20 years on, Darfur nightmare returns

A Sudanese army soldier walking by a destroyed armoured vehicle in Khartoum, Sudan. Twenty years on, Darfur tips into chaos again; the world seems unable, or unwilling, to do much to stop a new struggle on an old battlefield, as atrocities sweep villages and towns. — Ivor Prickett/The New York Times

TWO decades ago, the word “Darfur” ­rippled across the world as a symbol of unchecked atrocities in a distant land.

Today, it is happening again. Atrocities are sweeping its cities and villages. And once more, the world seems unable, or unwilling, to do much to stop it.