Security situation in Darfur deteriorating: UN chief
The security situation in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region is deteriorating, and the UN-African Union force (UNAMID) struggling to maintain peace there is overstretched, UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday. “The situation in Darfur is deteriorating. We are seeing increasing attacks on UN and international staff,” he told a press conference, pointing to the ambush killing of a Nigerian UN peacekeeper Monday. “The UNAMID mission is severely stretched.” (Full Story)