by user Layla Crossposted from The HILL Chronicles The humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur will deteriorate this year unless key political decisions involving the government, the Darfurian rebel groups and the international community are urgently taken. "Unless there is increased recognition, within Sudan and internationally, of the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, we will be faced with a huge, long-term human tragedy," Tom Arnold, Chief Executive of a key international NGO, Concern Worldwide, said. "The only way to prevent this is for urgent political action to improve security in the short term and to start a meaningful longer-term peace process."