Author Mark Leon Goldberg

When the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Accord was signed by South Sudanese rebels and the central government, there were hopes that it could transform the political landscape of Khartoum. The CPA, as it is known, brought southern leaders into the central government in Khartoum and mandated the country’s first national elections in twenty years.

Ban Ki Moon visited Pakistan over the weekend.  The normally soft spoken Sec Gen tried to rouse the international community into action: 

As of this morning, the UN has received about 20% of its $459 million flash appeal. But it does seem as if funds are coming in at a rapid clip.  Norway announced it is giving $16 million to UN -led relief efforts. The Netherlands announced a 2 million euro pledge.  Meanwhile Ban Ki Moon and John Kerry--who shephearded multi-billlion dollar aid package through congress last year.

Earlier today, our friends at Nothing But Nets hosted an Facebook "townhall" event featuring the actress Mandy Moore, who will be delivering anti-Malaria bed nets to the Central African Republic.

The UN's top humanitarian official John Holmes is interviewed on PBS Newshour about the Pakistan Floods."The scale of this we are only beginning to understand now"

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched a $459.7 million flash appeal for Pakistan.

I speak with Stephanie Bunker of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs about the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan. 

A country that is at the center of US foreign policy is experiencing a calamity the likes of which it has never seen. So why in the world is there nary a mention of the Pakistan floods on the homepages of both the New York Times and Washington Post?  There is nothing above the fold on the homepage, no mention below the fold and not even a link in the lower headline boxes:

Friend of Dispatch Adrianna Logalbo of  Nothing but Nets send along this dispatch from Senegal:

Last Friday the Nothing But Nets campaign did something we have never done before. We took 20 NBA and WNBA players, coaches, and Legends, to kick off a distribution of 20,000 life-saving bed nets in the town of Rufisque, Senegal – a small town outside the capital, Dakar.