In Focus Darfur: Broken Promises

Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/darfur-broken-promises

More than a year ago, the United Nations mandated a peacekeeping force for the violence-torn Darfur region of Sudan. Two and a half million internally displaced people, known as IDPs, remain in camps, under threat from government-sponsored forces. Undermanned and under resourced, the peacekeeping force is losing the trust of those it was meant to protect.

This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Darfur: Broken Promises" (http://bit.ly/Aa8Vcz).

Produced, directed and shot by Susan Schulman
Co-produced and edited by Chris Milner
In association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Pulitzer Center
• Darfur
• Sudan
• Darfur Genocide
• UNAMID
• IDP
• Christopher Milner
• Susan Schulman
• War In Darfur
• UN Peacekeeping
• Peacekeeping Failure
• Peacekeeping LImitation

[tofunotes]

It is a tragedy that the lessons of Rwanda - especially with regard to under-resourcing of peacekeeping operations and restrictive rules of engagement - have not been learned. Sudanese now pay the price. Thanks for this film, Pulitzer.

[faithfullyblind]

Thanks so much for this post. It really helps to shed some light on what is actually going on in Sudan, and why there is a warrant for Al-Bashir's arrest.

It's sad that he has ordered all aid personel out of the country.

This is a BAD time for all of this to be going on, given the condition of the global stage. Noone can afford another war right now, and Al-Bashir is not likely to go without a fight. It would be nice to see a peaceful resolution to this, but these things seldom go peacefully.

[NorthAmerigoScum]

this stuff is real sad. i would like to do something... i just dont know what..

@BoughtandRedeemed --i agree fully with you

[BoughtandRedeemed]

Please help Sudan, How can we sit back knowing a people are dying??? I can't and I can't die knowing I did nothing to try and change it!

[scirocco860]

Money for food - NO

Money for guns - Yes

[DeathBringer9000]

the UN is worthless

[MarkitosPN]

POR FAVOR NO LO LEA

El 13 de febrero del 2009 una niña llamada marilu se suicido en una montaña cortandose las venas a causa de problemas con sus papas y la encontraron 3 dias despues muerta y desfigurada y nadie supo por que.

POR FAVOR si ya leiste esto copialo y pegalo en 5 videos mas po que si no ella vendra por tu familia y los matara pero si lo haces te vendran 3 años de buena suerte. yo ya lo hice. ES VERDAD

[SoCloseIThought]

thank you for posting this, I really learned a lot about this issue...i can really feel the frustration of the UNAMID and the IDP... i feel so sad for them and my heart goes out to them. what does it take to bring these people peace??

[tapp247]

My solution is teach this people how to fight & give them the equitment to do so. Until everyone in the Sudanese government is eliminated the peace will not come. Simple solution. Get rid of the evil people & peace will be there. Lets teach people how to fight for themselves.

[eyeisyou]

the UN is a disgrace and the african union a joke. but it's no laughing matter for those that are the victims of this tragedy!!

[Cullyn42]

People always bitch and moan that affluent countries don't do enough for the UN but with ridiculous rules of engagement like these, why would anybody volunteer to send their soldiers?