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Our Internal GPS

The drive to the camp is bumpy and slow but not boring. I see women with long faces and wide-awake eyes, wearing bright red and riding on camels. They stare right at me without changing expression, as our car bounces by. I see a family of monkeys, not sure what kind. They arae small and […]

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Truth Be Damned

It must be safe. A few thousand refugees from the border area with Chad are returning to Darfur. The numbers seem large, maybe inflated, but something is happening, and there must be truth in what the Government of Sudan says about the stability of that troubled land. Right?   That’s not exactly true, but the […]

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i-ACT Team Headed back to Darfuri Refugee Camps

i-ACT is departing on its eleventh expedition to Eastern Chad to bring technology, educational materials, and sports equipment to Darfuri refugees living in camps along the Chad-Darfur border. With tensions rising and rumors of looming civil war between Sudan and newly seceded South Sudan, the team faces an uncertain level of danger. i-ACT founder Gabriel […]

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Urge the United States to take further action for peace in Darfur

Over the past decade, the people of Darfur have suffered through a devastating genocide, have been forced to flee their homes by the millions, and innocent men, women and children in Darfur suffer continuing attacks, many of which are launched by the Government of Sudan. While promising peace talks for Darfur are currently being held […]

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Obama: Change our Policy on Sudan

Add your voice to the WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO Change US policy to confront the government of Sudan for ongoing mass atrocities and act to protect innocent civilians Recent events in Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile, Abyei and Darfur prove that the government of Sudan is continuing to use the same deadly methods that […]

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Girl Empowerment

I first met Selma in January 2008, on my very first trip to the refugee camps. She was the only girl in the Level 6 class, and she hardly spoke any English. She studied with fifteen boys, and every single one of them asked us for more education. At that time, they were studying at […]

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AMID REPORTS OF ETHNIC CLEANSING, SUDAN ACTIVISTS REQUEST ESCALATED ACTION

Amid reports of government-sponsored aerial bombardment of civilians, summary door-to-door executions and evidence of mass graves in Southern Kordofan, 54 human rights and anti-genocide organizations in 27 states have issued an open letter to President Obama asking for limited military action to destroy carefully selected military assets of the government of Sudan. The organizations represent […]

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AMID REPORTS OF ETHNIC CLEANSING, SUDAN ACTIVISTS REQUEST ESCALATED ACTION

Citing responsibility to protect, rights groups issue open letter to President Obama FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITIES NATIONWIDE – July 19, 2011 – Amid reports of government-sponsored aerial bombardment of civilians, summary door-to-door executions and evidence of mass graves in Southern Kordofan, 54 human rights and anti-genocide organizations in 27 states have issued an open letter […]

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Message from Darfur Refugee Leader, Urging Continuous Pressure

Hello my friend How are you ? I get your messages. Thank you all of you for your best efforts you doing towards margins in Darfur. Really we appreciate the great role of SGN organization and others beside them. Refugees are very happy when they heard you are going to make July 22/23 an international […]

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Message from Darfuri refugee about repopulation of their lands

Hello Mr Gabriel, How are you?  I want to give you new information about situation in Darfur and especially in Darmassaleet.  Nowadays Khartoum regime brought many Arabic tribes from some Africans countries like Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Kameroon, and Central Africa to Darfur and DarMassaleet so as to be new residents or settlers. Now they have […]