Darfur on \“60 Minutes\”

“SEARCHING FOR JACOB”

It hardly seems possible, but the genocide in Darfur is taking a turn for the worse. The government in Sudan has launched a new offensive, maybe trying to finish what it started three years ago.  More than 300,000 people are dead; more than two million are refugees in the Sahara. While looking for a way to explain what’s happening in Darfur, “60 Minutes” came upon on the story of a boy named Jacob, whose name was on schoolbooks found in the ashes of his home. The books ended up at a US museum – and motivated Scott Pelley to try and find their owner, a boy swept up in the 21st century’s first genocide.

The remarkable story will be shown on this week’s “60 MINUTES” (Sunday, Oct. 22, 7PM ET/PT on CBS).