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The United States' special envoy to Sudan reluctantly agreed Thursday that he is negotiating with a government that is accused of carrying out genocide in Darfur in western Sudan.
Gene Engle had never been far from his hometown of Hannibal, Mo., when in 1942 at age 20 he joined the Army Air Forces.
Hundreds of Sudanese refugees from the U.S. and abroad gathered in Council Bluffs this week to talk about helping the war-torn country they left behind, as well as adjusting to their adopted homeland.
The Bloomfield educator who inspired a communitywide effort to teach students about modern genocide has been invited to share what he has learned at a UNESCO international leadership forum in Rwanda.
Jewish World Watch turns attention and advocacy to atrocities in the Congo. In November, a four-person team from Los Angeles traveled on a 12-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, as well as to neighboring Rwanda.
DARTMOUTH — A concert of African dance, drumming, and song directed by world renowned artist Kwabena Boateng Guest artists will include Abraham Kobena Adzenyah, Wes Brown, Scott Kessel, Abbie Chambers, Lauren Falabella, and Michael Ward.
A 16-year old Christian girl from southern Sudan has been lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.
A 16-year-old Christian girl from southern Sudan said Friday she was lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by the authorities in the north.
The communist government led by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il must be investigated for crimes against humanity for alleged human rights violations including extreme torture, sexual slavery and prison brutality, defectors...
CAIRO -- A 16-year-old Christian girl from southern Sudan said Friday she was lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.Silva Kashif said she was arrested by a plainclothes policeman in a Khartoum market last week for wearing a skirt beneath the knee. She was convicted of offending public morality and received 50 ...
New Sudan American Hope, a Rochester-based nonprofit working to prevent drug and alcohol abuse among minority and immigrant youth, is seeking donations for its youth programming. Youth programs include tutoring, college access including college visits and
Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein said Tuesday she had donned a full Islamic veil to sneak out of Sudan and travel to France, two months after she was freed from jail for wearing trousers.
UC Berkeley study shows link between heat and war in sub-Saharan Africa. by Madeleine Bair We've heard that climate change will kill the polar bears, eradicate the salmon, and sink specks of land in the Pacific Ocean. Pinning down the effect of global warming on humans has been more difficult. But a team of researchers led by two UC Berkeley economists has done just that. A study by Cal doctoral ...
Afghanistan rose to second place after Sudan among the countries most in need. Drought in West Africa was also of particular concern.
U.S. Special Envoy Gration Trip Summary Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 27, 2009 The United States Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, has just returned from a November 16-November 23 trip to Sudan. He traveled to the areas of Khartoum, Abyei, and Darfur. In Khartoum, the two parties to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)—the National Congress Party (NCP) and the ...
One of New York City's most impressive yet least-known Holocaust memorials was the site of a recent ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the U.S. bombing raids near the Auschwitz death camp.
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