WHO seeks urgent action to avert Sudan crisis

[gauguin57]

30,000 dead ... so why are we intervening militarily in Iraq and not Sudan? What does Iraq have that Sudan doesn... oh ... pardon ... silly me.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/02/sudan.who/index.html

WHO seeks urgent action to avert Sudan crisis

Child death rate triple that of humanitarian emergency


"(CNN) -- Millions of men, women and children may die in the Darfur region of Sudan unless there is an immediate outpouring of international aid, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.

"A significant increase in disease and death is inevitable without a rapid increase in external help," the WHO said in a written statement. "The catastrophe can only be prevented through an urgent scaling up of the current international response. ..."

"... The crisis in Darfur began after fighting erupted early last year between the Sudanese government, allied militias and rebel groups.

Government-backed Arab militias are carrying out "scorched earth" attacks against black African communities of Darfur, according to the United Nations. The U.N. estimates some 30,000 have been killed in the campaign of ethnic cleansing. ..."

[BlueEyedSon]

1. I give up, WHO does???

:evilgrin:

[OneBlueSky]

2. when I read that subject line, the first thing I thought was . . .

hey . . . it's good that Townsend and Daltry are getting involved in something worthwhile! . . . :)