Genocide Monitor: Dec. 22, 2009.

  • DARFUR: The conflict continues in North Darfur, including clashes between the Sudanese government and rebels as well as attacks on UNAMID peacekeepers.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: As of September 2009, more than 1,400 civilians had been killed by members of the FDLR or FARDC in the eastern DR Congo since the beginning of 2009.
  • EASTERN BURMA: More than 470,000 civilians remain displaced in eastern Burma at the end of 2009.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan declined between September and October, but more than 1,900 civilians have been killed in the country in 2009.

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Spotlighted Conflict:

Situation on the Ground

The Sudanese Armed Forces clashed with SLA rebels near the towns of al-Harra and Jabel Eissa in North Darfur on November 26. Six thousand people were reportedly displaced by the fighting, with ten casualties among the belligerents.1 A day later, Sudanese Armed Forces killed seven civilians in North Darfur's Delij IDP camp after a dispute over election registration.2

UNAMID peacekeepers have come under fatal attack twice in the course of two days in early December. In both incidents, Rwandan peacekeepers were attacked by bandits while distributing water to local residents in North Darfur. Five peacekeepers were killed in the two attacks.3

New Joint Special Representative for UNAMID

Veteran diplomat Ibrahim Gambari will reportedly succeed Rodolphe Adada as the permanent chief of the UNAMID mission on January 1, 2010. Gambari comes to the UNAMID mission from a recent posting as the UN Special Envoy to Myanmar (Burma).4

LRA Threat to South Sudan

Lord's Resistance Army rebels remain a threat across central Africa as they continue to attack civilians in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two LRA raids have been carried out in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, resulting in seven deaths and twenty abductions among the local population.5