"During Sudan's half-century of independence, few spots on Earth have witnessed as much death and destruction, with 2 1/2 million war-related fatalities during the past two decades alone. Although the Darfur genocide that began in 2003 is only one of the conflicts raging in the country, they all stem from... [view entry]

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A significant majority of weapons in Sudan—2 million to be precise—are outside of government control and in the hands of civilians, mostly in the South, says Small Arms Survey in a report released yesterday. This proliferation is a result of a spike in arms acquisition by both North and South... [view entry]

Be sure to check out Nicholas Kristof’s editorial in the New York Times today, profiling Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng and his efforts to build a high school in his hometown in South Sudan. Kristof describes Deng as an inspiring figure, rising from a childhood occupied with fleeing the perils... [view entry]

As discussions over the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo continue to brew, the various parties involved have begun speaking out.   Yesterday, the Congolese ambassador threatened to expel the leadership of the peacekeeping force, known as MONUC, in response to the possibility that the Security Council may demand the Congolese... [view entry]

This Monday, the two main parties in Sudan arrived at a breakthrough in negotiations necessary for moving forward on key components of the North-South peace agreement signed in 2005. The ruling National Congress Party, or NCP, and its southern counterpart, the Southern People’s Liberation Movement, agreed on legislation whose provisions... [view entry]

California Senator Dianne Feinstein signed on to the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 (S.891) this Monday, making her the eleventh cosponsor of this important bill that seeks to ensure U.S. involvement in the mineral trade does not contribute to human rights violations and crimes against humanity in eastern Congo... [view entry]

National Public Radio's Gwen Tompkins and Michele Kelemen have filed a string of good Africa related reports over the last 24 hours. On yesterday's All Things Considered, Kelemen highlights the growing anger on Capitol Hill over President Obama's handling of the situation in Sudan. We've been covering these developments closely. ... [view entry]

As deliberations over the future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, or MONUC, continue among Security Council members, a nearly 200-page report by Human Rights Watch released Monday documents just what human consequences are at stake. The comprehensive report unflinchingly details countless horrors, violent killings, rape and inhumanities, that... [view entry]

In a rare show of bipartisanship in the current political climate, members of both the House and Senate came out with strong remarks today regarding the situation in Sudan and Darfur. A group of Senators, led by Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain (R-AZ), came out with a letter... [view entry]