Sudan: February 3, 2004

Archives

Human rights group Amnesty International demanded that Sudan stop arming the ethnic-Arab horse and camel-mounted "Janjaweed" militia, which has been accused of atrocities in the western Darfur region. Unlike the 20-year old civil war down south, the irony in Dafur is that the raiders and the victims are both Muslim. The war in the west is between Sudanese who consider themselves Arab, and those who don't. It's about culture and skin color; black versus brown.

The government has used bombing sorties and Janjaweed attacks to drive tens of thousands of refugees into neighboring Chad since December, when the cease-fire talks collapsed. On February 1, the rebels said Sudanese forces and the Janjaweed had killed more than 175 civilians in recent attacks. - Adam Geibel 



 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close