Here's an example where the U.N. is helpless to act and it's humanitarian relief attempts are of negligible worth. I don't have a magic answer except that first and second world nations should stop selling arms to primitive tribal and ethnic groups. If they want to fight, let them do it with spears and stones. It's not possible to prevent people with deep seated rivalries from killing each other. Sad to say, but true, I think.
The U.N. does not even know what is happening and who is responsible. Talk about failed states and ineffective leadership!
" Truck theft
Security on the ground continues to deteriorate and the African Union troops sent to Darfur to protect the ceasefire monitors are having little impact on the fighting.
'We're talking about a major humanitarian delivery that was stopped,' the UN's Radhia Achouri in the capital Khartoum told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
The problems of Darfur cannot be solved through military means
The UN's Jan Pronk
Darfur observer frustration
'We have decided to not proceed until further notice, until the security situation is reassessed,' she said.
Both Darfur rebel groups - the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement - have denied responsibility for the attacks in Ghubaysh, she said.
The situation was confusing, she added, as reports suggest a new rebel movement is claiming responsibility for the attack on the main road to the towns of Nyala in south Darfur and El-Fashir in the north.
In another development, the UN is also concerned about the theft by rebels of 13 trucks carrying food aid over the past two weeks.
Ms Achouri said there were worrying reports that rebels were using the WFP lorries to launch their attacks"
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