SUDAN

In an African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) meeting held on October 24, a decision was made to give Sudan and South Sudan an additional six weeks to reach consensus on a negotiated solution on the final status of Abyei. Sudan favors a partitioning of Abyei, while South Sudan favors a referendum vote by citizens residing in the area.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Igihe, a Rwandan news source, reports that on Saturday, M23 renamed itself the “Congolese Revolutionary Army.” The M23 is looking to take over more Congolese land, claiming that it would "bring change to the country, change the system that has made DR Congo what it is today, a

By Daniel Solomon, STAND Advocacy Coordinator

 By Sean Langberg

Sean is the Co-Chair of the STAND chapter at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Side note: Sean’s chapter is hosting an atrocity prevention conference on December 1 and 2, 2012. The registration deadline is November 15, and attendance is free for students. For more information, visit http://standnow.org/NCconference. 

These two posts are written by Jasmin Kaur and Brian Browne, from George Washington University STAND. Jasmin and Brian were two of the students who helped hand deliver 777 letters to Bob Schieffer’s office, pressing him to ask the presidential candidates how they will prioritize mass atrocity prevention during tonight’s foreign policy debate.

This piece, written by Danny Hirschel-Burns, from Swarthmore College STAND, originally appeared on his blog The Widening Lens.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

A confidential report was leaked to Reuters on Wednesday, saying that Rwanda’s defence minister, General James Kabarebe, is effectively commanding the M23 rebellion in the DRC. The report says Kigali has supplied the M23 with heavy weapons and is helping with recruitment for the group.

This piece, written by the Enough Project‘s Executive Director John Bradshaw, originally appeared on the Huffington Post.