Politico Op-Ed: U.S. must act on Congo now
This op-ed originally appeared on Politico. On March 18, one of the world’s worst warlords, Bosco Ntaganda, turned himself in to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. Ntaganda, also known as “The Terminator,” is the leader of several brutal armed groups and army units, including the M23, that have terrorized eastern Congo for over a decade. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity ...
Crisis Brewing in Yida Refugee Camp on the Two Sudans’ Shared Border
The U.N. reports that every day approximately 338 refugees cross from South Kordofan, Sudan, into newly independent South Sudan. Yida refugee camp now hosts more than 70,000 Sudanese who are fleeing atrocities and starvation warfare in their home country. However, the U.N.'s refugee agency maintains that Yida, which lies mere kilometers from the international border between the two Sudans, is an unsuitable location for an “official” refugee camp. Notwithstanding the fact that the camp has been hosting refugees for almost 20 months, the U.N. classifies the camp as a "transit" facility. The reality on the ground tells a very different ...
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Most-Wanted Warlord Ntaganda in U.S. Custody While Rwandan Authorities Detain Other Key M23 Officials
In a startling development yesterday, Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda turned up unannounced at the U.S. embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, asking to be transferred to the International Criminal Court. Ntaganda's decision to surrender is a consequence of a profound crisis within M23 ...
USA Today Op-ed: Lessons from Darfur, 10 Years Later
After our first trip to Darfur together nearly a decade ago, we were certain that the enormity of the human rights crimes unfolding there would result in a major international response ...
STAND Human Rights Essay Contest Winner: U.S. Engagement in Congo
This piece by Emma Smith and Christine Garcia, which originally appeared on PolicyMic, was the winner of the 2013 STAND Human Rights Essay Contest that challenged students to provide recommendations for how U.S. policy can help stop mass atrocities unfolding around the world. Smith and Garcia are students at Dartmouth College and members of the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative ...
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Politico Op-ed: Peace for Contrasting Conflicts
Not all rebellions are born alike. Nowhere could the contrast between freedom fighters and occupiers be more evident than in traveling through rebel-controlled territories of Sudan and Congo, respectively ...
Satellite Imagery Confirms Sudan Armed Forces Buildup at Border Hotspot
A new Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, report, “Sudan Armed Forces Buildup in Heglig,” documents an increased Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, military presence in the Heglig area of South Kordofan, Sudan ...
Guisma’s Darfur: 10 Years is Enough
During the last 10 years, Guisma went from living with her brothers and parents in their village in Darfur, to seeing two older brothers killed during the brutal attack on their home, another younger brother die during the escape to Chad, and a little sister die in the refugee camp that is now Guisma's home ...
