Sadly, The Conflict in Sudan persists
A Sudanese girl at Abu Shouk camp near El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, November 23, 2004. Fresh fighting around the town of Tawilla on Tuesday drove people from their villages, with some arriving at Abushouk camp, which is home to more than 45,000 people who have fled violence in western Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly
Here’s a rundown of the situation:
1. More than 20 months of fighting in Darfur has driven 1.5 million people from their villages, creating what the U.N. calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
2. Top UN aid officials warned that the number of people chased from their homes in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region would reach two million by next
month
3. Tribal clashes, banditry, and troop movements have blocked the delivery of food aid in parts of western Sudan’s Darfur region despite recent peace agreements.
4. Fear of rape, murder and a lack of food is preventing people returning to their
home.
5. A deal to end the conflict could be signed by the end of the year, when Khartoum and southern rebels are due to formally end a separate 21-year conflict, the chairman of the African Union said.
Something must be done about this, and now.
November 24th, 2004 at 7:54 am
What must we do?
November 24th, 2004 at 8:24 am
We, or someone, must eliminate the Janjaweed militias. They’re a government-supported and armed militia that was recruited by local arab tribes.
What they are doing is at least ethnic cleansing, and has been referred to as genocide.
BTW, This idea is supported by Colin Powell.
November 24th, 2004 at 9:54 am
Isnt that at some level what Saddam did, but weren’t we “wrong” to do that.
November 25th, 2004 at 10:46 am
No, its not on any level “close” to the Saddam situation.
1. The Sudanese don’t have oil. (which is most likely why we don’t care about them)
2. The Sudanese don’t have any weapons, especially long range missiles.
3. The Sudanese don’t have the technology, or willingness, to make nuclear weapons.
4. Iraq wasn’t killing non-muslims by the hundreds of thousands (We fixed that in the last Iraq War), nor displacing 2 Million of its peoples. (The Sudan does)
There are probably more differences, but I think these four stand on their own as being *quite* different from Iraq.
September 4th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Where, or more accurately, “Whom” does precious “Sunglow” get her beautiful “Topaz Eyes” from?
Her eyes are as beautiful & compelling as the girl from Afghanistan who had bright “Green Eyes” (that photo was on the front page of the National Geographic Magazine.