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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  afrol News - Sudan polio campaign "exceptionally successful"
The campaign in southern Sudan is scheduled to be conducted this week in areas controlled by the SPLA separatist rebels - who signed a peace agreement with the Khartoum government earlier this month - after being delayed for logistical reasons given the difficulty of road access to targeted population.
Further rounds of vaccination Sudan are to be conducted on 27 February and 11 April, according to the UN.
The Sudan outbreak, which is a result of the spread of poliovirus originating in Nigeria, now threatens the polio-free Horn of Africa, Congo Kinshasa (DRC) and the Gulf region, as evinced by a recent case in Saudi Arabia.
www.afrol.com /articles/15324   (472 words)

  
 Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sudan (officially the Republic of the Sudan or Republic of Sudan), situated in Northern Africa, is the largest country by area in Africa as well as the largest Arab country.
It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest.
Sudan's largest Christian denominations are the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Presbyterian Church in the Sudan and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudan   (3669 words)

  
 Center for Religious Freedom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sudan is not only a terrorist nation that has triggered United Nations and U.S. government sanctions, it is also a genocidal one.
That the government of Sudan has not yet prevailed in the war may be due to the fact that, until 1999, it was financially strapped, and in default to the IMF and other international lenders.
Though Sudan stayed on the administration's short list of "countries of particular concern" for religious persecution, the State Department's second annual religious freedom report of September 2000, on which this designation was based, was severely flawed.
www.freedomhouse.org /religion/sudan   (1210 words)

  
 Sudan: International Campaign for Peace in Sudan
Sudan: International Campaign for Peace in Sudan Date Distributed (ymd): 950608 European Working Group on the Horn of Africa Horn of Africa Policy Group - Canada Coalition for Peace in the Horn of Africa - USA After consultation with faith, business, labor, women's, and political groups of Sudanese both within and outside Sudan...
Friends of IGADD and friends of Sudan, whether governmental or non-governmental, must continue to be enlisted to lend support to the IGADD initiated regional peace process.
The Government of Sudan, its militia and Popular Defense Forces, the SPLM/A, SSIM/A, and all commanders must observe the Geneva Conventions and expect to be held accountable by international bodies for their actions.
www.africaaction.org /docs95/sud9506.htm   (1152 words)

  
 PlusNews Web Special on HIV/AIDS in Southern Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Geography and Sudan's long-running civil war have closed them off from the rest of the country and the rest of the world.
The study found that knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention methods in southern Sudan was 58.9 percent, condom use was low, unsafe sexual practices high, STIs occurred frequently but were treated sporadically, and HIV infection was highest in females.
With an estimated HIV prevalence of 7.2 percent, Yambio County in the Western Equatoria region, bordering Uganda in the southwest of the country, is one of UNICEF's focus areas.
www.plusnews.org /webspecials/PNsudan/default.asp   (1405 words)

  
 The Case for Adult Education Campaign in Sudan.
For most part throughout Sudan’s recent modern history, closer to two centuries since the advent of the Ottoman Empire in 1836, and the subsequent Anglo-British condominium rule at the start of the 20th century; those along the banks of the Nile have been the beneficiaries of this contact with the outside world.
To some experts and analysts what is happening in South Sudan is akin to educational and academic genocide and in a such a situation, as a young teacher said in Yei to the south “is killing hope and the future of a people’.
The need for an ambitious Adult literacy Campaign in South Sudan is further accentuated by widely held figures that show that those between six to 33 years are the worst hit with an illiteracy level of over 80 per cent for the men and over 90 per cent for the women.
www.ipsnews.net /africa/Focus/sudan/note_4.shtml   (1004 words)

  
 Sudan Campaign Demands Immediate UN Investigation into...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The demand in response to breaking news reports was issued by the Sudan Campaign, a coalition of human rights and civic organizations united to stop the genocide in Sudan.
The Sudan Campaign has organized daily protests outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington for the past two months, with prominent activists like Danny Glover arrested for civil disobedience.
On September 12, the Sudan Campaign joined the American Anti-Slavery Group in a rally by hundreds in front of UN headquarters in New York to demand action to stop the genocide in Sudan.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=36287   (389 words)

