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last update: july 26th, 2012

Satellite Sentinel Project Confirms Razing of Village in Sudan as Board Member George Clooney Helps Re-Launch High-Tech Documentation of Mass Atrocities

WASHINGTON -- The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has released new satellite imagery confirming the intentional burning of Um Bartumbu village in Sudan’s conflict-torn border region of South Kordofan. SSP’s latest report, which also includes new eyewitness reports and photos embedded with GPS codes, solves the mystery of an undated cell phone video, which appeared to show a unit of Sudanese forces called the Match Battalion razing an unnamed village.

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Sudan Dispatch: Abyei in Flux

AGOK, South Sudan -- “I ran because I saw many militias and SAF,” said Malak Miyen, an elderly Ngok Dinka man. “I survived because of God.” Malak was in Abyei town when Sudan government forces and allied militias violently took over the Abyei territory in May 2011, in response to alleged South Sudan army provocation. For over a year, he has been displaced in a town 37 kilometers south of Abyei town called Agok. This was the second time in his life Malak has been forced to flee from his home. The first time was in 2008, when Abyei town was similarly ravaged by fighting.

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last updated october 21st, 2009

october 21st, 2009

US to Send Mission to Burma

"The United States said Wednesday it would send a rare mission to Burma in the coming weeks as it pursues engagement with the reclusive regime."

october 20th, 2009

Tsvangirai Asks for Regional Help in Zimbabwe Stand-Off

"Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday appealed for regional help in his stand-off in Zimbabwe's unity pact, as his ministers boycotted a meeting with President Robert Mugabe."

october 19th, 2009

Sudan Rebel Accused of Peacekeeper Deaths at Hague

"International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said on Monday Sudanese Darfur rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda deliberately ordered the killing of 12 African Union peacekeepers, leaving civilians unprotected."

october 19th, 2009

Obama Offers Sudan Incentives to End Darfur 'Genocide'

"US President Barack Obama unveiled a new policy on Sudan Monday and warned Khartoum of more US pressure if it failed to respond to his fresh incentives to stop 'genocide' and 'abuses' in Darfur."

october 18th, 2009

Aid Workers Freed in Darfur

"Two foreign aid workers seized at gunpoint more than three months ago in Sudan's Darfur were released Sunday by their captors in the third--and longest--kidnapping of aid workers in the arid region."

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