Darfur Peace and Development

Although the name “Suleiman Jamous” is hardly familiar, even within the world of Darfur advocacy, he is one of the true heroes to emerge from the desperate conflict of the past four years. Jamous, chief humanitarian coordinator for the rebel movements, has done more than anyone to enable humanitarian relief efforts to cross the lines of various rebel factions, reaching tens of thousands of Darfuris who would otherwise have been forced into camps for the displaced, thus losing all ability to use local resources and creating yet greater pressures within these desperately overcrowded camps. He is a man who is by nature conciliatory, even as he is politically savvy and enjoys the trust of nearly all the commanders on ground. Given the highly fractious nature of the rebel movement in Darfur, this is an enormously valuable, indeed critical asset.