... there have been implications (by testimony of a former 'janjaweed' fighter in the British press) that the order to burn entire villages and slaughter the inhabitants came from the Sudanese government... If this is the case, it explains why that government have been opposed to efforts to 'restore peace' in the region. There's much to suggest that rather than being a 'conflict', it's genocide... cut this problem and 50% of suffering in Darfur will be solved