Friday, July 14, 2006

In Darfur, peace deal has had little effect

By Shashank Bengali

KASSAB, Sudan -- Don't ask Ibrahim Rahma about the peace agreement for Darfur. Where he sits, in this camp where thousands displaced by the war in western Sudan now live in tumbledown wooden shacks, there is no peace.

Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts Here, the 38-year-old sheik said, stick-legged children still subsist on rationed food, and the water wells often run dry. Armed men still terrorize people. Two nights earlier, gunshots rang out in the nearby hills. Read more >>>

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