Daily Darfur: Bashir Goes to Egypt, Darfuris Ignored Again

by Michelle . · 2009-03-26 04:00:00 UTC
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A friend in need is a friend indeed --- indicted war criminal, or otherwise.

The government of Egypt reiterated its support for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who paid a friendly visit to his neighbor yesterday:

"There is an Egyptian, Arab, African position that rejects the way the court has dealt with the status of the president of Sudan," Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt's foreign minister, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

It would be nice if this "position" expressed similar concern for Bashir's victims in Darfur, who could soon face starvation on account of his latest temper tantrum/crippling of the humanitarian aid operation in the region.

Because it just isn't bad enough...

Unidentified armed raiders set fire to the Abu Zor camp for internally displaced persons in West Darfur on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring several others:

"I am in the camp now. The fire went everywhere. It has affected a lot of people," said UNAMID chief of staff Amgad Morsy, speaking to Reuters by satellite phone on Wednesday.

The camp holds about 6,000 Darfuris, mostly from the non-Arab Masalit ethnic groups --- one of the three primary targets of the Sudanese government's extermination campaign.

Other items of note...

Colin Thomas-Jensen writes at the ENOUGH blog: "Starvation as a Weapon of War in Sudan: Not the First Time."

Retired NBA star and Sudan native Manute Bol speaks out for peace for all of Sudan.

From VOA: A young Israeli helps Darfuri refugees.

[Photo from AP: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (L) meets with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Beshir has arrived in Egypt, flaunting his freedom in defiance of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Darfur.]

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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