Sudan's Arms Embargo Extension Covers Darfur Only, as Aid Groups Warn of a Health System Collapse

Aid groups are warning of an imminent collapse of the health system in Sudan as fighting continues to displace civilians during the planting season. In the same stretch of the war, the UN has extended an arms embargo — but only for Darfur. The scope is the story: a warning about a health system, and a measure written for one region. Whether the embargo's geography matches where the fighting is should be the first question put to it. And displacement during a planting season is a timing detail worth noticing, because its costs tend to surface later, at harvest.