Why It Would Harm Rwanda to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Sudan

As political tensions continue to rise between the United Nations and Rwanda over a report citing that former Rwandan rebels my have committed genocide in eastern Congo after ending the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the tiny African nation is threatening to withdraw more than 3,000 peacekeeping troops from Sudan’s Darfur region. Currently, the former rebels [...]

TAKE ACTION: Combatting Modern Slavery

It doesnt matter how old or young you are, if you are a college student or a professional, penniless or a millionaire, everyone has the chance to be an abolitionist. Modern slavery is an international problem that is multi-faceted, and any social injustice with such a large scope requires equally multi-faceted solutions.  So, what can [...]

LRA Spreading Reign of Death into South Sudan

“Those Americans have strength and technology, so they can use that to catch Kony,” said Anton Juma, another member of the village militia, now sheltering at Nzara. “Our arrows are no use against their guns.” AFP When the dread-locked, AK-47 toting Lord’s Resistance Army rebels attacked the small farming village of Basukangbi in southern Sudan, [...]

Student Activists Across US Hold Candlelit Vigils to Propose Change in Sudan Policy

Last week, President Obama met with U.S. special envoy to Sudan Gen. Scott Gration and other high level officials to discuss Sudan policy.  In short, it did not go as well as activists hoped, and the proposed policy sidelined Darfur and lacked necessary diplomatic and economic pressures on the government in Khartoum.  U.S. ambassador to [...]

Human Rights Watch: Kyrgyzstan Genocide Interviews

Half the Sky: How Trafficking of Women Today is On Par With Genocide

The Guardian has a great article about how human trafficking is one of the greatest social justice callings of our time: Nicholas Kristof is not the kind of person you would expect to be a slave owner. As a columnist on that most august of newspapers, the New York Times, he belongs to an elite [...]

U.S. Envoy in Sudan Amid Referendum Discord

From the AFP: US envoy to Sudan Scott Gration arrived on Wednesday for talks as disagreements within a commission tasked with organising a southern independence referendum threatened to delay the January vote. A diplomat in the Sudanese capital said Gration’s visit was expected to last for several days. His trip comes as the commission responsible [...]

Meet the New OBS Event Recap

On August 16, 2010 we met with our community here in Memphis TN to discuss genocide, the World Water Crisis, modern slavery, and how we can help. Over 50 people turned out to hear what we had to say and to see how we can all get involved together! After three brief presentations on our [...]

Taking Lessons Learned From Natural Disaster Response and Applying To Mass Atrocity Response in Sudan

PHOTO: A CH-46E Sea Kinight Helicopter serves an area affected by the February 17 landslide in Saint Bernard, Republic of the Philippines, February 19, 2006. (UPI Photo/ Michael D. Kennedy/US NAVY) An Operation Broken Silence Op-Ed by Mark Christopher Hackett Natural disasters and mass atrocities have many things in common, most notably the ability to [...]

Agency to prosecute three human traffickers

The three Nigerians recently arrested by marine police in Akwa Ibom State while attempting to smuggle 55 nationals of Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso to Gabon for onward movement to Europe, will soon be prosecuted, officials of the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) have said. The agency also said at least [...]

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