President George W. Bush bemoaned the UN for their efforts in the killings in Darfur.
The President said that the U.S. would continue to send aid and ensure that the people of Darfur receive help.
The government of Sudan has been accused of unleashing the Janaweed militia to kill and raid the ethnic African communities in the western Darfur region.
"I also made it clear that I am frustrated with the pace of activities; that the United Nations must expedite sending troops, peacekeepers, to provide security for the people — that's what they want, they want to be able to have a secure life — and that we'll help," Bush said. "The United States continues to stand at the ready to provide airlift. The pace of action out of the United Nations is too slow."
Laura Bush said that even after leaving the White House she would continue to work for human rights.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Bottoms-up for Sudan
SABMiller will be installing a new lager in Juba , located in South Sudan in February.
The brewery expects to create lots of new job opportunities.
The Sharia Law banned alcohol in Sudan in the 1980's, in 2005 a peace deal was made that led to the south winning the right to have a semi-autonomous secular government.
“We will not only be consuming but producing alcohol. It’s a serious political message of one country, two systems,” the south’s agriculture minister Samson Kwaje told Reuters news agency.
The brewery will not just create beer they will also produce soft drinks and cereal for Southern Sudan.
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The brewery expects to create lots of new job opportunities.
The Sharia Law banned alcohol in Sudan in the 1980's, in 2005 a peace deal was made that led to the south winning the right to have a semi-autonomous secular government.
“We will not only be consuming but producing alcohol. It’s a serious political message of one country, two systems,” the south’s agriculture minister Samson Kwaje told Reuters news agency.
The brewery will not just create beer they will also produce soft drinks and cereal for Southern Sudan.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
US knocks Russian sale of MiGs to Sudan
Sudanese Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein has said that during a visit to Moscow, Sudan bought 12 MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia.
The United States criticized this sale that Russia made to Sudan.
Russia has been accused before by Amnesty International last year of violating a UN resolution by supplying Sudan with arms that were used in the war-torn region of Darfur.
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The United States criticized this sale that Russia made to Sudan.
Russia has been accused before by Amnesty International last year of violating a UN resolution by supplying Sudan with arms that were used in the war-torn region of Darfur.
"Sudan is a poor country and to go out and buy MiGs, obviously that's something we don't think is a positive step," US State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told reporters. "It's the last thing that country needs," Wood said.
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Sudan police detain 63 journalists
On Monday a total of 63 journalists were detained for several hours and forced to attend a court hearing for protesting against draconian censorship.
Over a 150 journalists met later and stated that they would down tools on Monday as 12 representatives of independent newspapers declared that they would not be publishing editions on Tuesday in protesting the arrests.
Journalists rallied outside out of the parliament building condemning the censorship which affronts the freedom of expression that is supposed to be preserved in Sudan's interim constitution following the end of a north-south civil war.
The United States condemned the arrests that happened and called for a end on the media censorship as part of the CPA, especially with the upcoming run-up to elections.
"The US government condemns today's detentions and continues to deplore infringements by the government of Sudan upon freedom of the press and expression," said the embassy in Khartoum.
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Over a 150 journalists met later and stated that they would down tools on Monday as 12 representatives of independent newspapers declared that they would not be publishing editions on Tuesday in protesting the arrests.
Journalists rallied outside out of the parliament building condemning the censorship which affronts the freedom of expression that is supposed to be preserved in Sudan's interim constitution following the end of a north-south civil war.
The United States condemned the arrests that happened and called for a end on the media censorship as part of the CPA, especially with the upcoming run-up to elections.
"The US government condemns today's detentions and continues to deplore infringements by the government of Sudan upon freedom of the press and expression," said the embassy in Khartoum.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Photographs and Poems
Darfur is located in Western Sudan.
Shamal Darfur (North Darfur)
Gharb Darfur (West Darfur)
Janub Darfur (South Darfur)
And right now a genocide is taking place there.
A Child's Epitaph
by Michael R. Burch
Black Climate of Change
by Zyskandar Jaimot
gone into giant swirling whirlwinds of khamseens
gone into vicious sprawling outbursts of tribal revenge
mothers, babes all bundled together in refuge
mothers calling, praying to strange foreign deities for succor
their voices unheeded in all the world
their DNA gone – vanished amid waves of bloody sand
never replaced – never thought of – never considered
their DNA unimportant
their DNA inconsequential
their essence gone
Help stop the suffering by going to eyesondarfur.org
Shamal Darfur (North Darfur)
Gharb Darfur (West Darfur)
Janub Darfur (South Darfur)
And right now a genocide is taking place there.
