Darfur
The US is helping the ICC investigate war crimes in Sudan, diplomat says
Roughly 10 million people have been displaced and about 15,000 civilians have been killed due to fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. The ICC has been investigating current ongoing atrocities using a UN Security Council resolution from 2005. The World’s host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Beth Van Schaack, the US ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, about the situation.
Doctors become targets in Sudan’s forgotten wars
War is very much a part of daily life in Sudan, with several marginalized minorities in revolt against the government in Khartoum. And while these wars may be forgotten by the wider world, aid groups like Doctors Without Borders are on the ground — and sometimes targeted for attacks.
A novice humanitarian aid worker confronts mayhem in the field
Imagine you’re 27 years old, and assigned to one of your first humanitarian aid missions. You land in Darfur and find yourself in charge of a camp of some 24,000 desperate Sudanese, many fleeing violence and literally knocking down the doors of your home base. That’s just the opener in Jessica Alexander’s new memoir: Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid.
Boston University Students Raise Money for Clean Water Wells in Darfur
Darfur has been embroiled in conflict since 2003. One impact of the fighting is that refugees often don’t have access to clean drinking water. A group of college students in Boston has been raising money to build deepwater wells to supply cleaner water.
