Kristof: What America can learn from an orphaned refugee in Sudan
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The most brutal militia in Sudan (a high bar) is the Rapid Support Forces, which is now bombarding the city of El Fasher and gaining ground. El Fasher and the nearby Zamzam camp could fall at any time, with more than 1 million civilians vulnerable to the kind of atrocities that the militiamen have committed many times before.
Podcast of world leaders, even as they gathered at the United Nations to celebrate their commitment to peace and justice, contrasts with the deep sense of moral responsibility of a Sudanese refugee child whom I met on the Chad-Sudan border.
The Rapid Support Forces burned down her village, including her home, she said, and killed the men and boys. Boys who were just 10, 11 or 12—they killed them all in front of me, Safaa told me.
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