Genocide Darfur Project

WHAT DOES GENOCIDE MEAN

• Genocide is the deliberate destruction in a series of actions to an ethnic, religious, racial, or national group  
• Darfur is a genocide in most minds
• The current situation is the government and certain rebel groups have gotten into clashes and have led to additional crimes against humanity
• Since the government and supplied Militia are targeting farmers and certain ethnic/religious groups, this situation is put under the category of a GENOCIDE

HISTORY

• When this wold wide issue became a Genocide, the actual date isn't set but experts conclude the Genocide started in the late 90's
• Farmers and certain Arab ethnic groups are were being attacked by the government and government supported Militia
• Mass murder has been going on for the past few years and along with that the government threw in a couple more things to destroy and break down the Darfurian ethnic groups even more. Here are some examples:
• Since 2000 the Sudanese government in Khartoum and the government-sponsored Janjaweed Militia have used rape, displacement, organized starvation,threats against aid workers of mass murder (Genocide in Darfur, Sudan website)
• Ever since an uprising in 2003 by frustrated and poverty sticken Darfurian rebel groups sceemed an uprising against the Khartoum government
• As civil war uproared in the 90's between the North and the South, the governemnt started to support the Janjaweed Militia instead of non-Arabs, farmers, and other ethnic groups

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL REPONSE

• Since Darfur is not a wealthy counrty they aren't a big focus in the world
• They have foughten in many battles with themselves and the world would like those battles with trade to play out before they start associating with Sudan itself
• Sudan has very little economic status so the world pays very little attention to the situation
• The increase of desertification has left agriculture a poor econmoic activity
• Sudan contributes almost nothing to the world so this has left them almost unimportant to the world
• Although there are many anti-genocide groups in the world willing to make a difference. They ask for volunteers, donations, and blogs about your thoughts on genocide.
• Here are some of the groups:
  • The Genocide Intervention Network
  • The Rebel Yell
  • The Christian Science Monitor
  • The Save Darfur Coalition               
• Neighboring countries are not involve
• United States have groups that speak out against genocide but not much is being accomplished and much more needs to bo done

INVOLVING PEOPLE

• Many characters have been involved with this genocide by most of it runs on the following:
  • Sudanese Government supplying the Militia
  • Janjaweed Militia
  • Aid Workers
  • Arabs
  • Non-Arabs
  • Fur ethnic group
  • Zaghawa ethnic group
  • Masalit ethnic group
  • Peacekeepers
  • Sudanese Security Forces
  • Government of Chad
  • Sudanese Liberation Army
  • Sudanese Liberation Movement
  • Justice and Equality Movement

AFTERMATH OF GENOCIDE SO FAR

• The genocide in Darfur has taken over 400,000 lives and displaced over 2.5 million people
• Over 250,000 people that were living in Sudan have crossed the border illegally into Chad because of this maddness
• Between January and September of 2008, over 1,200 fatalities were reported
• 79% of civilian deaths have been caused by the Sudanese government and Janjaweed Militia
• Of all fatalities over this genocide civilians account for between 65%-75%
• 70% of civilians die by "one-sided attacks"

LESSONS LEARNED

• Everyone in this world will admit genocide is a terriable thing, but somethings others can't control
• Other thrid world countries are giving their people more rights so the country will have less uprisings like Darfur
• Many peace conferences have been held in order to obtain "stability" but nothing is ever obtained from them
• The peace conferences are pretty much check-ups but not much is being done

AREAS OF CONTROVERSY

• Most will agree this is a genocide but others are not so convinced
• The Moon of Alabama Genocide project agrees that Darfur is not a genocide and the aftermath is not accurate of properly stated
• Dispute still continues today
• Fighting between government and rebel groups is a daily thing in Darfur
• Civilians still remain the victoms of the violence
• Government denies the fact that they are supplying the Militias and are even part of this genocide

SOURCES

http://unrebelyell.com/2009/04/02/after-years-darfur-genocide-persists/

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0224/p01502-woaf.html

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31378

http://www.genocideintervention.net/educate/darfur

http://www.darfurscores.org/darfur