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A pivotal moment for darfur…

March 10, 2006 by kairos Leave a Comment

From the BBC:

The African Union on Friday faces the most difficult decision in its short history.

Created three years ago with the idea of “African solutions for African problems” at its heart, it must decide whether to handover its first major peacekeeping operation to the United Nations.

Seven thousand AU troops are deployed in Darfur but they have failed to end a conflict that has so far killed more than 100,000 people and left millions in overcrowded camps.

The last year has seen a steady deterioration on the ground with militia attacking civilians, rebel movements splintering and the arrival of armed groups from neighbouring Chad.

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