And so it begins again!

From the BBC

Sudan say the African Union (AU) force that is trying to keep the peace in Darfur must leave the country when its mandate ends later this month.

Hundreds of thousands of people have died and millions been made homeless since 2003 in fighting between pro-government militia groups and rebels demanding greater autonomy.

Fresh Sudanese soldiers have now begun arriving in the region, and rights groups, AU officials and Darfur's rebel groups report that on 28 August a new offensive began, with reports of attacks on rebel-held villages in Darfur.

Khartoum has denied reports of bombing raids on villages, saying it is merely conducting "administrative operations".

Last week, the UN's humanitarian chief Jan Egeland warned that "a man-made catastrophe of an unprecedented scale" loomed within weeks in Darfur unless the UN Security Council acted immediately.

And so it begins again. Another round of killing and another round of making people homeless and desperate. The Australian media do not seem to mention this struggle as frequently as they did the recent 'war' in Lebanon although many more thousands have been killed and millions have been left homeless.

Do we care? Not really it seems. We have allowed this crisis to continue since 2003.

Is there a difference in this group of humanity that differentiates them from others that seem to get far more attention?

Look at the fuss made over the relatively few (by comparison) that were killed and made homeless in the recent few weeks of fighting in the middle east. Look at the decisive action in that arena and then compare what happened there with what has been happening in the Sudan.

Is it because we have no interests in that region?

Whatever the case, the European and other communities will feel the impact in trying to deal with the attempts by refugees to flee the fighting and while nearby countries will cop the initial impact other countries will soon be having yet another mass of humanity either washing up on their shores or having to be rescued by NGOs.

The insanity goes on while everyone will simply look on and in some instances, be horrified - again!