![]() ![]() The administration has often warned Khartoum of “consequences” if it does not rein in the Janjaweed and continues its military operations _ such as last week’s attack on the refugee camp _ in Darfur. The Darfur crisis is often described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and it poses an immediate test for newly re-elected President Bush. Unlike the conflict in southern Sudan, which pits Christian and animist Africans seeking greater autonomy against the Muslim government in Khartoum, both warring groups in Darfur are Muslim. It is the way things go in the on-and-off, carrot-and-stick efforts to resolve the 20 months of fighting in Darfur _ an area about the size of France _ between the predominantly Arab and pro-government Janjaweed militias and the predominantly African rebels. Security Council meeting to ensure the security of civilians in Darfur and the protection of their rights,” the human rights group said in a statement. ![]() “The attacks show how urgent it is for the international community to take firm measures at (the) …. Indeed, within hours of the signing of the pacts _ one promising aid organizations access to the internally displaced refugees in Darfur and the other banning “hostile” military flights over the region _ the shadow had already fallen: Amnesty International reported new attacks by Sudanese security forces on the Al Geir camp for internally displaced persons.Īccording to Amnesty, the Sudanese security forces fired tear gas, assaulted residents and bulldozed shelters in the camp over the protests of international aid agency personnel and U.N. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men,” that in Sudan, “Between the idea/And the reality … Falls the Shadow.” “He (Annan) is hopeful that these measures, combined with the deployment and strengthening of the expanded African Union mission, will re-establish security and stability in the region, and facilitate the safe return of the displaced and refugees to their home areas,” the United Nations said in a statement.īut observers of Sudanese politics know, like the narrator of T.S. 10 accords as a “significant achievement.” Secretary General Kofi Annan warmly welcomed the Nov. 18-19), have signed something of a peace agreement. (UNDATED) The government of Sudan and rebel groups in the nation’s troubled Darfur region, under political pressure from a looming United Nations Security Council meeting in Kenya this week (Nov.
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