The main problems
The darfur conflict is a conflict in the darfur
region of west sudan. Longer ago there was a
Sudanese Civil War. The difference between the two
is that the Sudanese Civil War was based on
religion, while the conflict going on now is about
tribal affairs. There are two sides of the armed
conflict. One of them is composed of the Sudanese
military and the Janjaweed, which is a militia
recruited mostly from arab tribes of northern
Rizeigat, camel herding nomads. The other side is
made up of rebel groups, notably the sudan
liberation movement and the justice and equality
movement. They were recruited mostly from the non
arabic fur zaghawa and massaleit ethnic groups. The
sudanese government puplicly denies that it supports
the janjaweed, however, it has provided money and
assistance to the militia and has participated in
joint attacks on the black african tripes from where
the rebels draw support. The conflict began
February, 2003. The sudanese government, and the
Janjaweed will many times go into villages and kill
innocents. They take captives and torture people
trying to get any information on the enemy out of
them, and take children to be soldiers in their war. This is genocide, this is what needs to be
stopped.
