How Seriously is the World taking the Crisis in Darfur?
Once again there are mixed signals eminating from the tragic situation in Darfur. It seems as if the more that the World tries to seriously address the situation the more Khartoum tries to shield itself from the scrutiny. The facts of the crisis are now the following. Thousands of people have been killed in what can be best described as possibly Ethnic Cleansing. The Actors in this Drama the Janjiweed are acting at the behest of or with the outright assistance of the Sudanese Government. Whatever the case this conflict has caused Khartoum to lose the leadership of the African Union for the last two years in a row. So what steps have the regional neighbors of Sudan and the west of the world taken? Well the AU has sent a peacekeeping mission to Darfur. That is good on the surface. However the mandate that the mission was sent there is inadequate. The Peacekeepers have no real power in a poorly defined mission. An attempt for the UN to take over the mission has muddled along for more than
