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Why the U.S. Must Stand Up to Sudan

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 08.31.2011

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The State Department estimates two million have died in southern Sudan while 300,000 are dead in Darfur thanks to bombing and attacks by the Sudanese armed forces and their militia proxies. The violence continues to this day.

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War Again Between North and South Sudan?

John Prendergast | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Abyei, Bashir, Un, Douglas Johnson, John Prendergast, Khartoum, Sudan, World News

Bashir's government feels certain that it will face no international consequences for its attack on Abyei, which threatens to plunge the North and South Sudan back to full-scale war.

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South Sudan: Failed State in Waiting

Rob Crilly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Jazeera's interview with President Omar al Bashir of Sudan just a couple of days before the South votes on secession is making headlines. In it h...

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Sudanese Elections: Music & the Vote With NasJota and Girifna

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icc, Youth Vote, World Music, Hip Hop, Oddisee, E-Hab Abasaeed, Sudan, Bashir, Girifna, Sudanese Elections, Alsarah, Nasjota, World News

What is the experience of those in Sudan who are actively trying to instill the roots of a democracy in their homeland? We couldn't go to Sudan, but in a sense Sudan came to us.

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Sudan To Obama: Darfur Is Not 'Genocide'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan's government has criticized President Barack Obama for calling the conflict in Darfur a "genocide." Obama made the comm...

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Darfur Genocide: ICC Prosecutors Appeal Dismissal Of Al-Bashir Genocide Charges

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have appealed the tribunal's decision not to indict Sudan's president o...

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Sudan War Crimes: ICC, Moreno-Ocampo Under Increased Fire From African Leaders

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Omar Al-Bashir, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Bashir Arrest Warrant, Sudan Genocide, Omar Al Bashir, Muammar Gaddafi, Sudan, Bashir, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Icc, Jean Ping, Gabon, Advocacy, International Criminal Court, World News

When Luis Moreno-Ocampo charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with war crimes last year, the International Criminal Court prosecutor was ha...

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Darfur Makes Omar al-Bashir Obama's Most Dangerous African Foe

US News and World Report | William J. Dobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Bashir, Africa, Obama Darfur, Obama Africa, Obama Bashir, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Obama Sudan, Al-Bashir, Somalia, Mogadishu-Somalia, World News

Presidents don't get to choose their first foreign policy crisis. It usually chooses them. For President Clinton, it was the killing of 18 U.S. soldie...

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Bashir: Darfur War Criminals Will Be Targeted

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sudan's embattled president told a rally Tuesday that his own officials would track down war criminals in Darfur, dismissing Western attempts to bring...

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Natsios Slow Dances with Bashir

John Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sudan, Andrew Natsios, Darfur, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, Icc-Darfur, Icc, Icc Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Bashir, Genocide, ICC Sudan, International Criminal Court, Al-Bashir, Iraq, World News

The fact that the ICC would hold Bashir accountable is not the real impediment to peace in Sudan; it is the fact that Bashir keeps committing war crimes.

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Bashir At Arab League Summit Given Red-Carpet Welcome

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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DOHA, Qatar — Qatar's leader embraced Sudan's president in a red-carpet welcome Sunday as he arrived to attend an Arab Summit in his most brazen...

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Bashir Visits Libya, Again Defying ICC Warrant

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir defied an international arrest warrant by travelling to Libya on Thursday to hold talks with leader Muammar Gadd...

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Al-Bashir To Visit Egypt Next, Despite Warrant

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — The Sudanese president plans to travel to Egypt on Wednesday, in his second venture abroad since the international arrest warrant agains...

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Darfur Aid Worker Killed, Possibly Over Satellite Phone

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Armed men have shot dead a Sudanese worker for a Canadian aid group in Darfur in the latest of a string of attacks on international organisations in S...

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Al-Bashir Visits Eritrea, Defies ICC Warrant

AP | MOHAMED OSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KHARTOUM — Sudan's president traveled to Eritrea Monday, choosing one of Africa's most politically isolated nations for his first trip abroad si...

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A Darfuri Speaks Out: Sudan's President Treats My People Like Bargaining Chips

Huffington Post Contributor | Mohamed Suleiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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On March 4th 2009, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of President of Sudan Omer Al-Bashir. Within hours, Al-Bashir orde...

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Darfur: Doctors Without Borders Workers Abducted

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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KHARTOUM, Sudan — Armed men burst into an aid agency compound in Darfur and kidnapped three Westerners, heightening fears that foreigners will b...

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Al-Bashir Indictment: Why Africans Are Divided Over The Decision

Obakeng Mfaladi | Posted 05.25.2011

The ICC is not seen as a free and fair court in Africa and decisions like the indictment of Omar Al-Bashir, as right as they are, tend to be seen as biased toward the continent. They will do more harm than good if not handled more diplomatically.

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Sudan Aid Ban: UN Warns Of `Irrevocable Damage'

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that Sudan's expulsion of 13 major aid groups will cause irrevocable damage to...

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Bashir: Arrest Warrant Part Of A New 'Colonialism'

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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KHARTOUM, Sudan — Even before Sudan's president expelled aid groups from Darfur following an international warrant seeking his arrest, diarrhea ...

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Good News for Darfur

Lloyd Axworthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The International Security Council must now resist the temptation to interfere with court proceedings as it grapples with the situation in Darfur.

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ICC: Bashir Warrant Is Warning to Abusive Leaders (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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(New York, March 4, 2009) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) issuance of an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan signals that ...

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Darfur: Media, Myth, and Attic Fire

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Gore, Ethnic Cleansing, Darfur, Obama, Peace, Murder, Oprah Winfrey, Myth, Khartoum, Famine, Genocide, Oprah, New York Times, Libya, Sudan, Un, Global Warming, Bashir, World News

Even with availability of relief in the form of foodstuff, medicine, and fresh water, people in Darfur are dying -- being murdered -- on a scale never before seen in that region.

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