Obama says US should teach lessons of slavery, compares it to Holocaust during trip to Africa

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States’ history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur.

One in three women risk rape in crisis-hit Darfur

DARFUR - A human rights charity survey has found that one in three women fleeing from the civil war hit region of Darfur in Sudan risk being rape victims.

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