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| Sudan's Darfur no longer at war: UNAMID chief |
| 2009-08-28 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Sudan's Darfur region is no longer in a state of war and only has one rebel group capable of mounting limited military campaigns, the head of the area's peacekeeping force said as he ended his tour of duty. The commander of the joint U.N./African Union UNAMID force, Martin Luther Agwai, told reporters the conflict had now descended into banditry and "very low intensity" engagements that could blight the remote western region for years without a peace deal. "As of today, I would not say there is a war going on in Darfur," he said in a briefing in Khartoum late on Wednesday. "Militarily there is not much. What you have is security issues more now. Banditry, localized issues, people trying to resolve issues over water and land at a local level. But real war as such, I think we are over that." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Read, TEMPORARY LULL = ARMISTICE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-08-28 02:18 |