Monthly Archives: February 2012

VIDEO: “We’ve been silent too long”

Earlier today Congressman Jim McGovern delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives about the international community’s silence as the Sudanese government continues to attack civilians in Darfur, Abyei, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. Watch Representative McGovern’s … Continue reading


Sri Lanka: The Need for Reconciliation after Atrocities

By Miriam A. Young Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war ended in May 2009 when the Sri Lankan military defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). For more than 25 years, the LTTE had been fighting for a separate state … Continue reading


Tiny Impressions from a Refugee Camp in South Sudan

I am on a small plane leaving Yida, a camp in South Sudan holding 28,000 refugees, and counting, from the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan just to the north. Two days ago when I arrived an additional 170 new refugees … Continue reading


Foreign Affairs Committee Wants to Hear from You

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs is having a hearing at 1:30pm (ET) Wednesday, February 29, to discuss Foreign Policy priorities for the FY 2013 budget. Please click  http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings_question.asp to submit a question to Sec. Clinton on the lack of … Continue reading


Obama, Clinton Must Act Now to Address Sudan Emergency

Yesterday, United to End Genocide President Tom Andrews joined Congressman Frank Wolf in a press conference highlighting the escalating crisis in Sudan. Tom demanded that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton act immediately to address the humanitarian … Continue reading


Friends of Syria?

It is encouraging to see the global community increasing its efforts to put Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, out of business. The violence in Syria has been shocking and the world must take action now to stop it. The Friends of … Continue reading


Why I Won’t Eat – Stop Sudan’s Weapons of Mass Starvation

Kristen Anderson My name is Kristen and I live in Des Moines, IA and on March 16 I will go hungry. On that day, as part of United to End Genocide’s Day of Action for Sudan — I will join … Continue reading


Raising the Alarm about the Crisis in Sudan

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nick Kristof recently visited the same camp of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan that Shannon Orcutt and I visited just two weeks ago. Kristof also found his way into the Nuba Mountains of Sudan … Continue reading


Pressuring Congo: No Money for Violence

The international community—particularly the United Nations and the United States— has voiced concerns over the fraudulent nature of the November presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but have remained silent about President Joseph Kabila’s continued brutality against … Continue reading


Yemen: Long-Awaited Election Amid Increased Tension, Fears of Violence

Yemen has experienced ongoing violence – including attacks against unarmed demonstrators – since anti-government protests began over a year ago. In the face of the protests and violence against civilians, members of the domestic opposition and international community have called … Continue reading