Today, the Associated Press reported that Ghana was elected to chair the African Union over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.
Al-Bashir was to be elected president, but the deal rode on the the promise that he would aid peace in Darfur. While a peace agreement was signed in May of 2006, violence has only escalated. Al-Bashir has repeatedly refused UN Peacekeepers to aid the burdened AU troops who are met with contempt by many of the factions involved.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon strongly urged that African leaders end the deadlock that has prevented much needed assistance from UN peacekeeping forces. It appears that perhaps the African heads of state may be open to such action. President John Kufuor of Ghana was elected to chair the African Union by consensus vote.
Michele L. Langlo
Monday, January 29, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
So Tell Me
So tell me, what will be the cost
When this is over, of all the lives lost
To a kind of violence too horrible to describe
Too atrocious to dream
Too sickening to ponder
And tell me, how does one
Rid themselves of the feeling
Of being overwhelmed by nausia
And the feeling of being drained
Of one's blood that ensues
That causes one's face
To wear the look of death
And tell me, what happens
To the million or so children left behind
Who will carry with them
The memories of mothers
And fathers, sisters
And brothers
Lost to a bloody slaughter
Too evil to forget
Tell me, what do we do
About them, these little ones
Who tremble in the night
Michele L. Langlo
When this is over, of all the lives lost
To a kind of violence too horrible to describe
Too atrocious to dream
Too sickening to ponder
And tell me, how does one
Rid themselves of the feeling
Of being overwhelmed by nausia
And the feeling of being drained
Of one's blood that ensues
That causes one's face
To wear the look of death
And tell me, what happens
To the million or so children left behind
Who will carry with them
The memories of mothers
And fathers, sisters
And brothers
Lost to a bloody slaughter
Too evil to forget
Tell me, what do we do
About them, these little ones
Who tremble in the night
Michele L. Langlo
Friday, January 19, 2007
Her Ravaged Heart
Her downcast eyes
Say it all
The sadness she has seen
Has been too much
It has taken a toll
Too great for words
To tell
Her sad resolve
Is but a shield
To hide her ravaged heart
How I long
To give her love
To comfort her
With a mother's embrace
How I long
To bring her home
Where she may know peace
Michele L. Langlo
Take action and stop the genocide. Visit http://www.unicef.org/childalert/darfur/
Friday, January 12, 2007
Give Them Voices
Give voice to the children
who are terrified, who tremble
in the darkness
Give voice to the mothers
grieving for their children
lost to the violence of the night
Give voice to the man who lays his
family in their graves
Give voice the tears shed
in anguish, the tears that know
no peace.
Give voice to broken hearts and
souls torn to pieces
And silence the madness
Michele L. Langlo
who are terrified, who tremble
in the darkness
Give voice to the mothers
grieving for their children
lost to the violence of the night
Give voice to the man who lays his
family in their graves
Give voice the tears shed
in anguish, the tears that know
no peace.
Give voice to broken hearts and
souls torn to pieces
And silence the madness
Michele L. Langlo
Monday, January 08, 2007
Save Darfur
You can be involved in bringing peace to a wartorn land where genocide is happening. You can stop the rape of thousands of women and young girls. You can stop the mutilation of men and boys and the slaughter of children.
Please visit http://www.savedarfur.org
and pray.
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