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What you need to know about Darfur genocide

You have probably heard of the darfur genocide because it represented an important news subject in the previous years. The political aspects behind this horrible situation are very complex and it takes a lot of reading and history knowledge in order to figure some of these things out.
There are a lot of articles on this subject if you want to get a better idea about it and learn more about what really happened in Darfur between 2003 and 2010. The darfur genocide seemingly started in February 2003 and the official reason behind it is represented by the fact that the Sudanese government was accused of being unfair to the non-Arab people from Sudan.
Therefore, the Sudan Liberation Movement Army and the Justice and Equality Movement started a civil war, fighting for the rights of Sudanese Arabs. This is actually how the darfur genocide began, representing a horrible situation that occurred in our century, the number of people that died since 2003 in Darfur being represented by hundred thousands or even more.

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The two sides who fought in this war consisted in the official Sudanese military troops and the non-official Sudanese Arab groups. The people from the Arab troops were actually recruited from tribes that lived in Sudan. There were also various rebel groups represented by the Sudan Liberation Movement Army and the Justice and Equality Movement.
It seems that the worst part about the darfur genocide was represented by the help that the Sudanese government actually offered Arabs in order to continue the war and proceed with their killing actions against civilians. In fact, the most horrible thing about what the Sudanese government has done was the fact that it organized all these killing actions.
It sounds horrible but as you can imagine, there was another reason behind the darfur genocide: the oil revenues. These were used by the Sudanese government and collected from a lot of companies as main resources in order to support the on-going war. Otherwise, such a poor region such as Darfur would have never been able to conduct such a horrible war.

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Darfur

Darfur in 10 Minutes: An Overview of the Conflict in Sudan
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A lot of people died

The official number of people who died in the darfur genocide are around hundred thousands but no one even knows exactly how many were actually killed. All in all, more than 5 million people in Darfur were affected by the situation, having to relocate, losing family members and having their entire lives changed forever.
The darfur genocide doesn't only cover the human casualties but also the hard situation in which many of the refugees found themselves: starving, with no roof over their heads, fighting with various diseases and so on.
Peacekeepers have tried their best to stop the darfur genocide and a Darfur Peace Agreement was signed in July 2011 that promises peace from now on. This Peace Agreement consisted in a Darfur Regional Authority which was supposed to be established by the President of Sudan in order to keep everything in order between the non-Arab Sudanese and the Arab ones.

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What do you know about Darfur Genocide?

  • josephpowell519 Jan 26, 2012 @ 10:29 am | delete
    Very informative and interesting!
  • josephpowell519 Jan 26, 2012 @ 10:29 am | delete
    Very informative and interesting!
  • jimmyworldstar Jan 22, 2012 @ 5:10 pm | delete
    Is the conflict still going on? I know that South Sudan is now its own country but there's still fighting. It's a shame how peacekeepers have not been sent to the region.
  • Plethora_Reader Jan 19, 2012 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    Thank you for taking the time to bring light to this atrocity that unfortunately many do not fully understand. I have written about similar atrocities in Congo and human trafficking/slavery. Not the easiest subjects, but important for us all to know about.
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There have been more Peace Agreements signed in the previous years and the conflict began soon afterwards, however it seems that this one is satisfying for the Sudanese groups. The horrible deaths and the great number of people who died in Darfur made the conflict in this region of Sudan become a genocide.
A lot of people, including small children, died of starvation during this time. Although this genocide wasn't covered as much as the war going in Iraq, the Save Darfur campaign did its best to stop this situation. However, as long as politics get in the way in these regions, civilians are going to be the ones that suffer from their mistakes.

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Inside Story - Darfur conflict: A rebel leader's death
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News on Darfur

UN Aid Worker Abducted In Sudan's Darfur Region Released
(RTTNews) - A British aid worker held hostage in Sudan's South Darfur region for almost three months has been released unharmed by his captors, his employer announced Wednesday. Patrick Noonan was working with the United Nations World Food Program ...
civilians in Darfur remote areas demands water and medicines
May 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) ? Civilians in North Darfur remote area of Forog urged the United Nations on Wednesday to provide them with more humanitarian assistance complaining from shortage of water and medicines. The civilians made their demands during ...
Has ICC Lost Touch With Darfur Refugees?
The United Nations Security Council referred the war in the Darfur region of western Sudan in 2005, as thousands of people fled the violence and settled in refugee camps across the border in Chad. The court subsequently issued arrest warrants against ...
Darfur / UNAMID Media Brief
Aid worker Patrick Noonan, who was working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), was released today in Nyala, South Darfur, after 86 days in captivity. Mr. Noonan, a citizen of the United Kingdom, was abducted by armed men on 6 March 2012, ...
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