The end of violence? (Sudan)

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This weekend marked a potential turning point in the bloody conflict that has recently engulfed Sudan (and which, notoriously, has failed to make much of an impression on the U.S. public - or the media for that matter).

On Saturday, Sudanese president Omar Hassan Bashir finally agreed to mobilize the country’s military to disarm all illegal armed groups in the western Darfur region. That includes the Arab militias – known locally as Janjaweed - that have slaughtered thousands of black Sudanese, prompting comparisons to the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

The end of violence?....