Daily Darfur: Second Verse, Same as the First?

Published April 30, 2009 @ 04:15AM PT

Qatari and Libyan negotiators began a process to review past peace agreements between Chad and Sudan, in an effort to end the cross-border proxy war that continues to fuel the conflict in Darfur and instability in both countries:

"The talks...will review the positive and negative aspects of past agreements to arrive at a lasting solution, Sudanese Foreign Ministry undersecretary Mutrif Siddig told Qatar's state news agency late on Wednesday."

Negative aspects: None of the agreements ever freaking worked.

Positive aspects: ...?

Sudan accuses Chad of supporting the Darfuri Justice and Equality Movement, while Sudan itself supports Chadian rebels in their periodic efforts to capture N'djamena. (Because what would Chadian politics be without seasonal coup attempts? I would think that the French, at least, would get rather bored without them.)

An African Union delegation led by Thabo Mbeki also visited Chad this week.

A successful effort to end the tit-for-tat rebel support would be a significant step towards stabilizing the region, but like everything else in this geopolitical broken record: I'll believe it when I see it.

Quickies

UNAMID announced that it will team up with UNIFEM to "support innovative measures to boost the standing of women" in Darfur.

Two Canadian aid workers where finally freed yesterday after being kidnapped from Darfur three weeks ago.

The governor of Georgia signed Sudan divestment legislation into law yesterday.

Amnesty International is protesting the death sentences given to 82 Darfuris suspected of involvement in a rebel attack near Khartoum last year, arguing that their trial in Sudanese special courts was "grossly unfair."

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Michelle became involved in the anti-genocide cause at a young age, and has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns, ever since.