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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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The Darfur Crisis: Looking Beyond the Propaganda (webpage)
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In this article, David Hoile, director of the European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council, outlines his views on how the media have distorted the issues in and around the Darfur crisis. He argues that 'the Darfur issue has been caught up in the sort of propaganda and misinformation that has characterized previous coverage of Sudan...The issue is far too important to leave to extremists, propagandists, flawed analysis and those who wish to see continued conflict in Sudan.' Hoile then seeks to clarify and expand on the reporting of the conflict. |
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