The online hangout MySpace.com will organize 20 concerts featuring bands promoted on its site as part of a campaign to raise awareness and money for humanitarian relief in Sudan.
The site, which grew in popularity thanks to its early adoption by new coming bands and their supporters, has taken a more active role in promoting social causes, such as environmental awareness and voter registration. Good for them!

"The crisis in Darfur is a global concern and as a global community we have a responsibility to take action," Chris DeWolfe, MySpace's chief executive, said in a statement.

About 2.5 million people have been made homeless by three years of fighting between the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the vast, arid Darfur region of western Sudan. At least another 200,000 people have been killed since hostilities erupted.

Is the Darfur crisis picking up some attention now?
Why is it that humanitarian tragedies don’t get much attention when they’re in Africa? Ex: Apartheid (only caught on much later), Rowanda, and now Darfur? Aren’t these people human too?