There is currently a genocide going on in Darfur, a region in western Sudan.
Background:
One side of the armed conflict is mainly composed of the Sudanese military and the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited by the camel-herding nomads of Arab descent. The other side is composed of rebel groups, such as the Sudan Liberation Movement. The conflict begain in February 2003. The Sudanese government publicly denies that it supports the Janjaweed but has provided money to the group. The government has also participated in attacks targeting the tribes from which the Darfuri rebels draw support. The Janjaweed calls their attacks upon non-Baggara villages and citizens as "ethnic cleansing." However, the UN has labeled as genocide when they stated the figure for the number of deaths- 450, 000.
To see what you can do to help, visit http://www.amnestyusa.org/Our_Issues/Darfur/page.do?id=1041028&n1=3&n2=52
1 comment:
Given a western investment in local oil distribution in Darfur and the Sudan, one has to skeptically question the US military role in the region as well as the violence there as a whole.
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