United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday that Sudan’s government is still fighting rebel groups in Sudan’s western Darfur region despite agreements to stop the fighting.
Annan said attacks on civilians have declined but attacks on international personnel have risen. An attack on March 22 seriously wounded an American foreign aid worker, Annan said. Military activity by Janjaweed fighters and rebel groups is continuing, Annan said in a monthly report to the U.N. Security Council.
Earlier, the U.N. pulled staff from four areas in Darfur because of threats.
Nearly 200,000 people have died and two million been uprooted in the conflict that erupted two years ago between government aligned armed groups and rebel groups in Darfur. The conflict chiefly concerns the distribution of economic resources.
The Security Council has passed two resolutions to end the conflict in Darfur, including strengthening arms embargoes and prosecuting Sudanese war crime suspects by the International Criminal Court.
Annan said those who fear they could be handed to the court may resort to attacking U.N. workers and aid groups.