Related News Articles

Dream for Darfur group gives IOC an 'F' for Sudan response. 27 Jan. 2008. USA Today.Com. 28 April 2008 http://www.dreamfordarfur.org/

This USA Today article discussed the International Olympics Committee (IOC). The activist group Dream for Darfur believes the IOC should use their leverage of the Olympics that are going to be held in Beijing, China as a way to force change in the Sudan region. The article states that threatening China with not holding the Olympics in their nation may be a way to force some sort of change in Sudan. Dream for Darfur gave a failing grade to IOC due to their lack of effort to end the suffering in Sudan. This article is from January, but is still significant because the IOC knew this crisis was going to be big. I think protests in China may not necessarily be a problem since people must posses a visa to visit China, whether it is for two days or two years.

Chinese President Pushes Sudan on Darfur. 2 Feb. 2007. The Washington Post.com. 28 April 2008 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR2007020200251.html>

The Washington Post’s online article discusses China and Sudan. Chinese President Hu Jintao told Sudan’s leader, Omar al-Bashir, that he must let the UN send peacekeepers and become involved. China’s relations with Sudan have been greatly debated since conflict broke out in the southern region of Darfur in February of 2003. China has a great interest in Sudan because of the oil exports of that country. The Chinese government has repeatedly stated that it does not want to become involved in the Darfur issue mainly because any intervention could cripple China’s resources it receives from that region which could be devastating to China’ huge population.

Why I think We Can Still Save Darfur. 28 Feb 2008The Washington Post.com. 26 June 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202379.html

This last article was written by Andrew S. Natsios who served on a special envoy created by President Bush and was sent to Sudan in 2005. He talked with victims, met with humanitarians and humanitarian groups, and visited various Sudanese regions, other than just Darfur. The author has learned how the people all over Sudan feel along with the displaced victims on the border of Chad and Darfur. The author believes the regimes and people in charge are what movements and the government should be focusing on because they are leading the problem, not the Chinese or China. He makes a good point. I believe the regimes and leaders must be taken out of power, but we must first gain access into the country before we even think about that. The message and information in this article is strong since it was written by a primary source.