Seven months into Sudan’s civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies are ransacking and capturing the Darfur region. An aid worker said, “People are dying like insects.”
Britain tested an alternative to detention for people living outside the immigration system. Though praised by the U.N., its outcomes didn’t fit the government’s hard-line approach.
Officials hope the agreement will allow the delivery of lifesaving aid and ease conditions for the millions of Sudanese suffering after nearly four weeks of fighting between rival generals.
The United Nations predicted that the figure would rise to more than 800,000 by year end, in addition to more than 300,000 people internally displaced already.