Stop Genocide Now – Live from Chad

Gabriel, KTJ, Eric and Ian from Stop Genocide Now have been broadcasting from the refugee camps at the Sudan-Chad border for the last 2 weeks.  Here are some of their videos from I-Act 8.
Preparing to enter the camps

“We got them (permits)…”

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Children of Darfur Refugees Named “Okambo”

Interesting story…
According to actress and Darfur advocate Mia Farrow, several Sudanese refugees in Chad have named their children “Okambo”in honor of the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo – the man behind the issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.
It appears that survivors of the Darfur genocide appreciate Moreno-Ocampo’s efforts just [...]

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“Trapped in Places of Perpetual Insecurity”

A recent study conducted by US-based Physicians for Human Rights reports that over 50% of Darfuri women at a refugee camp in Chad continue to feel threatened by sexual violence.
Many of these women experienced rape in Darfur, fleeing to Chad to escape suffering. Yet in Chad, their place of refuge, sexual violence is alive and well.
According to [...]

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The E6 Envoys

Through their envoys to Sudan, six global powers have called for Chad and Sudan to “exercise restraint”.
The “E6 Envoys” represent the US, UK, Russia, France, EU, and China. The group met Wednesday in Doha, Qatar.
According to reports, they “recognized the negative impact on the Darfur political process of the current escalation of tension between Sudan and Chad” [...]

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Darfur Rebel Before ICC; Chad Confirms Sudan Attacks

A Darfur rebel accused of taking part in the “most serious attack against peacekeepers in Darfur” voluntarily made his way to the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week.
The rebel, Bahr Idriss Abu Garda, became the first person from the Darfur conflict to appear before the ICC.
Abu Garda maintained his innocence – stating that he surrendered “out [...]

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Hope Remains at IDP Camp’s Obama School

After Barack Obama was elected US president in November, School No. 1 at the Djabal refugee camp in Chad was renamed the Obama School.
NY Times writer and Darfur advocate Nicholas Kristof recently visited Djabal, home to thousands who have fled the genocide in Sudan.
Regarding the Obama School, Kristof writes -
It’s a pathetic building of mud [...]

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Kristof and Clooney Together in Chad

NY Times writer Nicholas Kristof has traveled to a small Chadian town bordering Darfur, home to thousands who have been forced from their homes after fleeing genocide.
Kristof’s partner on his journey is George Clooney, famous actor and avid Darfur supporter.
What Kristof and Clooney found in the town of Dogdore is disheartening – desperation, fear, and an unanswered need [...]

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