The Darfurian conflict

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The Darfurian conflict is much talked about nowadays. In the newspapers one can read that if no agreement is reached by Darfur peacekeepers by Jan. 1st, the United Nations will deploy a "hybrid" force at that location. Darfur is located in Sudan, close to the Chad border. On one hand, there are the ?rebels' in this area, who are sedentary, farmers and Africans, and on the other hand, there are people from the Khartoum's army, mainly Arab jandjaweed milita (Jandjaweed means devil's riders with Kalachnikoff) who are nomads and stockbreeders. These two communities speak the same language- Arabic, and both are Muslim. Yet in 2003 a war burst in Darfur. The question is "Did this conflict arise because of cultural differences or racial differences?"

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[...] It was the case in Rwanda and that is why, for some people, it is the Rwanda of the world'. Indeed it caused deaths and 2 millions and half people have been uprooted from their homes in sectarian violence since 2003. The question many people are asking themselves is. Where are all these people going? The answer is, to Chad, the closest foreign country. So Sudan decided to accommodate the Chadian rebels . That is why problems came up between Chad and Sudan. [...]

[...] That will result in a hybrid force going to Darfur. According to Susan Rice, a top aide in the Clinton' administration, this agreement will not solve problem. She also added that the international community cannot be ‘negotiating with the perpetrators of genocide'. But we can be pleased by the helpful role played by the Arab League delegates and the Egyptian Foreign minister because they made positive contributions, but not by the role played by Chinese ambassador Wang Guangyu. Since the UN first became involved in the Darfurian crisis in 2004, China has been seen as an advocate of the Sudanese position on Darfur, based on commercial ties. [...]

[...] This conflict has become an international conflict. In addition the real problem is that the jandjaweed milita operates with the help of the Sudanese government. It gives weapons to the jandjaweed. That is why the Sudanese government became mainly responsible for this conflict. The government does it because there is an economic stake: indeed the Darfurian ground is fertile. But is there somebody who does something for them? In fact, for the past 3 years, Sudan has refused twice the decision from the US to come there. [...]

[...] The Darfurian conflict The Darfurian conflict is much talked about nowadays. In the newspapers one can read that if no agreement is reached by Darfur peacekeepers by Jan. 1st, the United Nations will deploy a force at that location. First, we will try to understand what is going on in Darfur, and to see if this conflict can be qualified as genocide. To understand this situation, I have to tell you at first what the conflict is about. How did this conflict arise? [...]