 Fighting is spreading in Sudan's Darfur region and may intensify in the short run, a senior UN official says. Jan Pronk, the special UN envoy to Sudan, said on Tuesday arms were flooding into the troubled western region, violence was spreading beyond camps for the homeless, banditry was increasing and rebel groups were launching attacks in the area of oil facilities. The renewed fighting comes just days after Khartoum signed a peace deal with rebels in the south. "We may move into a period of intense violence unless swift action is taken," Pronk said. "I do not exclude the possibility that the signature of the north-south agreement will be followed in the short term by an intensification of violence in and around Darfur." |