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Africa Monitor
Aid delivery remains a central obstacle in Somalia's famine
Somalia specialist Ken Menkhaus told the Enough Project that the international community needs to pressure Al Shabab and the Somali government to open up aid delivery routes.
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Africa Monitor
California becomes first state to pass conflict mineral legislation
The California state assembly has passed a bill banning state agencies from signing contracts with companies that don't follow regulations intended to remove Congo's conflict minerals from the supply chain.
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Africa Monitor
Somalia famine: Lessons we can take away
Somalia expert Ken Menkhaus spoke with a guest blogger from the Enough Project about what policies need to change for a durable solution to the famine.
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Africa Monitor
Abyei remains tense as UN, Sudanese Army disagree on troop presence
Despite the United Nations' insistence, the Sudanese Army is refusing to pull out of Abyei until Ethiopian peacekeeping forces are fully deployed.
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Africa Monitor
Nubans trapped in northern Sudanese territory
Now that northern Sudan and South Sudan are divided by an international boundary, it's harder for embattled Nubans to flee south and harder for help to reach them.
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Africa Monitor
Sudanese from border region skeptical of newest Abyei agreement
The thousands of Sudanese civilians who fled Abyei last month are wary about returning because they doubt the staying power of the most recent agreement to bring peace.
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Africa Monitor
Signs point to northern Sudan's targeting of civilians in border region
Firsthand accounts and the ethnic makeup of people displaced by violence in Sudan's border region indicate civilians may have been the target of attacks by northern forces.
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Africa Monitor
Supplies run low in Sudan's embattled border regions
Food, fuel, and water are all running dangerously low in Sudanese villages sheltering the tens of thousands of people who fled fighting around the disputed border town of Abyei.
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Africa Monitor
Fragile stalemate emerges after fighting in Sudan's Abyei region
With the northern Sudanese military firmly in control of the disputed territory of Abyei, Abyei’s residents have fled to the nearby towns of Agok and Aniet.
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Africa Monitor
Will Congo's troubling rape statistics compel any change?
Although it is helpful to have reliable numbers on rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo, that doesn't change the fact that so far there's no answer on how to bring those numbers down.
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Africa Monitor
UN, Congo government try to formalize the mining industry
The plan for formalizing Congo's mining industry relies on the removal of armed groups from the process, but that is a difficult task.
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Africa Monitor
Sudan's referendum is over, but the country still needs attention
Guest blogger Laura Heaton outlines the issues still facing Sudan after the south's independence referendum and urges the media and international community to not lose interest.
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Africa Monitor
Sudan's border region sees a spark of violence
Long-anticipated violence along Sudan's border region finally sparked up recently. The Enough Project traveled to the site to ask 'Why now?'
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Africa Monitor
Sudan referendum galvanizing refugees outside Sudan
Sudanese refugees who fled to Kenya are making preparations to vote in the upcoming Sudan referendum, even though they've moved outside the country's borders.
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Africa Monitor
African heads of state may be coming down on Sudan
A meeting between African heads of state was moved from Kenya to Ethiopia and has now been postponed. The warrant for Sudan President Bashir's arrest could be a factor.
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Africa Monitor
FDLR leader's arrest doesn't change much in Congo
The arrest of an FDLR leader in exile in France is unlikely to prompt any major changes on the ground in Congo, where the same rebel group is still a threat.
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Africa Monitor
Obama amps up intervention to prevent Sudan war
President Obama’s meeting with Sudanese leaders this week will set the stage for whether this US administration is seen as a credible arbiter between rivals in the north and south of Sudan.
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Africa Monitor
From Christianity and Islam to the LRA: five stories on Africa you really shouldn't miss
The antigenocide group the Enough Project gathered five stories on human rights trends in Africa, from a book review on religious faultlines in Africa to a barge ride down the Congo River.
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Global News Blog
Sudan's Bashir cancels trip after Uganda mulls arrest warrant
After Uganda briefly threatens to carry out war crimes warrant against Bashir, a new poll shows broad public support in Africa for such a move.
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