Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Despite the Darfur Peace Agreement, Death and Displacement in Darfur

Refugees International

"What was written in the Darfur Peace Agreement is just paperwork," says a local leader of the Masalit tribe in Gereida in South Darfur. "After the signing, attacks have increased." Officials in Gereida, one of Darfur's largest concentrations of displaced people, report almost nightly attacks in the area by mounted forces known as the Janjaweed, a government-supported Arab militia. Read more >>>

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