As the U.N. evacuates staff from the main Darfur town of El Fasher on 6 December because of the growing threat from armed groups, Amnesty International has learnt of new attacks in the region carried out by the Janjawid militia.
In a new development, the attackers were mostly in vehicles rather than on horseback in one of the raids, allowing them to travel greater distances to carry out attacks. (MORE) http://web.amnesty.org/pages/sdn-061206-news-eng
Please also see:
Chad: Civilians left unprotected as brutal Janjawid attacks reach 150 kilometres inside Chad
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR200132006
Crisis in Darfur: Janjawid unleashed
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/sdn-index-eng
Amnesty on Sudan http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-sdn/news
U.N. on Sudan
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=88&Body=Sudan&Body1=
In a new development, the attackers were mostly in vehicles rather than on horseback in one of the raids, allowing them to travel greater distances to carry out attacks. (MORE) http://web.amnesty.org/pages/sdn-061206-news-eng
Please also see:
Chad: Civilians left unprotected as brutal Janjawid attacks reach 150 kilometres inside Chad
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR200132006
Crisis in Darfur: Janjawid unleashed
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/sdn-index-eng
Amnesty on Sudan http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-sdn/news
U.N. on Sudan
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=88&Body=Sudan&Body1=