transactions with Sudanese merchants, as well as alleged trade with Sudan Armed Forces officers ...
Sudan Tribune Op-ed: Sudan’s National “Monologue”
On October 10, Sudan President Omar al-Bashir launched a purported National Dialogue in Khartoum, nearly two years after he had first announced his intention to hold a forum to resolve the country’s numerous social, economic, and political issues. In the intervening period, Bashir and the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) handpicked participants, naming a congregation of mostly minor splinter parties, perhaps upward of 100 parties in all. Bashir and his ruling party determined the National Dialogue agenda unilaterally, setting up a 7+7 steering committee of seven parties allied with the government and seven opposition parties. Bashir also gave himself the ...
UK Banking and Legal Services at High Risk of Exposure to Handling Corrupt Money: Govt Report
The UK Treasury and Home Office released a report warning of the high risk of exposure to handling corrupt money that the country’s banking, accountancy, and legal services sectors face ...
Hard Currency Scarcity and the South Sudan Economy
South Sudan’s ministry of finance has stopped selling hard currency to the country’s central bank. The advent of armed conflict, which broke out in December 2013, has reduced the production of oil, the country’s main revenue earner by 32 percent, affecting the overall performance of the economy ...
“Free Speech, Inc” – Conflict Minerals and the First Amendment
In a BloombergView piece, Cass Sunstein discusses the court case on Dodd-Frank Section 1502 ...
Sudan to Chair UN Food Agency Despite Blocking Rations to Peacekeepers
On Wednesday, U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric announced that the Sudanese government had seized 190 cargo containers containing food rations and operational supplies for peacekeepers in Darfur. Despite this announcement, on Thursday, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced that Amira Gornass, Sudan’s Ambassador to U.N.-based agencies in Rome, will serve as the next Chairperson to the FAO’s influential Committee on Food Security ...
Darfur Women Action Group To Host Upcoming Symposium on Women & Genocide in Darfur
On Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, 2015, Darfur Women Action Group will host the 4th Annual National Symposium on Women & Genocide in the 21st Century: The Case of Darfur ...
