Darfur Genocide

Youtube Video
~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v-hXdWDM4fmRY
~Janjaweed- "Men on horseback," government, Arab militias committing genocide Background
~Arab militias are carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against non-Arab groups -Genocide
~Major religions: Islam (North) Christianity (South) President Omar Al-Bashir
~Took power after a military coup June 1989
~March 4, 2009, International Criminal court in The Hague issued arrest warrant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur
Since Taking Power...
~Dissolved parliament 1999
~Banned political parties
~Set up and chaired the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation-but then dissolved it to concentrate his power
~Declared State of Emergency ~Accused of rigging the vote of the election of 2000
~Highly restricted broadcasting
~Military censors

Alliance with Hassan Al-Turabi
~Leader of the National Islamic Front
~Turabi tried to give parliament the power to remove the president
~1999 Bashir declared a State of Emergency
~Turabi was imprisoned and accused of treason Results...For Now
~Sudan's infrastructure is in ruins- desperate need for reconstruction
~Sudan-Chad relations strained -Border violations could lead to a larger war
~Cost of peace could be great -Cultivation By the Numbers
~The conflict has affected more than 2.6 million people in Darfur and Eastern Chad
~1.85 million people have been displaced within Darfur
~15,000 people die each month in Darfur
~200,000 have fled to refugee camps in neighboring Chad
~More than 20% of children under five years old are suffering from severe malnutrition and many are dying each day
~Only 50% of persons in need are receiving food assistance
~In March 2005, UN Undersecretary-General Jan Egeland warned that as many as 3 to 4 million people could need food aid in the coming months
~In April 2005, the World Food Program announced that a drastic funding shortfall would force them to cut food rations by one-half for one million Darfurians