Sudan severed relations with Chad on the twelfth of this month, May. Sudan accused Chad of supporting the rebel groups that raided it's capital.

Many refugees from Darfur are in Chad and with this new outbreak of resentment between the two countries its likely that there will be an increase in the violence, putting those who have been displaced or those who are migrating to Chad in an even more intense enviroment.

 

NEW YORK - May 20 - May 22 Event in New York Will Demand Bold Leadership from the Bush Administration During the June U.S. Presidency of the UN Security Council.

On May 22, Africa Action and Darfur advocacy leaders will rally to call for the top priority during the United States’ June presidency of the UN Security Council to be achieving the full deployment of the UNAMID peacekeeping force for Darfur, Sudan. This event on Thursday is expected to draw hundreds of activists from the New York area calling for action. Participants will deliver thousands of handprints and messages collected on dozens of banners representing statements of witness to the genocide gathered from around the country.

This is very good news for Darfur, help may potentially be on its way. I really hope that this rally is effective. New York is quite a while from Kentucky otherwise I'd attend, but what you and I can do is to put pressure on President Bush to ensure effective peace keeping in Darfur. Below I have a way we can do just that.

 

 Hello all and welcome to the 'Madison County for Relief in Darfur' group, also known as MCRD. I am your administrator, Cassie, and I hope that we can use this group to accomplish our goal; stopping the violence in Darfur. I would like to start out by thanking you for taking the time to read this blog, I will use this blog in the future as a method to effectively communicate the latest action in Darfur and to bounce ideas out for future community events.  I encourage all of you to get others to join our group, especially the residents of the Madison county area in Ky. Regardless of the number of our members, I will strive to make this group an effective agent for the aid of Darfur

 Cassie A Warren