Ahern urges international wake-up call on Darfur

THE international community has to wake up to the reality of rape, murder and destruction in Darfur, Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern said yesterday.

Marking the International Day for the south-western Sudanese region, he called for a ceasefire, effective peacekeeping and a credible political process.

More than 200,000 people have died in Darfur during three years of fighting.