Monday, July 7, 2008

U.N. Has Little Effect In Darfur

Despite the newly painted blue helmets, the United Nations-African
Union peacekeepers in Darfur have yet to make an impact.


From Newsweek Magazine:

From where Fatuma Ibrahim sits, nothing in Darfur has changed. She and her four children are still living in a refugee camp in the western region of Sudan, in a stick-and-mud-walled hut with a ragged scrap of white tarpaulin for a roof. They still rely on international aid agencies to provide food and water. And there is apparently still no international force to protect her. About the United Nations force that is supposed to be protecting Darfur's displaced, she says, "We do not see them."

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More News On Darfur

Asylum-seekers are sent back to Darfur -- Independent
Sudan intends to run elections without Darfur – rebel official -- Sudan Tribune
Darfur peace partner lashes out at Sudan ruling party -- Sudan Tribune
Sudan's president reiterates reaching peaceful solution to Darfur issue -- China View
Sudan / Rebels kill 157 sudanese soldiers in north Darfur -- African Press Organization

My Comment: No one has any influence in Darfur right now. It is now everyone for themselves.

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