Max Dana

Press has a duty to inform on #SudanRevolts, and so have we.

Demonstrations are taking place since last week in Sudan. Unfortunately, and without surprise, media coverage has been scant and some reports even omitted to mention some important information on the root causes motivating the protests. For a week now (and since a long time, our interest...

#SudanRevolts protests are back, unlike the media coverage

For two days now, we know protests have been rocking several Sudanese cities. We are working together with Max Dana, sending emails and making phone calls to bring attention on the dire situation in Sudan following this new #SudanRevolts. But as usual, media coverage of the demonstrations...

Abyei Referendum: Sudan wants is oil, South Sudan wants its people, by Max Dana

The Abyei status referendum is a delayed referendum that was originally due to be held in 2011 in which the residents of Abyei can decide either to remain part of the Sudanese South Kordofan region or to become part of the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. This is what you can learn...

The MagkaSama Project will be back mid-September!

We will be taking a brief hiatus (a couple of weeks) so we won’t post new content posted until the middle of September. In the meantime, check out the archives, browse our site, there is plenty to read while we are away. We won’t be far anyway, we will post if there is any...

St. Louis can’t survive on $7.35 – Support St. Louis fast food workers!

Fast food workers from all over St. Louis are on strike. The reason: ‘Most of us make $7.35 or a little more an hour and we just can’t survive‘. Fast workers are paid poverty wages while their employers are making a lot of money. They say: ‘We are struggling to support...

Sudan Emergency Action Summit 2013 and Darfur10

This week-end and for two days, we followed the Sudan Emergency Action Summit 2013 sponsored by Act for Sudan, at George Mason University, and we listened to speakers, watched the sessions and panels. About the Summit: ‘The Sudan Emergency Action Summit is organized by Act for...

The Every Human Has Rights Campaign by The Elders / CIVICUS

Every Human Has Rights was launched in 2008 by The Elders as a campaign to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.  The year saw the beginnings of a revival of awareness of the Declaration and its principles, which still hold strong today. To celebrate this...