From the ground

So often, the narrative about the crisis in Sudan involves disempowering stories of women as mere victims of brutal violence, painting men as uniformly aggressive perpetrators with no goals but brutal lust and women as victims who have no agency in determining the shape of their future.

Quite the contrary.

July 11th, 2011 by Allen Combs

Save Darfur Coalition President Tom Andrews and Senior Policy Analyst Dan Sullivan just completed a two week trip to Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Here is a quick video they put together as they prepared to leave the new Republic of South Sudan:

July 9th, 2011 by Daniel Sullivan

Last night as the clock struck midnight in South Sudan, the newest nation in the world was born. I was in Juba to take in and be taken up in the moment.

July 11th, 2011 by Tom Andrews
                             

July 7th, 2011 by Tom Andrews

Nuba Preists

July 6th, 2011 by Tom Andrews

It was remarkably green as we touched down in South Sudan late yesterday afternoon.

Rainy season brings new life and hope to this dry land.

Hope is trying to get a toe hold here as the people of South Sudan prepare to celebrate their independence from Sudan on Saturday July 9th.

It is early morning as I reflect on this juncture of our journey. The only sounds are neighboring roosters and clicking computer keys.

July 5th, 2011 by Allen Combs

Save Darfur Coalition President Tom Andrews and Senior Policy Analyst Dan Sullivan are on a two week trip to Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. They just departed Kigali, Rwanda for Juba, South Sudan this afternoon but before they left they sent a quick video update from their trip. Take a look!

July 1st, 2011 by Tom Andrews

We cannot allow the history of a brutal genocide to repeat itself in Sudan, nor denial and inaction to repeat itself in Washington DC. Both are happening at this very moment.

Tom speaking with Rwandan refugees in Nairobi

Name: Daniel Solomon 

Position: National Advocacy Coordinator

School: Georgetown University

City: Washington, DC/New York, NY

Khartoum police arrested around 70 opposition members yesterday morning, including three leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), the ruling party of South Sudan. The arrests were in response to protests calling for electoral and legal reform by the National Assembly. The Sudanese government issued a last minute ban on the opposition rally on Sunday.