Darfur Dilemma - Sudan

November 2008

General Martin Luther Agwais job is difficult - keep the peace in war-ravaged Darfur. But recently a new problem has presented itself the government-backed janjaweed has started targeting peacekeepers.
Patrolling the vast, barren wastelands of West Sudan, General Agwais troops tread an uneasy line between rebels and government forces. His task is to prevent the violence that has already killed 300,000 civilians and threatens to engulf Sudan in civil war. The General is head of the UN-led African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur. But presently in Darfur there is no peace to keep, says General Agwai dryly. That makes our job difficult. The situation for the peacekeepers is deteriorating. Were now being targeted, Agwai tells us. In July this year peacekeeping forces were attacked in a brutal and highly organised way. Agwai believes that the government-backed Janjaweed were behind the attack. So does the UN. In peace talks Agwais forces are criticised by both the rebels and the government but Agwai points out that talking is preferable to fighting. I love it when I hear everyone criticising us, he says cheerfully. That means we are neutral. An impressive account of courage under fire.

Produced by ABC Australia
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[plusx001]

hey!!, these reporters don't create the events and news.. they happen and someone is got to tell the world about them..

we need to clean up our acts as african and stop blaming the west for our own orchestrated misfortunes...

[lynx1689]

i bet if there was oil there the U.N. and the US would happily step in for the fight!

[AcidCatz]

@lynx1689 there is oil in SUDAN

[TheMadmickey999]

This is the worst mission area I have ever worked in! At the time I served there with the EU assistance mission to AMIS, on arrival I found the mission was stagnant. The AU soldiers were and probably still are, ill equipped and poorly led. Many AU soldiers were not receiving their pay from their home governments although each government was receiving the money from the EU. [Prior to UN takeover] It follows that there is little commitment or motivation from the AU military on the ground.

[Cegesh]

@lynx1689 sry but there is oil...

and jeas I hat it that peoples dont help. And I hate this hate and this religius wars...

[GTCism]

I am not familiar with the in's and out's of Darfur but, it is my guess that some where in amongst it as discribed is islam, it is always where the most evil is on the earth...

[josetucompai]

@lynx1689 There's oil Just Not Enough For Ther Greed on Top Of That china gets 70% of That So There's no Way US or U.N. wants To Mess With That

[molokaibanana1]

wow guns killing innocent people...i feel very badly for the innocent people being around this bullshit losing family members and their homes. I hope you get this message rebel army pussies " You guys aren't proving anything" all you do is ruin the lives of citizens wanting freedom. Fuck you rebel armies, government, and United Nations go to the back corner and shoot up some herion i hope you all die of overdose...you are fucking retarded and pointless!

[goldboyjr]

Wow...watched whole thing:0 stoopeed afrikanz!:P

[SweetSoundOfGrace]

@joeiacovino

haha, my comment from 2 years ago... now i still would say 'God' never kills, God/Infinite Consciousness just is, the biblical gods however, that's a whole other story...

[joeiacovino]

@SweetSoundOfGrace

oh yeah... god never killed anyone right? Have you even read the bible?

[Esenadus]

African Union is weak and a club of African dectators. As long as these dectators still alive, Africa will never be peaceful.