Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir expelled many of the country's aid workers after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of war crimes. John Holmes of the United Nations gives an update on the humanitarian situation in Darfur.

Analysis: Bashir Warrant Adds New Tension to Darfur Crisis

Geographers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Office of Science and Human Rights are using satellite images to document destroyed villages in Darfur for use by relief agencies.

This lesson plan addresses the medical nature of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, including the conditions and resulting illnesses that pose the most concern to aid personnel working in the region.

View a multimedia essay, video and background information on the human, political, military and historical realities in the region from the Council on Foreign Relations.

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