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HOT TOPIC: Crisis in Sudan Darfur GenocideDarfur/Sudan – genocide on a massive scaleFrom the Save Darfur Coalition: “The emergency in Sudan’s western region of Darfur presents the starkest challenge to the world since the Rwanda genocide in 1994. A government-backed Arab militia known as ‘Janjaweed’ has been engaging in campaigns to displace and wipe out communities of African tribal farmers. “Villages have been razed, women and girls are systematically raped and branded, men and boys murdered, and food and water supplies targeted and destroyed. Government aerial bombardments support the ‘Janjaweed’ by hurling explosives as well as barrels of nails, car chassis and old appliances from planes to crush people and property. Tens of thousands have died. Well over a million people have been driven from their homes, and only in the past few weeks have humanitarian agencies gained limited access to some of the affected region. “Mukesh Kapila, the former United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, said on March 19, 2004 that the violence in Darfur is ‘more than a conflict, it's an organized attempt to do away with one set of people.’ The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has issued its first ever genocide emergency. John Prendergast of International Crisis Group warns, - We have not yet hit the apex of the crisis.” “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) estimates that 350,000 people or more could die in the coming months. Ongoing assessments by independent organizations such as Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) suggest that USAID’s estimate may be conservative. If aid is denied or unavailable, as many as a million people could perish. “Lives are hanging in the balance on a massive scale.” ____________________________________________________________________________ The editors of Accountability-Central believe that the events in Darfur need to be kept in focus --- there must be an end to this tragedy that is occurring each and every day. There must be a return to accountability on the part of Sudan’s Government. This section will focus on news and commentary and background research including lists of those organizations that are working to provide direct aid to the people of Darfur; those lobbing the UN for action; and others that are applying economic and shareholder pressure to those companies and corporations that are doing business in Sudan or supporting the government that is allegedly behind these terrible atrocities. There is a strong measure of “corporate and institutional accountability” in these tragic events.
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Latest on Crisis in Sudan Darfur GenocideMarch 17, 2010 Myths and Reality in DarfurSource:The Huffington PostDespite my best efforts, there is still plenty of guff being written about Sudan and Darfur. Some is written through simple ignorance. Never has so much been written about a place by so many people who have never been there. At... March 16, 2010 Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War by Rob Crilly: reviewSource:Telegraph.co.ukWhen the journalist Rob Crilly first arrived in east Africa in 2005, the only story his editors really wanted was Darfur. The United Nations estimates that 300,000 villagers in the vast, impoverished region of western Sudan were... March 15, 2010 Genocide evidence must not be lost in DarfurSource:The East AfricanMost governments don’t acknowledge it. The Sudanese president dismisses it. Darfurians demand that it be recognised. Academics, activists, and lawyers dispute whether it is still occurring or whether it occurred at all.... March 10, 2010 Sudan Needs Quick Darfur Peace Ahead of Elections, U.S. SaysSource:BusinessWeekTime is running out for negotiators to deliver a peace agreement in Sudan’s western Darfur region before next month’s general elections and a 2011 referendum on independence for the oil-producing south, a top U.S. envoy said. March 8, 2010 April Elections in Sudan: Democracy or Dictator's GrammySource:Salem-News.comSudan is expected to participate in the country’s first elections; some say the first in 24 years, many Sudanese declare the first EVER. To pronounce these elections free and fair is as far from humorous as it is from reality.... March 5, 2010 Sudanese Opposition Parties Protest Election Commission ‘Bias’Source:BusinessWeekSudan’s main opposition parties staged a rally today to protest what they called “bias” by the National Elections Commission in favor of the ruling party before the first multiparty elections in 24 years next month. March 3, 2010 Phony Peace And Real WarSource:StrategyPage.comThe U.S. government is concerned about Sudanese troops continuing to conduct offensive operations in Darfur. The U.S. protests have been sharply worded. Sudanese forces are attacking the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdel Wahid... March 2, 2010 An uneasy peace in a forgotten warSource:The Star.comOnce a cause célèbre, Darfur is yesterday's genocide. Overshadowed by misery in Haiti and strife in Afghanistan, Sudan can't compete in a world wearied by disaster fatigue March 1, 2010 Hundreds feared dead in Darfur clashes -- U.N.Source:Reuters - UKKHARTOUM - Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in the turbulent Darfur region, a U.N. source told Reuters on Monday. A spokesman for Sudan's army denied any... February 26, 2010 Darfur ceasefire another ill-fated pledge?Source:Toronto StarDarfur has been Africa's running sore for the last decade. So news of a provisional peace deal between Sudan's government and a major rebel group has been hailed as the best chance to stop the pain |
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