Darfur Has Big Problems

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Darfur Has Big Problems
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ABOUT DARFUR

• Darfur is in Western Sudan
• There is a genocide there
• A genocide is the deliberate and systematic
  destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic,
  racial, religious, or national group.

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Whats Happening?

• 400,000 people have been killed
• Over two million have been displaced from their
  homes
• Raping of women occurs often from the Janjaweed

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Who is Fighting?

• The dispute is between two groups
• One Side is Ethnic African Tribes
• The Other is the Islamic Government and the
  Janjaweed

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Janjaweeds and Sudan Govt

• Janjaweeds means "armed man on horse" in arabic
• The Sudan government is known for sponsoring and
  supporting the Janjaweeds, but denies it to the
  United Nations.
• The GOS denies that it funds or is in any way
  connected with the Janjaweed. The GOS maintains
  that the Janjaweedcoincidentally show up right
  after Sudanese airplanes fly over the villages
  and bombthem.

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When and Why

• It began February 26, 2003
• The conflict is caused by the Arab farmers who
  needed to find water for their camels.
• Arab tribes take over the land occupied by the
  Black farming communities.
• Droughts, desertification, and overpopulation
  have made the
• problem worse

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What Theyre Dealing With

• A large amount of the people in Darfur have
  started heading for camps near Darfur s main
  towns. 
• There is not nearly enough water, medicine or
  food. 
• The Janjaweed patrol outside the
• camps where the Darfurians say
• men are killed and the women
• abused if they venture too
• far in search of water or firewood

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YOU Can Help

• Six millions dollars were donated to help the
  cause by the end of 2008
• All money you donate helps support people in
  Darfur

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Work Citied

• http//www.savedarfur.org/pages/background
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
• http//www.darfurscores.org/darfur
• http//www.adl.org/sudan/
• http//david-morse.com/darfur/