Sudan in the News - Recent news articles about Sudan
Government Links - Links to U.S. government sites and international entities
Nonprofit Links - Links to nonprofit and other Sudan focused sites
Opportunities for Sudanese - Volunteer, advocacy, or other opportunities for Sudanese
Sudan in the News
December 15, 2007: "Lost Boys" in Silicon Valley finding a way to Sudan, San Jose Mercury News article
November 7, 2007: Sudan Update: Is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Holding?
The Wilson Center hosted a Director’s Forum with Salva Kiir Mayardit,
First Vice President of Sudan, President of Southern Sudan, and Chairman
of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Howard Wolpe, the
director of the Wilson Center’s Africa Program served as moderator.
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BBC World News
coverage of African issues
Information, resources and analysis posted by Sudan analyst John Ashworth.
Reuters Foundation AlertNet offers email alerts regarding humanitarian crises around the world. Sign up for alerts on Sudan by scrolling down the left side bar on the home page and clicking “alerting services”.
Sermon on the Sudan and the People of Damazin State
SPLM Today is news and information from the view point of the SPLM in Sudan
Sudan Mirror is a new national newspaper in Sudan
Sudan.net distributes information about Sudan including the latest news, education trends, its society and culture, and travel and tourism
Sudan Tribune is a news site about Sudan including wires, featured articles, analysis, comment, press releases, and reports
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Government Links
Congressional Research Service report on Sudan economic sanctions
Government of South Sudan Official Site
The Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is an initiative of the United Nations to share accurate and up to date information for countries in crisis
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide
United Nations Information Gateway outlines UN programs in Sudan, the history of Sudan, and current news
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Its work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting:economic growth, agriculture and trade; global health; and, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance.
USAID history of involvement in Sudan
USAID Organizational Chart and information regarding the Africa Bureau
USAID's profile of Sudan and support for the Comprehensive Peace Plan
United States Department of State Africa Bureau
United States Department of State country profile of Sudan
United States Department of State testimony on Sudan by Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick
United States Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference
Nonprofit Links
Africa Action is working to change U.S. foreign policy and the policies of international institutions in order to support African struggles for peace and development.
The American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) has a unique historic mission: it is the only human rights organization in the United States dedicated solely to abolishing modern-day slavery worldwide.
Amnesty International-USA works to defend human rights.
Anglican and Global Relations of the Episcopal Church of the United States ensures the full participation of Episcopalians in the worldwide mission of the church, especially as part of the Anglican family.
The Sudanese artist, Awer Bul, has an extensive website and works to help children in Sudan.
The Ayual Community Development Association works to improve existing conditions and future prospects of the current generation of the Ayual Community.
The Center for Preventive Action of the Council on Foreign Relations was established in 1994 to help prevent, defuse, or resolve deadly conflicts around the world and to expand the body of knowledge on conflict prevention.
The Diaspora Skills Transfer Program for Southern Sudan is a pilot project of the Academy for Educational Development sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Episcopal Church of the United States
Episcopal Relief and Development provides emergency assistance in times of disaster; rebuilds devastated communities and offers long-term program development solutions to fight poverty.
Freedom Quest International exists to bring to awareness the suffering of those who cannot do it themselves.
The Gurtong Peace Project was established with the purpose of establishing a South Sudanese Diaspora coalition for the promotion of peace and stability among the south Sudanese abroad as well as in Sudan.
Help Sudan International works to establish learning facilities, recruit teachers and provide school supplies as well as provide health resources and clean water.Hope for Humanity is committed to the development of the future leaders of southern Sudan through providing educational opportunities. Through its efforts to educate the youth, it empowers the people to become self sufficient, productive members of society who can in turn pass along what has been given to them.
Hope of Sudan supports Lost Boys in the US by assisting at all levels of education from vocational to academic, and by initiating counseling to deal with barriers developed through their life experience.
Hope with Sudan brings education and medical relief to Sudanese children, youths and young adults living in exile in Kenya and Uganda, and develop projects in the Sudan.
Lost Boy No More tells the incredible true story of Abraham Nhial. As a nine year-old child, Abraham found himself orphaned as civil war in his homeland of Sudan ravaged his entire village because they refused to embrace Islam. His journey is one of a perilous walk along with 35,000 lost boys of Sudan who fled to Ethiopia.
Lost Boys Rebuilding Southern Sudan is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization comprised of Lost Boys and their American friends. The mission of the organization is to build secondary schools in Southern Sudan.
The Luol Deng Foundation strives to provide hope to all the refugees returning to Southern Sudan through education and sports/recreation.
