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As one of the first Western journalists to write about the problems in West Sudan/Dafur, in mid 2003, and living side-by-side here in Asmara for years with representatives of the Dafur, and other Sudanese resistance, my investigation has found no evidence of genocide. Of course, genocide has and is being committed by Ethiopia against the Somalis in Ethiopia, but there has been no genocide in Dafur.

Let us start by comparing the two situations, the first being Dafur and the second the Ethiopian Ogaden.

The refugees of the Dafur conflict were and are the beneficiaries of one of the largest and most effective relief works in history.

In contrast, relief aid to the Somalis living in the Ethiopian Ogaden, what little there was to begin with, has been effectively shut down now in almost all of the Ogaden for several years, despite one of the worst droughts in history.  Read Full Article