ABC News: "As peace talks stall, Darfur refugees live life of fear"

ABC News has this Darfur Update.

Behold the grim news:

Far removed from government and rebel leaders jockeying for position in turgid peace talks, Khadija and two million other refugees in Darfur live in daily fear of killings, hunger and the end of hope.

"I had to flee here - pregnant - 11 months ago to escape the fighters who attacked my village," said Khadija, cradling her four-month-old daughter Sulafa in her arms at the Kalma refugee camp in southern Darfur. She would not give their second name for fear of reprisals for speaking out.

Kalma, which hosts at least 90,000 refugees, is the biggest camp in the remote western region and has been a hotbed of unrest.

Despite a ceasefire agreement last year, violence has spiralled in recent months in Darfur, where mostly non-Arab rebels launched a revolt against Sudan's Islamist government in early 2003, accusing Khartoum of monopolizing wealth and power.

The violence has left tens of thousands dead in what the United States has called genocide, a charge Khartoum denies.

Six rounds of peace talks between the central government and Darfur rebels have so far yielded few results, and splits within the main rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), have widened as its leaders squabble over who can represent Darfuris at the next round in Abuja on November 21.

"The camps are becoming less stable," said Bob Kitchen, who heads the local programme of U.S.-based aid group International Rescue Committee. "The safety … is still compromised on a regular basis by incursions and violence outside the camps."

The paths to genocide are many. Khartoum has yet to find a path to it that it hasn't liked. The Darfur refugees suffer malnutrition, ill health and vulnerability to future attacks while Sudan dances with the SLA.

Meanwhile, the world watches as the next Rawanda erupts before their eyes. May God forgive us all.