The Sudanese government has rejected a UN report which cites widespread
atrocities in the Darfur region, saying it is biased. The UN report has
been criticised by America for holding back in using the word genocide
to describe the killings which have taken place in the western part of
the country. A Sudanese woman comforts her infant at a feeding centre
for malnourished children in Kebkabiya in North Darfur state. But the
Sudanese government dismissed the report, saying the UN charges were
unproven and biased. "The report was influenced by previous statements
by the secretary-general of the United Nations as well as statements by
the US secretary of state and human rights groups," Mohamed Osman
Yassin, justice minister, said in remarks carried by the official
Al-Anba newspaper. The UN report said the government and its allied
Janjaweed militia were not guilty of genocide in Darfur, but they did
commit mass killings, torture, rape and other atrocities that warrant
prosecution by the International Criminal Court. [more]
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