...Darfur: The Never Ending Genocide The Darfur War is considered a genocide by many people and countries, but according to the United Nations ( or UN) what is occurring in Darfur and its’ neighboring countries is not genocide. Genocide is defined by the UN as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group” (Ruffin). It is an ongoing debate that has been talked about since the first attacks occurred in February of 2003. The Sudanese government and the Janjaweed groups are able to keep “cleansing” (Ruffin) their lands due to the UN not declaring this a genocide. Located in Northeastern Africa, Darfur’s surrounding countries are trying to lend aid, but they are unable to reach all of...
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...Since 2003 there has been a mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women and children in western sudan and despite peace efforts it continues to this day. It was the first genocide in the 21st century. The genocide is performed by the Janjaweed which translates to ‘devils on horseback’ a government-armed and funded Arab militia. After getting numerous complaints about the violence going on in Darfur because of the conflicting tribes, instead of helping the conflicted tribes unite or separate they armed and funded the Janjaweed to create the genocide. After this the janjaweed have gained a few rival rebel groups some including The Sudanese Liberation Movement, and The Justice and Equality Movement. From 2003 till now there has been over 480,000 people killed, and over 2.8 million people are displaced. Sudan is located in northeastern Africa, borders the Red Sea and is between Egypt, Chat, Uganda, and six other countries. The genocide occurring in Sudan affect neighboring countries such as chad and Central African Republic creating tension due to the hundreds of thousands of refugees who stream over both countries’ borders to flee the violence. Although the genocide started in 2003 its origin can be traced following Independence from Britain in 1956, its independence and lead to an unstable country suffering from conflict such as northern economic, political, and social domination of largely non-Muslims, non-Arab southern Sudanese.The first civil war ended in 1972 and broke out...
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...The conflict in the Darfur Region of Sudan began in February of 2003. At least 400,000 people have been murdered and more than 2.5 million civilians have been displaced. These citizens now live in displaced-persons camps in Sudan or in refugee camps in neighboring country known as Chad. More than 3.5 million men, women, and children are completely reliant on international aid for survival, some of which isn’t able to reach areas in Darfur. Women are raped and tortured and innocent civilians lack the most basic protections. The Sudanese armed forces and Sudanese government-backed militia known as “Janjaweed” have been fighting two rebel groups in Darfur, the Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). The stated political aim of the rebels has been to force the government of Sudan to address underdevelopment and the political marginalization of the region. In response, the Sudanese government’s regular armed forces and the Janjaweed have targeted civilian populations and ethnic group from which the rebels primarily draw their support which would include the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa. The Darfur Peace Agreement also known as the Abuja Agreement, is a peace agreement signed in May 2006 by the largest rebel group the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Mini Menawi and the Sudanese Government was an effort to achieve peace in Darfur. The agreement addressed the long-standing banishment of Darfur and was intended to chart...
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...SAVE DARFUR “We want to go home, but how can we when there is no peace?”–Zakaria Arbab What have you done today? Have you fought for your life? Have you watched your mother or sister be raped? Have you looked into your father’s eyes and know everything is not okay? Have you felt the fear that at any second, your whole life could be shattered? These people have. They experience that unbearable pain everyday, pain that we can’t even begin to imagine. Every single day, innocent families are being torn apart, women are being raped; children are being left without a family and without a home. This is a map of Sudan highlighting Darfur, the area that is affected by the violence. It was 2003 when Darfur was first devastated by torture, destruction, rape, and murder. This deadly conflict between rebel tribes and the government is still occurring today. Many of the minority tribes have been forced into refugee camps and left to starve and die. Many others have seen their houses and lives burned to ashes or they have watched family and friends being killed by the Sudanese military. Amnesty International USA has reported that so far, 400,000 men, women, and children have been killed and 2.6 million have been left without a home. So how much is too much? At what point will we stand up and stop this genocide? After 500,000 have lost their lives? 600.000? 700,000? Has the world not learned from the tragedies that happened in Rwanda just over a decade ago...
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...An atrocious genocide is taking place in Darfur, Sudan. Many people are misplaced and dead because this conflict. The emotions of the effects of the genocide have been captured in many different media, including video, poetry, music, and photography. Each medium has its advantage or disadvantage in the portrayal of a country that has been under civil unrest for many years. They individually have their own ideal use. Poetry is a form of self expression and the poem “Tears of Darfur” expresses the severity of the dilemma and the hopefulness of the people but the hopelessness of the situation. The metaphors in the poem and it’s length is beneficial to intriguing the public. The sorrow in the civilian population is evident through the diction of the poem. The connotation of phrases such as “Can your simple dreams; Of having a; Loaf of bread and a roof above; Come through?” exudes the reader to feel empathy for the poor people affected by the conflict in Darfur (Badihi 8-11) . Although not the fault of the author, but rather the sorrow and conflict throughout the world, is that if ‘Darfur’ was taken out of the poem that it can be applied to other situations. Also, it is known there is despair in Darfur, according to the poem, But research would be needed to fully...
