Sand and Sorrow…The War in Darfur

The War in Darfur is a conflict that is in the Darfur region of western Sudan. It started on 23rd February, 2003 and is continuing to date. The combination of decades of drought, desertification, and overpopulation are among the causes of the Darfur conflict. It is a humanitarian catastrophe and the status is credited to the start of the Civil war in Chad (2005-present) and the Central African Republican Bush War.
After the British defeat in 1916, Darfur was incorporated into Sudan. Since 2003 the region has been scene of fighting, with Sudanese government forces and their allied Arab militias (the janjaweed) battling non-Arab rebels linked to an opposition party, but the conflict has gradually widened to include fighting between allied groups on both sides, as both rebels and militias have splintered. Warfare also has spilled over into Chad, and Chadian rebels have based themselves in parts of Darfur. An estimated 50,000 persons have died in the fighting, and another 150,000 have died from disease, hunger, and other causes, and the government and janjaweed have been accused by some of genocide. Some 2.2 million people have been made refugees, and attempts to establish a cease-fire have produced only temporary results. An African Union (AU) peacekeeping force was established in the region beginning in Aug., 2004; the force, which officially became a joint UN-AU operation in Dec., 2007, has not been effective.
Below are a few pictures showing the consequences of this Genocide..