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DARFUR
In 2003 and 2004 militia, known as the Janjawid / Janjaweed, attacked
civilians in the western region of Sudan. Throughout 2004 and 2005,
newspapers across the globe were awash with parallels between the Darfur
crisis and the Rwandan genocide of 1994 after UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan highlighted the similarities. For all the wrong reasons, Sudan again
made it to the top of the global agenda.
The violence against civilians in Darfur continued into 2006 and left the
area at severe risk of famine. UN reports suggest that 400,000 people have
died, 2.5 million people have been displaced, and a further 3.5 million face
food shortages.
The links below direct you to reviewed websites that detail the events in Darfur
over the last few years.
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Coalition for Darfur (website)
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The Coalition for Darfur was started by a Southerner and a Northerner from Sudan
to raise awareness about the genocide in Darfur. This website provides a wide range
of resources from links to online newspapers, posts of
up-to-date newspaper clippings, links to NGOs that are raising awareness on the
issues for the Darfur region and recommendations of books,
DVDs and CDs about the situation in Darfur. The two founders continue to post
a short post on the topic they provide on their blog. |
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