Darfur+Genocide

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 * 1)  -Darfur is a region in Sudan the size of France. It is home to about 6 million people from nearly 100 tribes.
 * 2)  -In 1989, General Omar Bashir took control of Sudan by military coup, which then allowed The National Islamic Front government to inflame regional tensions
 * 3)  -In a struggle for political control of the area, weapons poured into Darfur.
 * 4)  -Conflicts increased between African farmers and many nomadic Arab tribes.
 * 5) -In 2003, two Darfuri rebel movements- the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement
 * 6) -(JEM)- took up arms against the Sudanese government, complaining about the marginalization of the area and the failure to protect sedentary people from attacks by nomads.
 * 7) -The government of Sudan responded by unleashing Arab militias known as Janjaweed, or “devils on horseback”. -Sudanese forces and Janjaweed militia attacked hundreds of villages throughout Darfur.
 * 8) -Over 400 villages were completely destroyed and millions of civilians were forced to flee their homes.
 * 9) -In the ongoing genocide, African farmers and others in Darfur are being systematically displaced and murdered at the hands of the Janjaweed.
 * 10) -The genocide in Darfur has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people.
 * 11) -More than one hundred people continue to die each day; five thousand die every month.
 * 12) -The Sudanese government disputes these estimates and denies any connection with the Janjaweed
 * 13)  -Darfur is today continue to suffer and the innumerable problems facing Sudan cannot be resolved until peace is secured in Darfur
 * 14)  -According to UN estimates, 2.7 million Darfuris remain in internally displaced persons camps and over 4.7 million Darfuris rely on humanitarian aid.
 * 15)  -Resolving the Darfur conflict is critical not just for the people of Darfur, but also for the future of Sudan and the stability of the entire region.