Darfur Crisis Update

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Latest news is that the cease fire is not holding, EU forces may intervene.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,6119,2-11-1447_1511556,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3621347.stm

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has revised its estimated need. story from Reuters, or from the horses mouth, with a link to the full report.

Here are stories from the UN wire citing or corrobating Mukesh Kapila, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan. He called it a grave humanitarian crises and warned of a campaign of ethnic cleansing.

• U.N. Envoy Calls West Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis World's Worst
  
• U.N. Probes Claims Of "Ethnic Cleansing" In Sudan
  
• Top U.N. Relief Official Warns Of Ethnic Cleansing In Sudan
  
• Eight U.N. Rights Experts Slam Abuses In West Sudan
  

Here's an interview with Dr. Sulaf al-Din Salih, the commissioner-general of Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission. It contradicts other reports by reputable observers.

This is a story from UN OCHAabout people being diplaced in Darfur.

unhcr on Chad crisis.