Darfur.

I hope that one day the people of Darfur will have peace and can live as one. I feel so sad we do nothing more to help fight for peace in Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed (people are are not just killed, they are tortured to death, limbs chopped off, eyes cut out, ears cut off, rape of the very young and old). Thousands had to flee to live on refugee camps living in fear everyday. The women get raped everyday going off camps to collect fire wood because the men can't leave the camps or they will get killed. They are stuck on tiny campsites that are filling with disease and suffering.

This has been ongoing story, but This is the news happening right now.

Last year the ICC (international criminal court) issued an arrest warrant for the president Bashir as a symbol to the world that this man is committing genocide. It caused fighting to cease until last month when a new stream of violence popped up. I pulled this from a news article from a few days ago.

"For the people of Jebel Marra, the self congratulatory backslapping and treaty signing in Doha seem to be a world away from the reality of their existence as they starve on the mountain slopes of Darfur. Forced from their villages as a result of a military campaign launched by the Government of Sudan, the idea of peace seems a distant prospect to say the least. Over the last 6 weeks, the displacement of over 250,000 people who are now forced to live in caves or to run from village to village in search of safety also seems far away from the concerns of the International Community, UNAMID, Save Darfur, human rights organizations or indeed anyone who might be expected to help. Instead, innocent people have been left to fend for themselves: their hopes for the future reduced to ashes alongside their villages which the Sudanese government recently burnt. "

"The big question here is why? Why is blatant genocide being ignored?

If genocide is about intent, then it is hard to find clearer evidence of a systematic attempt to annihilate a group of people in a given geographical area than in Jebel Marra today. In the eastern and southeastern areas of the Jebel Marra -- in towns such as Kidinyeer, Leibei, Faina, Dirbat, and Jawa -- there is a clear attempt to encircle the area with the express intention of preventing people from being able to enter or leave. Once the population is locked into the area, the real work of genocide can proceed. Water sources are buried leaving locals without any way to access clean drinking water. Grain stores are burnt, cutting the supply of food to nothing. Grinding mills are taken away to ensure that no flour can be made. The government forces which invaded the region have also looted houses, markets and removed all the livestock. Even the humanitarian organizations that were operating have been forced to withdraw from the area as a result of their offices being looted. Food is now in scarce supply; potable water absent and the scene is set for carnage on a massive scale."