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Sudanese officials who deny and deceive the world about crimes committed in Sudan's western Darfur region might face criminal charges, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Friday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Christian and Jewish clergy from around the country marked the anniversary of the Nuremberg trials last week by sending President Obama a petition urging him to recognize America's "moral responsibility" to arrest Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir and bring him to a Nuremberg-style trial for his role in the Darfur genocide.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 1, 2009) - Allana Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AAA) ("Allana"or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has awarded a drilling contract to Emerson Moore Drilling Ltd. ("EMD") for its Ethiopian Potash Project. EMD has extensive drilling experience and has completed projects in Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Georgia, Slovakia, Jamaica, Spain, Kenya, Sudan ...
On Thursday night, the short film, "Hope from Alaska," will take viewers into the world of Dr. Jill Seaman as she works to ease suffering and save lives in the remote and impoverished village of Old Fangak in southern Sudan.
JOHANNESBURG, 1 December 2009 (IRIN) - In all the talk about adapting to climate change, "scant attention" is being paid to "the dangers of ... [adaptation strategies] going astray in fragile and conflict-affected" countries, warned a report released on 28 November.
UN wants $7.1 bln for 2010 humanitarian work as Afghanistan rises to second spot on needs list
Harare - German investment in Zimbabwe continues to be under threat because of ongoing lawlessness in the southern African country, the German government protested in an official complaint to Zimbabwe, it emerged Tuesday. The letter sent by the Germa...
Nouakchott - Mauritanian security officials on Tuesday said they had located three Spanish aid workers abducted last week, police told the German Press Agency dpa. Military officials had begun negotiations with the hostage-takers, police said. ...
Sudan, the largest country in Africa, is on the verge of plunging into yet another north/south civil war. International failure to guarantee the key provisions of a linchpin peace agreement means that a renewed war could be the most widespread and destructive in the country's half century of independence.
Workers of the World vs. China Inc.
"The Plight and Promise of Africa: An Eckerd College Initiative" is a Tampa Bay communitywide effort that will promote dialogue about Africa both in and out of the classroom. (PRWeb Dec 1, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/eckerdcollege/africa/prweb3272574.htm
WASHINGTON (BP)--Efforts by the Sudanese government to hire a U.S. lobbyist have been stopped, according to The Washington Post.
Manila - Somali pirates seized a Greek vessel with 28 people aboard, including 16 Filipinos, the Philippine foreign department said Tuesday. The MT Maran Centaurus was hijacked Monday about 750 nautical miles off the coast of the strife-torn country....
The School Committee delayed a vote on granting approval for the establishment of the “Darfur Sister Schools Club” at the Bromfield School.
Courtesy of Dr. David Reed Dr. Barbara Connor examines a pregnant woman at the Duk Lost Boys Clinic in southern Sudan in this undated photo from February 2008. Dr. Connor is leaving Sunday for her third trip to Sudan.
A hushed crowd filed into a standing-room-only space above the Escape Club in Amsterdam last week to hear the Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Maziar Bahari describe the four months he spent in a Tehran jail.
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