UNAMID

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...

Security Council drastically cuts Darfur UNAMID

The decision has been made: the UN Security Council has approved cuts in the AU – UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Last month we posted an article: UN wants to scale down UNAMID’s mission in Darfur, the Head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council that the...

Norway, UK and the United States condemn continued clashes in Jebel Marra, Darfur

A few days ago, the United Nations announced they wanted to scale down UNAMID’s mission in Darfur (read our news here). The Head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council that the situation in Darfur has changed “radically for the better” and, as the needs...

UN wants to scale down UNAMID’s mission in Darfur

Last week, the Head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council that the situation in Darfur has changed “radically for the better” and, as the needs of the people have changed, “the international community must adapt its support accordingly.” Reactions...

‘Lessons and Challenges from the Genocide in Sudan’ by Eric Cohen (Act for Sudan)

Act for Sudan is an alliance of American citizen activists and Sudanese U.S. residents who advocate for an end to genocide and mass atrocities in Sudan. We often support their actions and join them in their advocacy, signing letters and sharing their news and reports. Act for Sudan’s...

Darfur: ethnically-targeted violence continues on a wide scale – By Eric Reeves

Max Dana founded The MagkaSama Project in 2003, during the mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women, and children in Western Sudan. It has been recognized as the first genocide in the 21st century. Since then, our goal is to raise awareness about what is going on in Sudan and its...

UN warns Sudan over call to send Darfur displaced home

Earlier this month Enough Project Senior Advisor Dr. Suliman Baldo published a new report: Ominous Threats Descending On Darfur. Yesterday The East African published an article about the United Nations declaring that Sudan had to disarm militias in Darfur before those displaced by the...

The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace by Jérôme Tubiana

We often suggest you to read reports and articles posted by specialists on the countries we focus on. Last week, Jérôme Tubiana (he attended the screening of the movie The Heart of Nuba we organized last year and we regularly mention his reports), posted on IRIN website: The dangerous...

Chemical weapons used in Darfur: Organizations around the world join forces

In a report released last month, Amnesty International has documented the use of suspected chemical weapons by Sudanese government forces against civilians, including very young children, in Jebel Marra, one of the most remote regions of Darfur over the past eight months. Between 200 and...

Trading Conflict for Coffee in DRC, Darfur is -not- over, Oslo Freedom Forum

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Trading Conflict for Coffee in DRC; Current media focus on conflicts such as Syria means people can be forgiven for assuming "Darfur is over". It's not, says Olivia Warham, Director of Waging Peace; 2013...