The Obama administration has justified its counter-terror strategy on a law Congress passed just days after 9/11. But more than a decade later, does it fit the facts on the ground?... Read more»
If there was any doubt about the degree of cooperation between the top military brass of Israel and the United States, the coming month should put those doubts to rest.... Read more»
As thousands cower in caves, the Enough Project petitions an African commission to stop Sudan from bombing civilians in the Nuba Mountains.... Read more»
Rush Limbaugh, the American radio talk show host, said President Barack Obama is “targeting Christians” by sending troops to Uganda to fight the Lord’s Resistance Army.... Read more»
The Sudan government killed large numbers of civilians in troubled South Kordofan state and the bodies were buried in mass graves by the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, according to the Satellite Sentinel Project.... Read more»
A ragtag bunch of skinny Nuban men in ragged T-shirts and sandals carrying AK-47s may well become a potent threat to Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s 21-year regime in Khartoum.... Read more»
As this new nation of South Sudan anticipates its birth on Saturday, last-minute preparations are being made in this soon-to-be capital city.... Read more»
Disturbing reports indicate that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is using the Sudan Armed Forces against the civilian population in the Nuba Mountain region of Sudan’s South Kordofan province.... Read more»
President Obama called for a cease-fire in Sudan on Tuesday amid a surge in fighting in the South Kordofan region as the United Nations says air strikes are causing “huge suffering” among civilians.... Read more»
For months there have been warnings of a military buildup around Abyei, Sudan, particularly by the Sudan Armed Forces to the north, of troops, tanks and heavy armaments. President Omar al-Bashir’s regime in Khartoum refused to give up its claims on Abyei with its fertile pastures and productive oil fields.... Read more»
Four United Nations helicopters taking off from a fortified base in Abyei were shot at Tuesday by northern gunmen as President Omar al-Bashir struck a defiant tone against international condemnation of his army’s occupation of the town at the weekend.... Read more»
North Sudan forces have seized the disputed border town of Abyei, a move described by South Sudan as illegal and a “declaration of war.” Tensions in the oil-producing region are rising and there are fears that the latest clashes could spark a new conflict, as South Sudan prepares for independence on July 9.... Read more»
South Sudan stands a good chance of becoming an independent nation peacefully, despite ongoing skirmishes and a build up of military forces on the disputed border between North and South Sudan.... Read more»
Abyei is widely, and rightly, considered the likely flashpoint between northern and southern Sudan as the South prepares for its long-awaited independence in July.... Read more»
The death of al-Qaeda’s mastermind will lead to a shifting approach in confronting Islamic militancy around the world. It marks the beginning of the post-9/11 world.... Read more»
A top advisor to President Barack Obama conceded last week that terrorists seeking to unleash havoc in the United States could use Texas’ porous border with Mexico to enter this country.... Read more»
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