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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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BBC Discussion Forum on international intervention in Darfur (webpage)
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As the escalation of violence became increasingly apparent in Darfur, the BBC World Service held an online forum to discuss the way the international community should respond. The questions asked of listeners were: 'Do you think the Darfur crisis is genocide?', 'How should the international community respond to Darfur?' and 'Should the UK and the US get involved?' The responses were mixed with some arguing for sanctions, others for intervention and others still for eyes to be averted from the crisis. |
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