The actress and activist Mia Farrow is urging the private military contractor Blackwater to send forces to Darfur. Farrow told the Financial Times that she has approached Blackwater to discuss its possible role in Sudan.
Farrow works with the human rights group Dream for Darfur. Farrow acknowledged that many people might have reservations about Blackwater being in Sudan, but she said the threat of violence to refugees meant all options must be explored. Meanwhile, the US-backed Somali Transitional Federal Government has hired the private French military company Secopex to patrol Somalia’s coast.