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Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the Oromia region to protest a dramatic housing crisis at the end of February, when the government began to demolish thousands of “illegal” homes in… Read more…
Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the Oromia region to protest a dramatic housing crisis at the end of February, when the government began to demolish thousands of “illegal” homes in… Read more…
Beginning in August of 2017, the Rohingya people fled persecution from the government of Burma. Unfortunately, the lives of the approximately 900,000 Rohingya refugees who settled in neighboring Bangladesh have… Read more…
As the U.S persists in engaging in the unconstitutional war in Yemen, Yemeni civilians continue to suffer. Estimates report that tens of thousands of people, possibly up to 80,000, have… Read more…
As an organization founded during the height of the movement to end genocide in Darfur, STAND celebrates the removal of Omar al-Bashir from the presidency, while continuing to support Sudanese… Read more…
This week’s conflict update covers events since the beginning of 2019 in STAND’s key focus areas: Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Yemen, Syria, Burma,… Read more…
Since mass protests erupted in December, events in Sudan have developed rapidly. On February 22, President Omar al-Bashir declared a one-year state of emergency in an effort to quell mass… Read more…
Content warning: the following piece contains graphic descriptions of torture On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a War Powers Resolution that would require the U.S. to end… Read more…
5,000 Sudanese people have migrated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after new violence erupted in South Sudan. On January 19, violent clashes broke out in the Central… Read more…
There is a new hope for peace in Yemen. On February 7, a preliminary agreement was reached to remove Houthi troops from Hodeidah. The details are set to be finalized… Read more…
Corruption and government suppression cast shadows over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from Belgian colonial rule in 1960. After numerous delays, the Congo… Read more…