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GUEST: Ann Louise Colgan, Director of Policy and Communications at Africa Action

It has been over two years since the U.S. government labeled the systematic violence in Darfur, Sudan, genocide. Last Wednesday, Africa Action released a major new report entitled, “Leveraging New International Action on Darfur,” as the genocidal death toll continues to mount in Sudan. Coming at a time when the international community is running out of options on Darfur, the report lays out various ways in which the United States could use its diplomatic influence to engage key governments in committed efforts to end the genocide. Africa Action has urged the U.S. government to make Darfur a top priority in its foreign policy by placing the victims of the genocide above “war on terror” ties with the Sudanese government. In addition to the new report, Africa Action has also released an open letter to the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, signed by hundreds of prominent religious leaders urging for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1706 authorizing the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan.

For more information, visit www.africaaction.org.

Read the report on Darfur here: http://www.africaaction.org/resources/page.php?
op=read&documentid=2235&type=6&issues=1024