Darfur

[Michael Kamber for The New York Times]

"Thinly stretched African Union troops have been unable to stop the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan."

Beautiful, aren't they?

Some of the rebel groups did not agree to terms of the Sudanese government's peace agreement, it did not meet all of their demands, the deadline has passed so it has been extended 48 hours "at the request of the United States." We'll see what happens.