The Darfur Conflict

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Dead. When everyone in Darfur was attacked undercover it was plain as day that they wanted them dead. The Darfur Conflict is a guerrilla conflict or ongoing civil war in the area of the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing or committing genocide against black Africans in favor of Arabs. It has been going on since 2003. Religious, ethnic, and economic differences have caused conflict in Sudan for years.
First off the militia group used the classification the Janjaweed. African Darfur Farmers are fighting against the Janjaweed a group of local Arab tribes.
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Darfur blamed the Sudanese government of committing genocide against black Africans and helped the Arab Abbala tribes of the northern Rizeigat region. China and Russia are blocking the United Nations from resolution in attempts to appease the Sudanese government (Darfur Genocide), and the government organized the Janjaweed ordered to kill any rebel forces (Darfur Daily News). There is a wasteland created by the Sudanese government, and they train savage militant groups like the Janjaweed in there (Darfur Genocide). Also the Sudanese government does not want the media to know that they are behind the genocide (Dehumanization - Darfur Genocide), so there weren’t many information about how are the soldiers trained, and what have they been …show more content…
The Sudanese government has tried to deny the allegations that they ever did Genocide (Denial). Although they deny it, evidence strongly suggests that the Sudanese government is simultaneously conducting an ethnic cleansing of all non-Arab Africans in Darfur and surrounding areas, the Janjaweed also told the reporters that the United States was Exaggerating it and that it wasn’t a genocide (Darfur Daily News). They have failed and have been found guilty for the crimes of Genocide (Denial). During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama called Darfur a “stain on our souls” (Darfur Daily News).
The Darfur Genocide has many innocent people dead because of the Religious, ethnic, and economic differences. Janjaweed, the group who is killing millions of farmers because of their religion are secretly created by the Sudanese government. Many Darfur farmers have been robbed, raped, and killed, and no one can do anything besides watching. The genocide has been around since 2003, and Sudanese government is not doing anything to help, instead they are blocking other countries to prevent other countries to help Darfur

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