leaving an estimated 400‚00 people dead and more than 2 million ejected from their homes. The Janjaweed militia group is a ruthless collection of mercenary fighters who share the same racial outlook as the Sudanese government. The government of Sudan cut a sinister deal. The administration promised land‚ livestock‚ and war booty to its Janjaweed allies. In return‚ the Janjaweed would attack villages belonging to the Non-Arab Fur‚ Zaghawa‚ and Massaliet tribes. The Janjaweed served one purpose:
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their territory into the Sudan and the Great Lakes region. As the French extended eastward from the Congo‚ the British expanded south from Egypt. The disputes arose from the common desire of each country to link up its disparate colonial possessions in Africa. Great Britain’s aim was to link Uganda to Egypt via a railway from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo‚ while France‚ by pushing eastward from the west coast‚ hoped to extend its dominion across Central Africa and the Sudan. In July 1898‚ a French
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Ethnic Group Conflict Sudan William Hall Cross Cultural Psychology/PSY450 April 11‚ 2010 Professor Anne Vagras-Leveriza‚ M.S. Ethnic Group Conflict Sudan The social conflict current to the Sudan is traceable to the start of the Christian era at which time the Sudan exist as a collection of independent kingdoms often as small principalities in the geographic location of Northern Africa‚ bordering the Red Sea‚ between Egypt and Eritrea. In Sudan two distinct major cultures exists viewing
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Sudan is the largest country in Africa‚ and is one of the poorest. It is located in the northeastern part of the continent. It is mainly made up of two regional groups: an Arab African group in the north and the Nilotes in the south. It’s major ethnic groups of the north are the Kababish‚ a camel raising people; the Jaalin and Saiqiyya‚ who live along rivers ; the Nubians‚ who live along the northern Nile; the Nuba of the Kordufan Plateau; and the Fur in the west. In the south there
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place? -This is taking place in Sudan‚ Africa (Largest country in Africa) -Darfur is a region in Western Sudan which is where this Genocide is taking place -About the size of Texas -Population is an estimated 6‚000‚000 -Divided into 3 states -There are between 40-80 ethnic groups in Darfur (most villages are multi ethnic) -. Local languages include Arabic‚ Fur and Massalit When did this begin? This began in the Spring of 2003 after two rebel movements‚ The Sudan Liberation Movement and the
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Causes of Ethnocentricity In America‚ the greatest supremacy of the world‚ we have the most advanced and sophisticated culture in history. The inferior British drive on the wrong side of the road‚ and Greeks reek of the scent of Garlic. Does garlic really smell bad? Maybe the right side is the wrong side of the road‚ and other countries may feel the same way about their culture as those Yankees feel about their USA. What do we call the sense of cultural superiority? Sociology has a term
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What did Charles George Gordon do to earn the view that he was an Imperial Hero and was it justified? When discussing heroes the first things that would come to mind are selfless individuals‚ they would show a tremendous amount of bravery in the face of certain defeat and have the courage and determination to beat overwhelming odds. The dictionary definitions of heroes are “a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength and ability” or “a man admired for his
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Director’s Remarks Dear Delegates‚ Welcome to the UNHCR of the 4th Annual HighScope Model United Nations. I‚ Reyhanillo Yusuf Andikasim‚ am your Director for this conference. The Co-Directors for the UNHCR will be Angelina Sachi Adinda Allessandra Kondo and Wafina Mario. We have experience in multiple Model United Nations across Indonesia. Our hope is that we will be not only able to lead the committee‚ but to educate‚ befriend‚ and work together with you‚ the delegates‚ in order to create
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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
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER CONFLICT IN THE NILE BASIN: IMPLICATION FOR EGYPT NATIONAL SECURITY BY IDAMA OGHENEROBO SUPREME PG/PHD/11/59989 BEING A SECOND SEMINAR PAPER PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE‚ UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ NSUKKA‚ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE Ph.D IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) SUPERVISOR: PROF E.E. EZEANI MARCH 2012 ABSTRACT CONTENTS Abstract
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