1 Year After Bush Administration Declared Darfur Violence a 'Genocide,' Progress Is Minimal, Evangelical Official Says

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Since the Bush Administration declared that the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan amounted to genocide one year ago (September 9, 2004), it has made minimal progress protecting millions of victims of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. That's the conclusion of an official for the National Association of Evangelicals and the Save Darfur Coalition -- http://www.SaveDarfur.org -- an alliance of more than 130 faith- based, humanitarian and human rights organizations committed to protecting the civilians of Darfur. Together, the organizations united in the Save Darfur Coalition represent more than 130 million Americans.

"It is time to move the Darfur genocide from a talking point to an action item. President Bush must put this issue on the top of his inbox," said Richard Cizik, vice president of government affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals. "The more the American people learn about the suffering, devastation and killing, the more they are demanding that our president turn his words into action. America has been the world's conscience and halted genocide when it raised its evil head in Europe. We have a moral obligation to do the same in Africa."

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1 Year After Bush Administration Declared Darfur Violence a 'Genocide,' Progress Is Minimal, Evangelical Official Says

Since February 2003, government-sponsored militias kno...

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