DAN Media  

Dan in the media

  To coincide with Refugee Week 2011 Yahya Abdelkarim, a Board member for the
Darfur Australia Network and a Darfuri refugee was interviewed to raise
awareness about the conflict in Darfur and to recount his journey from
Darfur to Australia. 

To listen to these interviews please follow these links:
Life Matters, ABC Radio National:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3246449.htm
774 Conversation Hour with John Fain:
http://tunein.com/tuner/?ProgramId=180054&TopicId=35274694&>>
&TopicId=35274694&  

  
 

DAN in the News

  • Why Libya and not Darfur? It's time the UN stepped in

Available here

  •  Waging war against aspirations for peace in Dafur

Available here 

  • Hitting Peace Drums - Parramatta Sun, 16th September 2010

Available here

  • Cameras help Melbourne's Sudanese Children - The Age, 19th January 2009

Available here.

  • Sudan's president indicted by International Criminal Court, Law Report (ABC Radio National), 22 July 2008

Alpha Lisimba and Matthew Phillips speak with Damien Carrick from the Law Report about the move by the International Criminal Court. Read the transcript here. 

  • Bloodshed continues in Darfur, Lateline, 12th June 2008

Alpha Lisimba speaks with Conor Duffy about the continued violence in Darfur. Read the transcript or watch the video here.

  • Interview with DAN Sydney Coordinator, Gillian Cook

Gillian Cook speaks with Career FAQs about working with DAN, Read the article here.

  • A handful find a refuge from horror

Gillian Cook speaks to several Darfuri's who have made it from the horror of war to the safety of Sydney. Read the article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Hearld here. View the multimedia presentation here.

Opinion

Justice poses its own dangers - The Age, 16th July 2008

An opinion piece by Matthew Phillips and Sarah Hellings on the recent ICC arrest warrent. Available here.

Australia is Failing the People of Darfur - The Age, 20th June 2008

An opinion piece by Sarah Hellings (Darfur Australia Network) and Dr Alex Bellamy (Asia-Pacific Centre for Responsibility to Protect). Available here.   

China's role in Darfur Deadly - The Canberra Times, 6th May 2008

Alpha Lisimba writes about China's role in the Darfur conflict. Available here.

Our aid to Darfur not all it could be - The Canberra Times, 6th August 2007

Jen Ward and Matthew Phillips write about Australia's contribution to Darfur.

Press Releases  

Sudanese Government Incites Violence Against Darfuris in Libya, 4th March 2011. Available here.

Unhappy Anniversary, 28th July 2008. Available here. 

Australia's "positive first step" in Darfur, 30th March 2008. Available here.

DAN Media

"Far To Here" press kit. Available here. 

For more information or to arrange an interview with a member of DAN or the Darfur Community please call our office on 03 8060 5659 or email contact@darfuraustralia.org