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Clooney, Prendergast talk Sudan on ‘This Week’

Actor/advocate George Clooney, along with Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast, discuss the launch of a new satellite project aimed at protecting the people of Sudan, during ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour,” Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. Clooney and Prendergast are spreading the word about the Satellite Sentinel Project, which “combines satellite imagery analysis and […]

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Alara Clara, I remember you; you matter to me

Today begins the Resolve “One Voice: Resolved to Remember” vigil, held Dec. 14 to 24, to remember all those affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Christmas Massacres. Left vulnerable as they celebrated Christmas, Congolese communities were attacked by the LRA on Dec. 24, 2008, and Dec. 14, 2009. Hundreds were killed and abducted. Churches […]

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New video bids us to stop a war before it starts

A video featuring actor/advocate George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Predergast is featured on today’s New York Times blog by Nicholas Kristof, “George Clooney in Sudan.” The video comes jointly from the Enough Project and Not On Our Watch, a humanitarian advocacy organization, co-founded by Clooney. Sudan is also the subject of an in-depth feature […]

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Take steps to avoid war: Clooney, Prendergast

In a recent USA Today opt-ed, George Clooney and John Predergast have urged the Obama administration to take serious steps to avoid total war in Sudan. “The largest conventional war on the face of the earth in 2011 will occur in Sudan unless bold diplomacy led by the U.S. prevents it. The most dangerous tripwire […]

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Uganda’s Lukodi drama group enacts experiences

Judge Sang-Hyun Song, International Criminal Court (ICC) President, traveled in northern Uganda’s Gulu district, Acholi sub-region, on May 29 and 30 to speak with affected communities about the ICC’s mandate and operations. During several meetings, Song addressed questions raised by Ugandans about outstanding arrest warrants for members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA); state cooperation and […]

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