Conflict And Conflict: The Conflict In The Darfur

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The conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan killed over 400,000 people, as much as 20 percent of the regional population. The region of Darfur is located on the West side of Sudan. (Ali) The size of the region is around the size of France. (council) The population is around 6,165,000 people. 75% of the people in Darfur are farmers and the other 25% are nomads and these people of Darfur are all Muslim (Ali) . Darfur is a non-Arab population. Sudan is the third largest country in Africa; the country covers 8% of Africa’s continent. The population of Sudan is to be estimated to be around 41 million. The country has a mixed population; it is mixed within four groups, divided by religion, ethnicity, tribal differences and economic disparities. Sudan has a natural resource which is oil which was discovered in 1978, the oil is found in the South. (History)
After Sudan gained independence from Britain on the 1st January 1956, the country has been at war more than it has been at peace with other neighbouring countries. (Team) Since 1970 Sudan was fighting against the Islamic central government in the North and the Christian and Animist population of the South. This was called the 1st civil war of Sudan. War began again in the early 1980’s because Khartoum the capital of Sudan enforced the Sharia (the Islamic law) over the country and its official language became Arabic. Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) wanted Sudan to become a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious state. The war went on for the next few years. (History) Darfur was and still is a dominant Black African state. The state has never been treated the same as the rest of the country because of the colour of the people. The rest of the country thinks that they can...

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..., crimes my government has concluded are genocide” The United Nations General Assembly, President George Bush promised that he would do everything to stop the genocide going on in Sudan. But after three years, the genocide had continued. The United Nations General Assembly declared that President George Bush had not kept his promise. (Stand)
The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is an African Union (AU) operating from the western part of Darfur. This organisation was created to keep peace between Sudanese government and Darfur. The African Union Mission in Sudan was founded in 2004, and there were around 150 troops. By 2005 the organisation had gown, so in total there were around 7,000 troops. The African Union Mission in Sudan was the only organisation based in Darfur, but the people were not strong enough to stop the conflict between Sudan and the government.

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