I’m in the process of drafting a teaching guide for lecturers who address human rights advocacy, citizens’ movements and foreign policy. The main part of the guide presents discussion questions I think Fighting for Darfur raises. Some are policy focused. Some are advocacy focused. Many intersect. Over the coming month I’m going to post a […]
Sanctions and U.S. corporations in South Sudan
April 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
Today, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a brief guidance note on the situation for U.S. people and corporations interested in operations in the new country of South Sudan, following its formal birth on July 9. In short, OFAC explains that the sanctions that currently prohibit U.S. entities conducting business in Sudan and […]
Blood and Milk
April 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Senior TED fellow, Alanna Shaikh, reviews Fighting for Darfur on her blog, Blood and Milk. “This is an important, useful, well-written book . . . [Hamilton] has talked to just about every major player on Darfur, from US State Department and USAID officials to Darfuri refugees, Sudanese government officials, and the leaders in the Darfur […]
UC-Berkeley
April 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Hosted by: Graduate School of Journalism and Human Rights Center
BBC Radio 4
April 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Jane Garvey interviews Rebecca Hamilton on her new book, Fighting for Darfur. Listen here (starts at 38 mins).
BBC/PRI’s “The World”
April 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
INTERVIEWER, JEB SHARP: The pace of the Libya intervention has stunned the people of Darfur and the activists who worked so hard to protect them. Back in 2004, the assumption was that if you raised a loud enough outcry, governments would act to stop mass atrocities. In Libya the outcry had barely begun when governments […]
Our New Man in Sudan
April 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Barack Obama’s got a new point man in Sudan. On March 31 the U.S. president announcedthat Princeton Lyman, a retired ambassador with a diplomatic pedigree as distinguished as his name, will replace J. Scott Gration as his special envoy to the war-torn country. Lyman’s credentials are strong. He has been working the Sudan file since last […]
Texas in Africa
March 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Texas in Africa blogger Laura Seay reviews Fighting for Darfur: “Fighting for Darfur is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in advocacy, diplomacy, Sudan, and/or grassroots activism.”
Foreign Policy
March 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Turtle Bay blog entitled, “Washington’s Slow Conversion to the International Criminal Court” recounts scenes from Fighting for Darfur. “In her book Fighting for Darfur, Rebecca Hamilton provides an insider account into how the Bush Administration came to protect the court’s prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, from one of his greatest challenges: a movement by African states […]
Crackdown by Sudan puts Darfurians at risk
March 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Sudanese government is preventing aid organizations from delivering food and health services to hundreds of thousands of people in the conflict-ridden Darfur region of the country, according to one of the largest remaining groups there. The crackdown has left displaced populations at risk of disease and malnutrition as the government increases military operations […]
