NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem, Sr By Dr David Hoile The debate that has opened up regarding the International Criminal Court as a consequence of South Africa’s decision not to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir […]
NOVANEWS al-Bashir war crimes A high court in South Africa issued an interim order Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country. Al-Bashir is currently in South Africa attending the 25th African Union Summit […]
NOVANEWS Al-Bashir blocks 10 newspapers from running a story about the rape and sexual abuse of children on school buses ‘ Widely known as the ‘butcher of Sudan,’ Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has all but eliminated […]
NOVANEWS Some 12,000 children are still in active combat both on the side of the rebels and militias allied to government, Unicef says, making the removal of child fighters from the conflict a difficult task. […]
NOVANEWS I’ve just returned from South Sudan (very briefly) to speak at Adelaide Writer’s Week. What a culture shock coming from Africa. Everything here is so shiny. Anyway, I’ll be speaking about Israel/Palestine, my investigative work over the […]
NOVANEWS Thousands of children are being used as soldiers in the U.S.-caused war in South Sudan. | Photo: Child Rights Awareness Creation Organization Unidentified gunmen abduct 89 boys while in school, possibly to use as armed soldiers. Unidentified gunmen […]
NOVANEWS Some 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Darfur, and the region is home to more than two million internally displaced persons, according to the UN. By Al Akhbar A Sudanese family takes […]
NOVANEWS The country’s military has enlisted boys as young as 13, often by force, in Upper Nile state, the rights watchdog said. By AP A Sudanese family takes shelter under their donkey cart at the Kalma […]
NOVANEWS By: Antony Loewenstein My following story appears in today’s Guardian (I’m currently based in Juba, South Sudan): Valerie Amos has joined calls for an arms embargo against South Sudan, the most senior UN official to back growing […]
NOVANEWS by Philip Aleu South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed an agreement in Addis Ababa in the early hours of Monday, pledging to set up a transitional, power-sharing government by […]