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February 15, 2012
In Focus Today
In Focus Today
The evolving Darfur conflict
(2007-08-07)
David Morse, left, is an independent journalist who recently returned from Southern Sudan. TYLER ANTRIM, WNPR. Gabriel Bol Deng, right, is a Sudanese man who traveled with Morse. EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY.
(wnpr) - Rebel groups in Darfur have agreed on a platform for peace talks with the Sudanese government - it's seen as a hopeful sign in a war torn region. And the United Nations last week pledged a peacekeeping force of some 26 thousand - consisting of both African troops and those from other UN countries.

It's been seen as a war about race and religion; oil and politics. And despite outrage from some quarters of American life, it's been left off the front pages, relegated to a secondary story as the U.S. continues it's wars in the Middle East.

Today, experts on Sudan and the Darfur region give us an update. We'll be joined by Eric Reeves, a professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has spent the past seven years working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, publishing extensively both in the U.S. and internationally.

We'll also be joined by David Morse, an independent journalist who recently returned from a reporting trip to Southern Sudan, where he was reporting for U.S. News & World Report. And we'll talk with Gabriel Bol Deng, a Sudanese man who traveled with David Morse.

If you have questions or comments for us, send us an email at wherewelive@wnpr.org.

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