Michael Ignatieff once said, “Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.” According to the article, over a million of civilians have been displaced or severely affected by violence in the past two years. The forces were under the command of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, he has carried out attacks against the civilians. (“Who’s At Risk?…
In the documentary, Cannibal Warlords of Liberia one of the issues that was brought up by interviewed individuals were that they lacked a rudimentary elementary education. Being able to read and write is a basic human necessity that everyone in society must have to function in an international arena. In West Point, one of Liberia’s most lamentable slums, there are drug houses filled with kids who can barely communicate on the most pivotal level. There are only a few schools located in West Point, but with no suitable teachers and no one to help keep it clean, they usually become abandoned. Most women work in brothels because there is no other way to make money in that region; just like in any other place they have their own Red Light District.…
This overwhelmingly long period of fighting displaced tens of thousands of young children across the Sudan. It forced them to walk through dangerous wilderness and deserts in search of safety, their families, and food to keep them alive. All of this fighting stemming from the South Sudanese people wanting their independence from the enforcement of harsh new rules from northern elites. Before the South Sudanese people were able to gain their independence from the north, the George W. Bush administration created a network of support the help the South gain their much needed independence. “President Bush appointed former Senator John Danforth as the first of the US special envoys for this region and Danforth played a major role in helping bring about the CPA and South Sudan’s right of self-determination” (“The United States and South Sudan” 4).…
More than 300,000 innocent men, women and children were assassinated and raped by a group of government-armed and funded Arab militias known as the Janjaweed, which translates to ‘devil's on horseback. The war is unrested. The Janjaweed destroyed Darfurians by: burning villages, looting economic resources, polluting water sources, and murdering, raping, and torturing civilians (world without genocide). According to BBC News article, “Darfur conflict: Sudan's bloody stalemate,” “The intensity of the conflict in Sudan's western region has diminished since its early years, but most of Darfur is still extremely dangerous.” The world is watching and it still continous after a decade.…
Nevertheless, what is being down to the citizens of Darfur is truly terrifying. Even though not enough is being done there are thirteen refugee camps in eastern Sudan(“Darfur Genocide-Jewish World Watch”).Enslaving, looting, rapeing and burning down of homes, towns, and communities those are only a few things being done to people. Janjaweed have also been know to go over the border and harrass near by communities in Chad(“Darfur Genocide<< world Without Genocide-working to create a world without genocide”).Tension is growing all around Sudan and now in neighboring…
South Sudan’s Water Story Water is a necessity for all, yet only a limited amount of people have access to water in South Sudan. Even in that limited amount of people, a fraction of them have access to potable water. Only nineteen countries in Africa are estimated to meet the Millennium Development Goals (Saliu). Oftentimes, the people of South Sudan are forced to consume contaminated water thus this water and sanitation crisis consequently resulted in 400,000 water-related deaths in Africa (Saliu). Additionally, in South Sudan, the water contamination peaked during the South Sudanese civil war.…
When their village is attacked, sudanese n orphans are forced to trek along a difficult journey to a refugee camp in kenya. Consequently, the methods of survival…
Mapping Migration of the Lost Boys During the war between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan, many boys were forced to face many challenges and hazards. They were referred to as lost boys. During this large diaspora of african boys, they were exposed to dirty water, the rebels, injuries, and other hardships. These boys would walk many months and sometimes many years to make it to a safe shelter away from war.…
More than one billion children in the world are deprived of at least one of the basic necessities. According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) "children living in poverty are those who experience deprivation of the material, spiritual and emotional resources needed to survive, develop and thrive, leaving them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their full potential or participate as full and equal members of society". Poverty limits children's opportunities for education, puts them at risk for health problems and increases the likelihood that they’ll be subjected to child labor or early marriage. Poor children are hungry and at risk for malnutrition, underdevelopment and stunting, which can have serious health consequences later…
Bombings are destroying villages and leaving no farms to return to. If the government can step up and stop these bombings it can change the lives of those in these situations. Some make it out alive and get to live in camps, but "these perilous conditions put the children of Darfur at high risk for catching dysentery, cholera and hepatitis – all deadly killers" ("Fighting Deadly Diseases in Darfur"). Many kids are dying, more…
North Darfur is one of the states of Sudan. North Darfur is one of five States dividing the Sudan’s western Darfur region. North Darfur is bounded on the northwest by Libya, on the north by Northern State, on the east by Northern State and North Kurdufan, on the southeast by South Kurdufan, on the south by South Darfur, and on the west by West Darfur and the Republic of Chad. Al-Fashir is the capital of the state. Other significant towns include Ailliet, Kebkabiya, Kutum, Mellit, Tawilah and Umm Kadadah.…
(Risen, 2015) Back in 2000, the UN set a goal to “reduce global poverty and inequality by 2015”, and while it effectively cuts, life-threatening poverty in half, the multinational group doesn’t know how much this can help developing regions such as South Africa by a reasonable time. UNICEF has responded by giving health care services to children and elders. Getting people more educated about disease and getting them to go to schools such as young girls and boys – but even though it’s still a long ways to fulfill all the needs and improvements every country needs to be above the poverty percent on reports. (Risen,…
The conflict cost the lives of an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 citizens and hundreds of thousands of civilians were displaced to different places (Conteh-Morgan, 2004). Cases as these individuals must analyze poverty, geography, and cultural grievances to see how and why these civil…
Only a few years ago, the idea of preserving education as a central part of all humanitarian efforts was but an afterthought in the minds of aid workers. Nicolai and Triplehorn (2003) state that it was the 1990 's when this crucial truth that education is the right of every child finally germinated and became the soul of humanitarian aid. This demonstrates the high degree of significance and worth that humanitarian aid organizations now place on continuing education in war-ravaged societies today. According to Treffgarne (2004) emergency education is rapidly increasing and the author properly believes that the escalating importance of education in countries in the midst of chaos not only is transforming governmental and non-governmental humanitarian…
At the turn of the century, representatives from 189 countries joined together and forged an agreement to eliminate extreme poverty once and for all. The United Nation’s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was seen as the international community’s chance to facilitate economic and social growth in the world’s least developed countries, and saw hundreds of billions of dollars invested into development initiatives. The second goal called on governments to provide every boy and girl around the world access to a full primary education by 2015. This essay uses the context of Rwanda to explore why education is a vital indicator of development, how successful the education targets have been, and what challenges and opportunities remain as…