Europe

The International Community and Khartoum’s ‘Final Solution’ in Darfur

Sudan expert Eric Reeves has been writing about Sudan and Darfur for almost two decades. Working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, Reeves has also testified several times before the Congress. When the MagkaSama Project was created in 2003 (read more here) to alert to the...

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov wins 2018 Sakharov Prize

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named in honour of the Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, has been awarded annually since 1988 to individuals, groups of people and organizations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms. The first prize was awarded...

The Golden Laundromat: The conflict gold trade from eastern Congo to the United States and Europe (The Sentry)

We regularly mention The Sentry on the MagkaSama Project, an initiative of the Enough Project and Not On Our Watch. As you know, we supported several of the Enough Project campaigns over the years on topics we focus on such as conflict minerals and human rights. The Sentry publishes news...

The impact of EU migration policies on central Saharan routes – By Clingendael

Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations – is a leading think tank and academy on international affairs which aims to contribute to a secure, sustainable and just world. Earlier this month they published an online report on the effects of EU migration...

News Digest (Aug. 25, 2018): Kofi Annan has died, UK deporting people, The Sudan Call coalition, Aquarius…

This is our fourth Weekly News Digest of August, it is a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: Students and doctor died in Sudan; UK deporting people; The Sudan Call coalition of opposition parties; South Sudan’s forests; Former...

Situation des enfants migrants et lettre ouverte des ONG à Emmanuel Macron

Nous suivons de près la situation des migrants qui arrivent en Europe, et plus particulièrement en France (voir nos articles ici). Vous avez d’ailleurs pu lire notre article publié hier en anglais sur les témoignages de migrants soudanais : Sudanese refugees: From Darfur to...

Sudanese refugees: From Darfur to Germany, through corruption and human trafficking

We regularly write about the controversal EU bilateral development cooperation with Sudan to stem African migration (read our articles here). Earlier this month, Sudan Tribune published an article: Sudan, EU vow further cooperation to combat illegal migration. We learn that Sudan’s...

Les migrants de l’Aquarius persona non grata en Italie

Nous évoquons régulièrement la situation des nombreux migrants qui quittent leur pays et prennent tous les risques pour rejoindre l’Europe, comme nous vous en parlions dans ces dernières news. Alors que les pays européens peinent à trouver des solutions et que les prises de...

EU Parliament calls on Sudan to overturn Noura Hussein’s death sentence

Many of you have signed the petition and have been active supporting the young Sudanese. You can read our news on this page if you want to learn more about what is happening to Noura. The petition is getting more and more signatures everyday (more than 1 300 000!), and we tweeted about it...

EU’s migration partnership with Sudan: Deals with the devil always unravel

This is not the first time we are denouncing the so-called ‘partnership’ between Europe and Sudan because it legitimizes Sudan’s militia state and it’s harming migrants and refugees. In October last year we published two articles, in French: La France et la...