A former U.S. Marine with extensive ties in Uganda says he made contact with brutal African warlord and international fugitive Joseph Kony this month, but was ignored by the U.S. State Department when he forwarded a letter Kony wrote expressing interest in a “peace process” with the U.S.
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir reportedly escaped South Africa in his private jet early this morning, just hours after a judge from the country’s High Court ordered authorities to prevent his leaving. Bashir has been wanted by the International Criminal Court for six years on charges including genocide, war crimes,…
South Sudan's cabinet has called off the general election scheduled to take place in June and plans to submit a proposal to parliament asking to extend President Salva Kiir's term, Reuters reports. New elections are to take place in 2017.
All human history, everyone knows, comes down to sex, violence and oil, so that in the end is the story of Sudan.
Had you asked me last week if the number of known pyramids in the world was likely to substantially increase anytime soon, I might have said no; how wrong I would have been. LiveScience recently reported that in the last three years "at least 35" petite pyramids have been uncovered for the first time in millennia at…
George Clooney was arrested today at the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. as he led a protest against Sudan's genocidal president, Omar al-Bashir. (The guy next to him is his dad.) You know Joseph Kony is so jealous. "Aw man, Omar gets Clooney and all I get is this random white dude and his kid."
As many as eight mass graves have been dug since June in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, according to Satellite Sentinel Project, a group funded by George Clooney that monitors the region using satellite imagery. Two sites have been dug this week alone, based on their analysis of the pictures, which also contain evidence…
Guess who's gonna have a brand new country come June 2011? The South Sudanese, who, in an overwhelming vote—like, 99-percent-"yes" overwhelming—decided to secede from the north. If you're wondering where tonight's party is: It's in South Sudan.
Protesting students in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, were arrested and beaten today while chanting "revolution, revolution until victory."
According to provisional results, 99 percent of voters in South Sudan have chosen independence from the north.
Actor/activist George Clooney has malaria. Seems he contracted it earlier this month while traveling in the Sudan and is "feeling rough." That's a pretty extreme way to raise awareness for a cause, George! Well, keep the gin and tonics coming.
Over 60% of registered voters in South Sudan have cast ballots in a referendum on independence from the north.
Voters in South Sudan will likely create the world's newest nation by seceding from the north today.
George Clooney is financing the use of surveillance satellites to monitor violence in the Sudan in advance of an independence referendum there. He calls himself the "anti-genocide paparazzi."
[George Clooney exits the West Wing after discussing his recent trip to Sudan and the genocide in Darfur with President Obama and the National Security Council's human rights director at the White House today. Image via Getty]
Prop 8 was overturned today. The gay headlines from abroad weren't as cheerful. A Sudanese judge sentenced 19 men to a public flogging today after they were caught wearing women's clothing and "dancing in a womanly fashion" at a party.
Manute Bol, The 7-foot-7 former NBA player with the Washington Bullets, the Golden State Warriors and others, died today at age 47. He spoke out about the plight of his native Sudan throughout his career. (Pic Getty)
Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher who offended Islam by allowing her class of 7-year-olds to name a teddy bear "Muhammed," has been released from a Sudanese jail and is hightailing it out of the country before she blasphemes any other religious figures. In a statement, Gibbons, who looks somewhat teddy-bearish…
