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last update: january 11th, 2011

Let's Build a Better Map of Southern Sudan

Sudan is preparing to vote on January 9 to decide if the South will become independent from the North. The referendum is part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 ending the Civil War, which lasted 22 years and led to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people. Analysts fear the possibility of renewed violence.

 

Follow the link to find out how you can help build a better map of Southern Sudan, and visit www.satsentinel.org for a full overview of the Satellite Sentinel Project, as well as daily updates.

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Clooney: Policy Wonks and Super Nerds Get Injection of MTV Style

"Frankly, our team of policy wonks and super nerds could use an injection of MTV style,” George Clooney said today. And our Satellite Sentinel Project did just get a little hipper with the news that MTV and mtvU, the channel’s 24-hour college network, would team up to amplify the findings of the satellite imagery and analysis initiative.

 

Follow the link for more info about the team-up, and visit www.satsentinel.org for a full overview of the Satellite Sentinel Project, as well as daily updates.

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NEWS

last updated september 9th, 2009

september 9th, 2009

Zimbabwe Sanctions 'Should End'

"Southern African leaders have ended a regional summit by calling on the international community to lift all sanctions on Zimbabwe."

september 9th, 2009

Wash. Post Op-Ed: "An 'Election' Burma's People Don't Need"

U Win Tin, a founding member of Burma's leading Democratic opposition party, the National League for Democracy, has written an op-ed in the Washington Post addressing the upcoming 2010 elections in Burma.

 

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september 8th, 2009

Burma Pro-Democracy Party Wants Offices Reopened

"The pro-democracy party of detained Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the ruling junta Tuesday to allow it to reopen its branch offices, which would be crucial for taking part in next year's planned national elections."

september 8th, 2009

Southern African Grouping Proposes Extraordinary Summit on Zimbabwe

"Leaders of the SouthernAfrican Development Community assembled for a summit Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo decided not to examine progress by Zimbabwe's national unity government and discuss issues that continue to trouble power-sharing in Harare, but will hold an extraordinary summit in a few weeks focused exclusively on Zimbabwe."

september 8th, 2009

Member of Zimbabwe PM's Party Murdered for Song: Party

"A member of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party has been beaten to death by soldiers for playing a song praising the premier, his Movement for Democratic Change said Tuesday."

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