The horrific atrocities committed against the Sudanese should be labeled as genocide. But why is the U.S. unable to apply that same standard to Israel?
The incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has blasted the Biden Admnin for waiting until just 13 days before their term ends to declare atrocities in Sudan’s war as genocide.
On September 9, 2004, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to deliver much-anticipated testimony on the crisis in Sudan’s western region of Darfur. Eighteen minutes into his remarks, he became the first executive branch official in U.S. history to declare an ongoing conflict a “genocide.”
If Donald Trump’s second term is anything like his first, the incoming U.S. president will not advance the cause of human rights. His foreign policy is more likely to harm democratic values around the world than it is to protect them.
President Joe Biden’s last days in the White House were packed with a series of policy decisions aimed at cementing his legacy and, in some cases, blocking President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
The Sudanese general has been accused of ‘lethal attacks’ on civilians during an ongoing war with the RSF paramilitary.
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The US uses economic, military, and democratic institutions to drive its global agenda, displaying hostility towards Africa.
President Joe Biden's administration has extended by 18 months the temporary protected status for migrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela due to "extraordinary and temporary conditions" in those nations.
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 - President Joe Biden's administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that ...
The move would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Congress also needs to be involved. The bipartisan Sudan Caucus should be reactivated. The Senate and House must hold immediate hearings on Sudan. The bipartisan Sudan Caucus used to meet almost monthly, and many of the caucus members visited Sudan.