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Women and Genocide National Symposium 2013

Darfur Women Action Group and STAND present the 2nd Annual Women and Genocide in the 21stCentury:  The Case of Darfur National Symposium. You can join hundreds of activists, students, musicians, advocates, and genocide & gender experts to explore the impact of genocide on women. By...

Proposed desalination plant could harm ocean environment, report says

In this article published on the Los Angeles Times, Bettina Boxall writes: Seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach could significantly harm coastal waters unless major changes are made, panel says. Boxall explains: A proposed seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach could...

Sudan downplays SRF’s tour in Europe

We mentioned the Sudan Revolutionary Front – SRF’s tour in Europe in our last Top Stories / Must-read, we even tweeted about it and it was discussed on Saturday during our online discussion. The delegation led by its chairperson Malik Agar, arrived in France last week to begin...

Amal Habbani, Haiti anti-government protest, Rape in India, SRF delegation in France

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Amal Habbani: press freedom fighter; Haiti anti-government protest turns violent; Why rape seems worse in India than everywhere else (but actually isn’t); Sudanese Rebels tell world to 'Wake Up' to war. - Amal Habbani:...

Online abuse against women: ‘free speech’ is no justification

This article posted today on The Guardian picked our attention: Death and rape threats against women continue to proliferate on some of the world’s most popular social-media sites. The perpetrators must not be allowed to think they have the right to continue. Laura Bates, the...

U.N. Official Warns Of Potential Genocide In Central African Republic

The situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks, writes  Hayes Brown on Think Progress. The international community slowly begins to turn its gears to intervene on behalf of the hundreds of thousands displaced in the ongoing violence. Brown...

Ryan Boyette and NubaReports on Spreecast to discuss the situation in Sudan

Last week we posted about The Bombing Campaign and the video report by NubaReports showing how the Sudan government has been dropping bombs in South Kordofan. Now you can join Ryan Boyette and NubaReports on Spreecast to discuss the situation in Sudan today, Mon., Nov. 4 at 10 am EDT....

Support Raina Mamoun, Threats to Wildlife Increase, Monsanto and Pepsi, #Strike4Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Support Sudanese Writer Raina Mamoun; As People Live Longer, Threats to Wildlife Increase; Monsanto and Pepsi trying to stop GMO labeling law in Washington State; #Strike4Sudan - its supporters and its critics debate the way...

Congo army ‘has crushed eastern rebellion,’ but peace elusive

Many Congolese have been celebrating when they heard the news: the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has crushed a 20-month rebellion that threatened the government’s hold on the country’s mineral-rich eastern province, U.N. special envoy Martin Kobler says. We can read...

A Year After Sandy, Living Dangerously by the Sea

We read an interesting story this week by Bryan Walsh on TIME Science & Space. Walsh is a senior writer for TIME magazine, covering energy and the environment. The first sentence of his article tells it all: ‘Sea-level rise amplified the devastating coastal flooding caused by...