Despite being listed on the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism, the CIA is training the security forces of Sudan, who are themselves implicated in a domestic campaign of arbitrary arrests, killings and torture. What gives?

Blackwater lied to the government over three hundred times about breaking export control laws, and still managed to sweet talk its way into new contracts.

Sounds like epic parent fail to me.

State Dept. & CIA Help Blackwater Get Away With Smuggling & Treason — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

“Manute gave his life for his country in all kinds of aspects,” said Bol’s friend, Tom Prichard, executive director of Sudan Sunrise, a humanitarian organization aimed at unity in Sudan. Their mission: “To bring peace. To stop injustice. To grow reconciliation.”

Sudan is poised for its first national vote since widely condemned elections in 2000. Though officially backed by the United Nations and U.S., many opposition groups within Sudan, as well as Western advocacy organizations, are opposed to allowing the elections to go forward. Those seeking honest answers about tackling the political impasse in Sudan must do so with a skeptical eye towards dominant narratives about the country.

On March 4th, 2009, when the International Criminal Court issued the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, over 400 local Darfuri refugees living in Israel rallied in support of this decision.

Documentary film focusing on four different genocide survivors

Genocide survivors from Darfur and five other civilian slaughters are uniting with each other and advocates to observe Genocide Prevention Month in April 2009. Genocide Prevention Month will kick off at the beginning of April with an online sneak preview of the upcoming documentary feature, The Last Survivor.

The ICC’s recent indictment and issued warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of Sudan, is a unique and critical event in the history of international law. The indictment has far reaching implications, but is also beset by a host of complications.