Darfur Grows Deadlier

Michael Huang

The May Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) between the Sudanese government and several rebel groups has brought anything but peace, as the region is ravaged by escalating violence and crisis. More aid workers were killed in Darfur within two weeks than in the two years previous, marking July as the deadliest month of violence since the conflict began. The latest rise in violence is merely consistent with a year-long trend of growing insecurity, as the UN notes that the number of armed clashes during the first half of 2006 is double the same period of 2005. Read more >>>