Sudan 'allows monitors in camps'

IDPs (Internationally Displaced Persons) in camps in Sudan, which are currently monitored only by local police, will soon be recieving more protection from the African Union. The U.N. says that a force of 5,000 monitors and their protection force are needed to prevent violence and ensure safety of refugees. Part of the problem and the relative insecurity in the camps is, after the humans rights abuses they have wittnessed being committed by official forces, the people's distrust of any one in uniform particularly the police. Currently Sudan has 98 camps, holding 1.5 million IDPs. A rebellion in Sudan which was so brutally put down by government militia that Colin Powell declared it genocide, resulted in this extensive humanitarian crisis.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/29/sudan.monitors/index.html