Chaos in Sudan

Simon Tisdall seems to play down clashes in Sudan as "bargaining chips" in a "negotiation" rather than a "countdown to war" ( World briefing , 7 June), but conflict in Sudan does not have to be between two traditional armies to be a catastrophe, as Darfur demonstrated. The chaos in Sudan does have many culprits, but that must not stop us focusing on the bald facts: the army of the government of Sudan has occupied a town in neutral territory and has begun shooting hundreds of civilians, evicting thousands of residents and razing a third of all houses. If the buck doesn't stop with the commander in chief, where does it stop? We should expect more violations as long as the international community shies away from enforcing consequences for this continual war on civilians. Olivia Warham Director, Waging Peace