US Urges Saudi Arabia to Identify Killers of Ethiopian Migrants

 The Washington Post published on 31 August 2023 an article titled "U.S. Presses Saudi Arabia on Reported Migrant Massacres" by Missy Ryan, Sarah Dadouch, John Hudson, and Karen DeYoung.  

The Biden administration is pressing the government of Saudi Arabia to identify the military units along the Yemen/Saudi border alleged by Human Rights Watch to have killed Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who were trying to enter the country.  The United States has trained the maritime division of the Saudi border guards and the kingdom is the single largest customer for foreign military sales.  

South Sudan and Darfur

Foreign Affairs published on 1 May 2014 an eclectic piece titled "Out for Gold and Blood in Sudan" by Jerome Tubiana, analyst for Sudan and South Sudan.  The article offers especially useful information on the Sudan government sponsored Haras-al-Hodud or border guard in Darfur.  Concerning Darfur, Tubiana concludes that "it would be reductive to simply blame the government's militia strategy.  There is plenty of blame to go around.  The government, the rebels, and all the other players need to work together to stop the violence in all Sudan's peripheries."

Tubiana also gave an interview titled "Soudan du Sud" in French to Channel Africa dated 25 April 2014 on the difficulties of the  South Sudan peace process and the consequences of the war on South Sudan.