Identifying the Objective of Genocide in Darfur (Term Paper Sample)

Genocide in Darfur
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The social problem in Darfur, Western Sudan was and still is that the civilians in this region were and still are subjected to indiscriminate violence and forced displacement on a massive scale. This started in 2003 through 2015 and is thought to be the worst humanitarian killing where more than one million civilians have lost their life. This is done by the then political leaders who from the north who are mostly Arab Muslims against the Darfur civilians.
A growing number of world leaders have been pressing the Sudanese government to improve access to the region, allow peacekeepers and disarm the Janjaweed militia, among them President Bush who declared the situation in Darfur genocide and urged international intervention to end human suffering.
Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide signed by members of the U.N. General Assembly in 1948, member countries, including the United States, are required to intervene when genocide occurs.
This proposal is to establish the claim makers, describe the humanitarian situation and the solutions to genocide in Darfur.
Objectives
1 To describe the genesis and progression of the genocide in Darfur
2 To highlight the humanitarian situation following genocide in Darfur
3 Provide solutions to the genocide and recommend ways it can be prevented in Darfur and entire world.
Questions
1 What is the genesis and progression of the genocide in Darfur?
2 How is the humanitarian situation in Darfur following on going genocide?
3 What are the suggested solutions to the genocide?
The genesis and progression of the genocide in Darfur
The systematic ethnic killings of Darfuri men, women, and children targeting Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa tribes has been termed as the genocide of the 21st century (Williams, 2012).
The conflict in Darfur dates back to early 2003 when black Africans from Darfur rebelled against the country’s Arab Muslim leadership demanding improved infrastructure in the region, proceeds from oil wealth and a power-sharing government. The Sudanese government retaliated by sending in government forces to quell the rebellion. The government also reportedly organized and supplied the Janjaweed militia to combat the rebels.
It is now close to two decades but the civil unrest and violence continues to raise international concerns. The violence in the mostly arid desert region has driven millions of Darfur villagers from their homes. Most are in disease riddled refugee camps in Darfur while some have fled to crowded camps in neighboring Chad.
Humanitarian Situation in Darfur genocide
Many lives have been lost and livelihoods destroyed by militias in Sudan. By early 2020, over 480,000 people have been killed and more than 2.8 million people are displaced (Darfur Tolerance Project, 2020).