The Woodrow Wilson Center has released a paper by John Pendergrast that is absolutely damning regarding the recent actions by the Sudanese Government and concurrent inaction of the international community. Sepcifically, he makes the point that by treating these three wars independently, the international community is almost ensuring that they will continue apace. Only by dealing with all three areas in a coordinated fashion, will lasting peace be obtained. First - somebody has to do something, and it won't be easy.
An Excerpt:
Despite all of the international attention Darfur has received, including the United States government’s declaration of genocide, the regime’s campaign to cleanse rural Darfur of non-Arab groups is virtually complete. Human rights groups and humanitarian organizations have documented the initial campaign and the systematic human rights abuses involved in driving more than 2.1 million people from their homes in eighteen months. Less well understood is the current phase of the conflict: the mop-up operation. Khartoum has proven itself to be one step ahead of the international community throughout the Darfur crisis and seven signs point to continued death and destruction in western Sudan.
