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• Making Patronage Work

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 128
  Alex de Waal’s Christian Michelsen lecture, ‘Fixing the Political Marketplace,’ given last month in Bergen, Norway, is now available online at this link. His article ‘The Price of Peace’ in Prospect magazine can be accessed here.
  22 hours ago

• Global Warring

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 744
  For years, advocates of climate-change legislation have struggled to find a sales pitch that will sway even the most hardened of skeptics. Polar bears, green jobs, urgent pleas to think of the grandkids … none of them have quite done the trick. But recently, a new argument has come to the fore: the national ...
  1 day ago

• Remember the Lamp Lighters. . .

  
  Tikkun Olam — Authority: 490
  Yesterday I was not feeling well. After suffering chills and exteme fatique during the day--I managed to make through four hours of work (contract)--I went home and went to bed at 3:30 p.m. An hour and a half later, upon waking up, I realized that I was still weak and couldnt concentrate, so I cancelled the classes ...
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• The Next Sudanese Peace?

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 128
  These days’ mood in Khartoum is a mixture of disillusionment, suspicion and fear: not the best feelings for a country which finds itself at a crucial moment to determine its future. Amidst a growing anxiety, the different actors involved on the political scene seem to be affected by a form of paralysis: they are not ...
  2 days ago

• Webcast from the White House: State Department engages on Darfur

  
  JoeTrippi.com — Authority: 495
  In an exciting moment for public engagement last week, the State Department webcast live on their Facebook page a meeting between Special Envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration, the Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs at the National Security Council, Samantha Power, and representatives from Save Darfur and ...
  2 days ago

• A Book on the Lord’s Resistance Army

  
  Noli Irritare Leones — Authority: 417
  I haven’t read this one, but it looks as if it may be interesting: First Kill Your Family : Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. While I’m at it, here’s a Federation of American Scientists description of the LRA and a Security Council press statement condemning recent attacks that the ...
  2 days ago

• Blood on the Bus: Fifa’s Khartoum Road Trip

  
  http://unprofessionalfoul.com/ — Authority: 599
  Off to the match now... you remember the tickets? In just a few hours, Egypt and Algeria will play a one-off for Africa’s final remaining place in the coming World Cup. The teams finished dead even in their group C after the Egyptians won the last scheduled qualifier 2-0, Saturday in Cairo. That match was nearly ...
  2 days ago

• Canada & the world II

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 137
  G8 Summit July 8-10 2009 ; Canada & the Arctic Harper aims to grow nuclear co-operation with India and Canada inks trade deal with India 29 October Harper to visit China, India, Singapore … trips that observers say could generate commercial and diplomatic dividends. Mr. Harper will make a separate trip ...
  3 days ago

• Designer Frimousses dolls in the fight to help the children of Darfur

  
  Mademoiselle Le K: Blog-trotter — Authority: 141
  After the exhibition at the Petit Palais, the Museum of Fine Arts in Paris, save the date of the Designer Frimousses dolls auction on 19 November at Drouot Montaigne , Paris’s prestigious auction house. Since 2003, fashion designers and artists have worked to create something beautiful to help children of ...
  3 days ago

• Violent Incidents in Darfur: October

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 128
  According to the reports received by UNAMID, there were 67 deaths directly attributable to violence in Darfur during October.This figure is subject to the usual caveats, which is that UNAMID access is uneven. In some places UNAMID patrols have been turned back by security officers, for example when investigating ...
  3 days ago

• Dream job or snake pit? UN appoints new spokesman

  
  Global News Blog — Authority: 517
  By Patrick Worsnip It’s not uncommon for journalists at some point in their careers to cross the barricades and become the people who dish out the news as spokespersons for an organization or firm, rather than being on the receiving end. It requires a different set of skills that can make the transition tough, and ...
  3 days ago

• Dream job or snake pit? UN appoints new spokesman

  
  MediaFile — Authority: 628
  By Patrick Worsnip Its not uncommon for journalists at some point in their careers to cross the barricades and become the people who dish out the news as spokespersons for an organization or firm, rather than being on the receiving end. It requires a different set of skills that can make the transition tough, and a ...
  3 days ago

• Darfur: New Evidence of Attacks on Villages

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 124
  Back in 2007, Amnesty International launched a ground breaking website, Eyes on Darfur , which showcased satellite evidence of attacks on villages in Darfur. The images demonstrated the ongoing insecurity in the region and the destruction and violence civilians are confronted with on a daily basis. The site also ...
  3 days ago

• From: Mouth of the Potomac

  
  NY Daily News — Authority: 901
  Save Darfur, an organization seeking to bring an end to the mass murders in Sudan, urged President Obama to pressure China to crack down on the Sudane
  3 days ago

• Sudan activist group targets White House affiliated Facebook networks

  
  UN Dispatch — Authority: 434
  A coalition of Sudan activists take out Facebook ads targeting President Obamas staff.
  3 days ago

• ICC: Promote Global Support for Court

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 728
  Source: Human Rights Watch (The Hague) - International Criminal Court member countries should use their annual meeting to strengthen international support for the courts mission and independence, Human Rights Watch said today ...
  4 days ago

• South Sudan Should Make Freedom of Expression a Priority

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 128
  The Government of South Sudan (GOSS) has announced that it intends to establish a news agency that will cover areas of the south starved of mainstream media coverage [1]. The idea for establishing the News Agency of South Sudan (NASS) was endorsed at a cabinet meeting chaired by President Salva Kiir at the end of [...]
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• Civil Society Now: Darfuris Gather in Doha

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 470
  This week, the African Union/United Nations Chief Mediator Djibril Bassolé will begin consultations with 150 Darfuri civil society representatives in Doha, Qatar.  Rather than focusing on this important gathering though, the media over the weekend strangely focused on the postponement of negotiations between the ...
  4 days ago

• US envoy back in Sudan this week (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 517
  AFP – US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday. Excerpt from: (AFP)"> (AFP)">US envoy back in Sudan this week (AFP)
  4 days ago

• How Many Rifles Can an Airbus Hold: China Streamlining Genocide

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 470
  With flights from Khartoum to Beijing running direct, illicit weapons trading finds easier route China, an instrumental supporter of Omar al-Bashir and his murderous regime, proudly announced a new flight direct from Beijing to Khartoum earlier this week. The flight, provided by Hainan Airlines , China’s ...
  4 days ago

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