  
 African Studies Center | Sudan Page
It is a charitable organization for the relief of poverty and sickness and the rehabilitation of indigent or displaced peoples of the Sudan and its neighboring countries.
The Sudan Studies Association (SSA) is an independent professional society founded in the United States in 1981.
A private university in Sudan established in 1966, dedicated to educating women, strengthening women's roles in national and rural development, and achieving equity for women in Sudanese society Omdurman, Sudan.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Country_Specific/Sudan.html   (1130 words)

  
 THE WASHINGTON POST AND ITS MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST SUDAN
We counted on her professionalism and the reputation of the newspaper she is affiliated with to produce credible reports that would help the world understand the real situation in that region of so much suffering.
In their campaign of provocation, the so-called Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) attacked on Monday Dec. 27, 2004 Gebaish town in Kurdofan inhibited by Alhamar tribe killed 25 civilians and policemen and burned to the ground a number of buildings there.
It is regrettable that The Washington Post deliberately twisted the facts in its editorial of Monday, December 27 by claiming that the Government of Sudan had taken advantage of the U.N. Security Council Resolution in Nairobi “that shifted attention away from Darfur” by resuming “its killing.” In fact, the opposite was the case.
www.sudan.net /news/press/postedr/317.shtml   (1116 words)

  
 Campaign Focuses on Rights of Christians in Sudan - Charisma Magazine
Americans are banding together to stop genocide and slavery in Sudan, where most victims are Christians who suffer persecution at the hands of a radical Islamic government headquartered in the capital city of Khartoum in Sudan's north.
Campaign participants met in Washington, D.C., in late May and early June and included representatives from the American Jewish Committee, Salvation Army and the African American Women's Clergy Association.
Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., member of the board of advisers for the Sudan Campaign, is a strong supporter of the Sudan Peace Act, which condemns the human-rights abuses in Sudan and calls for President Clinton or his successor to increase pressure on the Sudanese government and send relief into Sudan.
www.charismamag.com /display.php?id=476   (745 words)

  
 Church World Service to Give National Support to Growing Grassroots 'Dear Sudan' Campaign
Links to "Dear Sudan," background information on Sudan's conflicts, humanitarian accounts and emergency response reports on the Darfur region, North and South Sudan also appear on the CWS website at www.churchworldservice.org/news/Sudan/.
Church World Service and its 35 member denominations are outspoken on the need for lawfulness in Sudan and are supporting appeals to aid Sudan's displaced populations and for peacemaking and conflict resolution.
A similar resolution is expected to be passed at the meeting of the Disciples of Christ in Portland, Oregon, this weekend.
churchworldservice.org /news/archives/2005/07/305.html   (702 words)

  
 NC Sudan Divestment Campaign | TPMCafe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
North Carolina is the 14th State in a growing coalition of states and universities to have an active Sudan Divestment Campaign.
South Sudan was systematically deprived of resources and development by the North, which also conducted a strong program of forced Islamicization and displacement of other language by Arabic.
Under the Power-Sharing Agreement, South Sudan, which is not involved in atrocities in Darfur, has the option of splitting from North Sudan in a referendum in less than 6 years.
www.tpmcafe.com /node/26880   (899 words)

  
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They said as many as 300,000 people under age 25 in Sudan were living with the HI virus.
The campaign, Leonardi said, would aim to inform young Sudanese through education projects with their peer groups.
The campaign will aim to provide medical treatment to 80 percent of the HIV-infected children around the world by 2010.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=50522   (719 words)

  
 Sudan Divestment Task Force - In The News
For local media on individual campaigns, please visit individual campaign sites via our State of Divestment Map.
DENVER - Colorado should divest its stock in companies that do business with Sudan as a protest against the genocide in Darfur, a group of students and state legislators said Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Companies doing business in Sudan are coming under increasing pressure from the United States, as the international community struggles to force an end to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of the country.
www.sudandivestment.org /inTheNews.asp   (485 words)

