There’s something inexorable about the downward spiral of Darfur, despite increasing international attention, and the recent Nigeriian peace agreement:
Aid workers in Sudan’s Darfur region have told visiting UN ambassadors that the situation has worsened there since the signing of May’s peace deal.
They warned that the camps for the 2m people displaced in the crisis faced a potentially explosive situation.
Rebel factions in favour or opposed to the agreement have been attacking each other’s supporters and women were being increasingly targeted by rapists. […]
The 15 ambassadors from the UN Security Council are visiting Darfur to get backing for the peace agreement signed last month.
The BBC’s Mark Doyle, who is travelling with ambassadors, says briefings by aid workers and human right activists painted an alarming picture of deteriorating conditions in the camps.
The ambassadors were told it was too dangerous for them to visit the camps in case those who rejected the agreement mounted demonstrations.
If diplomats with armed guards are not safe in the camps, the situation of vulnerable civilians is far worse, and the partial peace agreement could become even more fragile if tensions in the camps boil over, our correspondent adds.
Human rights lawyers said the government was acting with impunity, arresting and torturing people on the basis of their tribe.
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