After Pope Benedict XVI, the UK Bishops and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops have officially reached out to support their Zimbabwean counterparts. Bishop Wenski, of the Orlando...
Militia attacks have resumed and the humanitarian situation continues to worsen in Darfur. Meanwhile, the international community and humanitarian organizations are decreasing their involvement in the region. In the first week of November, militia attacks on IDP camps...
Tensions between the United Nations and the government of Sudan have risen to new levels, as the UN Special Envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk, was expelled from the country earlier this week after statements made in his personal blog were considered a threat to Sudanese...
One day after tens of thousands of activists gathered in New York City to demand the immediate deployment of UN peacekeepers to Darfur, President Bush named Andrew Natsios as Special Envoy to Sudan. This promising development, however, takes place against the...
The world continues to watch the horror unfold in Darfur two years after the Bush Administration declared that the atrocities committed in the region amounted to genocide. On the anniversary of that declaration, hundreds of activists congregated with Africa Action in...
The U.S. Senate is set to debate a resolution calling on the U.S. government to increase its support for “peace, democracy and development in Somalia.” Senate Resolution 460 calls on the President, with the State Department, to develop an...
Humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee reported this week that more than 200 women have been sexually assaulted in the last five weeks alone around Darfur’s largest displaced camp, Kalma. This alarming trend is yet another sign of the region’s...
The Sudanese Catholic Bishops released a statement on July 25 calling for a more rigorous implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, as well as more concerted efforts for peace throughout Sudan. The statement was openly critical of the widespread corruption...
The hope generated by the signing of the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement has been shattered, replaced by an ever-growing sense of despair about the prospects for gaining peace. Only one of the rebel groups, a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army led by Minni Minnawi, has...
The violence in Darfur has received significant attention from humanitarian and advocacy groups around the world. Unfortunately, the United States government has stayed largely removed from the conflict, allowing genocide to continue without immediate and urgent...
