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Will Obama Finally Pay Attention to Sudan?

John Prendergast | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Barack Obama, Genocide, Khartoum, National-Congress-Party, World News

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden talked tough when they were presidential candidates, but this administration's day-to-day diplomacy on Sudan has been troubling.

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Obama Administration To Unveil New Sudan Policy

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Administration, Sudan, Hillary Clinton, Khartoum, Darfur, State Department, World News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to roll out a new policy toward Sudan with an eye toward engaging the government in Khartoum but als...

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U.S. Diplomacy in Sudan: What's at Stake

John Prendergast | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur Genocide, Khartoum, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Sudan Now, Sudan, Enough Project, Joe Biden, Darfur Sudan, John Prendergast, Obama Administration, President Obama, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, World News

Given the enormously high stakes in Sudan, it's critically important that the Obama administration strike the right tone and substance in its policy and diplomatic strategy.

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Fashion Forward

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Project Runway Bravo, Women's Rights, Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein, Courage, Lubna Hussein, Bravo TV, Khartoum, Sudan, Religious Freedom, Fashion, Project Runway Lifetime, Fashion Trends, World News

Some of us may put our pants on one leg at a time, but others risk a punishment of forty lashes if they dare do so. Lubna Ahmed Al Hussein knew the latter could be her fate, but she put her pants on anyway.

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Sudan's Darfur War Over, Says UN Commander

Reuters | Andrew Heavens | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Joint Commander Agwai, Darfur, Darfur Conflict, Martin Luther Agwai, Africa, Khartoum, Justice and Equality Movement, United Nations, Darfur War, Darfur Violence, Sudan, Un, Eu, Sudan Darfur, JEM Rebel, World News

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Darfur region is no longer in a state of war and only has one rebel group capable of mounting limited military campaigns,...

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In Focus: Somalia Defeats Rwanda To Win Third-World Cup

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 07.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Khartoum, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Home News

KHARTOUM, SUDAN—The host city of the 2006 Developing Nations Football Championship erupted in cheers that nearly drowned out the cries of the st...

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Sudan Sentences Darfur Rebels To Death For 2008 Khartoum Slaughter

Mail and Guardian | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Khartoum Sudan, Darfur, Darfur Rebels, Khartoum, Sudan, Sudan Rebels, Justice and Equality Movement, Africa, Jem, Darfur Sudan, Sudan Court, World News

A Sudanese court on Wednesday condemned 10 rebels from the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to death for an unprecedented attack on Kh...

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Al-Qaeda Leader To Sudan: Start Guerilla War Against The West

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: President Omar Al-Bashir, Khartoum, ICC Warrant, Darfur, United Nations, Sudan, Genocide in Darfur, Sudanese President, Al-Qaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Sudan Guerilla War, As-Sahab, World News

An audio statement purportedly by al-Qaeda's deputy leader has called on the Sudanese to lead a guerrilla war against Western states in response to th...

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"Once Again" in Darfur

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

"Never again" has turned into "once again," and history repeats itself with genocide in Darfur.

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Darfur Asylum-Seeker Kicked Out Of UK, Then 'Murdered' In Sudan

The Independent | Robert Verkaik | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Asylum-Seekers, Khartoum, Asylum Program, Sudan, Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, Adam Osman Mohammed, Asylum, World News

Adam Osman Mohammed, 32, was gunned down in his home in front of his wife and four-year-old son just days after arriving in his village in south Darfu...

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Obama's Move on Darfur/Sudan

Raj Purohit | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Nato, Icc, President Omar Al-Bashir, Khartoum, Sudan, General Wesley Clark, Obama, International Criminal Court, World News

Bringing systemic change to Sudan will take focused, long term diplomacy but the crisis in Darfur and threat to refugees needs a rapid response from the President Obama.

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Bashir Rejects ICC Arrest Warrant: What Happens Next?

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Genocide in Darfur, Conflict in Darfur, President Omar Al-Bashir, Crisis in Sudan, Khartoum, Foreign Aid Groups Expelled in Sudan, Africa, Sudan, Bashir Arrest Warrant, International Criminal Court, World News

On March 4, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accusing him of committing war crim...

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Maintaining the Peace we Have in Sudan

Amb. John Danforth | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Civil War, United Nations, George W. Bush, Peace, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, Darfur, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan Civil War, Kenya, Sudan, Middle East, Khartoum, Oil, Sudan People's Liberation Army, Darfur Sudan, China, World News

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement, signed by the Sudanese government in 2005, could well collapse this year, restarting an old war and perhaps aggravating the ongoing war in Darfur.

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Darfur: Media, Myth, and Attic Fire

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 12.25.2008 | World

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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Darfur Conflict Ravages Environment

Reuters | Andrew Heavens | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: UNEP, Khartoum, Green News, U.N., Darfur, Environment, Logging, Kunduwa Forest, Sudan, Darfur Sudan, Forests, Deforestation, Green News

Sudan's Darfur conflict has devastated the environment in the region, stripping forests and destroying farmland, according to a U.N. report. People c...

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You and Khartoum: Why Darfur is Our Problem

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Omar Al-Bashir, Africa, Ethnic Cleansing, Massacre, Khartoum, Terrorism, Darfur, Genocide, Hezbollah, Sudan, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

What is happening in the world's finance markets is a crisis. What happens when gunmen hold hostages at a bank is a crisis. What is happening in Darfur is genocide.

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The Candidates Agreed To Agree On Darfur

Gloria White-Hammond | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Omar Al-Bashir, Darfur Candidate Pledge, Omar Al-Bashir Clinton, Omar Al-Bashir Obama, Senator McCain, Darfur Clinton, Mccain, Clinton, Darfur Mccain, Obama, Darfur Genocide Candidates, Darfur, Darfur Genocide, Khartoum, Senator Clinton, Genocide, Africa Genocide, Mccain Obama Clinton Pledge Darfur, Senator Obama, Omar Al-Bashir Mccain, Darfur Campaign Candidates, Darfur Obama, Darfur Candidates Positions, Human Rights Candidates, Human Rights Issue 2008, 2008 Darfur U.S. Election, Genocide Candidates Positions, Sustainability, Home News

Yesterday, for once, our candidates agreed: genocide in Darfur must end. And the constituency of conscience concerned about Darfur will hold them to their word.

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