The Darfur Conflict

The Darfur Conflict

  • Submitted By: fatenAkbar
  • Date Submitted: 11/30/2008 6:52 AM
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The Global Community, formally known as the United Nations, is responsible towards solving the current Darfur Crisis in Sudan. Thus, during April 2004, the African Union mediated a ceasefire between the Sudanese government and the Darfur rebel movements and deployed a small monitoring force. This force consisted of representatives from the African Union and partners such as the European Union, the United Nations and the United States of America, in attempt to end the violence and protect the country’s civilians. It is important to note that the Sudanese Government buys and receives military supply from China, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and others to combat its rebels. In light of this, the International Criminal Court (ICC) finally opened an investigation into the situation in Darfur in June 2005. But despite its efforts, the UN has not been able to resolve the Darfur Crisis given that UN is too weakly focused on the Sudanese plight, and the atrocities committed against them.
The Darfur Crisis started in the early 2003. The fighting began among the Sudanese Government forces and militia called “Janjaweed,” with rebel groups such as the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). As a result of the fighting, tens of thousands of people were killed, hundreds of villages were destroyed and women and girls were assaulted and raped. Even after signing the Darfur Peace Agreement in May 5, 2006, the Sudanese Government did not stop the fighting among rebels. In fact, attacks gradually worsened and more Sudanese were killed. New peace negotiations were scheduled to begin on October 27, 2007 in Tripoli, Libya, between the government and the “non-signatory” rebel groups. However, the leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, Abdulwahid Mohamed Nour, said that he would refuse to partake in any talks unless there was a complete cease of hostility. Two major rebel groups rejected the Darfur Peace Agreement...

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