Word: sudan
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...demonstration yesterday afternoon at Cambridge Common, nearly 150 people—including several who appeared to be alums or Harvard-affiliated—turned out to protest what they called Annan’s failure to take action against slavery and genocide in Sudan...
Yesterday’s spirited protest, organized by the American Anti-Slavery Group, featured nine speakers and dozens of protesters who waved signs reading, “Kofi, go to Sudan, not to Harvard,” “Kofi’s choice: silence or genocide” and “400,000 will die unless the U.N. acts...
...international fire. But militants in Rafah tell TIME that the Lebanese militia Hizballah has indeed used the tunnels to smuggle weaponry and explosives to Palestinian militants in Gaza. They say the materiel comes via African countries where Hizballah has a network among Lebanese emigres. Israeli intelligence officers confirm that Sudan is a major source, but say most of the guns and bombs still originate in Lebanon. They believe Palestinian groups are trying to acquire deadlier plastic explosives, and fear that the tunnels could also be used to import Katyusha missiles into Gaza. In the face of such threats, Israel does...
...Sight SUDAN The Islamic northern government and southern Christian and animist rebels agreed to a peace deal at talks in Kenya to end to 21 years of civil war. The deal does not cover the conflict in the western region of Darfur...
...doesn't eat," Ashta says. "We don't know if she'll recover or if she will die." The Sudanese government has promised to observe a cease-fire in Darfur, and recently allowed U.S. officials to visit the region. With the flood season approaching, the camps in western Sudan and Chad are at risk from isolation and outbreaks of disease. Most black villages have been abandoned; the Janjaweed raid them more than once to send the message that it's not safe to return. "You won't see someone with black skin in western Darfur," says Adulrahman Abdullah Abakar...