Darfuris fear their new protectors - The Mail & Guardian
Darfuris fear their new protectors 9 Jan 2021 Vacuum: A peacekeeper watches over the Khor Abeche camp for internal refugees, but after 17 years the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur is withdrawing. Residents of the Kalma Camp (left) protest against the end of the peacekeeping mission. (Photo: UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran) For 13 years, United Nations and African Union peacekeepers have been stationed in the Sudanese region of Darfur. Their mission was to prevent a repeat of the genocide committed by forces aligned with ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, which ...