Sudan and Darfur: UN renews his mission and hopes Janjawid to be disarmed
Unmis
(UN Mission in Sudan) was renewed on Friday for further six months by
the UN Security Council. The Mission was settled to help the
implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed on January 9
by SUdanese president Umar al-Bashir and the former chaiman of Sudan
People's Liberatin Movement/Army (Spml/a) John Garang, who became
vice-president. The agreement put an end to the 21 year Noth-South
civil war, between Arab and non-Arab inhabitants, and led to a
government of national unit on September 21.
But instability is still in the air, as the death of John Garang in a
helicopter accident showed. On August 1, when the announcement was
given, inhabitans of the South went down on the street and assault
their Arab compatriots, claiming that Garang's death was caused by
al-Bashir's regime. Twenty-eight people were killed anc a curfew was
imposed in the capital Karthoum. The hate between Noth and South is
still living.
On the other hand, yesterday Juan
Mendez, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Prevention of
Genocide, said in Karthoum tha Janjawid, an Arab militia group allied
to the Sudanese government, must be disarmed if peace is to return in
western Sudan region of Darfur. Since the start of the conflict, in
fact, janjawid were accused of the massacre of non-Arab inhabitants of
the region. Nowadays, according to UN, Janjawed remain still an
obstacle to the pacification of the country.
The UN says more than 2.9 million people continue to be affected by the
conflict, of whom 1.85 million are internally displaced or have fled to
neighbouring Chad.
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matteo mohorovicich
