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• Does climate change cause conflict?

  
  OurWorld 2.0 — Authority: 414
  Does climate change cause conflict? It really depends on who you ask.Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa is the title of a new research paper tabled in the Proceedings of the United States National Academy of Sciences. The report claims that temperature rises in Africa have coincided with significant ...
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• Kore Press- Halima Bashir’s TEARS OF THE DESERT, memoir about surviving genocide in Darfu

  
  The Brainpan — Authority: 142
  Halima Bashir is the first woman to write and publish a memoir after surviving the horrific genocide in Darfur. Co-written by Damien Lewis and published by Random House, Tears of the Desert illustrates the life of a tremendously brave woman. In 2004 Bashir’s village fell prey to the genocidal acts of ...
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• Protecting civilians in South Sudan

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 130
  Presbyterians recently initiated, signed and sent an interfaith letter calling for the deployment of United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) peacekeeping forces to protect civilians in South Sudan. The letter went to Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations , the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping ...
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• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
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• Who is Killing? Who is Dying?

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 127
  The AUPD Report includes an Appendix that compiles the existing data for violent fatalities in Darfur from 1 January 2008 until 31 July 2009. As many people have not read that part of the report (pages 107-115), it is excerpted and reproduced here: AUPD Annex B fatalities in DarfurSome assistance may be helpful in ...
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• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – November 25th

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
  November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The white ribbon has become the symbol for the day. Click on the picture to join the Community Posted in 101 resolutions to your friends, ADVENTURES, Afghanistan, AFRICA, Angola, Armenia, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, Azerbaijan, ...
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• Security situation in Darfur - Nov 25, 2009

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 527
  Source: United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, November 25, 2009/ APO UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2009-11-25 Security situation in Darfur The security situation in Darfur remains relatively calm, but unpredictable. UNAMID military forces conducted 60 patrols ...
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• A slick visit to Darfur’s red carpet camps

  
  Africa Blog — Authority: 490
  There was a time when visits to Darfur were uncertain affairs, fraught with danger. These days — as long as you travel with the right people and stick strictly to the right route — they can be as comfortable as a coach trip. The African Union delegation plane touched down in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, ...
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• “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” Starts Tomorrow!

  
  The Harry Potter Alliance — Authority: 127
  Tomorrow is the first day of the internationally-observed 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence , running from November 25th , the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to December 10th , International Human Rights Day. Save Darfur has organized a version of this campaign ...
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• Evidence-Based Peacekeeping

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 127
  In most areas of public policy, gathering and analyzing evidence for the nature of the problem and the efficacy of response is a sine qua non for designing and implementing programs. The statistical analysis of disease patterns is the basis for public health policies and the discipline of epidemiology. Police services ...
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• All the Sons (and Daughters) of Darfur

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 471
  The Darfuri civil society consultations in Doha concluded Saturday with representatives  finalizing the “Doha Declaration” and delivering it to African Union/United Nations chief mediator Djibril Bassolé and their Qatari host, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H.E. Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud.  The ...
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• Peacekeepers should prepare to leave Darfur-Sudan

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 723
  Source: Reuters * Sudan violated agreement on deploying peacekeepers - UN * The war is over, Sudan envoys says * Khartoum, rebels arent fully committed to peace - UN (Recasts, adds Sudanese reaction, recasts ...
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• November’s Darfur Hero: A Ballet about Darfur

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 471
  The Darfur Heroes program is a way for the Save Darfur Coalition to honor individuals and groups who have done inspiring and important work in an effort to end the violence in Sudan. This November, the Save Darfur Coalition is proud to honor Rebecca Davis , an entrepreneur and activist who has used the arts to ...
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• Sudan violates peacekeeper deployment agreement-UN

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 723
  Source: Reuters * Sudanese army limits movement of peacekeepers in Darfur * Khartoum, rebels arent fully committed to peace - U.N. By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Sudans government has ...
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• French aid staff seized in Central African Republic

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 723
  Source: Reuters (Updates with French government statement) By Sophie Hardach PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two French aid workers were kidnapped on Sunday evening in the northeast of the Central African Republic, the ...
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• UNAMID confirms attack on two villages – Taman and Shaleb Shaleb – close to Khor Abeche, South Darfur

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 527
  From UNAMIDs website: Attack on villages in South Darfur 19 November 2009 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has received confirmed reports that 11 persons have been killed, four injured and two missing following an attack by unidentified armed men on two villages – Taman and Shaleb ...
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• Security situation in Darfur, Sudan - Nov 22, 2009 - UNAMID provides electoral assistance as registration enters final week concluding on Nov 26

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 527
  As part of an agreement with the Sudanese Government, UNAMID has been tasked with providing technical assistance in Sudan’s upcoming elections, currently slated for April 2010. UNAMID staff members are among 69 election teams working in Northern Darfur registering eligible voters. The registration period, initially ...
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• Made4Aid Monday - London Calling

  
  Giulia Geranium — Authority: 420
  Were reviving Made4Aid Monday...not enough people are bidding to keep us happy. These cards are not on auction but available without bidding. Below are a few details, but youll be sorry if you dont hop over & see all 16 cards . Really beautiful. (Theyd make a great gifts. Ahem.) "These cards will be ...
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• Unhappy Eid for the CPA

  
  Making Sense of Darfur — Authority: 127
  In the last month Sudan’s Government has forfeited the title ‘of National Unity.’ Cooperation between the NCP and SPLM hardly exists even in name. This week poses an important test of whether it warrants the name ‘Government’ at all.Sudan long ago failed many of the basic tests of governance. It doesn’t ...
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• “Is South Sudan’s going solo prevail or peril?” ‏by Nkwazi N. Mhango

  
  http://afrospear.wordpress.com/ — Authority: 415
  Soon Sudan will cease to be the largest country in the continent. It won’t even be the second or third biggest. Soon the language of junubi, kaffirs and slaves in Sudan will die. Soon the newly baby born will be seen.  And soon, the much ignored, exploited and looked down at will take their future in their own ...
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