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Rebels Reject Draft of Darfur Peace Deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
Under pressure from the United States, rebels in Sudan's Darfur region agreed to continue negotiations with the government after rejecting a peace proposal that would end a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people.
Mon, 01 May 2006 11:16:38 GMT | Peace eludes Darfur, even as global support rises (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
How to stop genocide? Sunday, on Washington's National Mall, actor George Clooney and other stars of Hollywood, politics, sports and religion led a rally aimed at doing just that in Darfur, a large, godforsaken region in the African country of Sudan.
Mon, 01 May 2006 11:14:27 GMT |
Darfur peace deadline extended (CNN.com)
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Mediators from the African Union (AU) agreed in the early hours of Monday to give the warring parties from Sudan's Darfur region an extra 48 hours to strike a peace deal after a midnight deadline expired.
Mon, 01 May 2006 09:21:42 GMT | Protests in US cities seek to "Save Darfur Now" (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tens of thousands of demonstrators, led by lawmakers and Hollywood star George Clooney, descended on Washington and other US cities to demand an end to the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.
Mon, 01 May 2006 08:06:46 GMT |
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Key Facts about the Genocide in Darfur, Sudan
 In response to conflict with Darfurian rebel groups in February 2003, the Sudanese government, working with Arab militias called 'Janjaweed', began sponsoring wholesale ethnic cleansing of black Darfurians, almost all of whom had NO affiliation with the rebel groups.
Since February of 2003, 400,000 Darfurian civilians have been murdered.
Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced due to violence, and over 3 million people are now hungry and face constant threats of rape, assault, and death.
On July 23, 2004, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives unanimously adopted a joint resolution declaring the atrocities in Darfur to be genocide.
On September 9, 2004, then-Secretary of State Collin Powell, said, "...we concluded, I concluded, that genocide has been committed in Darfur."
President Bush has repeatedly referred to the situation in Darfur as genocide.
Reports by the UN, human rights groups, and US State Department officials affirm that atrocities continue to be committed, more than two years after the genocide began.
Links
www.savedarfur.org
www.genocideinterventionfund.org
www.sudanreeves.org
www.sudandivestment.com
www.sudanactivism.com
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