Daily Update: Sudan Continues to Clear Out Darfur Refugee Camps

On the ground - According to the United Nations, the Sudanese government continues to pressure civilians in Darfur to leave refugee camps, even loading refugees onto trucks to relocate them.  Khartoum insists that it is forcing no one to leave but does say it wants to encourage refugees to return to their villages because the camps have become too large, squalid, and dangerous.  Refugees agree that camp conditions are bad, but say they have nowhere safe to go (from the AP).

In diplomacy - A spokesman for the UN denies that Darfur peace talks in Libya have been postponed until December.  He says that contrary to some published reports, the talks are continuing, even in the absence of key rebel groups (from VOA).

In the activist movement - ”Darfur Now” opened today in major cities across the U.S.  The documentary by Theodore Braun tells the stories of six people and their work for Darfur, from Don Cheadle to a mother who joins rebel forces after her infant son is beaten to death (from Reuters).