Just about everyone agrees that something must be done about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, but there’s not a lot of agreement on who should intervene, and who should be in charge. Washington’s solution is to apply international pressure through the threat of United Nations sanctions. But this weekend, Arab states warned that outside intervention would worsen the suffering. Meanwhile, African governments are deploying the first peace-keeping troops in the region.
Guests:
Abraham McLaughlin, Africa correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor
Robert Rotberg, director of the Belfer Center’s program on Interstate Conflict and Conflict Resolution at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
John Prendergast, special advisor to the president of the International Crisis Group
El Ghassim Wane, deputy director, African Union Conflict Management Centre.