Showing posts with label Darfur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darfur. Show all posts

27 March 2009

For The First Time EVER

Earlier this month, the president of Sudan was issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes and cruelty against humanity. This is the first time ever a president serving in office is issued with an arrest warrant.
But not taking these issues to heart or seriously, Omar al-Bashir has decided to kick everyone that is not from his country out in an effort to keep himself and other head military men safe. This act mostly pertains to the 13 non-government agencies that the neglected citizens so desperately need, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Medecins Sans Frontieres. A joint Sudanese - UN study has said more than a million people in Darfur will go without food by May unless new aid agencies are deployed.
Omar al-Bashir is accused of orchestrating against the civilians in Darfur, where his government has been battling rebels since 2003. BBC, Oxfam, Save The Children

29 January 2009

Very Many Players..

On Monday, Darfur's most powerful rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), had a gunman brawl with some members of the Sudanese troops. So on Tuesday the Sudanese armed forces proceeded with artillery attacks and air strikes on the rebels in two main areas of Darfur.
A city called El-Fasher is one of those main areas. And stationed in El-Fasher is the main base of the United Nation. Main Area - Main base.
"Ground and aerial bombings by the government continued this morning approximately nine kilometres (five miles) from El-Fasher in an attempt to clear the area of armed movements who had advanced towards the outskirts of the city yesterday," stated the people of the African Union peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), who are also located in El-Fasher.
Although no one was killed in these attacks, the same cannot be said about the battle that went down just south of El-Fasher near Muhajaria, which the JEM seized last week from forces loyal to the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA). The fighting in Muhajaria wounded three civilians and resulted "..in approximately 3,000 people gathering around a UNAMID camp seeking shelter and protection," the statement said.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the renewed fighting.
The united nations says that up to 300,000 people in Darfur have died and more than 2.2 million have been displaced since the uprising against Sudan's Arab-dominated government started in February 2003.
The conflict has deteriorated with the emergence of a multiplying array of rebel groups and breakaway militias.

15 November 2007

The Force Is Weak Without A Millennium Falcon

Without the aid of more helicopters, the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission to Darfur may fail, a top U.N. official has said. The 26,000 members of security, named The Force, are setting to bring stability to the region after over 4 years of continuous conflict. The Force though remains flightless as the deployment date draws near.
Jean-Marie Guehenno, head of the UN peacekeeping department, told reporters The Force needed six attack helicopters and 18 transport helicopters in order to make the mission a success.
That, unfortunately, is not the only commitment problem the peacekeeping mission has. The Sudanese government has yet to authorise the actual make-up of The Force members.
They want The Force to consist mainly of African troops and continues to be upset that peacekeepers from Thailand, Nepal and Norway have been added to The Force.
BBC Africa editor David Bamford says, "..it seems Western countries have been slow in providing the equipment because they lack confidence in the control structure of the joint force.." Source.