In the besieged area of Al Fasher in North Darfur, Famine (IPC Phase 5)1 is confirmed to be currently ongoing in Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on reasonable evidence2 that all three Famine thresholds were passed in June. It is possible Famine (IPC Phase 5) is also ongoing3 in nearby Abu Shouk and Al Salam IDP Read More…
More children dying of hunger in Darfur and Nuba Mountains
As the conflict in Sudan rages on, an army has built its own state within a state — a vision of what the nation could become.
Authorities should release all in arbitrary detention, drop charges (7 July 2017) – Sudanese authorities have been unjustly holding Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Hafiz Idris, and Mobarak Adam Abdalla, three human rights defenders, and have charged them with ‘crimes against the state which carry the death penalty, 26 human rights groups said today. Dr. Mudawi Read More…
Written by Act for Sudan co-founder Esther Sprague and originally posted here on Huffington Post. Economic sanctions, though imperfect, can be a powerful tool to advance U.S. foreign policy goals, particularly if those sanctions are broad-based, employed over a long period, and are strongly enforced. That has been the case with U.S. sanctions against Iran Read More…
December 7, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese and international groups, and prominent rights activists Monday called on the UN chief and American president to hold the Sudanese government responsible for prevention humanitarian access to civilians in the war affected areas. In a letter extended to Ban Ki-moon and Barak Obama, the signatories said that blocking humanitarian Read More…
November 27, 2014 Act for Sudan’s co-founder Eric Cohen of Investors Against Genocide was interviewed on South Sudan in Focus. The interview was prompted by the attack and murder of Darfuris near Hamada. The interview begins at 11.20 and can be listened to here.
October 8, 2014 (WASHINGTON) Sudanese activists living in the United States of America called on president Barack Obama to rejects efforts conducted by the African Union to lift economic sanctions on their country. “We are writing to you today because we are deeply concerned about the recent actions by the African Union (AU), Read More…
The Darfur People’s Association of NY invites you to RALLY IN NEW YORK CITY Saturday, 20 September 2014 from 12-4 PM Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza on East 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Aves STOP THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN FROM: Protecting International Terrorists Killing IDPs In UNAMID Protected Camps Committing Genocides Against the Marginalized People in Read More…
Editors Note: This was originally posted on HumanityUnited.org. Act for Sudan is one of the 78 organizations who signed on to the letter. Take action in support of peace for Sudan and South Sudan here 78 Human Rights Leaders and Organizations Sign Letters to Sec. Kerry, Congress June 17, 2014 (Washington DC) — Humanity United, Read More…