  
 About the Sudan Freedom Walk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Sudan Campaign Freedom Walk Campaign was initiated by Simon Deng, a Sudanese man captured into slavery as a child in Sudan.
The Freedom Walk is sponsored by The Sudan Campaign, a coalition of organizations, and elected officials advocating for justice and peace in Sudan.
The Sudan Campaign's President, Joe Madison is a nationally known radio personality and activist.
www.sudanactivism.com /darfurwalk/about.html   (352 words)

  
 The Sudan, our first commitment
Three soldiers were wounded and two died of illness during the campaign, while three later died of illness at Colombo during the voyage back to Australia.
The Sudan Contingent was the first army contingent to be raised and dispatched by an Australian colony.
The arrival of the contingent in the Sudan.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/other/sudan.htm   (997 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Bashir slates campaign for intervention in Sudan’s Darfur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bashir slates campaign for intervention in Sudan’s Darfur
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Aug 08, 2004 (PANA) — Sudanese President Omor Hassan el-Bashir has alleged that his government was targeted by a hostile campaign aimed at concealing the truth and justifying possible intervention the civil war-torn western region of Darfur, where two rebel movements launched a revolt against Khartoum in February 2003.
Expelled UN envoy to Sudan to be replaced by deputy
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=4553   (626 words)

  
 UH -Top Education Stories - Student-Driven Sudan Divestment Campaign Grows
The campaign is organized by a national student-led group, Sudan Divestment Task Force, and is reminiscent of a campaign in the 1980's when student-led groups lobbied 55 universities to remove money from companies affiliated with the South African apartheid regime.
Seeking to counter the divestment campaign, Sudan's ambassador to the United States issued a statement on April 5, calling on American companies and universities to increase investments in Sudan.
The campaign began last spring at Harvard, when the university sold its estimated $4.4 million stake in PetroChina, a Beijing-based oil company with ties to Sudan.
www.uh.edu /ednews/2006/nytimes/200604/20060428sudan.html   (688 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: Africa : Crisis in Darfur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The bombing campaign comes as Khartoum is threatening to eject African Union peacekeepers and stymieing efforts to deploy a U.N. force to the region, and should trigger sanctions against senior Sudanese government officials.
When the president of Southern Sudan’s regional government visits the White House on July 20, U.S. President George W. Bush should call on Sudan to implement reforms to its security apparatus as agreed in the 2005 peace accord between the Sudanese government and the southern-based rebels, Human Rights Watch said today.
The governments of Chad and Sudan support armed groups that are committing serious crimes against civilians in eastern Chad, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.
www.hrw.org /campaigns/darfur   (1300 words)

  
 Divesting From Genocide: A Conversation with Eric Reeves of the Divest Sudan Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Divest Sudan campaign, which he helped initiate in September of this year.
That's what we did in a divestment campaign focused on just one company, Talisman Energy [TLM], the largest independent oil company in Canada and the only Western participant in oil development in southern Sudan.
We drove them out of Sudan with their tails between their legs in about two-and-a-half years, and we fully intend to do the same with any company that does not agree to suspend operations.
www.socialfunds.com /news/article.cgi/article1587.html   (870 words)

  
 News: Sudan, Sudan: Measles campaign planned for southern Sudan
UNICEF and WHO were planning the campaign across the whole Equatoria region during the second half of 2005, followed by a campaign in Bahr el Ghazal and greater Upper Nile in 2006.
According to UNICEF, routine immunisation data in southern Sudan had showed that measles coverage for children under the age of five stood at seven percent in 2001, 11 percent in 2002 and 16 percent in 2003.
An additional aim of the measles campaign, and the ongoing polio-campaign, was to create the local capacity, through training and the supply of materials, for ongoing immunisation.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6ALF73?OpenDocument   (704 words)

