Genocide In Darfur

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Darfur is in western Sudan, and it has been in danger since 2003.Genociding is very big in Darfur, but not just in Darfur, but all over Sudan. Sad to say but rape is the number one thing that women in Darfur go through.

During 2003 a civil war broke out. As a result a lot of people were killed because of genociding, and all of the crimes that were commited. Sudan’s military raped around 211 women and kids in 36 hours. By 2004 over 2 million people were dead. During 2004 a Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement took place. By 2005 Sudan wanted to sign a Peace Agreement, but the agreement didn’t work and there was still a lot of violence, crime and murder going on in Sudan.
Genociding and rape was still a major issue to all women at this time.
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Poni tried to kill herself three times because she was forced into marriage, and having kids at a early age.Life was not easy for Poni because she had to grow up to fast, and witness violence and hateful actions. This book explains how the lives of kids are hard, and mistreated. Poni was only 12 when her best friend died because of violence and crimes.
In 2005, Sudan wanted to sign a peace agreement, but it didn’t work. Violence, war, and crimes were still happening. In the movie Attack on Darfur, some journalist tried to improve the lives of the villagers, and stop genociding. Life for women and kids were, and still is hard to this day. The number of people that were genocided were raising. Genociding is killing people if they are by themselves, or with a group . In other words, women were being killed in large amounts of groups for no reason. Women didn’t have a voice, or opinion on anything. Kids and women wasn’t only dying from genociding, but also the whooping cough. Almost 175 children died because of it, and almost 1000 cases have been out so far . Poor levels of hygiene, drugs, and the lack of healthcare facilities were the causes of blindness (Moszynski

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