Thursday, June 21, 2007

Darfur update


Human rights groups say they’ll call for a boycott of next year’s Olympic Games in China, unless the country does its best to secure a lasting peace in Darfur.


According to Stephen Morrison, a senior Africa analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, China needs to use its leverage in the UN Security Council and help implement the core elements of the peace plan that Sudan agreed to.

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