AP, United Nations
An escalation in fighting in Darfur has forced 138,000 people to flee their homes since mid-January and there is no end in sight to the 13-year conflict in Sudan’s largest region, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Wednesday.
Herve Ladsous painted a grim picture to the U.N. Security Council of the upsurge in fighting in Darfur’s Jebel Marra area between Sudanese government forces and rebels loyal to the Sudan Liberation Army’s founder Abdul Wahid Elnur.