Darfur: Not Another Hotel Rwanda!

Despite the attention that the crisis in Darfur has been attracting recently, little to nothing has been done to stop the ongoing genocide that has claimed over 400,000 lives and displaced 2 million people in Sudan.

Despite a statement issued five months ago (September 2004) by the US State Department and the White House that the crimes against humanity being committed in Darfur constituted genocide, the Bush Administration and the US government have failed to live up to the obligation that such a statement carries.

Despite the recommendations of a the recent United Nations report urging immediate action to halt the violence in Darfur, the UN and international community have again failed to act. This is not the first time that the victims of genocide in Africa have been neglected.

While the international community has been largely silent about the genocide in Sudan, Africa Action invites you to speak out on this issue. Join us as we call for a United Nations Chapter 7 mandate for a multinational intervention to stop the genocide in Darfur and protect its innocent civilians.

2 Things You Can Do To Help End The Genocide In Darfur:

1. Send a Letter to President Bush demanding he seek a UN Security Council resolution authorizing a multinational force to intervene in Darfur, with a mandate to protect civilians! Please remind our president that while he sits silent in the face of genocide, you will not! Please write directly to the President with the sample letter we have provided at our Action Center.

2. Go See Hotel Rwanda: Hotel Rwanda, the Oscar nominated film about one man’s heroism in the shadow of the Rwanda genocide that killed 800,000 people vividly highlights the tragedy of the world’s failure to protect Rwandans in their hour of need. This film is especially relevant today, as it seems history is repeating itself in Darfur. Please take 10 friends to see the movie, and have a discussion forum after. Check out our Movie Discussion Questions and Comparisons between the events in Hotel Rwanda and the current crisis in Darfur. At the end of your discussion, please urge your friends to write a letter to President Bush urging him to take action. A sample of the letter is available at our website.

Please let us know if you hold a discussion, and what actions come out of your initiative by writing to africaaction@igc.org. Thank you, for your compassion and your action. Together, we will make a difference.