Chris Murphy: “When you are pulling parents away from school bus stops, when you are intentionally traumatizing kids, when you are…”

The war in Sudan is now into its fourth year. A straight renewal of the UN Security Council Resolution on Sudan that maintains the status quo will not bring an end to the unimaginable violence and devastation that has affected millions of…

If you know in your heart that it is corrupt, that it is wrong, then you should say something about it. Because, the war might be continuing, not just because of incompetence, but because the president has found a way to make money.

Gold is not the only natural resource being exploited to fund the war... revenue tied to gum arabic production is small relative to gold, but profits from its sale and control over of trade networks now help sustain the conflict.

Restrictions meant to disrupt transactions at the point of sale must be combined with a coordinated effort to restrict access to the precursor chemicals that enable unregulated gold extraction in the first place.