Trump signs Elie Wiesel Act into law

U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law vital bipartisan legislation named for the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, the White House announced in a statement, on Jan. 15 – days before Holocaust Remembrance Day. The ELIE WIESEL GENOCIDE AND ATROCITY PREVENTION ACT (GAPA), approved unanimously by the Senate in December has been a cornerstone…

Sudan protests: Calls for bread evolve into civil rights revolution, reach Darfur

Sudan has been roiled by protests and concomitant violence since mid-December.  What began as popular disapproval over steep hikes in bread prices, which tripled overnight due to a government cut of a vital bread subsidy, has now metamorphosed into growing anti-government rallies demanding President Omar al-Bashir’s resignation.   The protests have spread to engulf towns and…

Congo has a new president: Will Tshisekedi bring much needed change or will things stay the same?

At around 3 a.m., Jan. 10,  in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following numerous delays, Congo’s electoral commission finally declared Felix Tshisekedi the victor in the country’s contentious presidential election.  While the declaration of a winner who is not Joseph Kabila – the dictatorial kleptocrat who has been president for the past 18 years…