December 12, 2012 Voice of America’s South Sudan in Focus featured an interview with Act for Sudan Founder, Eric Cohen. The interview begins at minute 7:50 of the 30 minutes daily show. Listen to the interview here.
December 11, 2012 Hours after the announcement that Ambassador Lyman would be stepping down from Sudan Special Envoy, Act for Sudan released a letter to President Obama demanding a shift in U.S. Sudan Policy. The letter was signed by 76 U.S.-based organizations, 12 genocide scholars and other notable human rights advocates. Josh Rogin Read More…
On August 3, 2012 Act for Sudan and 95 other civil society organizations wrote a letter to the UNSC addressing the need for urgent aid to be delivered. Soon after there was deal between Sudan and South Sudan that paves the way for relief supplies into two border states for first time in more than Read More…
Act for Sudan’s response to New York Times article, The Folly of Sudan and South Sudan: Your editorial “The Folly of Sudan and South Sudan” should have focused on “The Folly of the United States” rather than blaming South Sudan in its struggle against Sudan’s aggression. Sudan’s president Bashir is wanted by the ICC for Read More…
Mitt Romney has released a statement outlining his views on the government of Sudan’s ongoing history of committing genocide and atrocities, the gravity of the current government-led assaults on civilians, and his commitment to “protect innocents” and ensure that “humanitarian aid reaches those desperately in need.” The statement was provided to Act for Sudan, a Read More…
Mitt Romney has released a statement outlining his views on the government of Sudan’s ongoing history of committing genocide and atrocities, the gravity of the current government-led assaults on civilians, and his commitment to “protect innocents” and ensure that “humanitarian aid reaches those desperately in need.” The statement was provided to Act for Sudan, a Read More…
Mitt Romney has released a statement outlining his views on the government of Sudan’s ongoing history of committing genocide and atrocities, the gravity of the current government-led assaults on civilians, and his commitment to “protect innocents” and ensure that “humanitarian aid reaches those desperately in need.” The statement was provided to Act for Sudan, a Read More…
Written by Josh Rogan on ForeignPolicy.com The State Department tried something new last Friday, answering selected questions posed via Twitter. Today, a Sudan human rights organization that was one of the selected questioners called the answer it got on Sudan policy “unconvincing,” “unacceptable,” “a broken record,” and “condescending.” The Twitter press conference, where State Department Read More…
Guest blog post by Act for Sudan co-founder, Esther Sprague, for United to End Genocide. On Friday, December 16, 2011, Act for Sudan joined by representatives from United to End Genocide, the Enough Project, American Jewish World Service, the Washington-based Darfur Interfaith Network, and Sudanese Diaspora, protested Bart Fisher’s representation of the Government of Sudan Read More…
A Huffington Post blog by Act for Sudan Co-founder, Susan Morgan: “Sometimes I just wonder if the president and men and women around him are made of stone. Or if they have lost that moral compass inside their hearts,” Mohamed wrote. “There will be NO peace with al-Bashir and his regime in power.” While the Read More…