Tidbits from Darfur

A few funny tidbits I learned recently, from a region that seems to be singularly lacking in anything to laugh about these days:

A break-away faction of the rebel SLA which disagrees with Minni Minawi's faction, which was previously known as the Wahid Faction after its leader, deposed Wahid and is now calling itself "SLA Classic". Are they modeling their marketing strategy after Coca-Cola? (Probably not a bad idea - according to a friend of mine, "Coca-Cola" is the second most recognized word in the world, after "okay").

The bane of aid workers in Darfur is...janjaweed? bandits? no - wait for it.... attack crickets! That's right, folks, apparently Darfur is infested with little crickets that like to jump on people, and when you try to brush them off, they just cling even tighter. I have this image in my head of a person just covered head to toe in attack crickets. Of course if it was me I'd be screaming my head off and running in circles like a chicken with its head cut off. And why do I want to go there?