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U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration claims — threatens, really — that the international community doesn’t have the capability to focus on the millions of Darfuris who have been violently displaced from their homes.

“There are going to be a lot of things that are keeping us from focusing on Darfur,” [Gration said.] “That’s why we have this little window where we really need to get the framework solidified.”

“…I think we are going to see a real big focus on the election,” Gration said. “There is not going to be a lot of bandwidth to be doing Darfur and negotiations.”

Read the full Washington Post article here.

Kony and the LRA Out of Darfur?

The notorious leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, has apparently left Darfur for the Central African Republic, Reuters reports.

The LRA had recently sought refuge in Western Sudan, alarming human rights watchdogs that have long documented the group’s penchant for murder, child slavery, and mass rape.

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Here’s one thing that struck me about this development. And it’s a part of the story that underlines what genocide has done to Western Sudan. According to Reuters, the LRA left Darfur because of the drastic food shortage there.

Not even brazen rebels — who steal and take whatever they want — can find daily sustenance in Darfur.