Award winning journalist and director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jon Sawyer, recently returned from Darfur where he spent a week traveling with African Union troops. [26:31]
Jerry Fowler chats with Bradley Whitford, an Emmy-award winning star of the political drama, The West Wing, who recently wrote an episode of the show that focused in part on the genocide in Darfur. [25:19]
The International Crisis Group’s, John Prendergast discusses these three categories of response for the situation in Darfur. [21:49]
New York Times Columnist, Nicholas Kristof returns to the program to report on his sixth trip to the Chad-Darfur border as the violence is now spilling into Chad. [22:32]
Return guest, Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chair of the Sudan Social Development Organization discusses a recent meeting with President Bush, the transition from an African Union force to a United Nations peacekeeping operation, peace talks in Abuja, and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Baba Gana Kingibe, the Special Representative of the African Union in Sudan, provides an update on the situation on the ground through the eyes of the African Union. Ambassador Kingibe discusses the recent spillover of violence into Chad and the clashes taking place between the rebels and government along the border, the possible transition of African Union troops to a United Nations peacekeeping mission, and the ongoing peace negotiations in Abuja threatened by the splits within the different rebel movements. [23:45]
The International Rescue Committee's, Rick Brennan, discusses his findings from a study recently published in the British Medical Journal, Lancet, titled, "Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Nationwide Survey." He speaks about the direct and indirect consequences leading to death in Eastern Congo, changes in mortality rates over time, and the social infrastructure that exists today. Senior Analyst at the International Crisis Group, Jason Stearns provides a political and historical analysis of the current situation in the Congo. He also talks about the presence of foreign militaries in the region, upcoming elections, and the lack of international response. [24:48] VIEW THE ONLINE EXHIBITION - RIPPLES OF GENOCIDE: JOURNEY THROUGH EASTERN CONGO>
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