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The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace by Jérôme Tubiana


MagkaSama Team - August 9, 2017
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27 January 2015. Um Baru: Thousands of people, mostly women and children, take refuge at a safe zone adjacent to UNAMID's base in Um Baru, North Darfur.The newly displaced people fled from different villages which had been reportedly attacked.

Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam/UNAMID


We often suggest you to read reports and articles posted by specialists on the countries we focus on. Last week, Jérôme Tubiana (he attended the screening of the movie The Heart of Nuba we organized last year and we regularly mention his reports), posted on IRIN website: The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace.

In May of this year, Darfuri rebels based in Libya barrelled across the border in some 160 vehicles, breaking through Sudanese defence lines and giving the lie to the widely touted notion that conflict in Sudan’s vast western region was finally over.

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UNAMID is well aware of this continuing violence and of who is behind it: the RSF, which are no less abusive than the infamous janjawid used to be in 2003-2004. Two years ago, Human Rights Watch accused UNAMID of failing to report the magnitude of RSF’s crimes in Darfur.

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But the problem the West has now with Sudan is not only lack of information: mention the word “Darfur” to a Western diplomat and you’ll be met with fatigue, and hostility towards those rebels who kept refusing to sign a deal with the government. International players now have other priorities, including Libya and South Sudan. And Darfuri rebels active in those countries will be generally described as spoilers.

A great analysis you can read here.



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