The only clue is that all the affected children visit the same school, so the cause is believed to be related to the food they have been served. The next day, Satine takes Padmé to a newly opened hospital, but they are horrified to discover a vast number of ailing children inside who have been poisoned with an unknown substance. Padmé and Satine soon find themselves in a difficult situation as none of the Ruling Council members can agree on a common stand about asking the Republic for aid, since corruption is widespread in its political system - an issue which worries the two women. Prime Minister Almec, reluctant to acknowledge any corrupt activity In order to increase their profits by quantity, the smugglers dilute the delivered tea with a toxic chemical called slabin once on-planet. She is greeted by all the Mandalorians of the city as she goes to Satine's palace, but at the same time, a band of Moogan smugglers land on the cargo docks and bribe a corrupt customs officer into turning a blind eye on them. Padmé Amidala travels to the New Mandalorians' capital city, Sundari, to assure Satine of the aid from helpful factions in the Galactic Senate. While Duchess Satine's endeavor to keep Mandalore out of the Clone Wars was successful, her world now faces an economic crisis: due to the raging war it no longer receives vital supply shipments, and she has pleaded with the Senate to allow trade routes to be opened since smuggling, in combination with corruption, has become the only way of shipping in the needed supplies. To increase their profits, they have been diluting the tea with a hazardous chemical. Moogan smugglers have been sneaking in supplies, including bottled tea destined for the Mandalorian schools.
The fighting in Darfur gradually declined but violence continues to flare, as Arab militias roaming the provinces remain heavily armed and retain control over land they seized.Padmé, on a diplomatic mission to Mandalore, guarantees the pacifist planet the Republic's full protection, but she and Duchess Satine soon find something sinister lurking beneath the planet's serene façade. Al-Bashir, now imprisoned in Khartoum, was indicted for war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Court for the Darfur violence. Government forces and primarily Arab militias known as janjaweed are accused of widespread atrocities in the conflict, which killed over 300,000 people and forced 2.7 million to flee. The latest bloodletting has sparked fears the region could slide back into conflict and raised questions over the government’s ability to implement a peace deal and protect civilians.Īl-Bashir had waged a scorched-earth counterinsurgency in Darfur against ethnic minority rebels who blamed the government for economic and political marginalization. In January, tribal violence killed 470 people in Darfur, in one of the worst episodes since the vicious war of the 2000s there.
At least six villages were affected, some of them were burned down, according to the U.N. Some fled to nearby villages and others crossed the border into Chad. The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that 9,800 people have been displaced in the area of Jebel Moon. He alleged that Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary unit controlled by the country's second most powerful general, had eventually intervened on behalf of Arab tribes. There was no immediate word of any injuries.Įarlier, Adam Regal, a spokesman for a local organization that helps run refugee camps in Darfur, told The Associated Press that the conflict grew out of a land dispute.
Activists circulated videos on social media showing tear gas being fired at protesters. Similar protests were held elsewhere in Sudan, including in the provinces of Kassala, North Darfur, West Kordofan and Northern Sudan. The Sudanese Professionals Association, the group that spearheaded the uprising that culminated in al-Bashir's ouster, had called for the rallies and vowed to carry on with protests until “the corrupt military junta is brought down and prosecuted for their crimes." Many chanted: “The people want to bring down the regime” and “Woe to the military!” Protesters marched Thursday through Khartoum, beating drums and waving Sudanese flags. Sudan has been struggling with its transition to a democratic government since the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019, following a mass uprising against three decades of his rule. Sudan’s key pro-democracy groups and political parties have dismissed the deal as falling short of their demands for a fully civilian rule. 25 coup but leaves the country’s transition to democracy mired in crisis. Hamdok’s reinstatement was the biggest concession made by the military since its Oct.