darfur

Just out from the White House: a statement from President Obama on a new strategy to deal with both the genocide in Darfur and the continuing internal crisis in Sudan. The administration’s envoy, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, has faced criticism for being too soft on the Sudan regime, but the president recommits [...]

Some days they make laws, and some days they break them.
Five House Democrats were arrested Monday during a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington. The lawmakers — Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) — were demonstrating against the recent expulsion of 16 aid [...]

“A terrible humanitarian crises compounded by a cruel and corrupt regime in Khartoum.” There’s another strategy review on Darfur. “We intend to bring as many people along as we can to fulfill the [African Union] mandate.” The top officials “have spoken of other options: no fly zones, other sanctions and sanctuaries … there is a [...]

The former Clinton-era State Dept. official shares with the president-elect a frustration with conventional foreign-policy thinking. Impatient with ideology, she focuses on transnational threats, challenges and opportunities — befitting the emphasis of a new generation of global strategists. Her experience with Africa has taught her invaluable lessons.

In a little-noted comment from Thursday’s vice presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin was quick to take credit for a push among some Alaskan lawmakers to pull the state’s investments in Sudan — a recognition of the country’s years-long Darfur genocide:
When I and others in the legislature found out we had some millions of dollars in [...]