Watching PBS Channel 13 in NYC at the moment, and they're running a piece on Darfur. Fareed Zakaria is involved in this particular program. This is more than any single news network, NYT, or any major media outlet has done in years. Actual reporting including video.
Zakaria notes that the situation has only gotten worse over the past several months. The AU wants to get out since the violence is actually worsening. They've got 7,000 peacekeepers in the region, which is about the size of Texas. There's widespread misery, violence, and the janjaweed are continuing their attacks. The US is supporting the AU efforts, and the Darfurians don't particularly care for the UN (go figure).
The AU simply doesn't have the means to deal with this problem on its own and relies on a few donor countries, including the US.
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