Amnesty urges UN to send peace-keepers to Sudan

THE build up of Sudanese troops in the war-torn western Darfur region could lead to a human rights catastrophe unless UN peacekeeping troops are sent to the region soon, Amnesty International warned yesterday.

Witnesses in El Fasher in north Darfur have told the London-based group that Sudanese military flights have been flying in troops and arms to the region, said Kate Gilmore, Amnesty’s executive deputy secretary general.

“Displaced people in Darfur are absolutely terrified that the same soldiers that expelled them from their homes and villages may now be sent supposedly to protect them,” Ms Gilmore wrote in a statement.