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Alex Carpenter on April 27, 2007 - 8:53pm.
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Rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Army play cards in a house in a deserted village in northern Darfur, May 2006. This branch of the SLA refused to sign the peace deal concluded in May between Sudan's government and another SLA faction, led by Minni Minnawi.
This weekend continues Global Days for Darfur.
ENOUGH, a top shelf coalition between the Center for American Progress and the International Crisis Group has researched info and action options on Darfur.
Every two months ENOUGH puts out a report on the crisis and what is being done. For April 2007, they write:
In the absence of tough punitive measures in support of a new peace agreement and the deployment of a more robust international civilian protection force, the outlook for Darfur remains bleak. The last month has seen continued violence against civilians, mounting displacement in Darfur and neighboring Chad, and increased attacks against the African Union peacekeepers in the region.
The Khartoum government continues to renege on previous promises to accept the joint United Nations/African Union “hybrid” force supported by the international community. It did accept an interim step that would allow a few thousand UN troops to deploy in support of the AU mission, but this falls far short of what is needed in Darfur.
Following the first accusations by the International Criminal Court against a senior government official and allied militia leader for atrocities in Darfur, the Sudanese regime refused to cooperate with the Court and the Minister of Interior threatened to “slit the throat” of anyone attempting to arrest government officials.
While the situation festers, Khartoum continues to get a free pass from the international community -- that is, until the Bush administration makes good on its "Plan B" threats, the European Union follows suit with long-threatened action, and the U.N. Security Council finally does the same.
Read more here.
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Mar 22nd, 2007
Commonwealth Club of California - San Francisco, CA
Jonathan Ledgard talks about today's Africa.
The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, genocide in Darfur and controversies over recent celebrity adoptions have brought Africa back into Western headlines, but the inner workings of the continent's politics are not widely known. Ledgard uses his decade of experience to shed light on current affairs in the region and to give an in-depth analysis from the inside.
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According to the Christian Post:
Activists and concerned citizens will sound the alarm this week for the third Global Days for Darfur to alert Americans of the genocide in western Sudan and press President Bush, Congress and the international community to take stronger, immediate actions to end the violence.
Some 345 events in 250 cities and 45 states will take place Apr. 23-29 varying in size and focus. From New York’s Wall Street to a small town high school, from Olympic speed skating gold medalist Joey Cheek to Darfuri refugees – many will join together this week to raise awareness, motivate American citizens and urge the U.S. government to take action.
Sojourners' Adam Taylor calls out: For God’s Sake, Save Darfur! End the Politics of Delay.
They have a Darfur toolkit for churches.
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Brothaz by Mr. Lif. Stop the violence.
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The best place to get involved is the Save Darfur coalition, "an alliance of over 170 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. The Coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur."
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