by Monty Self | May 12, 2020 | Opinion
The transitional government of Sudan announced on April 22 that it amended its criminal code in order to ban the practice of female genital mutilation. Up to a three-year prison sentence can now be imposed for violations. Women’s rights groups, the United Nations...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 26, 2017 | News
Sudan and Yemen are most at risk for state-led mass atrocities, according to the Early Warning Project’s (EWP’s) annual analysis released on April 12. Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria and Afghanistan are also among the countries most at risk. EWP is a joint...
by Elijah Brown | Apr 3, 2017 | Opinion
Genocide continues to rumble forward in Darfur. Despite the fact that these grisly atrocities were the first in the history of the United States to be recognized as genocide while they were unfolding, today powers around the world are turning a blind eye and rolling...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | News
Lists of 20th-century genocides differ widely. Yet, six instances always appear: Armenia (1915), the Holocaust in Germany (1933), Cambodia (1975), Rwanda (1990), Bosnia (1995) and Darfur (2003). Other manifestations of genocide are found in some catalogs but not...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 26, 2016 | News
The end of Sudan’s two-decade civil war in 2005 brought hope, but not stability or lasting peace. A peace treaty led eventually to a 2011 referendum that resulted in South Sudan becoming a free and independent nation. The triumph would be short-lived, however,...