Africa Action: Campaign to Stop Genocide in Darfur

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Campaign to Stop Genocide in Darfur

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Campaign to Stop Genocide in Darfur

Africa Action is engaged in advocacy and activism to stop the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, where the Sudanese government has been waging a campaign of destruction against targeted African communities since 2003. More than 450,000 people have lost their lives and millions have been displaced, their livelihoods and villages destroyed by government forces and their proxy militias. Although the U.S. government has acknowledged this genocide, it has failed to take the necessary action to protect the people of Darfur. Africa Action is calling on President Bush to assert U.S. leadership in support of a multinational intervention to stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur. more >

What's New

One Year Into Peacekeeping Mandate, Still No Security for Darfur
July 30, 2008
"The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur known as UNAMID, authorized one year ago by the UN Security Council, requires much more international support to protect the people of Darfur..." Go >

ICC Prosecution of Bashir a Bold Step for Justice and Peace in Sudan
July 15, 2008
"Africa Action welcomes the ICC�s pursuit of charges of crimes against humanity against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. This is a step the rest of the international community should build on as an opportunity to impose consequences on those most responsible for genocide and a pressure point to promote civilian protection and fresh peace negotiations for Darfur..." Go >

June 25 Benefit Concert Event with Talib Kweli: Rock to Save Darfur
June 20, 2008
"On June 25, join Africa Action's Briggs Bomba as he emcees this special benefit concert event in New York with hip-hop star Talib Kweli, raising funds and awareness for Africa Action and other groups working for peace and human security in Darfur and throughout Sudan..." Go >

UN Security Council Special Session Acknowledges Failure to Protect People of Sudan
June 18, 2008
"Following the UN Security Council's U.S.-led meeting on Darfur yesterday, Africa Action called for international action, not words, to end the 'genocide in slow motion'..." Go >

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It has been 1441 Days since the Bush Administration acknowledged that genocide is taking place in Darfur, and it has yet to take the urgent action necessary to stop the genocide. (September 9, 2004)

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	Since 2003, the government of Sudan has been waging a campaign of genocide against targeted African communities in Darfur.
	More than 450,000 people have died as a result of the genocide in Darfur.
	The growing violence has created a conflict-affected population of more than 4.5 million, according to estimates from the UN.
	Some 80,000 people were displaced due to violence in the first two months of 2007.
	Unless there is an urgent multinational intervention to protect the people of Darfur, the death toll will continue to rise dramatically in 2007.

*These figures are compiled from the reports of Eric Reeves (www.sudanreeves.org) and the Coalition for International Justice (www.cij.org), as of the end of 2005.