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The Search for Solutions in Darfur
In Sudan's Darfur province, a reported 450,000 people have been killed in the past four years and two million are now homeless refugees. Last week, saying that "the brutal treatment of innocent civilians in Darfur is unacceptable," President Bush announced a package of sanctions against the Sudanese government, led by President Omar…
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIn Sudan's Darfur province, a reported 450,000 people have been killed in the past four years and two million are now homeless refugees.Last week, saying that "the brutal treatment of innocent civilians in Darfur is unacceptable," President Bush announced a package of sanctions against the Sudanese government, led by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.Then he pulled back--at the request of the new Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, who asked for more time for diplomacy.Meantime, Darfur's humanitarian crisis continues.The US has used the term "genocide," but others contend that ignores the root causes of a conflict that goes beyond ethnicity and culture.Are more peacekeepers needed?Is there any real peace to keep?What does climate change have to do with it?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Dan Konecky
Producer, To the Point
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Larry Rossin
Senior International Coordinator, Save Darfur Coalition
Evelyn Leopold
Contributor, Huffington Post
Stephen W. Smith
Duke University
The full episode
2 of 3Darfur: The Search for Solutions- 1:37Pat Tillman's Brother Accuses Military of 'Intentional Falsehoods'
- 7:42The Search for Solutions in DarfurYou’re reading this
- 43:25Rove under Investigation by Office of Special Counsel