The Darfur Conflict

The Darfur conflict is an ongoing civil war taking place in Sudan. The battle is mainly between the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A), the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and various rebel groups vs. the official Sudanese police and military.

It all started when the SLM/A and JEM made an alliance with each other and accused their government of trying to systematically destroy black Africans for the Arab people back in February of 2003. Ever since, Darfur has been an entourage of killings, destruction, torture, and rape. Even though this has caused international outrage and the global demand for the violence to stop, it still goes on without end.

today:
  • 300,000 people have died
  • 2.6 million have been displaced from their homes and sent to refugee camps, or wherever else they could live (under a tree, in a courtyard)
  • it is unknown how many women and girls have been abducted, raped, and abused
  • a whole generation of children have reached pre-school age not knowing a stable home.

I agree that the violence needs to end. it's ridiculous how people are getting hurt like this, and no ones doing anything effective that will help.


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