ME and Ophelia

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO BLOGGERS FROM DR JAMES MOORE:
WHY YOUR ACTION ON SUDAN MATTERS TODAY

Look. Please read this. I'm not blogging it for my own good. Banging on about the Sudan gives me a headache and is depressing because hardly anyone's interested.

How much does it cost us to link to the Sudan blog, Doctors Without Borders and Human Rights Watch? Nothing. Except ten minutes of our time to blog a few lines about this and a few links.

Jim Moore is working hard at getting this story in the mainstream media. Lives are at stake. Time is running out. Please read why. Thank you.

PS Jim has just updated on a new form of Ebola reported today. He asks if you know any journalists, please try to interest her or him in the story today. Here's pinging - via Technorati - five professional journalists whose blogs I follow on a regular basis: Danny O'Brien, Melanie Phillips, Stephen Pollard, Gavin Sheridan, Bill Thompson.
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THANK YOU TO THE BBC FOR REPORTING ON THE SUDAN:
Peacekeepers to be called to Darfur as soon as possible

Breakthrough news from the Sudan blog: Passion of the Present: "It is nice to see a small bit of enabling action taken in Sudan, as is reported today by the BBC: Sudan has said it will scrap the need for aid workers to have special permits to enter the troubled Darfur region in the west of the country. It said embassies would issue standard visas to aid workers within 48 hours. Announcing the change, Foreign Minister Mostafa Othman Ismail called on African countries to send peacekeepers to Darfur as soon as possible.

Further reading: The BBC has posted photos, accompanied by personal stories told by people in Darfur. Passion of the Present has featured a post of mine on Women and the Sudan and horrific mass rapes being used as a weapon of war.
Note Joi Ito's Web: Caring about the rest of the world.