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Fresh Abuses Reported in Western Sudan

By Jason Beaubien

Published August 10, 2004 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 19 years ago.

Although Sudan's government has pledged to improve security in the embattled Darfur region of western Sudan, humanitarian and rights groups say it is doing anything but. They say Sudanese forces and Arab militiamen have committed fresh attacks throughout Darfur, including helicopter gunship bombings, rape and raids. Hear NPR's Jason Beaubien.

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Jason Beaubien

Jason Beaubien is a Peabody award-winning journalist. He's filed stories from more than 60 countries around the world. His reporting tends to focus on issues in lower-income countries. Often his reports highlight inequities, injustices and abuses of power. He also regularly writes about natural disasters, wars and human conflict. Over the last two decades he's covered hurricanes in the Caribbean, typhoons in the Philippines, multiple earthquakes in Haiti, the Arab Spring, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the drug war in Mexico.

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