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Sudan - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 5th May, 2006 - 10:51pm

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Sudan Wars 10,000 Die each month - Darfur
Post Date: 18th Oct, 2004 - 11:18am / Post ID: #

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REPORT: UP TO 70,000 SUDANESE DEAD

The World Health Organization says that up to 70,000 refugees have died in
Sudan's Darfur region since March 1, 2004
due to various causes, including
diseases and malnutrition. Ref. Source

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18th Oct, 2004 - 11:50pm / Post ID: #

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I am extremely concerned about the situation in Sudan. They need real help and right away!!!! cry.gif How could this happened? what are the international organizations doing about it??.


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19th Oct, 2004 - 10:53am / Post ID: #

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How it happened is based on a long history of struggle. People are doing something, but it is most likely not enough. The media is focusing so much on Iraq that something as big as 10,000 people dieing in a month is not 'big enough' for major coverage. It shows where the world's thinking is... one two soldiers die and they make a big deal a country's population, innocent children are dying and nobody cares much, because it is 'only' Africa.


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19th Oct, 2004 - 2:46pm / Post ID: #

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Conservatives, especially the "religious right" have been screaming about this situation for over a decade. The US government has been extremely resistant, both under Clinton and Bush, to take any action whatsoever concerning the Sudan. This really falls under the purview of the UN, but they also refuse to address it.

Personally, I believe that the UN reluctance has mostly to do with the fact that it is a Muslim government that is involved in the atrocities that have led to the humanitarian disaster. For example, the government has provided full authorization and support for the slaughter of millions of Christian and animist adults in the Sudan, and the massive enslavement of the children. There are now reports coming out that the Christian children are severely sexually abused, even after forced conversion into Islam.


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19th Oct, 2004 - 11:12pm / Post ID: #

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The US government has been extremely resistant, both under Clinton and Bush, to take any action whatsoever concerning the Sudan


Why is that?. I would personally not mind if what they want to do is help this people receive food, medicine and assistance.


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Post Date: 1st Nov, 2004 - 12:13am / Post ID: #

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RWANDAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN SUDAN

Dozens of Rwandan soldiers have arrived in Sudan's troubled Darfur region
aboard two U.S. Air Force transport planes to beef up a tiny African
contingent widely seen as the main hope to stabilizing the area.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/31...s.ap/index.html



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2nd May, 2006 - 3:11am / Post ID: #

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I am appalled that so much time and attention is being wasted on Iran, a country that has no visible threat, when genocide is occurring in countries like Sudan.

It now appears that the conflict in western Sudan has claimed anywhere between 70,000 to 400,000 lives in just three years. The UN estimates this figure is close to 180,000.

This conflict is between Sudan's government, who have been accused of links to Arab militias known as Janjaweed, and rebels. The latest news suggest that the warring parties are no closer to a peace deal, negotiations have been in progress for a long time.

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Darfur peace hopes collapse as rebels reject proposed deal

Hopes for a breakthrough in peace talks on the Darfur conflict were dashed last night when two of the main rebel groups refused to sign a proposed agreement only hours before a deadline expired.

The Sudanese government and the rebels had been under enormous pressure from the US, Europe and other African states to reach a deal over the conflict that has seen up to 3 million people displaced and tens of thousands killed.


Already there is a refugee camp of over 2 million people in the region, which would be the third largest city in Australia. I have seen pictures of this makeshift slum and was shocked by the images I saw.

How can we let countries descend to such a terrible state? The Sudanese are humans, just like the rest of us. Do we care less about their cause because they aren't sitting on vast amounts of resources?

To its credit, the US has spoken out about this and provided aid with other western nations. But all countries refuse to secure the region. According to the UN, Middle East nations aren't even supplying money for aid for this grief stricken region.

Apart from the spiralling death toll, rapes at the refugee camps and in general are estimated to be at some of the highest levels in the world. If just a fraction of the money that was spent in recent conflicts was poured into Sudan imagine the difference it could make.

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Media links on the Sudan conflict

Reuters Sudan coverage

BBC - Question and Answer on Sudan

BBC - Sudan in depth

An interesting perspective on Africa's conflicts compared to those in the Middle East

The Guardian - Sudan in Depth

CIA Factfile on Sudan

Sudan Internet portal


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5th May, 2006 - 10:51pm / Post ID: #

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Here is a glimmer of hope in the Darfur tragedy. My only hope is that it is not simply a pipe dream.

Darfur peace deal brings new hope

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The main rebel group in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region signed a peace agreement Friday aimed at ending the violence that has spawned what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.


https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05...alks/index.html

The main problem with this is at only 1 of the 3 main rebel groups has signed the peace agreement. The death toll in the region has reached 180,000 with another 2 million people forced from their homes. This is the worse form of genocide the world has seen in many, many years.


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