The International Crisis Group is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
International Executive Service Corps (IESC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit economic development organization that uses volunteer experts, paid consultants, and professional staff to achieve our mission - to promote prosperity and stability through private enterprise development.
The John Dau Sudan Foundation is a nonprofit led by Lost Boy of Sudan John Dau. The Foundation provides financial and technical support to build and sustain healthcare clinics in Southern Sudan.
Jump-Start Sudan is a nonprofit relief organization guided by Christian principles that provides humanitarian aid through relief missions to the region around Akon, Sudan, home to about 93,000 people.
The Millsaps Service Learning Project presents the stories of Sudanese refugees as they were shared and recorded for a service-learning project in Dr. Greg Miller's course, Sudan: A World in Conflict at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. They run programs in Sudan.
The New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI) is a partnership between Sudanese and a global network of supporters, who have come together to bring the gift of education to Sudan.
Project Education Sudan (PES) is working to build a primary and secondary education infrastructure including schools, teachers, and school supplies in communities throughout Southern Sudan.
Refugees International generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world and works to end the conditions that create displacement.
The Renk Visiting Teachers Program at Renk Theological College aims to: Provide in-service education for faculty; Strengthen the residential training program for seminarians; and Provide continuing education for clergy and lay leaders in Sudan.
The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is a UK and Kenya-based nonprofit research and training organization. The Institute has been working in Eastern Africa, particularly in Sudan, since 2001. RVI programs include field-based social research projects, support for local educational institutions, in-country training courses for aid workers and diplomats, and an online digital library.
Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving.
Southern Sudan Health Care Organization is an organization created to provide relief and support to the people of Southern Sudan.
South Sudanese Friends International works to share the love of Jesus Christ with the people of southern Sudan in a way that leads them towards peaceful and self-reliant living from the grassroots level, so that available resources will meet the needs of their communities.
The Sudan Divestment Task Force, a project of the Genocide Intervention Network, is actively involved in dozens of targeted Sudan divestment campaigns around the world at the university, asset manager, city, state, and national levels.
Sudan Infonet is an education and information service on Sudan provided by the Sudan Working Group.
Sudan Mercy Project is derived from a grassroots movement within Sudanese Churches across America to help suffering countrymen in Sudan.
SudanReeves.org has news, opinion, and links related to Sudan, hosted by Eric Reeves of Smith College.
Sudan Sunrise is a nonprofit, nondenominational organization that facilitates the efforts of Southern Sudanese Christians to aid and stand in solidarity with Darfurian Muslims, and facilitates reconciliation among all Sudanese. In addition, Sudan Sunrise facilitates the efforts of Southern Sudanese in South Sudan in education, health, community development and church planting.
Touch the World, Touch Sudan, is a video produces by the National Council Council of Churches of Christ to give individuals and small groups insight into the current situation in Sudan.
Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention United States Institute for Peace initiates and supports programs aimed at forestalling serious outbreaks of violence in key areas of the world.
The Valentino Achak Deng (VAD) Foundation aims to empower war-affected Sudanese populations by: Helping members of the southern Sudanese diaspora in the United States to enhance their educational, social, and economic opportunities; Rebuilding southern Sudanese communities through the implementation of community-driven development projects that increase access to educational opportunities for children, women, and men; and Improving U.S. policy toward Sudan by educating the public and policy makers on the situation in Sudan.
Water for Sudan is a nonprofit based in Rochester New York working to provide access to clean drinking water to communities in Sudan.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Africa Program promotes dialogue among policymakers and academic specialists on both African issues and U.S. policy toward Africa.
Sudan Ministries
The Diocese of Bethlehem is linked with the Diocese of Kajo Keji in Southern Sudan.
St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Barringon, Illinois, has a link with the Dicoese of Renk in Southern Sudan.
Volunteer and Other Opportunities for Sudanese
The Sudanese North American Diaspora Database will is a resource for identifying Sudanese in the North American Diaspora interested in participating in skills transfer programs through short/long term assignments with projects and programs to build capacity and contribute to the development of Southern Sudan. These programs involve volunteer assignments and may also be for paid employment.
Sudan Reconstruction Skills Search Project is searching for those Sudanese who are living in North America and want to share their skills, talents, and time in the reconstruction of their home country.
Resource Information for those Interested in Sudan
Ceasefire Agreements and Annexes
South Sudan Host (SSH)
is the leading web hosting service for South Sudan and it aims at
providing its services to south Sudanese and Africans individuals,
businesses and government. SSH was established in 2007 by
one of south Sudan IT professionals based in the United Kingdom and
since then it has developed into a major contributor in the hosting and
web design world.