My cause is, and has been Darfur. What is happening in Darfur is genocide. The Sudanese government and the Janjaweed they hired have been systemically and ruthlessly and almost totally driving members of certain ethnic groups into the desert to die.

Just imagine . . .

You are a Dafuri woman who has lost her husband, her home and one of her two children to the conflict in Darfur. You walk from the remains of your home in Darfur, through the desert in 120-degree heat, carrying your son, who is malnourished and dehydrated.It is all you can do to put one foot in front of the other. The pathway through the sand is marked with dead bodies of animals and other Darfuri.

You keep walking. Soon, you blink the sun and sweat out of your eyes to see what looks like a well. Perhaps it is a mirage, but water could mean the difference between life and death for you and your son, so you walk towards the well. It is a well, but a soldier guards the well. You reach for the bucket to get some water for your son. The soldier shoots you.

As you sit there, watching your lifeblood draining onto the sands of this lonely desert between Darfur and Chad, you wonder what will happen to your son.

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