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Darfur, this is a word that is somewhat familiar to most people. They might not know exactly what is it or anything really of substance pertaining to it, they might think that it is a country, but for the most part they would more than likely have a negative connotation of the word. At the very least they would know that something bad happened there.

Darfur is a region in Sudan, which had a population numbering around six million people in 2002. (Sikainga 2009). Darfur came into being in 1956 when Sudan received its independence. (Sikainga 2009). The events in Darfur have been particularly tragic. “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 …show more content…

The Government of Sudan is the main actor in the event as most of the conflict occurring in this crisis occurred within the borders of Sudan. The African Union’s role in the Darfur conflict, was aiding in the peace negotiation process and running the peacekeeping mission in Darfur until it fell upon economic troubles in January of 2006 after which the AU agreed to transition its peacekeeping mission into a United Nations operation (Amnesty International 2007). The citizens of Darfur, Eastern Chad and The Central African Republic have been the main recipients of pain and suffering involved in the conflict in Darfur. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) played the role of passing resolutions to allow for UN involvement in Darfur (Amnesty International 2007). Also the UNSC attempted to pass sanctions on Sudan but the sanction were blocked by Russia and China’s veto power (Global Policy 2010). The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has played the role of being the hands and feet of the UN in Darfur by being the ground troops. However, UNAMID was originally under-resourced and unable to provide protections to the citizens of Darfur as originally intended a full deployment was not possible until 2008 due to countries not coming through on their promises of troops, vehicles and …show more content…

First, Sudan has tried to make it as difficult as possible for intervention to occur in the region. For example, the International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for the President of Sudan, Omar al Bashir, on charges of directing a campaign of mass killing, rape, and pillage against civilians in Darfur, in addition to issuing warrants for the arrest of for former Sudanese Minister of State for the Interior Ahmad Harun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb. However, none of these men have been turned over to the ICC for a proper trial. (United Nations 2015). Another difficulty that the actors have encountered in Darfur is that President Bashir of Sudan has repeatedly rejected United Nations peacekeepers who would have served to help protect the citizens of Darfur. However, in September of 2007 the United Nations Security Council created the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) which served to provide 26,000 troops to intervene in Darfur. In spite of this, the government of Sudan has continued to stonewall attempts to help the citizens of Darfur by the international community. One example of this would be that Sudan has delayed the provision of suitable land for bases and attempted to restrict night-flights by UNAMID aircraft (Amnesty International 2007). Another difficulty encountered by the actors involved this conflict would

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