Archbishop Tutu is leading the council of Elders' missionA delegation of influential elder statesmen led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu is travelling to Darfur to try to find solutions to the conflict.
The "Elders" will be talking to local community leaders and to displaced people living in camps.
The visit comes three days after an attack on the African Union base in southern Darfur left 10 soldiers dead.
At least 200,000 people have died and some 2m forced from their homes during the four year conflict.
The BBC's Amber Henshaw, who is travelling with the delegation, says they hope to lend their strength to those who are determined to bring and end to the devastation.
But Archbishop Tutu has warned against unrealistic expectations, saying: "The Elders do not want to raise anyone's hopes during this visit".
Travelling in the delegation are the former US President Jimmy Carter, veteran UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and children's rights advocate Graça Machel, better known as Mrs Nelson Mandela.
Following talks with the Sudanese government in Khartoum on Monday, the delegation travelled to Juba in southern Sudan to assess the comprehensive peace agreement signed between the North and South before flying to El Fasher in Darfur.
There they are expected to be briefed on the latest violence, including the most recent attack - the worst on AU forces in the province.
The "Elders" will be talking to local community leaders and to displaced people living in camps.
The visit comes three days after an attack on the African Union base in southern Darfur left 10 soldiers dead.
At least 200,000 people have died and some 2m forced from their homes during the four year conflict.
The BBC's Amber Henshaw, who is travelling with the delegation, says they hope to lend their strength to those who are determined to bring and end to the devastation.
But Archbishop Tutu has warned against unrealistic expectations, saying: "The Elders do not want to raise anyone's hopes during this visit".
Travelling in the delegation are the former US President Jimmy Carter, veteran UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and children's rights advocate Graça Machel, better known as Mrs Nelson Mandela.
Following talks with the Sudanese government in Khartoum on Monday, the delegation travelled to Juba in southern Sudan to assess the comprehensive peace agreement signed between the North and South before flying to El Fasher in Darfur.
There they are expected to be briefed on the latest violence, including the most recent attack - the worst on AU forces in the province.
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