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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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Essay: Background on the conflict in Darfur (webpage)
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This seven-page essay on the history of the Darfur conflict was written in May 2004 by Professor Fouad Ibrahim. It maps the history of the region through the dynasties of the sultanate, the ethnic background of the conflicting groups and the resource issues associated with the region. Page six contains a comparative list of statistics between Darfur and the rest of Sudan. The paper closes with an analysis of the prospects for Darfur in the near future. |
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