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Darfur
Sudan is Africa’s largest country, located just south of Egypt on the eastern edge of the Sahara desert. The Darfur region is on the west side of the country and is a drought-prone area. Before the conflict began Darfur had a population of about 6 million in 2003. Most of the population live from farming and there quite nomadic. It’s a fairly multicultural society with 70% of the population being arabs. The conflict started in 2003 when two rebel movements the Sudan Liberation Movement and Justice and Equality Movement launched attacks on government military as they are against the political and economic situation in Sudan. The conflict got so extreme that it was classed as one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. Over 480,000 people have died over both sides of the conflict and a major problem is that 2.8 million people have moved to camps where there is emergency aid but it is extremely basic and barely supports there people but its considered better than the villages. Even though half the population still live in their villages the situation is getting worse with poverty increasing in these areas and people not being able to visit from fear of being kidnapped. The conflict was declared genocide in 2004 and despite peace treaties being made in 2004 and 2006 not being signed by the rebels and the international crime court making warrents for the arrest of the President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur even with peace treaties being signed in 2010 and in 2011 the country Sudan split into north sudan and south sudan the conflict still goes on and may have got worse with new militias forming and the state of the camps detraining as the rebels are stopping the delivery of supplys to the camps and a further 100,000 refugees leaving there villages to join camps in 2013 alone. Because the conflict has been going on for so long the international community have moved their attention elsewhere to more
Sudan is Africa’s largest country, located just south of Egypt on the eastern edge of the Sahara desert. The Darfur region is on the west side of the country and is a drought-prone area. Before the conflict began Darfur had a population of about 6 million in 2003. Most of the population live from farming and there quite nomadic. It’s a fairly multicultural society with 70% of the population being arabs. The conflict started in 2003 when two rebel movements the Sudan Liberation Movement and Justice and Equality Movement launched attacks on government military as they are against the political and economic situation in Sudan. The conflict got so extreme that it was classed as one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. Over 480,000 people have died over both sides of the conflict and a major problem is that 2.8 million people have moved to camps where there is emergency aid but it is extremely basic and barely supports there people but its considered better than the villages. Even though half the population still live in their villages the situation is getting worse with poverty increasing in these areas and people not being able to visit from fear of being kidnapped. The conflict was declared genocide in 2004 and despite peace treaties being made in 2004 and 2006 not being signed by the rebels and the international crime court making warrents for the arrest of the President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur even with peace treaties being signed in 2010 and in 2011 the country Sudan split into north sudan and south sudan the conflict still goes on and may have got worse with new militias forming and the state of the camps detraining as the rebels are stopping the delivery of supplys to the camps and a further 100,000 refugees leaving there villages to join camps in 2013 alone. Because the conflict has been going on for so long the international community have moved their attention elsewhere to more