The international community will send 26,000 troops to Darfur by Corina Ciubotaru

International forces have joined efforts to restore peace to the troubled region of Darfur, in Sudan. After fighting for the last four years, during which hundreds of thousands of people died and millions were relocated, the dispute has intensified over the last week, as rebel forces captured the strategic city Adila. Countries from Africa, Asia and the Middle East agreed to send troops and police to the region. By the end of this year, 26,000 mainly African troops and police will be dispatched to Darfur, and will also incorporate the forces of the African Union. Ethnic African rebels fight in Darfur against the predominantly Arab government accused of not helping the region more and it seems neither party is willing to surrender. So, the government has agreed to allow UN troops to aid in settling the conflict in a passive manner: they are there to protect against attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers, while only monitoring weapons, instead of disposing of them. Rebel African forces have now separated into several rival factions, and it seems they have also lost their focus since they are fighting each other as well as the government. Sudan is the largest country in Africa and the tenth largest in the world. Its history is marked by wars and struggles for independence and power and it was run as two separate provinces by the British, the south and the north, and Darfur is a region in the West of the country, near the border with Chad.

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by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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