Sudan

John Prendergast and Ian Schwab (Enough Project): ‘The Sudan Sanctions Must Stay’

A few months ago, we wrote an editorial about the bewildering (to say the least) lift of U.S sanctions on Sudan in: Sudan: From Darfur and chemical attacks to European partnership and U.S collaboration. In a recent article published on U.S. News & World Report website, John...

NGOs call for strong, action-oriented resolution on Sudan at UN Human Rights Council

The MagkaSama Project, with more than 20 other organizations, signed the letter by The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) regarding the human rights situation in Sudan addressed to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights...

Europe’s ‘Migrant Hunters’ by Jérôme Tubiana

Last month we published some extracts from Jérôme Tubiana’s article posted on IRIN website: The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace. Now the independent researcher on Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad has posted a new article on migrants smugglers between Niger and Libya, detailing...

The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace by Jérôme Tubiana

We often suggest you to read reports and articles posted by specialists on the countries we focus on. Last week, Jérôme Tubiana (he attended the screening of the movie The Heart of Nuba we organized last year and we regularly mention his reports), posted on IRIN website: The dangerous...

A bipartisan letter sent to President Donald J. Trump regarding the lifting of sanctions on Sudan

As you may already know, the lifting of sanctions on Sudan initiated by Barack Obama before he left the office, has since then raised a lot of concerns, among human rights organizations but also among officials and representatives in Europe and in the United States. A press release has...

Dr Tom Catena (The Heart of Nuba) receives Aurora Prize

This is a fantastic news we wanted to share with you: Dr Tom Catena who was featured in the film The Heart of Nuba directed by Ken Carlson, received Aurora Prize on May 27 in Yerevan, Armenia. You already know Dr Tom, we organized a screening of the documentary film last year in December,...

Sudan’s use of paramilitaries and militias in internal armed conflicts (Small Arms Survey)

A new report from the Small Arms Survey’s Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) project examines the history of Sudan’s militia strategy and the role of paramilitaries and militias in the country’s armed conflicts, notably in Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile. It also...

Sudan: From Darfur and chemical attacks to European partnership and U.S collaboration

In September 2016, Amnesty International published an alarming report: Chemical weapons have been used by Sudan against civilians in Darfur conflict; between 200 and 250 people may have died as a result of exposure to the chemical weapons agents. Here is our post about it. A month later,...

Projection du film ‘The Good Lie’ avec Reese Witherspoon et Discussion sur le Soudan

Le week-end dernier nous avons eu le plaisir d’accueillir une partie de nos Membres parisiens pour une projection du film ‘The Good Lie’, avec le soutien de l’association américaine The Enough Project qui nous a fourni de nombreuses éléments afin d’animer...

Une émigration non choisie – Histoires de demandeurs d’asile du Darfour (Soudan) de Marie-José Tubiana

Nous vous suggérons régulièrement des ouvrages dont nous pensons qu’ils méritent votre attention. Certains d’entre eux font aussi l’objet de Discussions en ligne que nous vous proposons une fois par mois, et c’est le cas de celui que nous vous invitons à...