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Over the past seven weeks, Syria has been locked in a cycle of protest and suppression that had lead to an estimated 1,000 deaths.

The suppression of anti-government demonstrators across Syria continues apace. Earlier this week, Syrian human rights organizations reported that at least 1,000 civilians have died during the nine-weeks of government violence.   

Over the weekend, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) troops undertook a comprehensive offensive, which resulted in the capture of Abyei town by northern troops. Due to Abyei’s status as a flashpoint for renewed conflict between north and south Sudan, this weekend’s attacks significantly raise the potential for wider fighting between the SAF and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)

On Tuesday, the UN Special Envoy to Libya announced that since violence began in mid-February over 665,000 people have fled Libya as a result of attacks by pro-Qaddafi troops on cities and villages throughout the country and continued fighting between pro- and anti-Qaddafi forces.

Over the last month, the situation in Côte d’Ivoire has changed drastically.  With the assistance of UN peacekeepers, forces backing internationally-recognized President Alassane Ouattara 

At noon tomorrow (January 27), the Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide Intervention Network and the Enough Project will host a joint conference call on Sudan.  The call will be focused on the recent southern Sudanese referendum and feature Enough’s Laura Heaton, Save Darfur’s Daniel Sullivan and Human Rights Watch’s Jehanne Henry.

GI-NET/SDC is closely watching the developing situation in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), which has deteriorated since we last spoke of it on Friday. We are particularly concerned with the growing reports of civilians being violently targeted across the country.