4/29/2005
Mixed news from the Sudan
At the same time the African Union is tripling the force in Darfur, the Sudanese Government is making aid workers jobs easier. Currently, aid workers need permission to go to places where there are no security concerns. That particular barrier is being dropped. The African Unions force is currently only authorized to only authorized to protect civilians in a very limited fashion, as part of the deal that will bring their forces up over seven thousand to expand their mission to give them more license to intervene. Could we actually see an end to the rolling atrocity that is the Sudan in the next few years? Who knows? Despite the efforts of the government, the international concerns, the outlook may take on a grimmer aspect for the whole region.
