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Want to learn more about the conflict in Darfur, Sudan? Follow the links below.
Darfur: A Genocide We Can Stop: Compilation of historical news and information, political action sites and
resources. Songs and poetry. Author also maintains David Morse's Darfur sitesite.
David Morse on Darfur:
".... I now better understand Darfur in the context of the North-South civil war.
This may be the only way Darfur can really be understood - as part of a genocide that has been going on for
more than twenty years, in which the primary weapon has always been starvation. Starvation is the specter
haunting the 2.5 million displaced people of Darfur right now, as the Sudan government bombs villages,
and as militias and rebels attack aid convoys, forcing international agencies to withdraw personnel.
This is why I recommend such sources as "War and Faith in Sudan" to anyone who wants to understand Darfur
in the context of the larger genocide that has been going on for more than twenty years, as the ruling
Islamist government in Khartoum tries to Arabize the whole of Sudan. cite: david-morse.com/darfur/
Rebuilding Hope
Gabriel Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol (The Lost Boys of Sudan) fled Sudan as children when their villages,
were attacked. Pulitzer Center grant recipients Jen Marlowe and David Morse return to Sudan with these
"lost boys" as they discover the fate of their families, establish a school, help a clinic, and discuss with
the Southern Sudanese people their own thoughts, hopes, and fears for the future.
Their reporting will explore the connections between the conflict in South Sudan and in other parts of the
country, including Darfur, probing larger questions of identity and ethnicity.
See written & video journal of their trip, Rebuilding Hope.
Additional information from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting about Jen Marlowe and David Morse
and their reporting in South Sudan.
The Darfur Diaries
In October, 2004 three activists snuck across the Sudanese border into rebel-held territory to document
the atrocities in Darfur. They returned with some of the first footage exposing the massive war crimes
being perpetrated by the Sudanese government.
"After decades of oppression, marginalization and increasing violence at the hands of the Sudanese government, the Sudanese Liberation Army in Darfur (the western region of Sudan) took up arms in 2003. The government and allied militias, known as Janjaweed, answered the rebellion with large-scale murder of civilians, mass rapes of women and girls, and destruction of villages—resulting in one of the world’s largest current political and humanitarian crises."
"Over 400,000 civilians have died since 2003. Over 2 million people have been displaced inside Darfur or have become refugees outside Darfur. Thousands of villages in Darfur have been burned to the ground." cite: darfurdiaries.org
"Never again" - Call to Conscience Sparks partnership with Solar Cookers International and KoZon"Over 400,000 civilians have died since 2003. Over 2 million people have been displaced inside Darfur or have become refugees outside Darfur. Thousands of villages in Darfur have been burned to the ground." cite: darfurdiaries.org
Hoping to help the women & girls in the Darfur refugees camps -- who are often raped as they go hunting for firewood to heat the food donated by relief organizations -- returning to the camps beaten, bloody and shamed -- the Jewish World Watch has begun
raising money to provide solar cookers for a 20,000-person camp.
The cooker project is meant to see to it that women no longer have to forage for wood and make themselves vulnerable to attack.
Jewish World Watch is working in partnership with Solar Cookers International and KoZon ("cooking with the sun") and their
Iridimi refugee camp project in Chad in collaboration with CARE International.