Darfur Protesters Greet UN Chief

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has been met by protests during a visit to a refugee camp in Sudan's strife torn western Darfur region. Mr. Ban, in the area to help arrange a peacekeeping force, had to reschedule meetings after refugees confronted him, pleading to help to return home. He said plans to send 26,000 troops from the UN and African Union, to arrive next year, were on a good track. At least 200,000 people have died more than 2m have been displaced since 2003.

UN Warns of Armed Darfur Camps

The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator, John Holmes, has described the refugee camps in Darfur as militarized. Mr. Holmes told the press that some of the 1.2 million refugees are impatient, politicized and armed. He said having thousands of disaffected men cooped up in camps in which weapons were available, was dangerous.