Immigration

Sudan Refugee Camp To Host Mia Farrow During Olympics

DOI 07 April 2008

TIMES&TRANSCRIPT (SAN FRANCISCO) - As the world turns its attention to Beijing and the Summer Olympic Games, Mia Farrow will be broadcasting from a Sudanese refugee camp to highlight China's involvement in the region. Farrow will spend the first week of the Beijing Olympics in August showing the poor living conditions of ethnic African refugees displaced by conflict with the Sudanese Arab-dominated government, the group Dream for Darfur announced Thursday. The group criticizes China's role as Sudan's main trading partner, buying oil from Sudan and selling the country many of the weapons used to wage war on the agrarian tribal people of Darfur, said executive director Jill Savitt. Farrow's broadcasts will be available online.

Source: http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/lifetimes/article/260516

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