Venue: World Affairs Council, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Florida
Date: Feb. 24, 2011
Time: 6pm
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November 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Pre-publication reviews of Fighting for Darfur
November 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
“Rebecca Hamilton has catalogued – realistically, soberingly, and most impressively – the successes and shortcomings of the Darfur advocacy movement from its inception to the present. Her work highlights the challenges for citizens and policymakers alike of adapting their actions to mass atrocities less overtly clear than a Holocaust or Rwanda. But above all Hamilton is the model of an ‘upstander,’ one whom raises her voice and acts when people – whether near or far, Western or African – are most in need of help.”
– LGen. the Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire, (Ret’d), Senator
“A masterful feat of original research and reporting, Fighting for Darfur is an authoritative account of the impact of the first sustained citizens’ movement against genocide. With Hamilton’s fierce determination to get beyond self-congratulatory slogans and taken-for-granted assumptions about what is required to save lives at risk, she provides insights that will be invaluable for concerned citizens, human rights advocates and policymakers alike for years and years to come. Essential reading for anyone who wants to help build a better world.”
– Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
In Radio Dabanga Raid, Sudan Targets Last Uncensored Media Outlet on the Ground
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Nov. 10, 2010) At a market stall in southern Sudan, Darfuri trader Omer Saleh, 45, turned up the volume on his small battery-operated radio. Radio Dabanga, he said, referring to the Dutch-based radio service that transmits Darfur news by local journalists through shortwave frequencies into Sudan, “is the only way I can know what is […]
‘Oil-Rich’ Abyei: Time to Update the Shorthand for Sudan’s Flashpoint Border Town?
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Nov. 3, 2010) Abyei, Sudan – The failure to agree on who gets to vote in a Jan. 9 referendum on whether the key strategic Sudanese town of Abyei will remain part of northern Sudan or become part of what could be a newly independent south is leading pundits to cite Abyei as a possible […]
How a Residency Dispute in One Key Town Could Lead Sudan Back to War
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Nov. 3, 2010) Abyei, Sudan — Francis Nyok Koryom stands in front of the ruins of his former home in the flashpoint Sudanese town of Abyei. It was just one of thousands destroyed in 2008 as Sudanese government forces rampaged through the strategically important town that straddles the border between northern Sudan and the semiautonomous […]
Southern Sudan Comes Together: But can the unity survive . . . ?
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Oct. 20, 2010) JUBA, Sudan—Spontaneous outbursts of singing, dancing, clapping, and cheering lasted through the night at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Southern Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Sunday. The celebration came at the conclusion of a conference initiated by Salva Kiir, the president of the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, aimed at unifying the fractious […]
A Child Bride in Sudan
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Oct. 4, 2010) Khartoum, Sudan – Amira* is the attractive 16-year-old daughter of an Iraqi mother and Sudanese father. She spent the first ten years of her life in Iraq, where her family lived in an apartment in a multi-story house in Baghdad, just around the corner from her grandmother. Amira remembers a happy life, […]
Detained in Khartoum
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Sept. 20, 2010) Khartoum, Sudan – It was my first day back in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, where I am reporting this year on the upcoming 2011 referendum in which southern Sudanese will vote on whether they want to become an independent nation. They are widely expected to support the measure, but many worry […]
South Sudan Independence Vote at Risk
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Sept. 13, 2010) KHARTOUM, Sudan – A referendum on whether oil-rich southern Sudan breaks away to become Africa’s newest nation is scheduled to take place in less than four months. But with negotiations between north and south stalled over border demarcation, and preparations for the vote lagging perilously behind, the likelihood of the referendum proceeding […]
In challenge to Sudanese ruling party, student activists rally for democracy
November 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(Aug. 14, 2010) KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Like any aspiring pro-democracy movement, the young Sudanese activists needed a name. They picked Girifna, Arabic for “we are fed up.” They chose orange for their color and the V for victory sign as a logo, then began distributing their first pamphlet. Read rest of the article as it […]
