We discussed the Africa Project.
Darfur in Sudan
- Genocide-rape, killing, torture…
- Trying to get rebel back
- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir----worst dictator
- Janjaweed-killed anyone who tried to escape
- Janjaweed didn’t become aggressive until the other parties went against the government
- --Arab attacked Black Africans in Darfur(place)
- ---Want land for farming
- Government likes Arab and NOT African/Black
- 400,000 killed
- Over populated area
- Still going on
- Shari law-church is state, state is church
- Military overthrew government
- UNAMID-African UN—went in first-piece keeping
- Doha Agreement-2011—
Syria
- Ba’ath Party—political party-party in charge
- Hafez al-Assad-dad-government took away all rights-still now
- Bashar al-Assad-son
- People of the country—against government
- Like dictators
- Conflict is still going
- Kids wrote bad stuff about government then were arrested and tortured and now killing at funerals took place
- People just want freedom
- Free Syrian Army rose up and are trying to take down the government
- Arab Spring was the revolutionary war/wave
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