Is there genocide happening in Darfur?
Introduction to Is there a genocide happening in Darfur? What’s well known by the international community — what has been known for several years — is that Darfur is in a state of constant violence, with various militia groups committing inhumane acts against unarmed villagers on a regular basis. Exact numbers and details are nearly impossible to come by. Sudan will not allow the United Nations to take over the peacekeeping work now being inadequately handled by troops of the African Union, which has neither the numbers nor the funding to patrol a region the size of France. In August 2006, the United Nations passed a resolution stating that 20,000 U.N. peacekeeping troops will be entering Sudan. Sudan refuses them entry. In early October 2006, the president of Nigeria announced that he believes a genocide is occurring in Darfur. In late October 2006, the Sudanese government threw the U.N. envoy to Sudan out of the country. The millions of African refugees living in displacement camps
What’s well known by the international community — what has been known for several years — is that Darfur is in a state of constant violence, with various militia groups committing inhumane acts against unarmed villagers on a regular basis. Exact numbers and details are nearly impossible to come by. Sudan will not allow the United Nations to take over the peacekeeping work now being inadequately handled by troops of the African Union, which has neither the numbers nor the funding to patrol a region the size of France. In August 2006, the United Nations passed a resolution stating that 20,000 U.N. peacekeeping troops will be entering Sudan. Sudan refuses them entry. In early October 2006, the president of Nigeria announced that he believes a genocide is occurring in Darfur. In late October 2006, the Sudanese government threw the U.N. envoy to Sudan out of the country. The millions of African refugees living in displacement camps in Darfur are increasingly cut off from aid in the form
