Darfur peacekeepers short of men, gear a year on
Darfur peacekeepers remain critically short of manpower and have less than half the equipment they need a year into their mission, a U.N. official said on Sunday. The joint U.N./African Union UNAMID force only managed to get 58 per cent of its forces on to the ground in its first 12 months, narrowly missing lowered deployment targets, according to the latest figures. Full Story