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**HISTORY OF DARFUR**



__**What is... the Crisis in Darfur?**__ In 1916 the Kingdom of Darfur integrated with Sudan. Years of government **neglect** and oppression followed, and the people of Sudan, including about 30 different tribes, have decided to fight back. The ongoing fighting, over the peoples want of a fair share of the country's wealth originated in early 2003. But the situation has gotten out of hand. To put an end to rebel attacks, the government started an act of "ethnic cleansing," and have enlisted **Janjaweed fighters** to kill and rape members of the same ethnic groups as the rebels as well as destroy and pillage their villages. This can also be called **genocide**. As of now about 400,000 have died and 2.5 million have fled the country.

__**What Is... Genocide?**__
 * Killing members of the group;
 * Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
 * Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
 * Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
 * Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

__**MLA Citations**__ “Darfur Awareness.” (n.d.): N. pag. 22 Sept. 2008 . “Q & A: Crisis in Darfur.” (2006): N. pag. Human Rights Watch. 22 Sept. 2008 . “Sudan:Darfur Overview.” (n.d.): N. pag. 22 Sept. 2008 . “Understanding Sudan.” (n.d.): N. pag. PBS. 22 Sept. 2008 .