GEREIDA, SUDAN — This sunbaked displacement camp, considered the largest in Darfur, has become a virtual no-go zone. Aid workers abandoned Gereida in December after gunmen stormed their compounds, ...
Two weeks ago, an anonymous diplomat at the United Nations leaked a confidential report to the press. Sudanese government officials, the report found, are packing airplanes full of bombs and guns, ...
Despite a peace agreement, the fighting and deaths continue in the Darfur region of Sudan. International Medical Corps physician Dr. Jill John-Kall has been living and working as IMC's medical ...
KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Fresh from a meeting with rebel commanders in the western Sudanese bush, leaders of a new joint United Nations and African Union peace effort expressed optimism Thursday about ...
Conscientiously upbeat and shiny, "Darfur Now" takes a tactical approach in addressing the ongoing African genocide: Present the appallingly grim situation in Sudan through the rosy lens of activism ...
NPR Africa Correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton offers the latest news from Africa, including Darfur rebels agreeing on a joint peace strategy; actress and advocate Mia Farrow offering to trade places ...
When I lived in Brazil in the early 1990s and worked for Associated Press, I filed a short item on a study by a pro-choice group that revealed the staggering number of abortions that took place in the ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Reuters is reporting that the United Nations Security Council has authorized 26,000 ...
EUROPEAN UNION leaders spoke out strongly on Darfur at a summit in Berlin on Sunday. "The situation," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "is intolerable. . . . The actions of the Sudanese ...
Kaltouma Musa walked home a few weeks ago carrying her baby on her back and holding her young brother tightly by the hand. She had left a camp for the displaced where she had been receiving aid to ...
"Darfur Now" plays like a movie about historical events of years past, rather like "Hotel Rwanda" (2004) or "Munich" (2005) and utilizes the complex character and plot development of "Crash" (2004).