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Khartoum's Deadly Game
February 03, 2012 | Peter Orr | Tagged as: Africa, South Sudan, Sudan

This blog post originally appeared at ThinkProgress Security as a guest post.

“More Than Opportunistic”: Rape as a Tool of War in Burma
February 01, 2012 | Kristen Cordell | Tagged as: Burma, Asia, Women's Rights

News reports coming out of Burma and the border areas of Thailand detail increases in the number and severity of sexual assaults. We were in the country in late November, and the report we issued called attention to ongoing sexual and gender-based violence – and the complete lack of meaningful action by the Burmese government on this issue.
Letter to the White House in Advance of President Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address
January 24, 2012 | Michel Gabaudan | Tagged as: Ethiopia - Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, U.S. Administration


Barack H. Obama
President
United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C.  20500

Dear Mr. President:

On behalf of Refugees International, I write to highlight the ongoing displacement crisis in the Horn of Africa and urge you, in your upcoming State of the Union Address, to showcase U.S. leadership on this issue and the need for sustained, high-level attention to the plight of those impacted by drought and famine.
AMISOM: Changing the Mission to Reflect Somalia’s New Reality
January 23, 2012 | Erin Weir | Tagged as: Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Peacekeeping
It was six months ago that famine was declared in Somalia. The steady flow of refugees already fleeing conflict was joined by a torrent of new asylum seekers – people fleeing because of hunger and looking for a more hopeful place in which to re-build their lives.  During the past six months, hundreds of thousands of people made their way to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, and aid organizations scrambled to ramp up their operations in order to serve these new arrivals.
“Only God Is Watching Over Us Now”
January 20, 2012 | Hollyn Hammond | Tagged as: Haiti, Americas

What is going on in Haiti two years after an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince? Last week, I met Evans in an IDP camp in the Petionville neighborhood of Haiti’s capital city. A ten-year-old who is relatively small for his age but bouncing with energy, Evans is like most young boys surviving in Port-au-Prince. He is street smart, looks out for his mother and sisters, and had his life changed forever on January 12, 2010. What makes Evans different from the other boys? He speaks English, a rare skill even for adults in Haiti.