Sudanese Summit 2011 Mission: To cultivate peace and grassroots leadership in Sudan, focusing on youth.
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US offers Sudan ‘terror list’ deal
If Sudan’s January referendums go smoothly, the US has offered to drop it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. The United States will drop Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as early as July 2011 if Khartoum ensures two key referendums take place on schedule in January and the results [...]
Returning home to Southern Sudan
At least a thousand families have arrived in southern Sudan from the north, ahead of a referendum due next January on whether the south should secede and form its own country. Encouraging people to return home for the referendum is just the first step – making sure adequate services are available for those who do [...]
Will independence vote bring war or peace to south Sudan?
Former south Sudanese rebel Diing Dhel stretches his T-shirt to show its slogan: “Referendum is your golden chance for total independence.” It is a common message plastered on posters and banners here in the southern capital, Juba, as the war-damaged region prepares for a historic vote due on 9 January 2011. Excitement is high, with [...]
George Clooney and John Prendergast: We can prevent the next Darfur
If you had had the opportunity three months ahead of time to prevent Darfur’s genocide, what would you have done? The world faces such an opportunity today. On Jan. 9, just 84 days from now, the people of southern Sudan and of the disputed region of Abyei — which straddles northern and southern Sudan — [...]
Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold
The global refrain about genocide is “Never Again,” but we may be watching how that slips into “One More Time.” The place is southern Sudan, and the timetable is the next few months. The South, which holds more than 75 percent of Sudan’s oil, is scheduled to hold a referendum on Jan. 9 on seceding [...]
George Clooney at the White House
Rarely has the power of a celebrity to draw attention to an issue exerted such a pull as on Tuesday, when White House reporters called an end to the daily briefing by press secretary Robert Gibbs to catch the actor George Clooney as he left a meeting with President Obama about the crisis in Sudan. [...]
Clooney asks Obama for commitments on Sudan
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met with activist-actor George Clooney at the White House on Tuesday to discuss U.S. involvement in Sudan ahead of a critical election early next year in Africa’s largest nation. Clooney recently returned from Sudan, and is asking the U.S. and world community to use international pressure and robust diplomacy to [...]
Sudan Freedom Walk Finishes with a Rally at the U.S. Capitol
Activists in the 250-mile Sudan Freedom Walk arrived at the steps of the U.S. Capitol yesterday. Welcoming them were a cheering crowd, reporters, musicians, and a speaking program led by Simon Deng and Dr Adam Abdel Gabar, the Sudan Freedom Walk organizers. The welcome rally featured a webcast viewed by several hundred activists nationwide, a [...]
Tensions Rise Ahead of Sudan Vote
KHARTOUM, Sudan—Strident words between leaders in Sudan are ramping up tensions in Africa’s largest country ahead of a vote on the south’s independence, as ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council returned to New York Sunday after an inconclusive diplomatic mission. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday warned of a “more dangerous war” than the [...]
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