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Darfur

Stephanie, Deborah, Mikelie. Darfur. Classification. It started by Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in favor of Sudanese Arabs . Symbolization.

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Darfur

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  1. Stephanie, Deborah, Mikelie Darfur

  2. Classification • It started by Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in favor of Sudanese Arabs.

  3. Symbolization • Janjaweed are pastoral black Arab tribesmen who have long despised the black African farmers who practice settled agriculture • Peace Flag -  In June 2011, a new Darfur Peace Agreement was proposed by the Joint Mediators at the Doha Peace Forum. Darfur status referendum will be stopped. 

  4. Dehumanization • Reports of the Janjaweed (militia) pillaging and taking advantages of people. • These dehumanize the Darfur people, allowing further violence to continue. • Crimes against humanity.

  5. Organization • By 2007, about 200 000 people had been killed and about 2.5 million had fled their homes. • The UN imposed economic sanctions and investigated into war crimes, but violence continued

  6. Polarization • Post-independence governments have tried to undermine the authority of traditional tribal leaders and to instrumentalizethem in order to gain control of Darfur. • Arab and African identities given to the perpetrators and victims

  7. Preparation • In recent years the National Islamic Front regime, in Khartoum, has refused to control increasingly violent Arab militia raids of African villages in Darfur. • Identification of villages of non-Arab or African villages have been made and arranged to be attacked • Animated by a radical Islamism and sense of Arab racial superiority, the movement engaged in genocide almost from the time it seized power.

  8. Extermination • The Janjaweed (militia) and Sudanese Armed Forces raided villages of non-Arabic and African majority/descent. • Once thriving villages have had buildings burned, water sources poisoned, irrigation systems torn up, food and seed stocks destroyed, livestock stolen and fruit trees cut down. • There have also been mass displacements and coercive migrations, forcing millions into refugee camps or over the border.

  9. Denial • Sudanese authorities claim a death toll of 19,500 civilians while NGO’s such as the Coalition for International Justice, claim that over 400,000 people have been killed. • Other organizations published statements which said that mortality rates have been misleading • There is obvious conflict in numbers across the world between the Sudanese government and other organizations internationally. • The government has systematically obstructed access to Darfur and blocked international efforts to establish a relief program.

  10. Resources • http://www.scribd.com/doc/3218927/Darfur-Article • http://fletcher.tufts.edu/forum/archives/pdfs/32-1pdfs/Lanz.pdf • http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi • Social Studies 20 Text Book

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