Is Darfur getting any better?

I thought this would probably be one of the most difficult debates to link to current events, evidently I was wrong (unfortunately this is not a good thing, no news is good news when it comes to Darfur).

UN peacekeepers that are in Darfur as part of the United Nations/African Union Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) have threatened to "create a scenario in Sudan which will deter the on-going peace process in Darfur" if not paid their allowances. The generals in charge of the peace keeping operation point out that the soldiers know the problems disrupting the peace would cause and that they would be court-marshalled for their actions if they did so. The soldiers are complaining that their duty tour was extended with no explanation and argue they have been given no date for rotation meaning that they have to contemplate action "Even though it is against the ethics of military to go to press, we are pushed to the wall, because nobody to listens our cry apart from the media."

In other Darfur related news just over a week ago Sudan appointed a new prosecutor Yassir Ahmed Mohamed. The prosecutor is charged wit investigating the war crimes and crimes against humanity that occurred in the region during the civil war. However as he is appointed by Khartoum he does not have much credibility and is unlikely to bring Omar al Bashir or others on the government side to justice.

So not much progress in Darfur but could things yet be considered to get worse and even approach genocide proportions again? Some have been warning that their could be a second genocide in Darfur against the Nuba people through the use of scorched earth tactics denying 1.2million people of food and shelter.

Debatabase debate: This House believes that the US should have done more for Darfur http://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/peace-security-human-rights/house-believes-us-should-have-done-more-darfur

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/21/sudan-genocide-nuba-warnings-ignored

http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00017497.html

http://allafrica.com/stories/201206260968.html