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...Mass genocides have taken place throughout history and still occur today. Darfur is the western region of Sudan with Arabs and Non-Arabs. With the mass number of civilians slaughtered during the Darfur Genocide you may ask yourself, why all the killing ? How is this mass slaughter of civilians carried out ? And what is done to help these victims of genocide. The Genocide in Darfur has taken over 450,000 lives and has caused chaos in millions. In Darfur, there are over 100 tribes and with this there is tension. The conflict in Darfur is one between Arab and non-Arab or Black African, not the tribes. Darfur’s many different tribal groups lived placidly with each other. But, the mix of Black Africans and Arabs have made it difficult for the...
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...Mohamad Nuwaila September 26, 2012 Swot analysis Home Depot is a nationally and somewhat internationally recognized company. They not only have stores throughout the US but they have broken into Canada, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. They are the United States’ largest retailer behind Wal-Mart. Home Depot is known for its bright orange logo and its multiple departments available to individuals and businesses. They have primary operations in the home center and hardware store industry. Their strongest competition in that industry comes from Lowe’s, True Value Hardware, and Ace Hardware. Some other industry’s in which you can find Home Depot competing include building materials retail and distribution, consumer electronics and appliances retail, convenience stores and truck stops, and gasoline retailers. Areas that drive demand for Home Depot’s primary industry are home remodeling and new homebuilding. Products included in this industry include lumber and building supplies (50%), hardware, tools, and plumbing and electrical supplies (25%), and paint and lawn and garden products (5%), (Hoovers, 2008). The home center and hardware store industry is made up of national and regional chains and independent retailers. Home Depot, as an established corporation, has much strength behind its name. One of the largest strengths would be that of its brand recognition. Home Depot is known by all across the United States as a home improvement/supply store. Smaller...
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...Last year on September 9, 2014, “the on-going conflict in Darfur, Sudan was declared “genocide” by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell”("Darfur Genocide « World Without Genocide - Working to Create a World Without Genocide."). The Darfur Genocide specifically refers to the wiping out of the Darfur race of people in Western Sudan. Starting in 2003 and still happening today, it is the first genocide of the 21st century and could potentially be the worst. By way of recent recognition, the United Nations calls it the greatest crisis in the world; and the United States now calls it genocide. But the damage done to the people of Darfur may already be beyond repair. What’s happening is taking place in Sudan, the largest country in Africa. Where almost 480,000 people...
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...In early 2003, a horrific event started; genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Genocide is the intentional killing of a mass quantity of people, usually of people of a particular ethnic group. In the following, you will see how this gruesome act was put into action. Darfur, Sudan is located in northeast Africa. Surrounding Sudan is Egypt to the north, Ethiopia and Eritrea to the east, South Sudan to the south, and Chad to the west. The Sudanese government committed the genocide. The government orchestrated the genocide because they wanted to stop the rebel groups from their up rise against the government. In February of 2003 the Darfur Liberation Front (later the Sudan Liberation Army) attacked Gulu, the capital of the district of Jebel Marra. Their second attack was on April 25, 2003. In Darfur, Sudan, two rebellious groups, the Sudanese Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, attacked the El Fasher airport....
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...Darfur Genocide is about massive murders of innocent people. During the Darfur genocide, the African colony were murdered by the Sudanese government (non-military army). It is important to educate others about this harsh situation to prevent genocide from happening. The Darfur genocide happened in 2003 when the Sudanese government took over. It occurred in the country of sudan, Darfur.The region where it happened was in the eastern region of Red Sea Hills. It all started when some individuals weren’t liking the new colony that was happening during that time. So the whole village went against the government of Darfur. The victims were mostly Arabs(muslims). These people were victims because supposably there were one ones who tried and attack the government. Furthermore, the people they were killing were the Arabs.The only reason they were murdering them was because they didn’t want to follow the commands of their government. Also about 480,000 of the Darfur village were murdered, tortured, and raped....
