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HistoryDarfur is a region, about the size of Texas, in western Sudan on the African continent. People It is Home to mainly non-arabic black people who are farmers. These groups include: the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa. Arab tribes, collectively known as Baggara; nomadic herdsmen also inhabit this area. Government Islamic law was declared in 1983, imposing an Islamic belief system upon a diverse population creating tension between non-arabs an arabs. At the same time, the Non-Arab community accused the government of showing outright prejudice toward the Non-Arabs while favoring Arabs. The Conflict In 2003, after feeling that their efforts for equal treatment had gone unnoticed two Non-Arab rebel (The Sudanese Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement) groups attacked government facilities. Their goal was to compel the government to address underdevelopment in the region. The Sudanese government responded by amassing the Janjaweed, an Arab militia. They provided the Janjaweed militia with weapons, giving them free reign over military operations. The SLA and JEM rebels continued to compel the government to address underdevelopment in the region. Genocide The Janjaweed have murdered in the hundred thousands and displaced even more, specifically targeting Non-Arabs in mainly civilian populations. Government Helicopters have been sighted firing on civilians along with the Janjaweed. The U.S. estimates that 10,000 die each month from the conflict. Men continued to be murdered; women raped and forced along with their children into the desert to slowly die of disease, dehydration, and starvation. Displaced refugees have fled to large camps west of Darur and in Chad. Janajaweed forces have continued their assault on civilians by attacking refugee camps on Chad soil. The region is still turmoil today. Aid workers have been shot and kidnapped. The Sudanese government has been resisting intervention from the U.N. |
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