"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Darfur United is an all-refugee soccer team made up of Darfuri refugees living in camps in Eastern Chad. Not only is Darfur United a team, it is also a movement – a movement to bring hope, inspiration, and joy to the displaced people of Darfur.
Since 2010 Darfur has all but vanished from the international agenda. The Sudanese government has claimed that major armed conflict is essentially over, that armed violence of all kinds has declined significantly, and that such violence is now dominated by criminality rather than by military confrontation. “Notwithstanding such celebratory assertions Darfur’s conflict has moved largely unnoticed into a new phase” writes Small Arms Survey in a report dedicated to Darfur crisis.
Brussels – Challenges met by the Panel of Experts on the Sudan throughout 2011 essentially show the inefficiency of the sanctions regime established by the United Nations Security Council, says Claudio Gramizzi*, appointed in February 2011 by Ban Ki Moon member of the UN Panel of experts in charge of monitoring the implementation of measures relating to Darfur. After seven month, Gramizzi decided to resign with two other colleagues of the Panel complaining about the standards of competence and neutrality on the UN experts Panel.
A seismic diplomatic row is rumbling at United Nations headquarters in New York over the circulation of a damning report by former UN experts pointing to the supply of Chinese-made ammunition to the Sudan government for use against civilians in Darfur.
Chroniques du Darfour is a unique contribution to the growing field of Dar Fur studies, which brings to bear on the war in Dar Fur the unique strengths and achievements of its author. Jerome Tubiana did a Ph.D. in African studies, trained as a journalist, and initially worked as a free-lance journalist and photographer. continue reading »
KHARTOUM - A UN investigation team confirmed Monday that warplanes from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had carried out attacks against some locations in Southern Sudan near the joint border this month.
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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