  
 Genocide Intervention Network
Building on this momentum, the Sudan Divestment Task Force has developed a unique model of divestment that maximizes divestment’s impact on the government of Sudan while minimizing unintended harmful effects on innocent Sudanese citizens and on the health of institutional investments.
Sudan security head Salah Gosh, pictured here, has been identified by the United Nations (PDF) as responsible for the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
While many of these companies are helping Sudan’s citizens, a small subset are providing substantial revenue and cover to the government of Sudan’s campaign of genocide.
www.genocideintervention.net /advocate/divestment   (1737 words)

  
 FAO announces support to the Green Campaign in Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Khartoum, Oct. 16 (SUNA)- The international Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announce that it would provide technical aid to support the programmes of the Green Campaign in Sudan in accordance with the request of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.
FAO Representative in Sudan Dr. Abdalla bin Yahya affirmed that agricultural development is the first step for realization of food security, referring to the importance of investment in the agricultural field.
Sudan Ambassador to China: China continues its efforts to convince big powers on importance of Sudan consent concerning resolution 1706
www.sudaneseonline.com /en/article_1661.shtml   (299 words)

  
 American Jewish World Service
Recognizing that humanitarian aid is crucial but will not stop the genocide, AJWS is engaged in a simultaneous education and advocacy campaign to put pressure on United States and world leaders to end the crisis.
Funds are being used to develop water sources, construct sanitation facilities, provide basic health care, and support therapeutic feeding centers to care for the thousands of malnourished children.
Our Sudan action campaign has resulted in thousands of letters sent to Congress and the White House demanding action to end the genocide and provide emergency aid.
www.ajws.org /index.cfm?section_id=15   (480 words)

  
 About Us
Our towns and cities may be thousands of miles from Sudan where violence, hunger and disease are devastating millions of innocent lives.
By organizing a community-wide campaign, your town or city can feed for one day the number of Sudanese refugees equivalent to its population.
It began in Petaluma, California as "Dear Sudan, Love Petaluma," a local interfaith campaign to support humanitarian relief in the Darfur region of Sudan.
www.dearsudan.org /aboutus.htm   (567 words)

  
 UC Divestment from Sudan - Home
We are a group of students with the support of thousands of UC students, staff, faculty, and organizations as well as numerous endorsements from political figures, foreign policy experts, religious groups, and prominent Californian citizens.
We are founded on the conviction that genocide represents the most heinous of crimes humans perpetuate on one another and that all organizations, governmental or otherwise, should do their part in acting against this crime.
On December 24, the UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce presented Joe Mullinix, UC Senior Vice President of Business and Finance, with an analysis on options and resources for Sudan divestment.
www.ucdivestsudan.com   (1117 words)

  
 Institutional Shareholder Services -- Corporate Governance Blog: Sudan Divestment Campaign ContinuesSubmitted by: Jan ...
The Sudan divestment campaign, which included the consideration of divestment bills in one-fifth of U.S. state legislatures in 2005, shows no signs of tiring in 2006.
In the past four weeks alone, Yale and Brown have agreed to divest of some of their assets in Sudan, with Brown pledging total divestment and Yale divesting from seven oil companies and Sudanese government bonds (but retaining the possibility of holding stock in other companies with business in Sudan).
Sudan Divestment campaign should also focus on social change--holding companies accountable for righting their moral compasses.
blog.issproxy.com /2006/03/sudan_divestment_campaign_cont.html   (632 words)

  
 Divesting from Genocide: More Conversation with Eric Reeves of the Divest Sudan Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In part two of this two-part interview, Divest Sudan co-founder Eric Reeves discusses the significance of actions by the investment and legislative communities to address the tragedy in Sudan.
I believe that in the surviving legislation oil companies are obliged to disclose their activity, but we know who these oil companies are, so this doesn't push the ball forward.
Reeves explains why shareowner action and direct dialogue with companies operating in Sudan is not an option in the context of genocide.
www.socialfunds.com /news/article.cgi/article1589.html   (917 words)

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