Rwanda & Darfur

The region of Darfur is mainly the southeastern part of the nation of Sudan in central Africa.

The genocide in Darfur has been led by President Omar al- Bashir trying to eliminate the non Muslim population in Sudan.

Attacks on the non Muslim population of Sudan have resulted in people being shot, hacked to death and burned alive.

One of the side effects of the genocide in Darfur is the mass exodus out of Sudan. Make shift towns likes these are made to house the 2 million or so refugees that have tried to flee the country.

While the people of Sudan have been attack by their own government, the are armed resistance groups trying to stop the genocide such as the N.R.F.

People around the world have asked whose responsibility it is to stop the genocide. A poll taken said that the U.S. & China should step in and help.

While there has been little attention to the genocide in Darfur, actors like George Clooney have been very out spoken about stopping the genocide.

Rwanda is a tiny African nation in the heart of the Congo in central Africa.

The Rwandan genocide started in 1994 when President Jevenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot down by most likely by a Hutu group.

Hutus’ vs. Tutsi’s: The Tutsi made up only about 14% of the population but were part of the ruling class when Belgium ruled the country. The Hutu were a majority but were oppressed under Belgium rule and went looking for revenge.

Most of the Tutsi’s that were killed in the Rwandan genocide were hacked to death by machetes.

Thousands of people were hacked to death and the bodies were just left behind creating mass graves.

800,000: the number estimated to be killed by the Hutu during the genocide in Rwanda. It only lasted a few months.

When the blood shed was over 800,000 people were dead and thousands more displaced. Mass graves were discovered and the remains gathered.

Many men remain wanted by international authorities for the Rwandan genocide.