Peace mission in Sudan’s Darfur ends, stoking fears of new clashes
By AFP - Jan 02,2021 - Last updated at Jan 02,2021
Members of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) look on as Sudanese internally displaced people stage a sit in to protest against the end of their mandate, in Kalma camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on Thursday (AFP photo)
KHARTOUM/NYALA, Sudan The United Nations and African Union on Thursday ended a 13-year mission to keep the peace in the vast Sudanese region of Darfur, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of renewed fighting.
The United Nations and African Union on Thursday ended a 13-year mission to keep the peace in the vast Sudanese region of Darfur, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of renewed fighting. 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.
Peace mission in Sudan’s Darfur ends, stoking fears of new clashes
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on Thursday ended a 13-year mission to keep the peace in the vast Sudanese
region of Darfur, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of
renewed fighting.
against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum, which responded by
recruiting and arming notorious Arab-dominated militia known as the
Janjaweed.
to the United Nations.
Darfur,” UNAMID’s spokesman Ashraf Eissa said.
“As of 1 January 2021, UNAMID’s troops and police personnel will focus on
providing security for the mission’s drawdown activities, personnel, and
assets.”
and civilian personnel will be completed inside six months.
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Residents worry as UN’s Darfur mission wraps up
AFP, NYALA, Sudan
The UN and the African Union on Thursday ended a 13-year mission to keep the peace in the vast Sudanese region of Darfur, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of renewed fighting.
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 Arab-dominated militia known as the Janjaweed.
About 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced, UN data show.
People protest against the end of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur at Kalma camp in Nyala, Sudan, on Thursday.