Category Archives: South Kordofan

I Was George Clooney’s Cellmate

03/19/12

Editor’s Note: The following originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Don’t forget to click on the link and “like” Tom’s article. I looked out on the crowd of protesters that had marched to the Sudanese embassy yesterday to protest Omar … Continue reading →

Saleh: Story of a mother from South Kordofan

03/07/12

A month ago my colleague Daniel Sullivan and I traveled to Yida refugee camp along the border of Sudan. While at the camp, we heard the harrowing stories of men, women and children who had fled the government attacks in … Continue reading →

Video: Dan Sullivan on Sudan Violence

03/05/12

Refugees continue to arrive at a camp in Yida in South Sudan’s Unity state after fleeing fighting in Sudan’s South Kordofan state. United to End Genocide’s Dan Sullivan recently returned from the area and in an interview with Voice Of … Continue reading →

Tiny Impressions from a Refugee Camp in South Sudan

02/29/12

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 →

Raising the Alarm about the Crisis in Sudan

02/24/12

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 →

5 Questions on our South Sudan Trip

02/17/12

The call about our recent trip to Ethiopia and South Sudan generated many questions. Unfortunately, we cannot answer them all, but we’ve responded to the five most frequently asked questions below. You can also check out the call recording, which … Continue reading →

Twice Displaced: Young Woman from Darfur in a Nuba Refugee Camp

02/13/12

Last week, my colleague Dan and I spent two days in Yida refugee camp, which is located in South Sudan near the Sudan border. An estimated 28,000 civilians from South Kordofan traveled to Yida for safety after being forced to … Continue reading →

The Educator – A Story from South Sudan

02/09/12

Child in Yida Camp, South Sudan Hamad fled the initial fighting in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan last June with over 500 students and just ten teachers. He was in an education center in the town of Kadugli when fighting … Continue reading →

I Used to Make Soap – A Woman from Nuba Mountains Tells Her Story

01/30/12

I am sitting across from a woman named Mende* who recently fled from Sudan’s Nuba Mountains. Mende arrived in Juba, South Sudan earlier this month shortly after bombs fell near her village. She is slightly nervous as I begin to … Continue reading →

Voices from Sudan: We will ‘run out of food by March’

01/27/12

Editor’s Note: United to End Genocide’s Shannon Orcutt and Daniel Sullivan arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 23 where they met with civil society leaders from Sudan and South Sudan. They have just arrived in South Sudan where they … Continue reading →