SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New York Times - The Dictator Who Waged War on Darfur Is Gone, but the Killing Goes On
Declan Walsh’s feature piece provides insights on the spike of violence in Darfur. Walsh notes that the Sudanese military faces accusations of negligence and complicity, with Adam Mohamed, a senior leader of Darfur’s displaced community saying “they do nothing [in front of janjaweed attacks]”
On the Fata Borno attack, Cameron Hudson said: “it’s just another Tuesday in Darfur, you realise that not much has changed since the revolution.”
Walsh adds that foreign officials are reluctant to blame Sudan’s government for trouble in Darfur, citing a “narrative” framing the violence “as a seasonal dispute between herders and pastoralists.” However, internal UN reports revealed that Sudanese troops were not protecting the Darfur displaced.
Researcher Jerome Tubiana said that, for Darfuris, the enemy is “the centre of Sudan”. El-Sadig Hassan, secretary-general of the Darfur Bar Association, calls for a peacekeeping mission after the UN leaves Darfur.