What the article I quoted said, and what I agree with, is that the primary obstacle to getting serious U.N. involvement in the Darfur situation was China.

I am not sure why we should regard this a just ‘Africa’s problem’, as you seem to imply.

F’rinstance, another of the reasons for the lack of UN action comes from the refusal of the OAU or inability of the OAU to provide a suitable number of troops.

With escalating conflicts in Somalia and Darfur, the Horn of Africa is in a very precarious situation.

The African Union has to take steps to ensure civilians are protected even as the feuding sides are given an opportunity to negotiate and resolve their problems.

It is sad that even after the AU made a resolution to send a peacekeeping mission to Somalia, less than three countries have honoured the pledge.

Citing lack of resources to deal with conflicts in Africa does not hold because resources are being used daily in Africa to ignite and fuel vicious wars.

Are African leaders and the AU so incompetent that they have to keep begging and waiting for the West to solve our self-inflicted conflicts?

The AU must break with the past OAU policies of non-interference and sovereignty.

Besides encouraging democracy, good governance and workable conflict resolution mechanisms across Africa, the AU must firmly deal with any deviations from these principles

Ghana at least seems to see some hope -

There are the unresolved conflicts in Somalia, the Darfur region of Sudan, and Cote d’Ivoire to exercise the energies of the AU.

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The horror in Darfur in Sudan continues unabated, a situation which is to the discredit of our continent. With the consultation of the AU, the new UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki- Moon, successor to our illustrious compatriot, Kofi Annan, has a week ago appointed the highly respected Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo, Rodolphe Adada, my predecessor as Chair of the AU’s Executive Council, as his Undersecretary-General with special responsibility for Darfur.

Hopefully, this appointment signals the determination of the world community to find at long last a decisive resolution of this ongoing tragic conflict so that effective protection can be given to the beleaguered population of the area. The killings in Darfur, which appear to have escalated, are a great blot on the conscience of Africa, which the continent cannot afford.