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Visit SudanActionNow.org

A number of Sudan advocacy groups have just launched Sudan Now, an important new campaign that challenges “President Barack Obama and his top officials…to live up to previous [Sudan] statements and campaign promises…”

Powerful new photos from Darfur

From the BBC News website:

Photojournalist Stuart Price recently spent more than a year living in Darfur, “embedded with the forces who are trying to bring peace to Sudan’s war-torn west.”

Check out some of Price’s powerful photos here. One caption from the photoset reads:

“Rape is used as a weapon of war. Tens of thousands of women and girls have been subjected to extreme sexual violence since the crisis began. Yet holding the perpetrators accountable is almost non-existent.”

Ask Secretary Clinton About U.S. Sudan Policy

This week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 11-day trip to Africa does not include a visit to Sudan. However, we can still make sure that she highlights urgent Sudan issues throughout her trip.

Aid groups say Sudan took millions during expulsions

Aid groups on Tuesday said Sudan had taken millions of dollars from them in seized assets and enforced redundancy payments after expelling them in retaliation for a war crimes case against the president.