Submitted by Scramble For Africa on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 6:23pm
The Africa Human Security Working Group has a sample script to call the White House to register public opposition to Washington increasing military support to Uganda and Somalia.
“International attention has turned away from Darfur at a time when it is desperately needed. Recent fighting has killed hundreds of people, forced thousands from their homes and hindered access to some of the worst affected areas for months. In areas such as Eastern Jebel Marra, humanitarian workers do not have any access at all."
Submitted by Scramble For Africa on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 1:52pm
Though the question of whether actual "genocide" ever occurred in Darfur rests on academic distinctions, virtually nobody thinks that it's still occurring there now - except Mia Farrow.
Submitted by Scramble For Africa on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 3:00pm
From Asha Elkarib, a Sudanese social justice activist and member of Tamam - a network for Sudanese civil society groups and NGOs. Through her involvement in Tamam, she acted as an election monitor in the recent Sudanese general elections:
Submitted by Scramble For Africa on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 3:10pm
On May 13, protesters from Africa Action and ACT UP, among others, held a civil disobedience protest outside a Democratic Party fundraiser in NYC to protest Obama's record on AIDS programs. As one protester put it: "he has consistently cut funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief."
