The deaths of dozens of civilians in fighting in the far south of Sudan and an outbreak of communal violence in the restive Darfur region have fuelled fears that communities across the frontier regions of Africa’s third-biggest country are being drawn into the bloody contest between two rival generals.
Where is Darfur?
A huge and largely arid swathe of western and south-western Sudan, Darfur has suffered recurrent conflict, drought, famine and other problems for decades. It covers 500,000 sq km, is