<p>There now are 40,000 U.N. blue helmeted peacekeepers in six black African countries. Most of them are "volunteered" by other African countries. The best troops are from South Asian countries - Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.</p>
<p>Soon Sudan, emerging from the nightmare of a 30-year civil war, will need 8,000 to 10,000 more. But before the first peacekeepers could get there, a new insurgency erupted in the west - the Chad-based Darfar rebellion. Khartoum hit back ruthlessly with scorched-earth tactics and ethnic cleansing.</p>
