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Worries mount as peacekeeping mission ends mission in Darfur
“The last day for UNAMID is tonight at midnight,” said UNAMID’s team leader in Darfur office Islam Khan.
Wednesday 30/12/2020
Sudanese internally displaced people protest against the end of the mandate of UNAMID, in Kalma camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on December 30, 2020. (AFP)
NYALA, SUDAN – The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end 13 years of peacekeeping in the vast Sudanese region on Thursday, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of new conflict.
Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003, when ethnic minority rebels rose up against the government in Khartoum, which responded by recruiting and arming notorious militia known as the Janjaweed.
Sudan’s foreign minister says the army has restored control over all lands along the border that had been taken over by Ethiopian farmers.
“The armed forces have now fully recovered all Sudanese territory,” Minister Omar Qamareddine told a Khartoum news conference on Thursday.
“The borders have already been demarcated, all that’s remaining in our talks … is increasing the border signs,” Qamareddine said.
Tensions have flared between the two countries over the al-Fashqa region of the border, where Ethiopian farmers have been cultivating fertile land which is claimed by Sudan.
The region has seen sporadic clashes over the years but new fighting erupted in November when the federal government sent troops into the neighbouring Tigray region of Ethiopia against the regional authorities.
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Updated December 31, 2020
Sudanese children walk past an armoured vehicle of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Kalma Camp for internally displaced people in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on December 30, 2020.
The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end 13 years of peacekeeping in the vast Sudanese region on Thursday, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of new conflict.
Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003, when ethnic minority rebels rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum, which responded by recruiting and arming notorious Arab-dominated militia known as the Janjaweed.
A total of 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced, according to the United Nations.
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