Imagine living in such terror that you, your family, and all of your neighbors would flee from your homes running terrified that the Janjaweed would come for you. The Janjaweed are a group of government-backed Arab men who attack hundreds of villages and murder thousands of people in Darfur. In the course of the attacks, the Janjaweed indicate their desire to remove the black Africans from Darfur and replace them with Arab Africans allied with the Kartoum Government (Darfur and Sudan). In order to accurately understand the tragedy in Sudan one must understand the specifics of the people and the region.
On September 9, 2004, the United States Secretary of State declared that what was occurring in Darfur was genocide (Darfur and Sudan). The Sudanese government unleashed Arab militias known as the Janjaweed who systematically destroy Darfurians by burning villages, looting economic resources, polluting water sources, and murdering, raping, and torturing civilians (Darfur Genocide). The Sudanese government disputes these estimates and denies any connection with the Janjaweed. Today, over 480,000 people have been murdered and 2.8 million have been displaced over the course of this genocide (United Human Rights Council).
Darfur is a region in Sudan about the size of France. It is home to about 6 million people from nearly 100 ethnic groups. Some of the residents are farmers, some are nomads, but all are Muslim (United Human Rights Council). Most of Darfur is dry and desert-like with seasonal floods while some places in Darfur have permanent springs of water and high rainfall.
There are many people who are involved in this genocide. The Sudanese government started the genocide by releasing the Janjaweed after the Sudan Liberation Army ...
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...e main facts of the people and the land. This genocide is appalling, and it is vital that people should do all they can to stop something like this from happening anywhere. The word genocide means the deliberate extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Understanding the specifics of an atrocity such as Darfur can help people to prevent it from happening where they live.
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contributed to helping this Genocide as well. This is because the U.S. was the first to tell the world that what was happening in Darfur was a genocide. On September 9, 2004, the United States secretary of State Colin Powell announced the genocide (World Without Genocide). The was the day when many came to know about the harsh reality that people in Darfur have to face. The bystanders of this genocide would notice how horrible the genocide is, but may not do much about it. There will be some that will but many will just ignore it probably. Since nothing bad is happening to themselves then they aren’t worrying
There are multiple push and pull factors of this journey. The migration of the people of Darfur out of Sudan was a voluntary migration because the refugees wanted to move to better places and there were no laws that pushed them away from Sudan. One push factor was that their homes were regularly raided. “Many Sudanese from marginalized areas such as Many Sudanese from marginalised areas such as South Sudan and Darfur live in camps on the fringes of Khartoum. These are regularly raided by the police, and homes demolished, in order to relocate their inhabitants (without advance warning or the right to appeal) further into the deserts on the outskirts of the capital. They often have no access to basic facilities such as water, housing and transport.” Although this was an attempt from the government to push the Sudanese out of their homes, they could have stayed if they wanted to, therefore, this was a voluntary movement (Verney, pgs. 14-15). Another factor would be that their homes would be attacked by Sudanese forces and the Janjaweed militia. “In 2003, two Darfuri rebel movements- the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and t...
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The millions of refugees due to violence in Sudan have been produced by the Janjaweed.The word Janjaweed is a term that is used to describe certain armed gunmen in Darfur. The word Janjaweed means 'a man with a gun on a horse'. The janjaweed are an army formed of men from tribes in Darfur and Chad that have become infamous due to their tendencies to be racist, rape, and massacre. The Janjaweed are a group who are against African farmers who have settled in Darfur.The janjaweed is made up of Sudanese and Chadian horse riding nomads. The janjaweed militias are known to attack in large numbers on camels and horseback. The janjaweed push people from their land, often towards town centers. The janjaweed have developed over the years, now having more sophisticated weapons but the same ideals.
As of February 2003 more than four-hundred thousand Darfuri citizens have been found slaughtered on the side of the streets of their home town. Prior to 2003, Darfur, Sudan has a population of six million people. In 2003, two rebel groups came to the conclusion of the government’s neglect in decision to rise against the government of Sudan. As a result, the Sudanese government unleashed the forces of Arab militias (also known as the Janjaweed). With blood on their hands, the Janjaweed have been the accused for the misplacing of many villages and people. As the war seems to expand, the Sudanese government seems to oppose any association with the Janjaweed. In spite of continuing a limited amount of humanitarian aid, many are still in contact with dreadful food shortages and disease. The U.N. (United Nations) has ventured in sending humanitarian aid repeatedly, but the Janjaweed have reused all help. Despite the ignorance of the Janjaweed, the U.N. is in the process of securing the comfort of all Darfur citizens, and not only for the foreigners, but for the road that lies ahead of Sudan as well (Reeves).
Darfur is located in Northeastern Africa. The genocide started in 1956, when war broke out, the genocide continued till July 2011, because South Sudan became their own country. The government had attacks on Darfur and Air Force bombings. There was mass of slaughtering and rape of men, women, and children. The tribe and citizens are targeted because the government got over thrown by a military and then the government forces bombed civilizes to facilitate exploitation. (Darfur Genocide, World Without Genocide)The government wanted Darfur to be used for oil exploration, but the citizens didn’t want to leave Darfur because that’s where they live and produce resources. Also the weather in Darfur was good for the people be...
The atrocities in Darfur are being conducted by an assembly of government funded and heavily armed militants who are known as the Janjaweed. These groups of Arab radicals destroy the people of Darfur by pillaging and burning their villages, robbing them of their economic assets, contaminating their water supplies by dumping dead bodies into the wells, slaughtering, raping, and tormenting them. The attacks on the villages range from a variety of approaches but the most typical start with bombings from the Sudanese Air Force, followed by the raids of the Janjaweed. A recent estimate by UNICEF has the death toll in Darfur at an astonishing 300,000. Out of the total population of 6.2 million people, 4.7 million are affected by the conflict. Half of the directly affected people are children; of these children, almost 700,000 have lived their entire life knowing nothing more than the violent lifestyle that has overtaken the region (Sudan: Darfur Overview).
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The conflict in Darfur was caused by a rebellion. The people of Darfur felt neglected and took up arms against the government in an effort to gain more recognition. The most disturbing part of this story might just be how extreme the government’s reaction to this rebellion was. This act of rebellion
The Darfur genocide was started on February 26, 2003. Darfur is located in Sudan, Africa and borders the Red Sea and is surrounded by Egypt, Chad, and Uganda. It started when two rebel groups rose up against the government and accused it of willful neglect.the Sudan government took sides with the Arabs and a military and government supported group called Janjaweed, started fighting the insurgents and citizens of Darfur. It didn’t long for the fighting between the citizens and the government to turn into a genocide.
The newest country in the world is South Sudan, which gained its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, as a result of a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. South Sudan is one of the poorest countries in Africa, although it has the third largest oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa. Though it is currently a sovereign state, South Sudan still faces issues that can disrupt its stability and eventually lead into the new nation’s first civil war.