Darfur

"International peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region said Thursday they have received reports of alleged aerial bombing that forced villagers to flee, adding to an upsurge of violence in the vast region."

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"Amid claims of declining violence and wider regional transformations, the Darfur conflict has all but vanished from the international agenda since 2010. Virtually unnoticed by the international community, the conflict has moved into a new phase, in which the Government of Sudan has shifted away from using Arab proxy militias only to rely on newly formed (and newly armed) non-Arab proxies."

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"Three women were attacked by four armed men on Saturday morning in the valley Ardeba in the locality of Sirba, West Darfur, a witness told Radio Dabanga. The women, from the IDP camp of Kindibe, were attacked and kidnapped by a group of armed men on horse and camelback who then raped them. They were released in the evening."

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"There is nothing new in these dispatches from various sources: Did anyone really expect that Khartoum would grant the UN expert on human rights in Sudan access to Darfur?  Or that a UNAMID assessment team would be given freedom of movement in Darfur to determine the security needs of the region?"

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"An escalation in the number of refugees fleeing to South Sudan points to a deterioration in the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. In the last two weeks of May, 35,000 more refugees arrived in South South, bringing to total number of refugees in South Sudan and Ethiopia to 182,000. Over 8,000 of the 12,000 South Sudanese returnees stranded in Kosti were flown to South Sudan in May on a humanitarian airlift organized by IOM."

"The fourth update [from Eric Reeves since his original reportt on May 6, 2011]... collectively, the reports and data attempt to render as completely as possible all confirmed aerial attacks on civilians and humanitarians working in what is now Sudan and South Sudan.  The attacks recorded here are all the responsibility of the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party regime in Khartoum, which this month marks its 23rd year in power following the June 30, 1989 military coup."