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The Ahueni Foundation, Tanzania

In Dar es Salaam the Global Day for Darfur was marked by a walk and vigil organized by the Ahueni Foundation.

Registered participants were given a leaflet with the background of the Darfur crisis and a t-shirt with the Global day for Darfur logo. Neema Siwingwa, Ahueni Foundation Director, led the participants with chants of “Don’t Look Away Now; Protect Darfur!”. Surrounded by local police and media fleets, participants looked united in matching t-shirts with some carrying picket boards reading “PROTECT DARFUR”, “UN TROOPS TO DARFUR NOW!”

At the Askari Monument, Suzyo Gwebe-Nyirenda read out a short background of the history of the Global Day for Darfur. Media television channels seized this opportunity to interview some of the spectators, participants and event organizers before the last leg of the walk commenced.

An hour after the start of the walk, participants entered the gates of the Gymkhana football grounds where they were welcomed by participants who had missed the walk and traditional North African music. Here, Neema Siwingwa spoke to onlookers about the Darfur conflict and the significance of the day. Special guest from the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI), Dr. Yitiha Simbeye, spoke about the work of the Darfur Consortium, the international coalition and current developments in the peace process. This was followed by a reading of the names of famous African activists in support of the peace process, as well as female activists across the globe – at the end of this reading, the presenter, Hilda-Katie Nyirenda, inquired of the audience, “If they are, so why aren’t you?”.

The day was concluded by a candlelight vigil led by Suzyo Gwebe-Nyirenda and a 5-minute silence.

1 TOGO SANS ETHNIES

Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Center for Justice and Peace Studies

Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Coalition for Darfur

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conscience International

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Leaders Network (DLN)

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

East Africa Law Society

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Forum of African Affairs (FOAA)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)