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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 17, 2008 / Underreported: Sudan Update

Underreported: Sudan Update

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Georgette Gagnon, Africa program director for Human Rights Watch, gives us an update on the latest from Khartoum. We’ll talk about the ongoing proxy war between Chad and Sudan, and the recent ICC request for a warrant of arrest for Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir on charges of ten counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

Listen to a 2006 Backstory segment on the life of Omar al-Bashir


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  • [1] Janet Becker from Manhattan July 17, 2008 - 01:55PM

    How can the USA be in a position of challenging the crimes against humanity which are occurring in other countries, when we, ourselves (i.e., the Bush administration), are so glaringly guilty of war crimes, torture, and covert activites in Iran and elsewhere?
  • [2] Albert from Greenwich, CT July 17, 2008 - 01:55PM

    You guys are not speaking about the fact that Sudan is the single largest exporter of gum Arabic which is an important ingredient in soft drink syrups, hard gummy candies like gumdrops, marshmallows, M & M's chocolate candies, and chewing gum.
  • [3] Albert from Greenwich, CT July 17, 2008 - 01:57PM

    BTW I got the info about that from

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_arabic#Political_aspects

    I have fact checked it though and it seems acurate.
  • [4] Gary from New York City July 17, 2008 - 02:03PM

    This is the kind of story that makes me sick to my stomach. I would like to see someone, be it a voter posting a YouTube question, or a reporter, pose these issues in stark terms to our candidates and see what they have to say? Could there perhaps be some type of legislation which could be enacted to preclude American companies from investing in companies which do business in these countries? Could a tax of some sort be put on these companies? What would these candidates commit to?


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