Darfur Crisis Still Needs World's Attention

The Security Council has unanimously renewed the peacekeeping mandate for Sudan's embattled Darfur region. In the meantime, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has slapped charges of genocide on Sudan's ruler. This comes amid continuing violence in the troubled region against both helpless civilians and the U.N. blue helmet peacekeepers. Still despite the ongoing horrors inside Sudan, diplomatic efforts by both the U.N. and the Obama Administration to pursue a credible settlement in this corner of Africa's largest country appear off-balance.