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The MagkaSama Project Website: Interview Series: Sudan, Op-Ed Section and a New Homepage

Summertime is over, we are very happy to be back, even though we have been active all July and August with our News Digests so you didn’t miss an important news even if you were on vacation. The month of August was a busy month, we started our Interview Series: Sudan, an ongoing...

News Digest (Sep. 01, 2018): Amin Mekki Madani dies, Ahmed Al-Dai Bushara Joudah, Peter Biar Ajak, Darfur United, Bobi Wine…

This is our last Weekly News Digest, a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: Sudanese human rights defender Dr Amin Mekki Madani has died; Darfur United Men’s Team in Los Angeles; El Jareeda and El Tayyar newspapers confiscated;...

News Digest (Aug. 25, 2018): Kofi Annan has died, UK deporting people, The Sudan Call coalition, Aquarius…

This is our fourth Weekly News Digest of August, it is a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: Students and doctor died in Sudan; UK deporting people; The Sudan Call coalition of opposition parties; South Sudan’s forests; Former...

News Digest (Aug. 18, 2018): Omar al-Bashir’s nomination, Kleptocrats in DRC, Nabeel Rajab, Haitian Book Day…

This is our third Weekly News Digest of August, it is a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: Bashir’s nomination for a third term; Doctors threaten to strike in Sudan; Rainy season in Sudan; The Sentry reports on kleptocrats in...

News Digest (Aug. 11, 2018): Harriett Baldwin in Darfur, Slavery and torture, Adolphe Muzito, This Is Congo…

This is our second Weekly News Digest of August, it is a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: British Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin in North Darfur; Female activists in Sudan; Germany, Sudan sign for refugee projects;...

News Digest (Aug. 4, 2018): Russian soldiers in CAR, Violence in Kasaï, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Ebola, Haiti, Meryam Joobeur…

This is our first Weekly News Digest of August, it is a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: the testinomy of Abdelhamid Yousif Ismail Adam; Russian soldiers in CAR/Darfur; Jean-Pierre Bemba to run for president December. En français:...

The MagkaSama Project Website: News Digest, Interview Series and Upcoming New Features

Since last year, the MagkaSama Project website is accessible to logged-in members only but this is going to change: our content will be available (again) to all site visitors in September. We are already working on new areas and content pages. Among the new features, we will accept Op-Ed...

Condamnations confirmées pour les viols au Kavumu, le Kasaï toujours en proie aux violences sexuelles

Le mois dernier nous vous parlions du procès en appel des prévenus (parmi lesquels un élu) condamnés pour les viols de dizaines de bébés et d’enfants. De 2013 à 2016, les petites victimes âgées de 8 mois à 12 ans ont été violées par une milice dans le village de Kavumu,...

Security Council drastically cuts Darfur UNAMID

The decision has been made: the UN Security Council has approved cuts in the AU – UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Last month we posted an article: UN wants to scale down UNAMID’s mission in Darfur, the Head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council that the...

Troubles en Haiti : le Premier ministre Jack Guy Lafontant a démissionné

Nous vous en parlions il y a quelques jours dans cette news : Hausse des prix des transports publics et des produits de consommation : Haiti s’enflamme. La décision d’augmenter de manière très importante le prix des carburants a donné lieu à de nombreuses manifestations,...