Darfur: Background Global Solutions
The war in Darfur started when rebels attacked the Sudan government. The rebels were retaliating that the government was ignoring the region. To counter the attacks the government responds by killing massive amounts of Darfurians. Many people flee for safety thousands of Darfurians are then attacked by the ground as well as from the air. Rebel groups also known as the janjweed raid villages and burn everything. Many innocent lives are taken an estimated 400,000 people have lost their lives. 2.5 million people no longer live in their native lands and 500 people died a day during the war.
Many civilians of Darfur flee to Chad the government in Chad is then accused of supporting Durfur Rebels. The people of Chad then flee in fear of janjaweed attacks. The Chad government is upset with Khartoum thinking they support the increasing genocides in Chad.
The US investigates to conclude that both the Sudan government and the janjaweeds are responsible for the massive killing of innocent civilians. They both violated international human rights and the humanitarian law. Both parties came together to sign a peace agreement in May 5, 2006. The US was to take action if the agreement was broken since then the janjaweed has not disarmed or stopped violence. Darfur government also has not stopped fighting. Steps are slowly starting to be put in place to protect the civilians.
I have always wondered what was really going on in Darfur and why was there genocide going on. After looking at this article it opened my eye to know what is really going on and to see how many thousands of people have been innocently caught in the middle of the fight. I think that as Americans it is easy to get caught up in our own lives and we fail to look on the other side of the world where peace is not seen.
The war in Darfur started when rebels attacked the Sudan government. The rebels were retaliating that the government was ignoring the region. To counter the attacks the government responds by killing massive amounts of Darfurians. Many people flee for safety thousands of Darfurians are then attacked by the ground as well as from the air. Rebel groups also known as the janjweed raid villages and burn everything. Many innocent lives are taken an estimated 400,000 people have lost their lives. 2.5 million people no longer live in their native lands and 500 people died a day during the war.
Many civilians of Darfur flee to Chad the government in Chad is then accused of supporting Durfur Rebels. The people of Chad then flee in fear of janjaweed attacks. The Chad government is upset with Khartoum thinking they support the increasing genocides in Chad.
The US investigates to conclude that both the Sudan government and the janjaweeds are responsible for the massive killing of innocent civilians. They both violated international human rights and the humanitarian law. Both parties came together to sign a peace agreement in May 5, 2006. The US was to take action if the agreement was broken since then the janjaweed has not disarmed or stopped violence. Darfur government also has not stopped fighting. Steps are slowly starting to be put in place to protect the civilians.
I have always wondered what was really going on in Darfur and why was there genocide going on. After looking at this article it opened my eye to know what is really going on and to see how many thousands of people have been innocently caught in the middle of the fight. I think that as Americans it is easy to get caught up in our own lives and we fail to look on the other side of the world where peace is not seen.
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