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...Chapter VII of its charter to authorize a peacekeeping mission without Sudan’s consent. Critics of UN intervention argue that it’s unfeasible. In Darfur’s complex civil conflict even militants can be hard to identify—the word “Janjaweed?? literally means “hordes” in the local dialetic. Furthermore, it is questionable if the UN has the right to impose troops against a nation’s will. Better, say critics, to offer a new package of incentives to Sudan. Moreover, critics worry that...
Arab militias known as the Janjaweed??supported, many charge, by the government in Khartoum—have attacked numerous black African villages in the country’s Darfur region, displacing upwards of 1.5 million people and leaving tens of thousands killed...
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