After the Nazi Holocaust, we said: NEVER AGAIN
Bosnia After we said: NEVER AGAIN
After Rwanda we said: NEVER AGAIN ... What will we say after Darfur?
Bosnia After we said: NEVER AGAIN
After Rwanda we said: NEVER AGAIN ... What will we say after Darfur?
Conflict Darfur (sometimes called genocide in Darfur) is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region located in western Sudan, eastern and central African state bordered by Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic and Kenya. The conflict began in February 2003, sees opposing the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from members of the local nomadic tribes of the Baggara, and the non-Baggara people of the region (mainly composed of tribes devoted to agriculture). The Sudanese government, while denying publicly supporting the Janjaweed, has provided them arms and assistance and has participated in joint attacks targeting systematically against ethnic groups the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit.
Estimates of the victims of conflict vary according to sources from 50,000 (World Health Organization, September 2004) to 450,000 (according to Eric Reeves, April 28, 2006). Most of the NGO considers credible figure of 400,000 deaths provided by the Coalition for International Justice, and since then always referred to by the United Nations. [1] The media used to define the conflict, both the terms "ethnic cleansing" is to "genocide." The U.S. government has used the term genocide, not as the United Nations.
Following the escalation of clashes during the months of July and August 2006, August 31 the UN Security Council UN passed Resolution 1706, which provides that a new peacekeeping force composed of 20,000 UN peacekeepers, replace or support the African Union's 7,000 troops currently on the field. The Sudan has made strong objections to the resolution and stated that the UN forces that were to come into Darfur would be regarded as foreign invaders. The next day the Sudanese military launched a massive offensive in the region.
Contrary to what happened for the second Sudanese civil war that saw the opposing northern, predominantly Muslim, and the southern Christian and animist in Darfur most of the population is Muslim, the same as the Janjaweed. [2]
Have so far been approved several resolutions by the Security Council sent a mission of 'African Union (AMIS) and discussed the case before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The most critical areas are the territories of West Darfur, along the border with Chad and beyond, where the lack of security conditions have also hampered the access of humanitarian aid. CONTINUE [...] (Wikipedia)
Estimates of the victims of conflict vary according to sources from 50,000 (World Health Organization, September 2004) to 450,000 (according to Eric Reeves, April 28, 2006). Most of the NGO considers credible figure of 400,000 deaths provided by the Coalition for International Justice, and since then always referred to by the United Nations. [1] The media used to define the conflict, both the terms "ethnic cleansing" is to "genocide." The U.S. government has used the term genocide, not as the United Nations.
Following the escalation of clashes during the months of July and August 2006, August 31 the UN Security Council UN passed Resolution 1706, which provides that a new peacekeeping force composed of 20,000 UN peacekeepers, replace or support the African Union's 7,000 troops currently on the field. The Sudan has made strong objections to the resolution and stated that the UN forces that were to come into Darfur would be regarded as foreign invaders. The next day the Sudanese military launched a massive offensive in the region.
Contrary to what happened for the second Sudanese civil war that saw the opposing northern, predominantly Muslim, and the southern Christian and animist in Darfur most of the population is Muslim, the same as the Janjaweed. [2]
Have so far been approved several resolutions by the Security Council sent a mission of 'African Union (AMIS) and discussed the case before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The most critical areas are the territories of West Darfur, along the border with Chad and beyond, where the lack of security conditions have also hampered the access of humanitarian aid. CONTINUE [...] (Wikipedia)
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