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11/05/2004:

"Darfur on the road to anarchy, warns UN"

United Nations, New York - Sudan's blood-soaked Darfur region could be headed toward disaster, with warlords on the loose and the government no longer in full control of its forces, the United Nations' top Sudan official warned on Thursday.

Just two weeks before a United Nations Security Council trip to Africa intended to help ease the crisis, Jan Pronk outlined a grim picture for council members and said the situation may soon become unmanageable.

"Fighting is breaking out in more and more places, parties are provoking one another, militias are ganging up," he said.

"Darfur may easily enter a state of anarchy - a total collapse of law and order."

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