July 7th, 2011 by Tom Andrews

Nuba Preists

July 6th, 2011 by Janina Pescinski

Pressure France and the UK to Ensure Effective Protection for Civilians

July 6th, 2011 by Tom Andrews

It was remarkably green as we touched down in South Sudan late yesterday afternoon.

Rainy season brings new life and hope to this dry land.

Hope is trying to get a toe hold here as the people of South Sudan prepare to celebrate their independence from Sudan on Saturday July 9th.

It is early morning as I reflect on this juncture of our journey. The only sounds are neighboring roosters and clicking computer keys.

July 5th, 2011 by Allen Combs

Save Darfur Coalition President Tom Andrews and Senior Policy Analyst Dan Sullivan are on a two week trip to Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. They just departed Kigali, Rwanda for Juba, South Sudan this afternoon but before they left they sent a quick video update from their trip. Take a look!

July 1st, 2011 by Tom Andrews

We cannot allow the history of a brutal genocide to repeat itself in Sudan, nor denial and inaction to repeat itself in Washington DC. Both are happening at this very moment.

Tom speaking with Rwandan refugees in Nairobi

In recent weeks, Congress has engaged in a robust legal debate over the War Powers Resolution and the Obama administration’s civilian protection operation in Libya. In a recent piece for Foreign Policy magazine, Middle East scholar Marc Lynch chides the Obama administration for not defending the (legitimate) international intervention in Libya before Congress:

Last Thursday, following scuffles in Sudan’s Abyei border region, southern Sudanese forces ambushed a UN peacekeeping convoy escorting northern forces out of Abyei town. The ambush ignited a destabilizing military confrontation between North and South Sudan, culminating in the occupation of Abyei by northern forces on Sunday. Shortly after their occupation of Abyei, the Khartoum regime deployed a tank unit to the contested region, and commenced with heavy shelling of the town.

Name: Zach Ackerman
School: Pioneer High School, 2011
Position: Outreach Coordinator

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Position: Media Coordinator

School: Ithaca College, 2011

Originally published in The Sanford Herald, January 2011, by Alexa Milan