Darfur displaced fearful as UN peacekeepers hand over to local forces
Darfur displaced fearful as UN peacekeepers hand over to local forces By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz Sudanese civilians protest against United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur CAIRO/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Ahlam Hamid fled from her home in Sudan’s Darfur region 17 years ago when government troops and militiamen, some on horseback, raided her village and clashed with rebels. Now she worries she will be at the mercy of those forces once more, as an international peacekeeping mission deployed to contain the conflict abruptly pulls out. UNAMID, a joint United Nations-Afric...
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