Should General Martin Luther Agwai also shake hands with the Devil?
Andrews Atta-Asamoah Since taking command of the joint United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), General Martin Luther Agwai has never missed an opportunity to alert the international community to what Unamid requires to effectively implement its mandate in Darfur. This clarion call from the general is getting louder,yet the international community is grappling with other matters, including the indictment of President Omar al Bashir. It does not seem to be giving much attention to the general’s warnings on why the Darfur operation is likely to fail. In anop-ed published in South Africa’s Mail & Guardian and several other media across the world entitled “What Peace is There to Keep in Darfur?” General Agwai outlined the constraints facing the Darfur peacekeeping operation and enumerated his recommendations for a smooth mandate implementation. According to him, the Darfur operation is currently under-manned and poorly equipped. Instead of the authorised strength of 19,555
