Professor Fred Pearson, director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in CULMA, commented about the spread of genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. The U.N. and African initiatives to save the Sudanese people have been hampered by the lack of sustained pressure on the Sudanese government, Pearson said. "Neither Egypt nor the United States wants to destabilize the Sudanese government [which is considered behind the mass murder]," Pearson said. \"Yes , it\'s bad to have a glaring genocidal situation there; but, because of the oil-rich areas in Sudan that both Egypt and the United States are interested in, our government is not as forceful as it should be to stop the killings. \"