“Peace” brings only war to Darfur.
“The signing of the peace agreement unfortunately took a lot of effort from large parts of the international community and very little after that in terms of monitoring, pushing for implementation and holding parties accountable,” said Dave Mozersky, Sudan analyst for the International Crisis Group.
But what the world has agreed to call peace, still looks very much like war.
In July Darfur saw the bloodiest month for the world’s largest aid operation since the conflict began 3-1/2 years ago with eight humanitarian workers killed. Access to the 3.6 million dependent on aid is at its lowest ever level.
Government planes are again bombing rebel factions who rejected the deal, U.N. officials say. Rebel leader Minni Arcua Minnawi, who signed the accord, is accused of torturing his opposition, and other rebels have factionalised. A new alliance has declared renewed war with the government.
U.N. emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland said in Geneva on Thursday: “It is going from really bad to catastrophic in Darfur.”
(Reuters)
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