Just weeks after the UN Security Council voted unanimously to terminate the mandate of the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID [7]) in Darfur, a new outbreak of violence in the region has left hundreds dead [8] and injured. At least 159 people died [9]–including [10] three aid workers–and tens of thousands [11] were displaced following militia attacks on camps for those already displaced in West Darfur's El Geneina in January. Dozens more lost their lives in South Darfur amid clashes [12] between Arab Rizeigat and Fallata groups. During more than 13 years on the ground, UNAMID has often been criticized for failing to protect people. But many Dafuris protested [13] against its withdrawal and have little faith in the Sudanese government, even with the old regime out the door. Addressing the new violence, Jonas Horner, a Sudan analyst with the International Crisis Group [15], said [16] the new administration had "comprehensively failed its first real test of maintaining security."
From The New Humanitaran [17], Jan. 22.
