Darfur vote is Omar al-Bashir’s attempt to come in from the cold

The Sudanese government is selling the current referendum as a step on the road to peace. Don’t be fooled, argues the Daily MaverickThe way Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has talked about the current referendum in Darfur, you’d be forgiven for thinking the results will actually mean something for the people living there.
“It is the people of Darfur who choose whether they want states or one region and we are holding this referendum so that no one else can come and say we wan