SUDAN IS AFRICA'S LARGEST COUNTRY. AFRICAN FARMERS AND ARAB HERDERS COMPETE FOR LAND. DARFUR OPPOSITION GROUPS SAY THEIR GOVERNMENT NEGLECTS THEIR PROVINCE AND DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLACK AFRICANS. IN 2003 REBEL GROUPS BEGAN ATTACKING GOVERNMENT TARGETS. THE GOVERNMENT THEN LAUNCHED A MILITARY AND POLICE CAMPAIGN IN DARFUR. MORE THAN 2,000,000 PEOPLE FLED THEIR HOMES. GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFTS BOMB AFRICAN VILLAGES, THEN ARAB JANJAWEED MILITIA RIDES IN ON HORSEBACK TO SLAUGHTER RAPE AND STEAL. BLACK AFRICANS ARE DELIBERATELY DRIVEN OUT OF DARFUR. THE GOVERNMENT ADMITS MOBILIZING MILITIAS, BUT DENIES LINKS TO THE JANJAWEED. THE REFUGEES NOW LIVE IN CAMPS IN THE ARID DESERT. 200,000 REFUGEES IN CHAD DEPEND ON FOOD AID FROM INTERNATIONAL DONORS. FOOD AID IS CONTINUALLY DENIED BY THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT STARVATION AS A WEAPON VIOLATES THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS. INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES SUPPORT THE SUDANESE REGIME. CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE SUPPLYING WEAPONS TO SUDAN. CHINA HAS USED ITS SEAT ON THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT SUDAN FROM SANCTIONS. THE INT'L COMMUNITY MUST HELP DARFUR. DO YOUR PART: BE INFORMED SPEAK UP FOR THOSE IN DARFUR WHO CAN'T. www.savedarfur.org www.enoughproject.org www.standnow.org CAMPAIGN FOR CONSCIENCE WANTS PEACE. “WE CAN NEVER OBTAIN PEACE IN THE OUTER WORLD UNTIL WE MAKE PEACE WITH OURSELVES.” —THE DALAI LAMA