Bloodshed, murder, looting and atrocities are nothing new but the recurrent malaise for many victimized Darfurians. However, there is some light at the end of the tunnel that they have been waiting for, since the fatal crises that began in Feb. 2003 which has resulted in n enormous loss of lives and millions running away to save themselves.
As UN and AU forces are gradually appearing in Dafur, the country seems to rejuvenate, but lot more remains to be done to rehabilitate and to provide Darfurians a safe heaven to live in.
Furthermore, tangible results for the people after calling in the peacekeeping forces and any political solution to end the crises have to go a long way. Apprehensions prevail about the success of peacekeeping forces, as previous efforts to unify the rebels didn’t produce considerable results. This can lead to, I afraid, a war like situation similar to Iraq wherein people will be the lone suffers as war against terror in Iraq and Afghanistan has punished innocent people than corrupt governments.
After the deployment of the AU /UN forces, I think, international community needs to revitalize the moribund peace process, protection of civilians should be the priority, an end should be put to government’s abusive policies and guilty should be punished for their heinous crimes.
Finally, after the initial hiccups and huffy hesitation, the jeopardized situation in Sudan is improving, but mere peacekeeping process alone can’t restore peace and stability. There is a need to kick-start the Cease-fire and Humanitarian-access Agreements made in 2004 to relieve the people from the atrocities of Janjaweed militia, who have repeatedly changed uniforms to disguise themselves as defense or police forces to cause havoc on innocent people. Now the people have suffered a lot and the present efforts to bring back the peace and stability should not be hampered at any cost.
