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Genocide in

DarfurA Brief Photo Summary



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Sudan Sudan is the largest

country in Africa.

It gainedindependence fromBritian in 1956.

An estimated 39million people live in

Sudan; an estimated 6million live in Darfur alone.



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Sudan (cont.) About 52% of

Sudanese people are

³black´, 39% ³Arab´,6% Beja, & 2%

foreign.

In Darfur, the 3 largest

African tribes are: theFur, Masalit, &

Zaghawa



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Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement

(SLA) This rebel group was founded in

1987.

It opposed the Fur, Masalit, &Zaghawa.

SLA objective: ³To create aunited, democratic Sudan.´

It raided al-Fashir on April 25,2003 which led to the start of theconflict.

Their attack on the city,specifically the governmentgarrison, was due that they wereexasperated by the government¶snegligence towards the ³black,farming´ communities.



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Justice for Equality Movement (JEM) The JEM was founded by

Darfuri Muslims loyal toIslamist leader Hassan al-Turabi. (His National IslamicFront part instigated a 1989coup against the president, butfailed.)

They, too, are ³non-Arab,black agrarian´ Muslims.

Even though the ideologydiffer between them & the

SLA, they have decided tocooperate in launching raidsagainst the government.

Oddly enough, the JEM has its own webiste:http://www.sudanjem.com/



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Janjaweed The Janjaweed militia is

armed & funded by theKhartoum government.

It is composed mainly of ³Arab black African´Muslims who herd cattle &livestock.

Janjaweed militamen

usually raid villages after government aircraft bombcertain villages.



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Victims Although many factions

are involved in the conflict,there are many moreinnocent civilians who

suffer from such fighting. Most of the victims are

abused, raped, tortured,beaten, & killed by theJanjaweed.

The Janjaweed has evencrossed into Chad, andraided villages, killinginnocent civilians.



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Victims The ³sludge´ on the

right is a common

sight: many displaced

Darfuris eat it on a

daily basis.

About 2.4 MILLION

Darfuris live in IDP(internally displaced

persons) camps.



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The baby on the right is a sadstory of the tragedy in Darfur.

As her mother was returningfrom fetching water, she wentinto premature labor and gave

birth to twins. (Ahok is one of them).

The mother, unfortunately,died the next day.

The next day, supplies camein which included antibiotics,

medicines, and formula for thebaby.

She was hospitialized inNairobi, and was renamed³Naima´, which means ³grace´.



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This mapshows thevillagesthat havebeen

either damagedor destroyedby theconflict inDarfur.



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Tragically,

some of the

most

defenselessvictims are the

children.

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