Avery✿ said 9 years, 11 months ago:

Women and children pulled from schools and hospitals and killed by the roadside, hate propaganda filling the airwaves – Rwanda 20 years ago? This is happening right now in South Sudan, and we have the power to help stop it.

Two men are to blame: President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar. Locked in a bitter power struggle, both are cynically stoking tensions between ethnic groups that have lived peacefully together for decades. Both men have assets and family abroad. If we hit Kiir and Machar where it hurts — their wallets — we can stop this nightmare from spiraling into genocide.

With peace talks slowly resuming, the US and France are calling on the UN Security Council to impose sanctions and deploy more peacekeepers to protect civilians. Russia may try to block action, but even China doesn’t want to see this oil-rich nation slide into chaos. So it’s winnable – if we act fast. Let’s flood key leaders with 1 million voices urging them to pass sanctions and deploy a stronger mission to protect the people of South Sudan.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ceasefire_in_south_sudan_rest_cp/?slideshow