Crisis in the Sudan: The Darfur Genocide
Wednesday May 10, 2006
Category: International Human Rights
Even though the conflict in the Sudan has already claimed over 100 times as many victims as the September 11th attacks, the U.S. news media has said relatively little about it. Perhaps this is because of the relative poverty of the region, and its subsequent marginalization from global culture. Perhaps this is because American newsmakers, desensitized from decades of reports documenting starvation, disease, and regional conflict, have become dangerously blasé about the lives of Africans. Or perhaps this is because the conflict is so difficult to comprehend. Is it genocide, targeting non-Arab Sudanese? Is it primarily a religious conflict? A cultural conflict? What is being done, and what can be done, to help its victims?
My colleague Jen Brea has put together a comprehensive, easy-to-follow primer explaining exactly what is going on, what the international community is trying to do to resolve the situation, and how you can help.
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Even though the conflict in the Sudan has already claimed over 100 times as many victims as the September 11th attacks, the U.S. news media has said relatively little about it. Perhaps this is because of the relative poverty of the region, and its subsequent marginalization from global culture. Perhaps this is because American newsmakers, desensitized from decades of reports documenting starvation, disease, and regional conflict, have become dangerously blasé about the lives of Africans. Or perhaps this is because the conflict is so difficult to comprehend. Is it genocide, targeting non-Arab Sudanese? Is it primarily a religious conflict? A cultural conflict? What is being done, and what can be done, to help its victims?
My colleague Jen Brea has put together a comprehensive, easy-to-follow primer explaining exactly what is going on, what the international community is trying to do to resolve the situation, and how you can help.
See also:
Comments
Hi, Tom,
Feel free to delete this comment as soon as you read it, because it is off-topic (and the genocide in Darfur is a serious issue).
But I hope you write something soon about the NSA’s latest. Just when I thought the government could go no farther in its not-court-approved invasion of privacy, along comes today’s story in USA today.
It was bad enough when the started tracking flights of ordinary citizens. But now every phone call?
That’s just outrageous.
It’s time for Congress to show some backbone!
Keep up the good work.
Thanks, chief! I appreciate the lead.
Cheers,
TH
I really agree to that. I really think that the situation there in Sudan is so serious that we cannot just leave them to solve their own problems. I know that it might not be good to be nosy and start involving yourself but I cannot stand the horrors of murder. I have been visiting The Emma Academy Project and they will be building a school in Leer, Sudan in honor of Emma McCune.