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[|Urgent Appeal to President Obama from Central African Civil Society on Ending the Menace of the Lord's Resistance Army] In this letter written to president Obama, 34 civil society, human rights, and religious groups in northern Congo, Central African REpublic, and Southern Sudan write to President Obama, calling for an urgent implementation on the new strategy that was released last month by the US government. All of these groups of people are being terrorized by the Lord's Resistance Army. They are murdering thousands of the Sudanese.

[|Sudan's child soldiers: forced into fighting]-(Video) In this Video is shows actual footage of Child Soldiers. The child soldiers are being used in the wars in Sudan. Kids are just picked up off of the street and signed up for the countries army to help fight. This is clearly wrong and child soldiers should not be used anywhere in the world.

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[|Human Rights Report: Sudan] There are several Human Rights Violations going on in Sudan. This article has all the reports of the abuses and assaults that occurred in Sudan. There are several examples of cases that the government of Sudan needs to work on stopping.

[|UN finds Sudan has carried out massive human rights violations in Darfur] In this article it is reported that the government of Sudan has carried out a large amount of human rights violations in Darfur. Sudan has gone on a "reign of terror" in their quest for development. The government of Sudan should, "unequivocally condemn all actions and crimes committed by the Janjaweed [ militia } and ensure that all militias are immediately disarmed and disbanded".

__ [|Genocide in Dar Fur] __ In a struggle for political control of the area, weapons poured into Darfur. The /sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) both took up arms against the Sudanese government. The groups complained about the marginalization of the area and the failure to protect sedentary people from the attack of the nomads. As a result the Sudanese government and the Janjaweed militia attacked hundreds of villages throughout Darfur.