Saturday, June 03, 2006
Darfuris say peace deal incomplete - 'We stay for 100 years in camps'
El Fasher, Sudan - The dozen men hunched inside of a small mud hut in the Abu Shouk refugee camp are yelling so loudly that a small boy retreats into the corner and begins sobbing.
The men may sound as if they are fighting, but in fact, they are all in agreement as they discuss the Darfur peace accord, which was signed by the government of Sudan and one faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army on May 5.
To hear this angry discussion, one thing is clear: Not all Darfuris think the widely-hailed peace agreement is going to solve any of their problems.
Following the refusal of Abdel Wahid Mohamed Nur's breakaway faction of the SLA to sign the agreement, Darfuris and observers have charged that the peace deal is doomed to failure. Read more >>>
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