Jul 23rd, 2005 · Sudan's government remains in power despite international sanctions, regional isolation and worldwide condemnation for the refugee crisis in Darfur. Ted Dagne, an Africa specialist at the Congressional Research Service, tells Scott Simon that a combination of deadly force against enemies and charm towards critics keeps the regime in power.
Jul 21st, 2005 · U.S. transport planes will soon begin airlifting Rwandan troops to serve as African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
Jul 21st, 2005 · Sudan apologizes to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice over scuffles that broke out between Sudanese security and members of Rice's delegation. Earlier, Rice pushed to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Rice arrives in Israel Thursday, ending her brief African tour.
Jul 21st, 2005 · Secretary of State Condoleezza is in Sudan as part of a three-day tour of Africa, and plans to tour a refugee camp in Darfur. Rice is expected to press for action to end the massacres and other violence that have displaced more than 2 million people.
Jul 11th, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the lessons of Srebrenica. Many blame inaction by U.N. peacekeepers for the massacre that took place in a designated U.N. safe area in 1995. Mead says Srebrenica and current situations like Darfur suggest the world doesn't learn lessons from genocides.
Jun 7th, 2005 · Melissa Block talks with Nicholas Kristof, a columnist for the New York Times, about his recent trip to Darfur, in western Sudan. Kristof tells the story of one woman who was gang-raped by eight men. After her husband was killed, she marched across the desert with her five children to seek shelter in a refugee camp. Her youngest child later died.
Jun 1st, 2005 · Melissa Block talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer about NATO's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also discuss NATO's plans to provide logistical support to the African Union in Darfur, Sudan.
Mar 22nd, 2005 · U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has accused Sudan's government of doing little to stop attacks on civilians by militias in Darfur, where millions have become refugees. Former U.S. Marine Capt. Brian Stiedle says he witnessed atrocities first-hand in Sudan -- and he took pictures.