Sudan’s president, under international pressure to end killings of civilians in the western Darfur region, said the armed forces will disarm the Arab militias blamed for what the United Nations has called a humanitarian crisis. President Omar el-Bashir said in a statement Saturday said he was ordering a “complete mobilization” of all Sudanese army and security forces to disarm all Darfur’s warring parties, including the janjaweed — nomadic Arab militia that the government has been accused of supporting. Fighting between Arab militias and the black African population has killed thousands of people and forced more than 1 million to flee their homes. International rights groups say the government has backed the Arab militia in an ethnic cleansing campaign against the African villagers. Full Story
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