Apparently the war in Darfur stems from decades of drought and over-population in the Darfur region of Sudan, with some of the reasoning also being that the Arab-dominated government of Sudan has been treating non-Arabs in the country in a discriminatory fashion.
That has caused some to rebel against the government, which started around 2003-2004 to bomb the villages where the rebels have been believed to be coming from, as well as raping their women, killing most everyone, and burning down the villages.
The war has thus become genocidal in nature, with the tribes being attacked by the government, and only slight rebel efforts to fight back. The UN will not label it as a genocide, despite mass murders and rapes, because the 'intent' of genocide seems to be missing. Some sort of limited peace was reached in late 2006, but the conflict continues.
Please pray for Darfur, that all people can live together in unity and not oppress each other when given the opportunity.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Pray for Darfur
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..and that we would pay attention to it more than we work with the oppressive rulers of Sudan, simply because they "might" know something about terrorists.
Great book on this - "What is the What?" by David Eggars
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