What's Happening in Darfur? Darfur Conflict in America

The Darfur conflict is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from the tribes of the Abbala (camel-herding Arabs), and the non-Baggara people (mostly land-tilling tribes) of the region. The Sudanese government, while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed, has provided arms and assistance and has participated in joint attacks with the group, systematically targeting the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups in Darfur. The conflict began in July 2003. Unlike in the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was fought between the primarily Muslim north and Christian and Animist south, in Darfur most of the residents are Muslim, as are the Janjaweed.

Estimated number of deaths in the conflict have ranged from 50,000 (World Health Organization, September 2004) to 450,000 (Dr. Eric Reeves, 28 April 2006). Most NGOs use 400,000, a figure from the Coalition for International Justice that has since been cited by the United Nations. As many as 2.5 million are thought to have been displaced.

The mass media have described the conflict as both "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide." The U.S. Government has described it as genocide, although the United Nations has declined to do so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict

http://www.savedarfur.org

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• genocide
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• Janjaweed
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• death

[howzindahouse]

No gencide we all black sudan has one of the largest reserves of oil in africa over 6.144 million of oil these vids are lyin

[AdaAdelinaLee]

why do some of them say those things with smiles on their faces?

For those of us who do care, we need to show the world that we do care and we need to show them why they should care too.

[sexymalcom1970]

Another western propaganda video using lies to deceive their population. The war in Sudan is a tribal african war muslims exist in both groups. Arabs are in Arabia arabs are not from africa. Its a tribal conflict and thats its its not arabs vs blacks etc.

[mameyz]

shame of you American, hahahahahah The USAa Goverment said there is Genocide!!! but The ICC said There is no Genocide in Darfur. The Genocide in IRAQ, Afaganistan, Somalia and Palestine. no one talk about them!! why??

[06jess22]

Are you joking me?

Darfur does have oil. Just ask China.

This video is incorrect at many different points throughout.

They aren't barbarians, they can cook. They're humans just like us. This is incredibly ignorant.

[mameyz]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhh crazy all darfurian are muslim and black american have no info shame of you

[Guardianoftheunborn]

How?

[MargaretCheshire]

"Darfur does not have oil"

-are you kidding me?! thats partialy what this war is about. China is backing the sudenese government and the janjaweed in the genocide due to the massive ammounts of oil that they are reciving from Darfur. China is also one of the main countrys providing arms to the sudenese army and janjaweed.

I can not believe the ignorance of the people in this video!

[soulssurvivor]

"We need to make sure everyone knows what's going on."

I agree, so please stop spreading foolish naive disinformation about the civil war in Darfur. The blissful ignorance of the average modern American is sickening.

[hajjiaxmed]

looooooooool hilarious JUST HILARIOUS

"Teach them how to cook" LOOOOOOOOOOOL