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We Act Together, a global campaign to shed light on the global refugee crisis by iACT

iACT is launching We Act Together, a global campaign to shed light on the global refugee crisis and inspire action towards peace. In their recent Newsletter, we can read more details about their campaign, and the organization: In 2005, iACT’s Co-founder and Executive Director...

The Heart of Nuba is opening in cities across the United States this week!

On December 2016 we organized in Paris the screening of The Heart of Nuba, in the presence of the movie’s Director Kenneth A. Carlson. The powerful documentary film is telling the story of American doctor Tom Catena serving one million patients in the war-torn Nuba Mountains of...

‘All Sudan Cultural Day 2018’ in Birmingham with Waging Peace on May 5, 2018

Waging Peace is a great organization, they do an amazing work campaigning against human rights abuses in Sudan and supporting Sudanese asylum seekers, refugees and the wider diaspora in the UK. They organize in May an event in Birmingham and welcome everyone to their Sudanese community...

International Women’s Day 2018: ‘Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives’

Today is International Women’s Day, it started on February 28, 1909 in  New York, and it’s celebrated in many countries around the world. This special day is a global day celebrating women’s rights and womanhood, and the social, economic, cultural and political...

Sudan: Some critics freed, others remain in custody

The deteriorating economic conditions prompted protests in Sudan, starting last January. We posted an article on the situation a couple of weeks ago in: Sudan: Economic collapse accelerating and inflation rate at 128%… The reaction of Sudanese security forces has once again been very...

Open letter concerning the crackdown on peaceful protests in Sudan

In September 2017, we signed the letter by The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) with other NGOs calling for strong, action-oriented resolution on Sudan at UN Human Rights Council. Read our post here. Once again, Sudanese security forces have arrested scores of people...

Sudan: Economic collapse accelerating and inflation rate at 128%…

In our post from last month: Sudanese refugees facing deportation amid excessive use of force on peaceful demonstrators in Sudan, we mentioned an article by KACE Sudan in which they explained that demonstrations across Sudan began on 6 January, set off by the announcement of Sudan’s...

Sudanese refugees facing deportation amid excessive use of force on peaceful demonstrators in Sudan

Earlier this month, we posted an article about the Belgian government at risk of collapse over Sudan migrants scandal, deportations and torture. French newspaper Le Monde broke the story last year (read our post here) reporting that officials from Khartoum handpicked political opponents...

‘There was nobody to help us’ – HART visit to Blue Nile, January 2018

People in Blue Nile, Sudan are suffering. They face many challenges and HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust) visited the region earlier this month, meeting community leaders, activists and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Earlier this month HART visited #BlueNile in #Sudan. Crowds of...

Belgian government at risk of collapse over Sudan migrants scandal, deportations and torture

Every year, hundred of thousands of refugees and migrants are willing to risk their lives in Mediterranean or Sahara, or risk freezing to death in snowy Alps to reach France (read our post in French: Situation des migrants en France : les actions de La Cimade et les mots de Raphaël...