Welcome to the Save Darfur MyLocalCause blog

This blog is dedicated to raising awareness of the Darfur region in Sudan.  We hope this blog will succeed and help the general public and the MyLocalCause community learn about Darfur.

“An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur which are coordinated by a Transitional Darfur Regional Authority. Due to the Darfur Conflict, the region has been in a state of humanitarian emergency since 2003.”

Darfur has been a recent hot topic in regard to human rights and international intervention.  A minority group in Darfur of blacks and farmers is being oppressed by the Janjaweed.  Evidence indicates that the central Sudanese government has been providing support to the Janjaweed, although they publicly deny such allegations.  Drought, desert, and general economic depression has led many North Sudanese to flock South, to the region occupied by mostly non-Arab farmers.  Conflict has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese.  Many have labeled the conflict genocide.  Attacks on settlements have displaced many more Sudanese and forced them into poverty.  Despite such atrocities, world leaders have not taken definitive action to stop the Janjaweed and the Sudanese government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict

 http://www.savedarfur.org/content

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