Last week, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios told an audience at Georgetown University that, at present, “the term genocide is counter to the facts of what is really occurring in Darfur.”

What part of the ongoing, ethnically-targeted rape, displacement, and killing of civilians does Natsios not understand – and when will the U.S. get serious about pressuring Khartoum to stop the genocide? See Africa Action’s response for a reality check.

Elizabeth Palmberg is an Assistant Editor for Sojourners magazine.