Causes Of Genocide In Darfur

“How bad are things in Darfur? Ask the villagers who saw their neighbors trussed with chains and burned alive. Ask the 1.2 million people who have been terrorized into fleeing the embers of their homes” (Sudan Can’t Wait). According to the Gale encyclopedia, Genocide is the intent to destroy a national, ethic, racial or religious group. The perpetrator does this by killing, removing civilians from their homes or doing serious mental or bodily harm to someone (Rothenburg). In Darfur, Sudan a civil war has caused many casualties and in result has become genocide. In Darfur, the government has supported armed militias who destroy villages and drive people from their homes. Thousands of Darfurians have died and the ones who stay face famine
According to a “World without Genocide” article “Looting, burning food stocks, enslaving and raping women and children, and stealing livestock” (Darfur Genocide), the Janjaweed killed children of all ages and destroyed villages. The Janjaweed raped women and young girls and sold girls as young as eight into sex slavery (Darfur Genocide). They burned men alive and tossed all of the dead bodies into the water supply to contaminate it. Also children were killed in front of their parents and villages were burned down (Darfur Genocide). The Janjaweed only attacked non-Arab villages not the Arab- Muslim villages. The rebels attacked these villages because they believed that the non-Arab villages, even if the rebels hadn’t even visited them, still backed up the rebel groups (U.S Congress Terms). The world has tried to help but has not made progress. An article on the website “World without Genocide” states, “The UN issued a hybrid United Nations-African Union mission (UNAMID) to maintain peace in Darfur” (Darfur Genocide), the world watches the events in Darfur with horrified thoughts. The UN, also known as the United Nations, tried to help Darfur out by sending in help aids and peacekeepers. The Sudanese government rejected the worlds help and kicked out the peacekeeper (Darfur Genocide). Most of the aids that have been sent in have been kicked out, and the world thinks that if all
According to a recent article, “The on-going conflict in Darfur, Sudan” (Darfur Genocide), there have been many trials to help out Darfur many of them have not worked. The Sudanese government has denied any help and has kicked out most of the help aids sent in by the UN (Connolly). There have been many lasting effects of this genocide. According to a recent document about the genocide in Darfur, “350,000 people in this part of Chad are refugees, internally displaced, or badly affected by the extending conflict” (Reeves). As the fighting increases more Darfurians are being displaced and are running for their lives. Most Darfurians relocate to Chad a neighboring country to Sudan. More than three hundred thousand civilians have relocated to eastern Chad in fear that their lives will be taken away by the Janjaweed (Reeves). In closing, the war in Darfur sees no end without help, but when it does end the after effects will be