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Sudan

  • by Cecil Maranville
The disaster in the Darfur region of Sudan is called "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today." Why doesn't the United Nations simply stop it? Why don't the world's powerful nations step in to end the crisis? This article separates the tangled issues to show what is happening and why, as well as what to expect next.
  • by Gary Petty
South African photojournalist Kevin Carter snapped a picture of a small, starving Sudanese girl crawling towards a food shelter. A vulture, poised a few feet away, was awaiting the inevitable. Few who saw the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo weren't haunted by the scene. With so much bad news, what a blessing to know the good news of the resurrections revealed through the Holy Days!