Word: darfur
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Throw the money away...I mean, give your money to orphans in Darfur. It’s sure to get there. Really. It’ll make a lot of difference...
With talks to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur dragging on for months, why have Western negotiators recently started pushing so hard to to make warring factions strike a peace deal? Perhaps because of the very real possibility that unless a deal is agreed to soon - in the next few days - the violence in Darfur will grow into a full-blown regional conflict, sucking in countries such as Chad and the Central African Republic. And if that were to happen, Western powers and the United Nations know pressure for international intervention will only grow...
...Over the past three years, the conflict in Darfur has displaced more than 2 million people and killed tens of thousands - perhaps more than 200,000. But in the past year the fighting, which originally pitted black African tribesmen against Sudan's government in Khartoum and its vicious Janjaweed militia proxies, has metastasized...
...break the deadlock - have extended the talks twice. The latest deadline is midnight on Thursday. Sudan's government has agreed to sign the peace plan, but rebel groups are holding out for assurances that the government-sponsored Janjaweed militias, responsible for much of the bloodshed in Darfur, will be disarmed. Rebels also want to share governance of Darfur, a demand the government in Khartoum sees as an unacceptable step towards autonomy and secession...
Elizabeth B. Hadaway ’09, informed of the protest through a message sent across the Harvard Darfur Action Group e-mail list, was one of those taking part. “Because it’s the anniversary, this is a good moment to solemnly take a stand,” Hadaway said. “I feel like something should be done, and at least I’m doing this...