African Union soldier in Darfur.
Will the AU soldiers stay in Darfur?
What a difference a weekend makes. On Thursday hopes ran high that the United Nations was finally on the verge of taking over peacekeeping operations in Darfur--a long-anticipated and much-needed move from the perspective of the millions of Darfuri civilians caught up in what some believe is an ongoing genocide. But Sudan's president has since dashed those hopes, though he relented a little Monday saying that...   more »