THE DARFUR GENOCIDE

By: Owen Young, Chase Gardner, Mike Hall

Where is Darfur?• Located in Africa • Sudan, Darfur

Conflict In Darfur• Guerilla conflict/Civil War.• Centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. • Began in February 2003. • Two very similar indigenous groups that have coincided in

life for many years have started a conflict causing many crimes against humanity

• The most common language in Darfur is Arabic.• Darfur is one of the most diverse ethnic places in the

world

Who was involved?

Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)

• Formed in 2000• Against the Sudanese Government• Rebel Group• Led by Khalil Ibrahim• Allies with the Sudan Liberation Movement• Member of the Eastern Front• Eastern front is a collation of rebel groups operating in

Sudan• On December 25th, 2011 The leader Khalil Ibrahim was

killed by the Sudanese People’s Armed Forces.

Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)• Formed in 2002 • Sudanese Rebel Group• Allies with the Justice And Equality Movement • Groups within the SLM • Led by Minni Minnawi, Other groups led by Abdul Wahid

al Nur

Alliance Of Revolutionary Forces• Formed January 20th, 2006 • Justice and Equality Movement • Sudan Liberation Movement • Merged to form a single rebel alliance• Khalil Ibrahim Quoted “We have set up this union in the

interest of the people of Darfur”.

Janjaweed• Formed in 1987 • Arabic words for man, gun, and horse• Armed militia • The Janjaweed would get help from Sudan's government

and military.• In conflict with Darfur rebel groups • Arab herders

Why Did This Genocide Start?• SLM and JEM accused the Sudanese Government of

oppressing non Arab Sudanese in favor of Sudanese Arabs.

• The Government is mostly Arab • Government was said to be doing an Arab apartheid

(segregation or discrimination against other races)• The Arabs monopolized power and excluded blacks • The civil war started because of various small attacks on

government controlled areas by rebels. • The government is accused of trying to carry out the ethnic

cleansing of non Arabs in Darfur. • The Africans are farmers and the Arabs are herders

Omar al-Bashir • President of Sudan, since 1989 • In July of 2008 he was prosecuted in the international

criminal court for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

• Charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity but not on genocide.

• Re-trial in July 2010 and the court found sufficient evidence for the charges of genocide.

• In August 2010, he was arrested

Atrocities • Families are driven from their home • Women are being raped • Civilians are being targeted • Over 400,000 have died in Darfur • Around 2 million people were forced to relocate and they

faced starvation and disease • Executions • Due to economic, political, religious and ethnic reasons

civilians are being are being discriminated against • 90% of the government’s weapons come from China

Why Is Darfur A Genocide?• Young African males would be murdered • African women would be raped by the Arabs because the

child’s race was determined by the father’s race • Arab villages are being spared while neighboring refugee

villages are being attacked • The Sudanese government claims that it is not a

genocide, they are simply defending themselves.

United Nations• After Nazi Germany the world said “Never Again” • The crimes in Darfur still continue to this day• The UN joined Darfur in 2004 and they are continuing to

help increase Darfur’s defenses. • Peacekeeping missions• Security has tightened and the killings are starting to

decrease

Our Opinion • To see a genocide in such modern times is horrific • We think that the atrocities could come to a stand still if

the UN put more troops in Darfur • After our Armenia, The holocaust, and Rwanda, we still

haven't learned from our various mistakes.