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Emmanuel Jal is a Sudanese musician and former child soldier. We know him since the release of his third album Warchild two years ago and we are following him on Twitter @EmmanuelJAL. If you don’t know him already, his quick bio on Twitter already tells a lot: ‘I do not know how to start or end this bio,but just to put it short, I am an ex child soldier turned into a recording artist.’ Emmanuel Jal is a great singer and he is also an ...

Today we want to share with you our ‘Favorites Tweets’ @CIVICUSalliance. Last year, Max Dana mentioned their amazing work in her post: Darfur, Congo, Burma: is ‘good will’ enough?, and in May we published an article about CIVICUS 2010 World Assembly in Montreal -Register now! in which we mentioned the connection between Max Dana and CIVICUS: the artwork from the  ‘60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary’ Initiative launched by Max in ...

Save the children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. We follow the organization on Twitter for a while and we mentioned it several times on the Sama Gazette : Mother’s Day: Gifts, articles and mothers over the world; This is World Kids Coloring Day!; Valentine’s Day: (RED)Kisses & products, eCards… Today we decided to share with you our Favorites ...

We are serious people at the Sama Gazette, but we are also proud members of the Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society. We like good food, good atmosphere and joie de vivre. Today, this Twitter Sunday is about French Chef Ludo Lefebvre. A pretty girl named Amélie, who ate at his restaurant, told us about him and his fabulous cuisine. Since then we follow @chefludo on Twitter and his tweets have the power to cheer us up! About Chef Ludo Lefebvre (read more on ...

Last week Amnesty International celebrated its 40th anniversary. This is why we decided to honor the organization and dedicate this Twitter Sunday to @AmnestyOnline. Amnesty International holds a special place for us because the organization (represented by Geneviève Garrigos, President of Amnesty International France – AIF) signed the “60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary” Initiative launched by Max Dana on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of ...

There are many artists we didn’t know before Max Dana told us. We are not going to mention them all, but American artist Tristan Eaton is one of them. We are following him for several months on Twitter @tristaneaton and we more and more appreciate his work. He’s working on a new exhibition and he shares on Twitter his sketches, paintings and some murals he’s working on. And now, we share them with you! Here are our Favorites Tweets ...

Last week, we published a special post on the occasion of Mother’s Day but our weekly Twitter Sunday rendezvous is coming back today with a selection of our Favorites Tweets @PixelProject. Pixel Project bio on Twitter is the following: ‘Raising global awareness & US$1 mil for the VAW cause in a global recession, 21st century style. It’s time to stop violence against women. Together.’ The global project was launched in Januray ...

For this new Twitter Sunday, we wanted to share with you our Favorites Tweets from an American singer some venerate as a God (yes, some people do, we have seen them), Mister Tom Waits. His music is often defined as experimental, but also rock and jazz. His personality is what makes his music and almost everything he does very different from what we are used to see and hear. And that is why we like him so much. Here are our Favorites Tweets @tomwaits! ...

Last week, our Twitter Sunday was dedicated to the Save Darfur Coalition (follow the organization @SaveDarfur). Today’s Twitter Sunday is on a lighter note: we chose to share with you our Favorites Tweets @stephenfry. Stephen Fry is a British actor, writer, journalist, comedian, television presenter and film director, and his Twitter bio describes him as British Actor, Writer, Lord of Dance, Prince of Swimwear & Blogger. Stephen Fry is a great ...

As you may already know, Sudan’s first multi-party elections in 24 years are taking place this month. But everything is not going right, as you can read the different reports concerning the elections on many news websites (read our previous Friday Digests to learn more). So today we want to catch your attention about this situation and share with you the recent tweets published on the Save Darfur Coalition twitter account @SaveDarfur. ...