Vice President Joseph Biden is in Africa this week, leading an interagency delegation through the continent before the 2010 World Cup kicks off on Friday. According to The Cable, Biden’s trip will not focus primarily on soccer diplomacy: rather, the purpose of his trip is to provide oversight for the execution of the Obama administration’s Sudan policy.
In this week’s issue: More clashes are reported in South Darfur; a splinter group of Burma’s NLD registered for the elections; MONUC will transition to MONUSCO in July with a greater focus on civilian protections
The Week That Was, May 26 to June 2, 2010, compiled by Joshua Kennedy of GI-Net and the STAND E-team.
Recent reports indicate that the United States government sent a junior-level consular officer to the inauguration of Omar al-Bashir last week, drawing criticism from a variety of human rights organizations.
Via the Genocide Intervention Network’s Facebook page:
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Violence reignited in the Jebel Moon area of West Darfur last week, as the Sudanese army captured the area through a series of aerial and ground assaults on Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces. According to an army spokesperson, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) killed 108 JEM rebels and captured 61.
In this week’s issue: at least 107 people have been killed in inter-tribal fighting in Darfur since March; officials warn that Burma’s elections will not be legitimate; Congress passed an act to address the ongoing LRA threat in Central Africa
This hearing couldn’t come at a more important time.
