Sunny Darfur?
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In talking about the situation in Darfur as he departs his post, the commander of UNAMID Martin Luther Agwai, has offered some very self-serving remarks. Agwai rightly notes the declining levels of violence in Darfur, but entirely misses the big picture in doing so. "As of today, I would not say there is a war going on in Darfur," declared Agwai in a briefing in Khartoum.
So the days of wine and roses have arrived? What Agwai and others conveniently fail to mention: the three million Darfuris stuck in refugee and displaced camps unable to return to their homes because of insecurity and violence. Having driven three million people from their homes, President Bashir and his janjaweed allies do not need to engage in daily military clashes anymore because they have achieved their objectives. Instead of offering self-congratulatory remarks, the outgoing commander and the entire international community should simply note that it is appalling that after more than six years they have still failed to create the conditions on the ground that would allow displaced peoople to return home by disarming the janjaweed, holding perpetrators of earlier war crimes accountable, securing a viable peace deal, and putting a credible peacekeeping force in place.
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The violence is so bad here.
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Enough policy advisor says it's "premature" to say war over
Must-read interview with Andrew Meldrum of Global Post and Colin Thomas-Jensen, a policy adviser for the Enough Project, about Agwai's controversial statements.
"This is incredibly premature. To say the war in Darfur is over directly contradicts what we see on the ground," Thomas-Jensen said.
Thomas-Jensen's and others, including Sudan analyst Gill Lusk, quoted in this findingDulcinea round-up:
http://is.gd/2EzPN
Genocide
"No one suggested the Holocaust genocide ended until the death camps were liberated; the same should be true for Darfur."
Written by Ben Smith of Politico.com
http://tinyurl.com/npyf47
Disgust !!
Even if there was no continuing violence in varying forms taking place, the aftermath, the aftermath!!
I think we should be in the streets!!
The international community
The international community through the Security Council issued a warning to Sudan and Sudanese government would not heed the warning, and then we have Resolution 1706 that calls for a beef up of the African Union unit that is under funded, under-equipped, unable to mobilize to provide protection to the people. We need to provide protection.