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THE DARFUR GENOCIDE
By: Owen Young, Chase Gardner, Mike Hall
Where is Darfur?• Located in Africa • Sudan, Darfur
Conflict In Darfur• Guerilla conflict/Civil War.• Centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. • Began in February 2003. • Two very similar indigenous groups that have coincided in
life for many years have started a conflict causing many crimes against humanity
• The most common language in Darfur is Arabic.• Darfur is one of the most diverse ethnic places in the
world
Who was involved?
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)
• Formed in 2000• Against the Sudanese Government• Rebel Group• Led by Khalil Ibrahim• Allies with the Sudan Liberation Movement• Member of the Eastern Front• Eastern front is a collation of rebel groups operating in
Sudan• On December 25th, 2011 The leader Khalil Ibrahim was
killed by the Sudanese People’s Armed Forces.
Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)• Formed in 2002 • Sudanese Rebel Group• Allies with the Justice And Equality Movement • Groups within the SLM • Led by Minni Minnawi, Other groups led by Abdul Wahid
al Nur
Alliance Of Revolutionary Forces• Formed January 20th, 2006 • Justice and Equality Movement • Sudan Liberation Movement • Merged to form a single rebel alliance• Khalil Ibrahim Quoted “We have set up this union in the
interest of the people of Darfur”.
Janjaweed• Formed in 1987 • Arabic words for man, gun, and horse• Armed militia • The Janjaweed would get help from Sudan's government
and military.• In conflict with Darfur rebel groups • Arab herders
Why Did This Genocide Start?• SLM and JEM accused the Sudanese Government of
oppressing non Arab Sudanese in favor of Sudanese Arabs.
• The Government is mostly Arab • Government was said to be doing an Arab apartheid
(segregation or discrimination against other races)• The Arabs monopolized power and excluded blacks • The civil war started because of various small attacks on
government controlled areas by rebels. • The government is accused of trying to carry out the ethnic
cleansing of non Arabs in Darfur. • The Africans are farmers and the Arabs are herders
Omar al-Bashir • President of Sudan, since 1989 • In July of 2008 he was prosecuted in the international
criminal court for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
• Charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity but not on genocide.
• Re-trial in July 2010 and the court found sufficient evidence for the charges of genocide.
• In August 2010, he was arrested
Atrocities • Families are driven from their home • Women are being raped • Civilians are being targeted • Over 400,000 have died in Darfur • Around 2 million people were forced to relocate and they
faced starvation and disease • Executions • Due to economic, political, religious and ethnic reasons
civilians are being are being discriminated against • 90% of the government’s weapons come from China
Why Is Darfur A Genocide?• Young African males would be murdered • African women would be raped by the Arabs because the
child’s race was determined by the father’s race • Arab villages are being spared while neighboring refugee
villages are being attacked • The Sudanese government claims that it is not a
genocide, they are simply defending themselves.
United Nations• After Nazi Germany the world said “Never Again” • The crimes in Darfur still continue to this day• The UN joined Darfur in 2004 and they are continuing to
help increase Darfur’s defenses. • Peacekeeping missions• Security has tightened and the killings are starting to
decrease
Our Opinion • To see a genocide in such modern times is horrific • We think that the atrocities could come to a stand still if
the UN put more troops in Darfur • After our Armenia, The holocaust, and Rwanda, we still
haven't learned from our various mistakes.