Oxfam says millions are in desperate need of aid in Darfur Printer friendly
Charity Oxfam has today launched a £5 million appeal after accusing the international community of failing the people of Darfur and Chad.
The organisation says it urgently needs the money in order to provide aid for more than two million people displaced by the conflict between rebels and government-backed militia forces in western Sudan.
It comes as US deputy secretary of state John Negroponte accused the Sudanese government of backing the janjaweed militia, which has been blamed for numerous atrocities in the region including rape, arson and looting.
Oxfam says the conflict has brought about the "greatest concentration of human suffering in the world" and blames the international community for allowing the conflict to spread, "blighting the lives of some four million people and forcing many to the very brink of survival". Read more >>>
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