Please follow me and watch that woman bent,
as willows bend, face hidden in her hand.
A picture of despair, to say the least.
That other one is hiding in her tent.
She was tortured and raped, here on the sand.
The Devil on Horseback did it. A beast.
For her it was a shame. For him -- a feast.
Now she’s ostracized. Custom of this land.
These orphaned children sit. They never play.
They seem to be so scared. They sit and they
just stare at nothing. They look so spent …
Their future? Who knows? Let’s hope -- not all gray
This boy is maimed. His sister’s womb is rent.
The men do battle. They kill. The children pay.
as willows bend, face hidden in her hand.
A picture of despair, to say the least.
That other one is hiding in her tent.
She was tortured and raped, here on the sand.
The Devil on Horseback did it. A beast.
For her it was a shame. For him -- a feast.
Now she’s ostracized. Custom of this land.
These orphaned children sit. They never play.
They seem to be so scared. They sit and they
just stare at nothing. They look so spent …
Their future? Who knows? Let’s hope -- not all gray
This boy is maimed. His sister’s womb is rent.
The men do battle. They kill. The children pay.
A Child's Epitaph
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Black Climate of Change
by Zyskandar Jaimot
gone into giant swirling whirlwinds of khamseens
gone into vicious sprawling outbursts of tribal revenge
mothers, babes all bundled together in refuge
mothers calling, praying to strange foreign deities for succor
their voices unheeded in all the world
their DNA gone – vanished amid waves of bloody sand
never replaced – never thought of – never considered
their DNA unimportant
their DNA inconsequential
their essence gone
Help stop the suffering by going to eyesondarfur.org
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
What Can You Do?
Save Darfur is one of many organizations to help raise awareness, raise funds and campaign for Darfur. Their main goal is to get millions of regular people to join the movement.
Save Darfur helps the people of Darfur by reaching out to the media, public education, targeted coalition building and grassroots mobilization to pressure policymakers and other decision-makers in the United States and abroad to help the people of Darfur.
Save Darfur responded to the rebellion that happened in 2003, from the government onto the people of Darfur.
“People in Darfur are alive today who otherwise would not be,” he says, “because this growing constituency of conscience cried out. But still the suffering remains.”
Their main goal is to continue to help end the violence against civilians, facilitate adequate and unhindered humanitarian aid; establish conditions for the safe and voluntary return of displaced people to their homes; promote the long-term sustainable development of Darfur; and hold the perpetrators accountable.
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Other Ways To Help
Save Darfur helps the people of Darfur by reaching out to the media, public education, targeted coalition building and grassroots mobilization to pressure policymakers and other decision-makers in the United States and abroad to help the people of Darfur.
Save Darfur responded to the rebellion that happened in 2003, from the government onto the people of Darfur.
“People in Darfur are alive today who otherwise would not be,” he says, “because this growing constituency of conscience cried out. But still the suffering remains.”
Their main goal is to continue to help end the violence against civilians, facilitate adequate and unhindered humanitarian aid; establish conditions for the safe and voluntary return of displaced people to their homes; promote the long-term sustainable development of Darfur; and hold the perpetrators accountable.
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Save Darfur
Other Ways To Help
Darfur activists pitch tents to influence Washington
350 tents are set up in front of the United States Capitol building by activists trying to re energizer the U.S. Darfur movement and the president-elect.
The tents will be shipped to Darfur to be used as classrooms for kids and as symbols of hope for the people of Darfur.
Organizers envisioned that the painted tents would help to raise awareness and funds to address the conflict in Darfur.
The leaders of the movement expect the president-elect to prioritize the issue and hope that when handling the Sudan policy a figure of high stature will be placed.
“It will be critical that this individual has the ear of the president and the appropriate members of the National Security Council, and that he or she be in frequent communication with a principal member of the National Security Council as designated by the president,” said Save Darfur in a plan for the Obama administration issued on Tuesday.
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The tents will be shipped to Darfur to be used as classrooms for kids and as symbols of hope for the people of Darfur.
Organizers envisioned that the painted tents would help to raise awareness and funds to address the conflict in Darfur.
The leaders of the movement expect the president-elect to prioritize the issue and hope that when handling the Sudan policy a figure of high stature will be placed.
“It will be critical that this individual has the ear of the president and the appropriate members of the National Security Council, and that he or she be in frequent communication with a principal member of the National Security Council as designated by the president,” said Save Darfur in a plan for the Obama administration issued on Tuesday.
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