The days fly by, and, looking back, they start to flow in to each other, as one long day that started when we landed in Goz Beida and will end in two more days. Refugees have been seeking us out, arriving one by one and often quietly waiting until they catch our eye to pull […]
Category: Day 6: December 14
We go behind the scenes of the live town hall meeting held from Camp Djabal.
We spent most of the day yesterday with Jimiya, Khaltouma, Rahma, Ali, Murtada, and Raouda. In the morning we trained them on CommKit. They picked it up quickly, just like our kids back home in CA can figure out the games on on my cell phones quicker than me (Reason #38)! It was so great […]
Sudan Referendum Faces New Challenges While Violence in Darfur Rises
For several months the advocacy community has been asking for a Special Envoy for Darfur. On December 14th the administration announced that Ambassador Dan Smith would focus on Darfur as a senior diplomat. Read More
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This week, the State Department announced the appointment of Ambassador Dane Smith as the senior U.S. diplomat for Darfur. This has been a key ask by advocates, seeing the need for focused, on-going and high-level attention on Darfur during the days leading up to the referendum in the South. Thank Secretary of State Hillary Clinton […]