Darfur

The situation is not very good at the moment in this region located in West Sudan. Actually the situation has not been good for a very long time but it's just there was a possibility of improvement with the UN Security Council voting to approve sending a peacekeeping force to that area to attempt to stop the violence. Unfortunately Sudan's government rejected the UN resolution, maintaining that this would violate its sovereignty.
AllAfrica.com has a good editorial here from the Lagos magazine This Day talking about the Darfur situation and strongly critical of the Sudanese government.

For those who want a quick summary of the Darfur conflict, here's a Q&A from the BBC.