Thursday, December 8, 2011

Genocide in Darfur

In the ongoing genocide, African farmers and others in Darfur are being displaced and murdered at the hands of the Janjaweed, a government-supported militia recruited from local Arab tribes. The genocide in Darfur has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people. More than one hundred people continue to die each day; five thousand die every month.Government neglect has left people throughout Sudan poor and voiceless and has caused conflict throughout the country. In February 2003, frustrated by poverty and neglect, two Darfurian rebel groups launched an uprising against the Khartoum government.
The government responded with a scorched-earth campaign, enlisting the help of a militia of Arab nomadic tribes in the region against the innocent civilians of Darfur. Since February 2003, the Sudanese government in Khartoum and the government-sponsored Janjaweed militia have used rape, displacement, organized starvation, threats against aid workers and mass murder. Violence, disease, and displacement continue to kill thousands of innocent Darfurians every month.

2 comments:

  1. I just say a 20/20 special on "Gendercide" in India. I think this relates to your topic. It might be worth investigating.

    Also, check out Congo, Darfur, Ivory Coast, and unfortunately more. If you check out NPR.org there is an interesting perspective from 12/7 or 12/8/11.

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  2. I remember in 8th grade we did a project on Darfur and it was very upsetting seeing what happens to these people and more countries need to pay attention to these problems

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