Sudan’s Darfur conflict
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The African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Darfur is struggling to halt widespread abuses and violence, but Sudan is rejecting plans for it to hand over to a larger, stronger UN mission. More than two million people are living in camps after fleeing almost four years of fighting in the region and they would be even more vulnerable without any peacekeepers. Sudan’s government and the pro-government Arab militias are accused of war crimes against the region’s black African population, although the UN has stopped short of calling it genocide. Sudan also rejects moves by the International Criminal Court to name and then try war crimes suspects. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
- History of Darfur, for a broader view of the events that have caused the current conflict
- Bibliography of the Darfur conflict, for all external links to news coverage,
- Chad-Sudan conflict
- African Union Mission in Sudan
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706
- Central African War