Dafur force 'fail civilian'.

Darfur force 'fail civilians'
African aid agencies say the African-UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region is failing to provide adequate protection for civilians.

A report published by a group of mainly African relief and advocacy groups, the Darfur Consortium, said the force was too small and inadequately funded.

The five-year-old Darfur conflict has left some 300,000 people dead.

The joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (Unamid) was set up after the United Nations Security Council promised protection to some four million people caught up in the war between the Sudanese government and rebels.

The Darfur consortium says Unamid is "in danger of becoming the world's latest broken promise" in the region.