In one scene in the upcoming documentary, Darfur Now, Hejewa Adam, a Darfurian woman who became a rebel fighter after the government forces killed her three-month-old son, dreams of living a free life once the hybrid U.N.-African Union peacekeeping troops move in.
Other rebel women agree and hope that the “white men will come in” and build their homes and help them like they have in other conflict areas.
Many Darfurians hope that life will come to some kind of normalcy after the deployment of U.N.-African Union troops to protect civilians and humanitarian workers in the area, which was authorized after the U.N. Security Council 1769 was passed.
In a perfect world, bringing peace to Sudan could not get any simpler. Many analysts believe that boycotting the Beijing Olympic games would eventually pressure China to put pressure on Khartoum asking it to get its act together.
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