Landing Page: George Clooney and the Game-Changing Satellite in Sudan

A satellite in the contested Abyei region caught images of a village being burned down last week. John Avlon on how the new technology will force the world to pay attention, even though they may not care.

John Avlon

Published Mar. 12 2011 11:17AM EST

articles/2011/03/12/landing-page-george-clooney-and-the-game-changing-satellite-in-sudan/avlon-sudan-1_165718_tsu6ao — A satellite image of the village of Maker Abior in the Abyei region of Sudan shows approximately 20 civilian infrastructures burned. (Photo: Satellite Sentinel Project, MCT / Landov),

Three villages have been burned to the ground in the last two weeks.

More than a hundred individuals have been murdered.

And 20,000 people are now refugees.

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All in the oil-rich region of Abyei, along the still-contested border between North and South Sudan.

John Avlon

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Landing Page: George Clooney and the Game-Changing Satellite in Sudan

A satellite in the contested Abyei region caught images of a village being burned down last week. John Avlon on how the new technology will force the world to pay attention, even though they may not care.

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John Avlon