Transcript Emilee Claessens & Megan Whaley 100 Dead Per Day Dead Per Month.

Emilee Claessens & Megan Whaley
100 Dead Per Day
5000
Dead Per
Month
 Conflicts in Sudan are broken up into two main
periods of time
 1983-2003 : Several Areas of Sudan
 2003-Present : Darfur
 1983-2005
 Between Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement/Army
 Continuation of the first Sudanese civil war which
took place from 1955-1972
 A Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between
SPLM (Sudan People’s Liberation Movement) and The
Government of Sudan declared Southern Sudan’s
independence in July 2011
 Roughly 2 million people died as a result of the war
due to famine and disease, 4 million displaced,
possibly multiple times
 Families broken apart, kicked out of their homes,
children removed and forced to fight as soldiers
1989-Present
The Abyei Region, South Kordofan, Nuba Mountains & Blue Nile
 Raping and
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murdering of
civilians
Burning of
villages
Stealing of
natural resources
Increased poverty
rate
Slavery and mass
killings
 Aerial bombardments and ground attacks directed at
farmers, preventing from planting crops in south
Kordofan and Blue Nile
 Bomb civilians in the Nuba mountains forcibly cleared
civilian areas to facilitate oil exploration
 Denial of international humanitarian aid has set up a
crisis that is leading to starvation
Where Is Sudan?
Sudan is located
10,608 km from us, in
Northeastern Africa
Affected Areas
The Abyei Region,
South Kordofan
(Nuba Mountains)
& The Blue Nile
 Forces or groups under command of the government
 President Omar al-Bashir
 Overthrew previous command in 1989
 Has been accused of perpetrating war crimes and
crimes against humanity
 Regularly deploy troops tanks and local militias
against their own Sudanese citizens
 Empowered local militias to attack civilian supporters
of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army
(SPLM/A) across the country
 These actions are responsible for the deaths of 2
million Sudanese during the 22 year long civil war
Does history repeat itself
in time?
Make you think of anyone?
 Omar al-Bashir
 Hitler
 Against Darfurians
 Against Jews
 Janjaweed as personal
 SS as personal army
army
 Mass Killings
 Mass Killings
Although both incidents happened to
different extremities, should we have
known it was going to happen? Were
there any signs of it?
 Abyei Territory and the States of South Kordofan and
Blue Nile
 Darfur
 Nuba Mountains
 Jebel Marra Area
1989-2003:
2003-Presesnt:
 Fight for
 Basic Rights
Political Power
Hatred of  Economic resources
Each Other
 Religion and Race
 North Sudan Muslim
 South Sudan Christian
2003-Present
Southern Sudan
 The Abyei Region is the approximate
boarder line between the two areas
 Issues including the boarder and an
agreement over oil remain unresolved
 A war has been threatened between north
and south
 Violence along boarder is limiting
delivery of aid and supplies, which is
restricting the ability to grow and harvest
life sustaining food
Where Is Darfur?
 600 million people
 Around 100 tribes
 Muslim
 Main conflicts occur between the
local Nomads and Farmers
 Soldiers of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF)
 Allied Janjaweed Militias Air force
 Other Armed Radical Groups
 Two rebels movements; The Sudan Liberation Movement
(SLM) and The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)
 The Government responded to a rebellion in Darfur
with a genocidal campaign against the civilians, killing
over 300 thousand and displacing over 3 million
 Government is restricting humanitarian aid for its
people, and completely banning it in some areas,
affecting hundreds of thousands
In this crisis, which is still continuing today,
 People are fleeing to different countries such as Chad and The
Central African Republic
 Refugees live in camps with little to no food, shelter or water
 Living with constant fear of being raped or killed
 Fighting off diseases and illnesses
 In September 2004, George Bush declared the crisis in
Darfur a genocide
 This was the first time a sitting American President
had made such a declaration, regarding an ongoing
conflict
 Translation “man with a gun on a horse”
 Leader Musa Hilal
 Operating from 1987-present
 Arab ethnic nationalism
 Estimated to be less than 25000
 Operate in Darfur, western Sudan and eastern chad
 Previously have had problems with farmers
 Currently in conflict with Darfur rebel groups
Sudan Liberation Movement and The Justice
and Equality Movement
 Have been main players in Darfur conflict
Since 2003
 Want resources and land
 Allied with government
 Responsible for hundreds of
thousands of deaths
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJOfpJ
8qVE
 Huge population
 Extremely poor living
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conditions
Little to no medical care,
leading to diseases and
infections spreading fast
Dehydration
Malnutrition
Physical and mental traumas
related to rape and other
types of assaults
High ethnic tension
 Women who leave the camps risk rape
or harassment if they leave the camp
to access water, firewood, or crops
 Due to limited access of aid, they often
do not have a choice but to leave the
camp
 Gender based violence has been used
as a tool to apress women throughout
the crisis
 Due to cultural restrictions, gender
based violence often goes unreported
and perpetrators are rarely held
accountable for their crimes
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdR9SB4yPOo
If someone kicks you out
of your house and kills
your family, are you to
blame?
Would two men be able to
get away with gang raping
a woman in our society?
Are we given a monetary
value?
The answer to all these
questions is
NO!!!
Why are we not doing
anything about it? Or are
we trying?
Why is the Government
getting away with this?
 United Nations is not taking the necessary action to stop this
genocide
 In total, 92 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity
have been charged
 The President himself has 2 counts of war crimes, 5 counts of
crimes against humanity and genocide charges, although he has
not been arrested
 Peacekeeping missions continue to have not enough resources to
be successful
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