The Misery In Darfur Continues

Darfur is a region of western Sudan at the border of the Central African Republic, Lybia and Chad. The region is divided into three federal states. Those three states are West Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur. Image from Support Darfur.

No Way Out For Nearly 3 Million Trapped In Cycle Of Despair In Darfur's Camps -- The Guardian

Only a political settlement can end the growing climate of fear, diplomats say

Nine-year-old Mastoura stands amid the flies and the stench of Abu Shouk camp, silent and unsmiling. She finally recalls she has lived in Abu Shouk for "four or five years" – she can't really remember how long – and, like her family and most other people in the camp, is too scared to go back to her home village.

Standing next to her in the busy fruit market, Adam, 14, explains: "Outside, it is not safe. Every day there are bullets, bullets, you cannot go out. They take the money, they take the mobiles, they even take your clothes."

"They," he says, can mean pro-government Arab militias (sometimes called Janjaweed), rival rebel groups, or criminal gangs.

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My Comment: The only way to change this situation is to introduce tens of thousands of foreign troops with air power to enforce a ceasefire .... and also billions in aid.

But this will never happen.