DARFUR UPDATE:

Many refugees in Sudan’s wartorn Darfur region still live in a climate of fear and are reluctant to return home as they do not trust the government to protect them, according to the United Nation’s (UN) human rights chief.

“The stories we heard in all three states of Darfur convey an acute sense of insecurity,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said.

Many refugees “continue to live in a climate of fear”.

An estimated 50,000 people have died and 1.4 million have been displaced in Sudan’s western Darfur region where UN officials say pro-government Janjaweed militias have carried out a scorched earth campaign of ethnic cleansing against non-Arab minorities.

The Arab News, on the other hand, says this is just more Crusader-talk.