Chronicle should put more Darfur reporting on news pages
The Chronicle's editorial board has written again on the crisis in Darfur, Sudan:
Recently, refugees began clearing out of camps and returning to their land to plant crops in the hopes that African Union peacekeepers, a negotiated cease-fire and ongoing peace talks in the Nigerian capital of Abuja would return this desert region in western Sudan to some semblance of normalcy. The razing of villages had subsided, though cynics contended it was because hundreds already had been destroyed.
The fact of the matter, according to accounts this week in the New York Times and elsewhere, is that the situation indeed has changed. It has grown worse.
[snip]
The escalating violence has hindered United Nations humanitarian efforts to provide displaced Sudanese with food and medical care.
These events are a grim reminder that the problems in Darfur are far from solved. The world must not divert its attention.
It's a welcome editorial, but what's weird is to look at the Chronicle's archives to see the extent of Darfur reporting on the news pages going back to June 1:
10/16/05 SUN AROUND THE WORLD
10/11/05 TUE AROUND THE WORLD
10/07/05 FRI AROUND THE WORLD
10/04/05 TUE Sudanese government, rebels agree to negotiate / African Union envoy accuses both of attacks in the Darfur region
09/30/05 FRI AROUND THE WORLD
09/22/05 THU AROUND THE WORLD
08/27/05 SAT Newsmakers
08/21/05 SUN Trip to Africa maps the human `footprint' / Biologist says global aid has been misguided and should go toward nation's resources
08/12/05 FRI AROUND THE WORLD
08/12/05 FRI AROUND THE WORLD
08/09/05 TUE Plumpy'nut changing the face of hunger / The peanut paste is adding pounds to underfed babies in starving Niger
08/02/05 TUE Sudan's fragile peace threatened / Vice president's followers riot as news of his death in a crash spreads
07/28/05 THU Northwest educator to study the Holocaust / Teacher one of 40 selected for program ThisWeek
07/24/05 SUN Oil moves by China, India challenge U.S. / Energy-hungry powers making deals with nations that are often hostile to America
07/22/05 FRI VISIT TO SUDAN / Rice's state trip is rocky at times / Secretary talks with Darfur rape victims; entourage spars with security
07/21/05 THU Tomball educator to study the Holocaust / Teacher one of 40 selected for program ThisWeek
07/21/05 THU Rice puts pressure on Sudan / More progress is needed to show violence in Darfur is over, she says
07/06/05 WED AROUND THE WORLD
07/01/05 FRI AROUND THE WORLD
06/26/05 SUN Rapes being used more often as a weapon of war in Congo / Brutal attacks are one of the most serious challenges for those trying to protect civilians
06/19/05 SUN AROUND THE WORLD
06/19/05 SUN AROUND THE WORLD
06/13/05 MON Aid to Africa / United States can't afford to be so stingy with humanitarian aid.
06/07/05 TUE AROUND THE WORLD06/01/05 WED Intimidated aid workers say Sudan wants to silence them / Government reportedly trying to stop reports of rape and abuses
It's a bit thin, especially when compared to the Chronicle's archives of Tom DeLay stories, or Iraq stories.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 10/21/05 08:04 AM | Print |
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