Save Darfur? Or Save Sudan?

NY Times columnist and Darfur advocate Nicholas Kristof recently published an article speaking of the “real danger of the North-South war in Sudan reviving, partly because Darfur has been allowed to fester and because there have been no real disincentives for President Bashir to engage in mass slaughter”.
Kristof fears that what has happened in Darfur [...]

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Kristof Discusses Rape

Nicholas Kristof’s latest op-ed discusses rape – a weapon of war which often outlasts the war itself.
Put simply by Kristof -
Even when the fighting ends, the rape continues.
Sexual violence plagues several areas ripped apart by war – Congo, Sudan, Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia – leaving a lasting impact on women, girls, men, boys, and children born out [...]

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Hope Remains at IDP Camp’s Obama School

After Barack Obama was elected US president in November, School No. 1 at the Djabal refugee camp in Chad was renamed the Obama School.
NY Times writer and Darfur advocate Nicholas Kristof recently visited Djabal, home to thousands who have fled the genocide in Sudan.
Regarding the Obama School, Kristof writes -
It’s a pathetic building of mud [...]

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Kristof and Clooney Together in Chad

NY Times writer Nicholas Kristof has traveled to a small Chadian town bordering Darfur, home to thousands who have been forced from their homes after fleeing genocide.
Kristof’s partner on his journey is George Clooney, famous actor and avid Darfur supporter.
What Kristof and Clooney found in the town of Dogdore is disheartening – desperation, fear, and an unanswered need [...]

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US Authorizes Airlift, Blasts Kristof, and Meets with Kiir

US President George Bush has ordered an airlift of much needed (and much delayed) equipment to the UN-African Union mission (UNAMID) trying to hold pieces together in Darfur.
According to US National Security advisor Stephen Hadley, the airlift will “help UNAMID directly protect civilian lives and improve the safe and effective delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid”.
Certainly [...]

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Omar Al-Bashir is “going to be indicted”

My favorite reporter, Nicholas Kristof appeared earlier today on Morning Joe at MSNBC.  He talked about his recent op-ed about the lack of iodine in the world’s food and water supply which results in “irreversible brain damage” for children.  Sudan and the current situation in Darfur came up as well.
And a bombshell from Mr. Kristof.
We [...]

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Words of Encouragement

I know how I feel about Darfur, but I always like to hear what others think. So I spent the last two hours sifting through quotes spoken by various individuals about the crisis. Here are a few I found worth sharing -
“The news media’s silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do [...]

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