The religious, ethnic and cultural differences that cut through Sudan are exacerbated by the legacy of weapons and brutality from decades of war. And then there is the oil.
Nearly 8,000 miles away from the violence in Darfur, Sudanese residents of Omaha are experiencing their own share of turbulence in this unassuming in Omaha.
Gregg Zachary: There must be a way to condemn the Sudanese government for violence against minorities without defending attacks on core Islamic beliefs.
Anja Tranovich: The Bush Administration is looking the other way when it comes to genocide in Darfur, because the Sudanese government is providing them with intelligence information.
Francis Deng, MIT Center for International Studies. March 29, 2007.
Beyond the immediate needs in Darfur, the international community should help Sudan work through the conflicts of race, religion, and culture that have proliferated within the country's borders for a half century.
Three filmmakers chronicle their journey to document the tragedy in Darfur where 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million forced from their homes.