Gration: We don’t have all the monitoring mechanisms that we need yet

Yesterday, Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration and National Security Council Director, Samantha Power sat down with Jerry Fowler of the Save Darfur Coalition and Layla Amjadi of STAND.  They discussed a wide range of topics regarding the recently released policy by the Obama Administration.
Click here to watch the complete webcast.

Gration:  [...]

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Darfur update: New United States policy for Sudan

Hi everyone,
The Obama Administration finally released their long-awaited official foreign policy on Sudan. Here is a quick summary. The administration’s policy lays out three strategic U.S. objectives:

A definitive end to conflict, gross human rights abuses, and genocide in Darfur.
Implementation of the North-South CPA that results in a peaceful post-2011 Sudan, or an orderly path toward [...]

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Relief Beads for Darfur

Here’s another opportunity to contribute to raising awareness and support for the humanitarian efforts in Darfur.  I have two of these bracelets myself.  They are attractive, and I am quite often asked about them when I wear them.  It gives me an opportunity to share information and my concern for the people of Darfur.
Peggy
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IDPs To Boycott US Envoy

Unless he changes his position and takes account of our demands, he is not welcomed in our camps because he does not consider us.
Those words were spoken by a representative of Darfur’s internally displaced persons, who have decided against meeting US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration when he visits their camps.
The IDPs feel that Gration has [...]

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China-Donated School Opens in Darfur

Yesterday, a primary school donated by the Chinese embassy in Sudan opened its doors in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. The school consists of 32 classrooms, 6 offices, 600 desks, and a football field.
The school, built by Chinese peacekeeping forces in Darfur during their spare time, was called “the best gift the local [...]

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Darfur War is “Over”?

According to a United Nations military commander, the war between Darfur and the Sudanese government has ended -
Banditry, localized issues, people trying to resolve issues over water and land at a local level. But real war as such, I think we are over that.
Great news right? Not so fast.
I agree with Sudan analyst Gill Lusk [...]

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Darfur Sexual Abuse Unit Established

Darfur peacekeeping mission UNAMID plans to create a unit which will be “responsible for monitoring and reporting on investigations of crimes committed against women and children”.
UNAMID hopes that the unit will aid in “bringing justice to the victims”.
Rape has been used as a weapon of war in Darfur – physically and emotionally scarring countless innocent females. [...]

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