Crisis in Sudan
As the Arab Janjawid armed militias continue to destroy village after village in Darfur, a region of western Sudan, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) congregate in camps away from the violence. The IDPs, who have either had their villages burned down or fear that their villages will be next have fled ahead of the militias, as local and governmental authorities pressure them to return home. With a severe man-made famine looming, humanitarian organizations in the area and the U.N. are saying that they are desperately in need of relief assistance. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will soon make a trip to the region in order to lobby the Sudanese government for freer access throughout the region. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that the U.S. government is also looking into whether the massive killings constitute “genocide.” Is the Sudanese government doing all that it can to prevent the killings? What will it take for the international community to come together and quickly resolve this dangerously escalating situation? http://www.fpa.org/newsletter_info2482/newsletter_info.htm |