DARFUR GENOCIDE

PEOPLE

• 6 million
• 100 tribes
• Some nomads, some farmers
• All Muslims

HISTORY

• Independence from the UK in 1956
• 1986: General Omar Bashir took control
• Religious tensions

LOCAL OPPOSITION

• Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)
• Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)
• Responded by military force
• Genocide began in 2003

GENOCIDE IN DARFUR

• Carried out by Janjaweed
• Over 480,000 people killed
• Over 2.8 million people displaced

TRIALS TO STOP GENOCIDE

• Jun. 2005: ICC
• 2008: UNAMID by UN
• 3/4/09: arrest warrant for the President

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