Today in Sudan

Why the US and UN has Forsaken Darfur.: March 2008 marked the fifth anniversary of two unresolved Middle Eastern tragedies. The US invasion of Iraq has claimed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives, destroyed the little infrastructure that still remained in 2003 and created immense groundswell of Arab disgust at the manner the US has projected its military power into Iraq. The moral position of the US today in the Middle East is probably at its lowest ebb since the end of World War 2. Much has been written about Iraq and the US since 2003. Why the US and UN has Forsaken Darfur.
Couragous Love: Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, chronicles the ninety-one days that Immaculee Llibagiza and six other women spent stuffed into a three-by-four foot bathroom while almost one million of their fellow citizens were being tortured and killed. Placed in this refuge by a caring, brave pastor, they were instructed clearly and simply to remain completely silent, or they would be discovered and die. What is most chilling about this story is the author’s realization that the people seeking her death were not strangers, but people well-known to her and her family. Ms. Llibagiza writes that, There were many killers. I could see them in my mind: my former friends and neighbors, who had always greeted me with love and kindness, moving through the house with spears and machetes and calling my name. ‘I have killed 399 cockroaches,’ they chanted, ‘Immaculee will make 400. That is a good number to kill.’ Couragous Love
War in the South Sudan may be inevitable, Ellen Ratner says: Ellen Ratner, calling in from Dubai after leaving Southern Darfur, says the whole issue is slavery. The government of Sudan refuses to call it slavery, and instead calls the “abductees.” Slavery is illegal in Sudan, Ellen says, as there is a law passed by the British. However, there is no punishment for slavery and no mechanism to punish slave-holders. There’s been a group that brings back these “abductees,” she says, but they ... War in the South Sudan may be inevitable, Ellen Ratner says
Crisis in Darfur: As part of our film study of ‘Schindler’s List’ we have discussed examples of genocide. One that many of you have mentioned is the present situation in Darfur. As not everyone is aware of the problems in Darfur I have added this overview which was taken from the ‘Responding to Genocide’ website. Since early 2003, Sudanese government soldiers and their proxy militia, known as the Janjaweed, have fought rebel groups in the western region of Darfur. Initially, the government strategy largely involved systematic assaults against civilians from the same ethnic groups as the rebel forces. The targeted victims have been mostly from the Fur, Zaghawa, and Masaalit ethnic groups. Crisis in Darfur

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