Khartoum's Nazi Indicted
Are there Nazis in Khartoum? Are radical Islamists who have ruled Sudan for decades fascists? These questions have plagued many, even as the America...
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Genocide Charges Filed Against Sudan's President
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court sought an arrest warrant Monday for Sudan's president on charges of...
Fault Lines Emanating From Zimbabwe
Joe Lauria | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
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The vetoed sanctions resolution against Zimbabwe at the Security Council has exposed international tensions that divide the West from Africa, Russia from the West and the US from South Africa.
Why Bush Should Not Attend the Beijing Opening Ceremonies
Mia and Ronan Farrow | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
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A presidential boycott of the opening ceremonies in Beijing might have proved to be a powerful additional point of leverage with an otherwise intractable regime.
China, Sudan's Protector and Enabler
Mia Farrow | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
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The ICC is on the verge of issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President el-Bashir for crimes against humanity -- but China is preparing to introduce a UN resolution to suspend jurisdiction over Sudan.
Darfur: Searching for a Peace Process
John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
To anyone tracking the international community's muddled efforts to broker peace in Darfur, last week's decision to appoint a new mediator, Burkina Fa...
No Armed Interventions in Zimbabwe
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
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The opposition to the government of Mugabe just called for the African nations to send peacekeepers to Zimbabwe. Given that there is no peace there, the troops are in effect called to impose one.
Arab Intellectuals' Silence
Pius Kamau | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
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Arab writers have expressed outrage at the perceived injustices perpetrated against Palestinians by Israel, yet they say next to nothing about the Sudanese terror on the people of Darfur.
My Address to the United Nations Security Council
Mia Farrow | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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History will long remember that the UN Security Council has, for five years, failed in the task you have been charged with -- protecting a defenseless population.
Sudan and the Security Council: Accountability or Appeasement?
John Prendergast | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
Today I briefed the Security Council alongside a growing constituency of human rights activists who spoke truth to power: in Sudan, the credibility of the Security Council is on the line.
Simon Atem: Turning Rage Into Reconciliation In Sudan
ODE Magazine | Stacey Kalish | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living
This article was originally published in ODE Magazine. Simon Atem was 7 when he watched soldiers shoot and kill his uncle while he held Simon's hand....
Thoughts on Yesterday's Rebel Attempt to Topple Khartoum
Mia Farrow | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics
When the best hope for peace in Darfur ultimately lies at a conference table, it is dispiriting but not surprising that government officials are refusing to negotiate with the rebel group JEM.
Who are the prisoners released from Guantanamo with Sami al-Haj?
Andy Worthington | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
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Late last week, I joined in the widespread celebrations -- at least in those parts of the world that care about the injustice of holding people in pri...
$200 a Barrel Oil: It Could Go Much Higher!
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business
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Oil power and money is in the hands of people and governments I would not want to eat dinner with, much less ask to make important decisions affecting the future of the planet. Pay attention.
Whitewashing Gitmo
Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
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Imprisoned for six years without being charged or given a trial, "emaciated" Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al Hajj was finally released from the US Navy prison camp at Guantanamo.
The Darfur War Crimes Test
Mia Farrow | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
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This week marks a grim and largely unnoticed anniversary. In April 2007, The ICC issued arrest warrants for two men involved in the massive, ongoing atrocities in Darfur, who have yet to be prosecuted.
Darfur -- Remember Me???
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
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Kudos to Mr. Spielberg, who has done far more than Secretary of State Rice seems to have been able to do to capture Beijing's attention in the matter of Darfur.
President's Corner: Sudan Continues to Outfox the West
Kenneth Bacon | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics
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Sudan's brazen rejection of international rules and standards and the West's feckless response continue to amaze me.
US Diplomat Killed In Sudan Shooting
AP | MOHAMED OSMAN | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home
An American diplomat and his driver were shot to death Tuesday in the Sudanese capital, the U.S. Embassy said, a day after a joint African Union-Unite...
A Signature Away From Action for Darfur
Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
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Divestment would involve organizations withdrawing their assets from the country, which would cripple the Sudanese government's ability to financially sustain the genocide.
The Shocking Stories of Humanitarian Aid Workers Just Released From Guantánamo
Andy Worthington | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics
Two years after being cleared for release from Guantánamo by a military review board, Adel Hassan Hamad, a Sudanese hospital administrator who worked...
Senate OKs Divesting Sudan-Related Investments
AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business
State and local governments and other institutions could divest Sudan related investments under legislation passed by the Senate late Wednesday despit...
The Mess In Darfur
Jane Wells | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics
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Four years into the conflict in Darfur, when it seemed things couldn't get any worse, they have.
I'm a Values Voter, Too
Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics
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The endorsement of Rudy Giuliani by Pat Robertson is cause for brow-furrowing. Who are these "values voters?"
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