SUDAN GENOCIDE
BY JORDAN HINSON & BRANDON ROMERO
HISTORY
• THE GENOCIDE IN SUDAN BEGAN IN 2003. THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN WERE UPSET ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENTS FAILURE TO PROTECT SEDENTARY PEOPLE FROM ATTACKS BY NOMADS.
BECAUSE OF THIS FRUSTRATION TWO REBEL MOVEMENTS WERE FORMED: SUDAN LIBERATION
ARMY AND THE JUSTICE AND EQUALITY MOVEMENT TOOK ARMS. SUDAN'S GOVERNMENT
RESPONDED BY UNLEASHING ARAB MILITIAS KNOWN AS THE JANJAWEED TO ATTACK
HUNDREDS OF VILLAGES THROUGHOUT DARFUR.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
• SLA AND JEM REBEL ORGANIZATION WERE CREATED
• ACCUSED OF OPPRESSING NON-ARAB
• FOUGHT AGAINST GOV.
• GOV. TRIED TO KILL CITIZENS OF SAME ETHNIC GROUP TO END REBELLION
AREA AFFECTED
PEOPLE AND SIDES INVOLVED
• JANJAWEED (TRANSLATE TO DEVILS ON HORSEBACK)- GROUP OF GOVERNMENT ARMED AND
FUNDED ARAB MILITIAMEN
• JUSTICE AND EQUALITY OF MOVEMENT(JEM)
• SUDAN LIBERATION ARMY (SLA)
• SUDAN’S PRESIDENT, OMAR AL-BASHIR, ORDER KILLING OF WOMEN, MEN, AND CHILDREN
• HERDERS
• FARMERS
TIMELINE
• 2003: CONFLICT SPARKS BETWEEN SUDAN GOVERNMENT AND DARFUR REBELS.
• 2004: INCREASED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TOWARD THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT WAS
UNFOLDING
• 2005: JANUARY 9TH PEACE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED TO END THE DECADES LONG SECOND
SUDANESE CIVIL WAR.
• 2006: THE ONGOING CONFLICT AND REGULAR ATTACKS CONTINUE TO THREATEN SECURITY,
EVEN IN IDP AND REFUGEE CAMPS
• 2007: INCREASED VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE GOS AND REBEL GROUPS, RAISING
INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS AND LEADING TO THE EXPANSION OF PEACEKEEPING
OPERATIONS WITHIN SUDAN AND IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
TIMELINE
• 2008: FULL DEPLOYMENT OF THE AUTHORIZED 26,000 TROOPS IS SLOW AND ATTACKS
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
• 2009: THE ICC ISSUES AN ARREST WARRANT FOR PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR ON CHARGES
OF WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN DARFUR
• 2010: A WEAK PEACE ACCORD IS SIGNED BETWEEN THE GOS AND JEM IN MARCH; A LARGER
PEACE PROCESS BEGINS IN DOHA IN LATE-2010.
• 2011: THE POPULATION OF SOUTHERN SUDAN VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY TO SUPPORT
SECESSION FROM SUDAN, ALLOWING SOUTH SUDAN TO BECOMING THE WORLD’S NEWEST
NATION IN JULY.
• 2012: AS THE DDPD IS IMPLEMENTED WITH VERY LIMITED SUCCESS, VIOLENCE IN DARFUR
CONTINUES.
END RESULT
THE GENOCIDE IN SUDAN IS CURRENTLY ON GOING….
END RESULT (CONT.)
• EFFORTS FOR PEACE HAPPENED IN 2010
• KILLING DIDN’T CEASE IN 2011
• REMOVAL OF UN PEACE KEEPERS FROM DARFUR BY OMAR AL-BASHIR
• HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND
PLEDGE
• WE PLEDGE THAT WE’LL HELP SPREAD AWARENESS
• DONATE MONEY
• START A CAMPAIGN
• WRITE LETTERS
• GO TO HTTP://ENDGENOCIDE.ORG/CONFLICT-AREAS/SUDAN-BACKGROUNDER/
PICTURES AND STUFF
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