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Conflict in Sudan is nothing new - the country has been embroiled in a civil war for over 20 years. However, in the past months things have gone from bad to worse as "conflict between mainly black Sudanese rebels and government-backed Arab militiamen, has led to the deaths of thousands and as many as one million people being displaced," according to Ecumenical News International.
Religious and humanitarian groups have stepped up efforts to provide assistance as the All Africa Conference of Churches has warned that increased conflict between the Arab faction, backed by the government, and Sudanese rebels is "genocide in the making."
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News | Relief Efforts | How to Help
News
Deadline
looms in Sudan crisis
Khartoum agrees to allow more African Union troops and
monitors in Darfur.
Darfur,
Beyond Description
The West shouldn't wait any longer for Sudan to solve what the UN
calls the world's worst humanitarian disaster today.
US
raising stakes over Darfur crisis
Some observers see the declaration of genocide as the first step
toward putting US or UN 'boots on the ground.'
Safeguard
Darfur refugees with unarmed UN monitors
Send a strong message to Sudan's leaders - a rights-monitoring force
patterned on UNMOVIC in Iraq.
Why
Sudan has become a Bush priority
If the Bush team can bring Sudan back into the family of nations,
it would gain a diplomatic victory for the war on terror.
World
turns attention to Darfur
After more than a year of virtually ignoring the biggest humanitarian
crisis on the planet, the world's most powerful nations are suddenly
paying attention to the conflict in western Sudan.
ACT assessment team finds situation in Sudan ‘critical,’ lacking security
The leader of an Action by Churches Together (ACT) International coordination assessment team (CAT) described the situation in the Darfur region as “extremely critical” following the team’s return from Sudan. The team leader also said the biggest underlying issue facing the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and humanitarian aid workers in the country is the lack of security.
African churches warn Sudan is ‘genocide in the making’
The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has warned of “genocide in the making” in Sudan, after sending a delegation late last month to the war-torn northeast African nation. The continental church group said the situation in Sudan resembled that of Rwanda 10 years ago when up to a million people were slaughtered as the world looked on.
Protest letter from the Episcopal Church of Sudan to the Sudanese Government
We are writing to protest against recent action of Federal and State Authorities in Khartoum against the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS).
Without any notice or warning, armed police arrived at the ECS Guest House (Sharia Baladia, al Mugran) at 9am on Thursday 20 May 2004. The police ordered the immediate eviction of ECS personnel and properties from the building.
Despite Sudanese peace plan, humanitarian crisis & threat of ethnic genocide loom
Sudan's government and a major rebel group have signed a peace agreement that could lead to the end of that country's 21 years of civil war -- although a region of the country facing alleged ethnic cleansing has been left out of the accord.
15,000 families, 10 churches uprooted by Sudan authorities
Thousands of Sudanese families have been uprooted by authorities in an ongoing urban re-planning exercise, Compass Direct news service reported Dec. 29. More than 10 makeshift Christian churches and a church-operated vocational training center also have been demolished in and around a sprawling camp for displaced persons.
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Donald Petterson was the last American Ambassador to serve inside Sudan, from 1992 to 1995. Before Sudan, he was the Ambassador to Somalia and to Tanzania. In all, he spent 35 years in the Foreign Service of the State Department. Bringing a veteran diplomat's perspective, Petterson's book is a welcome addition to the limited number of publications on 20th-century Sudan. Buy it |
Sudan Refugees from Darfur
The current humanitarian crisis in the Sudanese western region of Darfur has created what has been described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in recent times. There are fears that the situation, if not urgently addressed, could be reminiscent of the Rwanda genocide...
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Relief Efforts
ACT and Caritas join forces in Sudan
Action by Churches Together (ACT) International and Caritas Internationalis have joined forces to respond to the ongoing humanitarian emergency in Sudan's Darfur Province. Both organisations are faith-based networks representing Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic churches and their related agencies across the world.
Lutherans Respond To Humanitarian Crisis In Sudan
Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have sent $75,000 to support humanitarian efforts in Sudan, where fighting and militia attacks have led to a massive displacement of people in various regions of the African country.
Help bring peace to the Darfur region of Sudan
Sudan suffers from the world's longest running civil war—35 of the last 46 years. Fueled by religious, ethnic, and political differences between the country's northern and southern populations, more than two million Sudanese, mostly in the south, have died as a result of this conflict.
Report from ACT Coordination Assessment Team
Sudan - Darfur
Nils Carstensen, leader of an Action by Churches Together coordination assessment team, described the situation in the Darfur region as “extremely critical.”
Humanitarian Aid and Security Desperately Needed in Western Sudan, Time Running Out
Calling the situation in Sudan’s Darfur region “extremely grave,” the leader of a Church World Service supported assessment team said that protection and security are just as important concerns now as food assistance in the wartorn area.
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How to Help
Contribute online to help relief efforts in Sudan.
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