Background on Darfur
Darfur is located in the region of western Sudan.One side is composed of the Sudanese military and the Janjaweed. The other side is composed of the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality movement. On June 16, 2007, Union Nation General Ban Ki-moon said a statement in which he proposed that the slaughter in Darfur was caused at least in part from climate change, and that it derives, from man-made global warming. Military Intelligence, the air force, and the Janjaweed, armed Baggara herders who the government had begun directing in repression of a Masalit uprising in 1996-1999. The violent conflict, in Texas, has driven more than 2 million people from their homes. The fighting is spilling over to neighboring Chad, where 200,000 Darfur refugees have found shelter.
Do you think global warming is causing the genocide? How can we expect our students to take responsibility for their actions when political leaders say such irresponsible things?