One day after tens of thousands of activists gathered in New York City to demand the immediate deployment of UN peacekeepers to Darfur, President Bush named Andrew Natsios as Special Envoy to Sudan.  This promising development, however, takes place against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating situation in Darfur.  

 The world continues to watch the horror unfold in Darfur two yearsafter the Bush Administration declared that the atrocities committed in the region amounted to genocide.  On the anniversary of that declaration, hundreds of activists congregated with Africa Action in Lafayette Park on Saturday, September 9th to demand immediate deployment of a UN peacekeeping force.  The rally coincided with the release of Africa Action's new Darfur report, "A Tale of Two Genocides: The Failed U.S. Response to Rwanda and Darfur."

Amidst rising international concern over the deteriorating security and humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, AFJN will join hundreds of activists on September 9th at 12pm in Lafayette Park to demand immediate deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force in the region.