Darfur

Laureate Safaa Elagib Adam awarded prize for freedom and human rights

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Photo: Laureate Safaa Elagib Adam, one of the founding members for the Community Development Association (CDA), a Sudanese non-governmental organization working on sustainable development and peace with special focus on Darfur, adjusts an earphone as she attends a ceremony prior to being awarded the prize for freedom and human rights in Bern, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone,...

Darfur groups press US to get tough with Turkey over Bashir trip

Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday

President Bashir of Sudan, who faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes in Darfur, is scheduled to arrive Sunday in Turkey for an Islamic conference. Darfur groups want Bashir arrested.

U.N. panel: Sudan still commits abuses in Darfur

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

UNITED NATIONS - Sudan's government continues to commit human-rights abuses in Darfur, a U.N. report said as the Obama administration pursues a new policy of engagement conditioned on an improvement in the situation there.

200 RDF Troops Return From Darfur

All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

A total of 200 troops of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) yesterday returned in the country after a one-year peacekeeping stint under the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).

The complexity of Darfur and the activist movement

The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

**Please forgive me for interrupting the Be the Change series — back to your regularly scheduled programming soon! I’m taking an absolutely amazing class right now about Sudan, human rights, and US foreign policy. It has been so illuminating and challenging - it’s actually taught by the former Special Envoy, which is pretty amazing (sometimes [...] Related posts: Oversimplifying the...

Darfur

One Lazy Liberal (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

From Save Darfur Coalition : In a live webcast event on Tuesday, November 10th Save Darfur Coalition President Jerry Fowler and STAND Student Director Layla Amjadi will sit down with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration and NSC Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs Samantha Power to discuss the administration's plan for Sudan and ask them your questions. Submit your question for Scott Gration and...

Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin No. 44, 05 Nov 2009

Relief Web (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Iranians linked to drones in Sudan....

GayandRight (Free subscription) | yesterday

More proof of the evil being directed from Tehran... Two Iranian businessmen working at a Dubai-based firm were linked to video surveillance devices sold to Sudan and used in unmanned drones in Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a U.N. report said. The 94-page report by the so-called U.N. "Panel of Experts," published on Friday, details arms violations by all parties in the Darfur...

• Iranians linked to banned drone videos in Darfur: U.N. - Reuters
• U.N. Panel Accuses 2 Iranians of Breaking Darfur Arms Embargo - New York Times

UNICEF: The Netherlands donates $23.5 million for safe water in Sudan

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Great news from UNICEF (KHARTOUM/JUBA) 06 November 2009: The Dutch Government has given $23.5 million to UNICEF in Sudan which will be used to provide safe water and improved sanitation for hundreds of thousands of people across the country. “This very generous contribution by the Dutch Government will have a real impact on saving lives,” said Hilde Johnson UNICEF’s Deputy Executive...

Sudan: Leading Rights Group Says Evidence against Sudanese Government Presents Opportunity and Obligation for U.S. Leadership

All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Human Rights First urges the Obama Administration to take immediate and firm action in response to a new investigative report issued by experts monitoring the United Nations arms embargo on Sudan. The report, released late yesterday, reveals ongoing and systematic abuses against civilians in Darfur and provides detailed evidence of violations of the embargo and related Security Council resolutions...

Sudan: Bar Entry or Arrest President - Al-Bashir Should Not Be Welcome at Istanbul Conference

All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Turkey should not allow President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, an accused war criminal, to attend a conference in Istanbul, and should arrest him if he sets foot in Turkey, Human Rights Watch said today.

• Turkey: Bar Entry or Arrest Sudan President - Human Rights Watch

What do you know about the Central African Republic?

ONE (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Les Roberts, Clinical Associate Professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has worked extensively in countries ranging from Zimbabwe to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today he writes about a lesser-known country– the Central African Republic: The Central African Republic (CAR) is a little known nation in the middle of Africa with a [...]

Focus: Threats to unity in Sudan

Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Threats to unity in SudanFive important challenges threaten the future of Sudan. For the country to retain its cultural, political and strategic unity, it is now more important than ever that Sudan's different forces unite behind a national strategy, writes Such is the interest of the Arab media in the Arab- Israeli conflict as it unfolds in occupied Palestine, Lebanon and Syria that journalists are...

Bono and Wyclef Jean to Receive RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights' Ripple of Hope Award

News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights today announced that Bono and Wyclef Jean will receive the organization's 2009 Ripple of Hope Award. The award, which will be presented at the Center's annual dinner on November 18th, recognizes the bold leadership demonstrated by the two honorees on humanitarian issues. "As champions of justice, Bono and Wyclef have brought the national...

• Bono and Wyclef Jean to Receive RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights' Ripple of Hope Award - PR News Wire

Sudan leader’s due visit sparks Turkey-EU row

Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul accused the European Union on Friday of “interfering” after the bloc asked Ankara to reconsider a decision to invite indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to an Islamic summit in Istanbul. The exchange underscores the risk for EU candidate Turkey that Bashir’s plans to attend Monday’s summit of the Organization of the [...]...