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Darfur: African Union Needs More than U.N. Logistical Support

Darfur: African Union Needs More than U.N. Logistical Support

Things just got worse for Halima, a displaced woman I found nursing burns from a militia attack in Darfur six months ago.

Security is at a premium for war-scarred Halima and tens of thousands of other refugees hunkering down in squalid camps studded across war-torn Darfur in western Sudan.

Just days after the African Union extended its limp mandate in the blood-soaked region unil mid-2007, its poorly equipped troops -- deployed to protect Halima and others -- are now running scared.

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