One more thing, a suggestion: maybe someone should switch to the news source the Sudan Tribune, it has instant updates across the top like a news channel, and it is obviously a source that is coming from within the conflict itself which could make for an interesting perspective. If not, maybe we could all just check it out once in a while if we need extra news peices or confirmation of something...do what it what you will.

Here are two great quotes that relate to both the philosophy behind the concepts we have been studying, and also the conflict in Darfur. Just thought Id throw it out.

Abdel Magid Dosa, coordinator and legal consultant of the Sudan National Movement for Reformation and Development, said: "We are serious about being here; we are all aware that war is not in man's nature, rather it is peace that is the nature of man.

Ibrahim Abdallah, a representative of the Justice and Equality Movement faction led by Idriss Ibrahim Azraq, broke ranks with the others, saying the "right to self-determination is the final solution" for the Darfur crisis.

This is a phenom article, it gives background history of Darfur, updates on the current peace talks, an analysis of deeper causes and specific information in a very concise fashion. I highly reccormend it

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75059

CNN

CNN’s reporting on Darfur has increased. They have covered the peace talks between the rebels and the Sudanese government closely. One article, entitled “Rebel Absence Delays Darfur Talks,” refers to the current struggles of the rebels to maintain to the ceasefires that are called. But, I feel like of the articles that I read, none of the articles talk about the people or the problems. CNN does a good job including the political issues, but they do a poor job of discussing the issues between the people. They only briefly mention that the people have an issue with the Muslim leaders of the country. But, they do include good information from people international sources. They include links to different stories about Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and other international leaders and their beliefs about the actions in Darfur.

But, I feel like they also exclude the UN’s response. And that leads me to my question from CNN’s reporting. Do they want people to question the UN’s interaction or are they afraid to report on it. I know it’s complicated, but it needs to be addressed. Furthermore, if they make the lack of response from the UN knowledgeable, wouldn’t that force people, especially governmental leaders to deal with them?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/04/darfur.cartertutu.ap/index.html

Darfur relief

what i have been asking myself over the past week or so is what can anyone do about Darfur. Personally i believe that the U.N should be doing the most intervention. Although i believe the U.N should intervene somehow i dont know what they should do. After reading an article from my news source The Australian, i found that U.N has taken some action in Darfur. In August of this past summer, they said they would send in around 26,000 hybrid United Nations and the African Union troops to Darfur in order to seize fire. I think this is a major step in the right direction. I do not know if they actually sent the troops but am interested to see if they are going to or have already. I think the U.N understands the amount of corruption in Darfur and is really focusing in on this human rights situation.

This is an interesting article on Darfur and it's PR (in facebook at least) from Newsweek. I am having trouble finding recent articles on Darfur that are strait fact. heres the link:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/62168

The Congo

I know that Goodwin has the New York Times as his source but I thought that thi article was very interesting and so I had to post about it. Yesterday's paper had an article about the Congo and how the Genocide that has happened in Rawanda has spiled over into the Congo and many of the Hutu rebels are now reacking havok in the Congo. Just recently the Congo national army said that they would kill any opposition that they have. They gave the rebels an ultimatum and told them to turn in their weapons and join the national army. This I thought was a step in the right direction because it shows the country of Congo taking the initiative to take control of th problem and end it. This type of action I think is very affective and it was proven to be so because many of the rebles have now put down there weapons and there are strides for creating peace in what is now a killing zone.

IRIN

If anyone wants a rediculous amount of information I would love some help sorting through mine. I searched Darfur, and it came up with 1,674 reports that either have Darfur in the text or are directly related to it. It is also set up interestingly, in that it has a section for each continent. So you can just click on the sidebar link that says Asia, or Africa, and it will take you to the current news about that continent. oh my site is IRIN (irinnews.org)

Finally!

Alrighty, So i found this web page very helpful, you're sites might also have similar background but if i doesn't definitely check this out!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/820864.stm

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Anyway, I went onto www.newsweek.com and i found very little about Darfur. The most recent articles were written on the 22, and had little to do with Darfur (it was just mentioned briefly). The article that i thought realted to the class most was this one: http://www.newsweek.com/id/43336 because it had to do with education and schools which we touched on.

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Human Rights Media Watch

These are the news sources being tracked by the Human Rights class:
Sam – Washington Post
Chris –
Anna – Al Jazeera
Isabel – Times of London
Nick –
Goodwin – New York Times
Devin – IRIN
Phoebe – BBC
Brian – Common Dreams
Hannah – Int’l Herald Tribune
Jane – Newsweek
Beau – The Australian
Leisy – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Will – Sky News
Wojo – Time Magazine
Molly – Boston Globe

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