History of Sudan

of people because of their nationality, ethnic, origin, race, or religion. However, some people apply it more broadly to any international Government-sponsored murder of a distinct group of people for any reason. Genocide literally means "killing". Sudan is geographically the largest country in Africa. It illustrates Sudan's size that its western province, Darfur, is itself about the size of France. The population of Darfur is estimated at 6,000,000 people. The conflict in Darfur has also…

Alex Bellamy when he discusses the international engage with Darfur and the international norm of ‘responsibility to protect.’ Bellamy examines the rationale behind the interference of the international community in the case of the Darfur conflict in Sudan (Bellamy, 31). Ultimately, Bellamy provides an examination of Rwanda, Bosnia and the ongoing crisis in Darfur to illustrate how state intervention was not successful as these nations were not considered to be of importance (49). He exemplifies…

South Sudan is the world’s newest country as they gained hard-fought independence in 2011. The team that worked together to gain this sovereignty soon became divided upon their success as president Salva Kiir accused his vice, Riek Machar, of planning to overthrow him. Machar then reacted by publicly calling for the overthrow of Kiir as he jailed several respected South Sudanese politicians for their supposed plan. In other words, a civil war emerged in December of 2015 and a clear ethnic divide…

A Collective Alienation Rumors have a profound effect on human interaction, and can cause stressful isolation of certain groups. The powerful effects of rumors in post-trauma societies is revealed in the articles, Narratives of Uncertainty: The Affective Force of Child-Trafficking Rumors in Postdisaster Aceh, Indonesia by Annemarie Samuels and Gendered War and Rumors of Saddam Hussein in Uganda by Sverker Finnström. Although mere stories or potentially false statements, rumors reveal the…

The goal of researcher to study the Lost Boys of the Sudan is to examine the function and behavioral health of the Sudan refuges 1 year after their arrival to the United States. They are trying to determine how well this group of children handled the losses that they experienced in childhood. The small children were forced out of their villages and trek hundreds of miles to refugee camps, within those camps they lived in groups with substandard living conditions. A group of Sudanese refugees…

In 1975, Ibrahim El Salahi was put into prison in Sudan. During his twenty-five minute breaks outside, he would draw in the dirt with a sharpened toothbrush. Back in his cell, he would think about what to draw in that short time. When he was released six months later, he was thrown into the middle of Sudan’s first civil war. When the war was over, he thought about the drawings in the dirt that he had made in prison. Using these thoughts and his experience in the war, he made a nine panel work…

The goal of researchers to study the Lost Boys of the Sudan is to examine the function and behavioral health of the Sudan refugees 1 year after their arrival in the United States. They are trying to determine how well this group of adolescents handled the losses that they experienced in childhood. The small children were forced out of their villages and trek hundreds of miles to refugee camps. Within those camps they lived in groups with substandard living conditions. Years later a group of…

Connected Life Journeys In “A Long Walk To Water” written by Linda Sue Park. There are two stories, one of a boy named Salva, and the other of a girl named Nya. They both lived in Southern Sudan; although at different times. Salva’s taking place in 1985, and Nya’s taking place in 2008. Salva and Nya’s life journeys both involved war, walking, and family. In the end their lives connected each other together in a beautiful way. Salva and Nya’s journeys are alike because they both had to…

The Senufo people are located in Cote d Ivoire, Ghana. The Senufo people are considered a people heavily involved with the “spiritual realm”. Religion is quite different when it comes to the people of Senufo, they do not associate themselves as one of the three prominent religions of the world; Islam, Christianity, or Judaism. There is a belief that a women spirit; called the “ancient mother” is heavily involved with the poro society 2. The poro society (a male dominated community) was also a…

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…