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Recent News
- Famine (IPC Phase 5) is ongoing in part of Al Fasher — Relief Web August 9, 2024
- More children dying of hunger in Darfur and Nuba Mountains — Radio Dabanga August 9, 2024
- Inside the Mountain Stronghold of an Elusive Rebel Movement — NY Times August 8, 2024
- Crisis unfolding in Sudan as internally displaced nears 10 million June 7, 2024
- From the Embers of an Old Genocide, a New One May Be Emerging May 15, 2024
- US Ambassador: ‘Darfur is on the precipice of a large-scale massacre’ May 15, 2024
- RSF intensify shelling in El Fasher, civilians bear brunt of renewed clashes May 14, 2024
- Sudan’s military fends off attack by paramilitary forces on el-Fasher May 11, 2024
- US urges countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to stop, warning of a new genocide April 29, 2024
- The United States Calls for an Immediate Cessation of Attacks in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan April 24, 2024
Events
Author Archives: Eric Cohen
Kidnapped, tortured and thrown in jail: my 70 days in Sudan | World news | The Guardian
The long read: Twelve years after reporting on the conflict in Darfur, film-maker Phil Cox returned. But this time, the Sudanese government put a price on his head Source: Kidnapped, tortured and thrown in jail: my 70 days in Sudan … Continue reading
Act for Sudan letter to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | Act For Sudan
We are writing now to express our dismay that the OPCW has greeted these violations with yet more impunity, by instituting Sudan as Deputy Chairperson of its Executive Council. Source: Act for Sudan letter to Organization for the Prohibition of … Continue reading
Sanctions still needed on Sudan | TheHill
OPINION | PR whitewashing efforts to the contrary, Khartoum’s brutal and corrupt record is clear. Source: Sanctions still needed on Sudan | TheHill
Don’t Let Sudan Off the Hook | Foreign Affairs
The Atrocities Have Not Ended—Neither Should Sanctions Source: Don’t Let Sudan Off the Hook | Foreign Affairs
Modernize, don’t remove, Sudan’s sanctions | TheHill
There are two main problems with this approach. First, nothing concrete has changed on the ground in Sudan at a level of significance that justifies such a sweeping move. There is no peace deal, or even peace process, that holds … Continue reading
Obama’s Premature ‘Easing’ of Sanctions on Sudan | Human Rights Watch
It’s impossible to match Sudan’s reality with the Obama administration’s claims of “sustained progress.” Lifting most sanctions sends an appalling message to Sudan – and other repressive governments – that whatever crimes you commit, however many of your citizens you … Continue reading
United States to Lift Sudan Sanctions – The New York Times
United States to Lift Sudan Sanctions By Jeffrey Gettleman January 13, 2017 For the first time since the 1990s, the country will be able to trade extensively with the United States. <…> Eric Reeves, one of the leading American academic … Continue reading
Obama accused of ‘making a deal with the devil’ as he eases sanctions on Sudan
“To overlook the crimes of a regime that for 27 years has waged genocidal counter-insurgency campaign after genocidal counter-insurgency campaign boggles the imagination,” said Eric Reeves Source: Obama accused of ‘making a deal with the devil’ as he eases sanctions … Continue reading
Sudan could explode: Now is not the time for the U.S. to play nice with Khartoum – The Washington Post
The Obama administration can’t remain silent. Source: Sudan could explode: Now is not the time for the U.S. to play nice with Khartoum – The Washington Post
Chemical weapons attacks Darfur | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has gathered harrowing evidence of the repeated use of chemical weapons against civilians, including very young children, in Jebel Marra – one the most remote parts of the western region of Darfur, Sudan. Source: Chemical weapons attacks Darfur … Continue reading