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BY : DANIESHA CARUTHERS
SHANE JONESKARSANI RUSDI
JAKE STOVALLWILL WHITTAKER
Darfur Region in Sudan
Geography Darfur is a state in Sudan. Located in Northern
Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Area of Sudan
Total: 2,505,813 sq km land: 2.376 million sq km water: 129,813 sq km
Area Comparative:
slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US
Root Caused of the Conflict Democratic transition created conflict
between Darfur African After Sudan after being independence in 1956,
The economic marginalization in Darfur Government of Sudan’s (GOS) failure to
protect local villagers from attacks by nomadic groups
Darfur prior to part of Sudan
18th and 19th Centuries
Rulled by Muslim Sultan
He also controlled Wadai and Kordofan
1870s Conquered by Rabiyh Zubayr
A general from Kordofan and
Egyptian
1883-1898 Gained independent back
1916 British conquered Darfur Become part of Sudan
1956 Sudan became independent
Created problem between Darfur Arab and Sudanese African
Timeline of Conflict in Darfur
The Conflict More than 300,000 people killed More than 2.6 million forced to live in
camp, under tree, in a court yard Unknown number of women and girls
raped A generation of children has reached
school-age not knowing home Some 4.7 million people are currently
directly affected by the conflict, out of a total population of around 6.2 million.
Peacekeeping Efforts October 2004, Sudanese allowed
peacekeeper from African Union to protect the refuges
November 2004, Sudanese government banned military fight and it make easy for humanitarian access to the region
April 2005, International Criminal Court of United Nations Security Council wants to try suspected crime, but refused by Sudanese government
Con’t
Peacekeeping Efforts May 2006, Government and rebel
groups signed cease-fire, but failed to stop the violence
August 2007, United Nation authorized of deployment 26,000 peacekeeping troops
Con’t
Policy Recommendation to the United Nations
1. Isolated, quarantine, and embargo Darfur and Sudan from getting in help from outside the country.
2. Put a large army of UN peacekeepers in Darfur and Sudan to prevent any violence
Sources Amnesty International USA.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/darfur/darfur-history/page.do?id=1351103
CIA – The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factb
ook/geos/su.html International News Safety Institute
http://www.newssafety.org/index.php?view=article&catid=45%3Asudan-security&id=5800%3Adarfur-conflict-timeline&option=com_content&Itemid=100255
Unicef http://
www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sudan_darfuroverview.html
Word Conflict Today, Darfur, Groiler Online http://worldconflictstoday.com/index.php?
page_id=180&menu_id=232