Darfur,+Sudan+(current)

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media type="google" key="6607456582193222090&hl=en&fs=true" width="400" height="326" __VICTIMS__ Sudan, geographically Africa's largest country, has experienced civil war with only a ten-year pause since independence in 1956. More than 2 million people have been killed and twice that many displaced in the long-running war between successive governments of the north and peoples of the south. Recent progress toward peace has brought hope that this troubled history will finally come to a close, but the growing crisis in Darfur, which began last year, casts a dark shadow. In Darfur, the Sudanese government is destroying African Muslim communities because some among them have challenged Khartoum's authoritarian rule. As in the conflict between north and south, in Darfur ethnic and racial identities have also been part of the conflict. But at its heart is a repressive minority Arab-centric regime in Khartoum that rules by force, cannot even claim to represent a majority of northerners and has relied on religious fundamentalism to maintain its power. Darfur is home to numerous tribal groups, many of which have a long history of intermarriage and economic cooperation. In news reports about Darfur, these groups are usually described as “Arabs” and “black Africans,” or simply “Africans.”
 * Victims**







To understand why these conflicts broke out, it’s important to understand the historical context of the relationships between Darfur and the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and between Darfuri Africans and Darfuri Arabs. By the end of 2003, it was clear that both relationships had utterly broken down. In Darfur, Africans felt that they no longer had any say in the policies of the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum. Meanwhile, tensions between Darfuri Africans and Arabs were running high: the spread of a militantly pro-Arab ideology among Arabs throughout Sudan had added a racial element (or, given the difficulties of making a physiological distinction between any of Darfur’s tribal groups, the //appearance// of a racial element) to the longstanding struggle for control over.
 * __Persecuters__**



Darfur’s scarce farmland and water reserves. media type="google" key="3733049658980087478&hl=en&fs=true" width="400" height="326" The secretary-general is pursuing a politcal settlement to the crisis in Darfur as top priority. The UN are implementing a three phased approach to bolster AMIS and deploy a robust peacekeeping force in Darfur. 1. The light support packages 2. The heavy support packets 3. The AU-UN hybrid operation
 * THE UN AND DARFUR**



Halima Bashir, a young Sudanese women who has been a victim of and witness to numerous barbaric acts in Darfur. The Zaghawa tribe, Bashir puts a human face on a situation where the number of casualties is so large as to be incomprehensible. Western Sudan, has left about 3000,000 dead and created as many as 2.5 million refugess, according to the UN.**
 * __Sudanese Victims__

Fatma was hit four times: bulletes struck her hip, stomac, shoulder and upper arm. It is a miracle that she is still alive. She is now with her son, who has measles, in a hoispital in Zalingei, West Darfur. Three of her children who did survive the attack are staying in the camp for displaced people just a couple of kilometers away from the hospital. Eight- month baby's skin is covered with spots all over he also moans and sighs deeply, he has measels and a bullet wound in his arm. The mother has to stay at the hospital with the baby. The two older children go to a school camp while youngest ones stay home home left behide in the makeshift shelter the children had built their own. The childrens father was murdered in cold blood. The Janjaweed had murdered him. The Doctors are not sure that the baby Ghisma's wound will heal. His mother suffers alot from her own injuries and also has many diffcultys to wrap her shawl around her head. She holds up her damage scarf: "These are bullet holes. I wore this day we were attacked," she says with sadness in her voice. " i would like to have another shawl, because this one reminds me all day long of what happened. i want to go on with my life, i'm not sure how."**
 * __Fatma And Family__


 * __Janjaweed__**
 * More than seven million of the world's nearly 12 million refugees have been confined to camps.basic human rights have been denied for ten years of more.**


 * __Outside countries Involved in Genocide__**


 * The relative safety chad can offer is at risk, as cross-border hostilies increase. Both countries accuse the other of supporting rebel insurgents.**


 * Darfur is not unique. another similar condition is also developing in neighbouring Kenya. "Sudan's caught up in this larger game," says Pavey. With many minority groups, strain from drought and low problems. Onemust not forget the horrible genocide that took place in Rawanda just over a decade ago.**


 * Seven in ten favor NATO, including the US, providing support to thye African Union peacekeeping operation in Darfur.**


 * Support was strongest among those in Ghana (80%), Kenya (75%), Nigeria (66%), Tanzania (66%), Zimbabwe (65%), and Cameroon (64%), while milder support was found among Angolans (55%) and South Africans (47%). Opposition to UN intervention was the highest among Angolans (37%), but in most other countries less than one in five were opposed.**

continue to die from murder, disease and starvation every month. Many people are getting involved. __Take a look at the pictures in the link on the bracelet__ to see some reasons why you should help the people of Darfur.