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...Genocide Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Introduction The term genocide refers to the mass murder of a specific race or tribe or group of people with the sole intention of eliminating the said group. As the world came to realize with the discrimination of Jews by the Nazi forces, genocide does not sit on the same bench as other crimes such as burglary. The spirited effort towards the elimination of a single race or tribe is the driving force of this heinous crime. It is said “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. At the centre of genocide, power and resources are usually the propagators of this vice. In a state in which the availability and distribution of resources is anything short of equal, negative ethnic traits such as tribalism, nepotism and even clanism, in other cases, can easily result in the onset of genocide. Greed is also a consistent feature of many genocide-stricken states. The more worrying issue, apart from the killing of millions of innocent civilians, is the prejudice with which many of the leaders of these factions plan and coordinate these atrocities. The notion that leaders are well above the law is characteristic of states that have felt the iron grip of genocide. The case of Darfur is one of the most disheartening. Darfur has been embroiled in the throes of genocide for the better part of the 21st Century. Having been the first genocide of the 21st Century, the mention of Darfur does not resonate well on the global landscape. Upon...
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...The war in Darfur, a region in Sudan, is a grave, yet, rarely discussed topic, despite this topic being a very important part of our world today and the world of tomorrow. The bloodshed in Darfur began in February of 2003, when two groups of Sudanese rebels began to accuse their government of willful heedlessness, causing an insurrection against the unjust Sudanese government. As stated in "Genocide : Modern Crimes Against Humanity", The central discernment for the war is the ownership of Southern Sudanese oil, as seen in the previous quote; however, there is also a deep, complex history that needs to be taken in to account as some of the reasoning behind the conflict in Darfur (January 111). This complex history includes many thoroughly embedded...
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...negative and positive characteristics and outcomes. The positives are very straight forward, the love of one’s country and bond between citizens can be dubbed vital to the prosperity of a nation or country. What happens when this love of one’s country and the bond between its citizens crosses ethnic and human boundaries? This can be defined as ethnic nationalism, which allows ethnicity to become main component in being a nationalist (Snyder 1990, 241-249). This paper will define nationalism in terms of an egocentric political ideology that uses the love of one’s country and ethnicity to push people to the extremes of segregation and violence. It will also outline this between two world issues; Nazism and the current crisis occurring in Darfur, Sudan. Taking this into consideration, it can be concurred that nationalism is negative force in today’s modern world which is...
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...Crisis in Darfur: An Educational Simulation July 10, 2009 U.S. Diplomacy Center Department of State PARTICIPANT BACKGROUND GUIDE INTRODUCTION: “CRISIS IN DARFUR” Whether the murder, rape, pillage, and displacement of tens of thousands in the Darfur region of Sudan is labeled a tragedy, or civil war, or ethnic cleansing, or genocide “in slow motion” 1, the world can’t ignore what is going on in western Sudan. According to the UN, over 2.1 million people are believed to have left their homes, and up to 70,000 have been killed. Other estimates put the death toll higher, up to 400,000. International media has only limited access due to the remoteness and instability in this vast region the size of France. So we don’t see all the day to day details of suffering as we did, for example, in late 1998 in Kosovo. Those images and reports helped trigger UN ultimatums and eventual NATO intervention in 1999. After the Holocaust, the world said “never again” should we stand by and watch while millions are slaughtered. After the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, after the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and after the mass killings in Srebrenica in Bosnia in 1995, the world also stood by, and then said “never again.” And now we have Darfur. Thus Darfur can be seen as a profound test of the credibility of the international community: the United Nations, the international NGO community, the African Union, and citizens and governments around the world. Is there the will to act in Darfur or will we stand...
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...China and USA in New Cold War over Africa’s Oil Riches Darfur? It’s the Oil, Stupid... By F. William Engdahl | Global Research, May 20, 2007 | To paraphrase the famous quip during the 1992 US Presidential debates, when an unknown William Jefferson Clinton told then-President George Herbert Walker Bush, “It’s the economy, stupid,” the present concern of the current Washington Administration over Darfur in southern Sudan is not, if we were to look closely, genuine concern over genocide against the peoples in that poorest of poor part of a forsaken section of Africa.No. “It’s the oil, stupid.” Hereby hangs a tale of cynical dimension appropriate to a Washington Administration that has shown no regard for its own genocide in Iraq, when its control over major oil reserves is involved. What’s at stake in the battle for Darfur? Control over oil, lots and lots of oil. The case of Darfur, a forbidding piece of sun-parched real estate in the southern part of Sudan, illustrates the new Cold War over oil, where the dramatic rise in China’s oil demand to fuel its booming growth has led Beijing to embark on an aggressive policy of—ironically-- dollar diplomacy. With its more than $1.3 trillion in mainly US dollar reserves at the Peoples’ National Bank of China, Beijing is engaging in active petroleum geopolitics. Africa is a major focus, and in Africa, the central region between Sudan and Chad is priority. This is defining a major new front in what, since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003...
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