South-Sudan
Escaped Slave Calls On President Obama to Speak Out, Halt Violence in South Sudan
May 22, 2015
by Heather Robinson
Sudanese-American human rights activist Simon Deng is entering day seven of his hunger strike to petition President Obama to act in order to “save the lives of untold multitudes of Africans and their country … South Sudan,” according to an...
Sudanese-American hero to hunger strike
May 15, 2015
by Heather Robinson
Simon Deng, an escaped slave and human rights activist, has announced the start of a hunger strike to prompt President Obama to show leadership in bringing an end to violence in South Sudan.
“Starting on May 15, I will be starving...
Update: South Sudanese families released from detention in Israel; 100 set to fly to Juba Wednesday
August 7, 2012
Tomorrow (Wednesday August 8), many of the approximately 120 South Sudanese Christians who have registered with Israel’s government for deportation will fly to South Sudan.
This is the “last organized flight” planned...