ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

摘要

Mornay Is What passes for a safe haven in western Sudan. For 14 months, the government has fought a merciless war against rebels in the remote Darfur region. Sudanese warplanes and the feared Arab militiamen known as the janjaweed, who attack on horseback, have depopulated much of an area larger than" California, driving roughly 1 million villagers into a few spots like Mornay. In January the town had some 2,000 inhabitants; by March there were 80,000. Every village within 30 miles has been leveled, says Coralie Lechelle, a nurse with the relief group Medecins sans Frontieres. Refugees are stuck there, she says: "In fact, it is a prison." It's about to get worse: the rainy season is coming. Most of the displaced villagers sleep in the open, having lost nearly everything else along with their homes.