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"Omar al Bashir told us that we should kill all the Nubas. There is no place here for the Negroes any more"
Words of a Janjawid fighter, according to a refugee from Kenyu, interviewed by Amnesty International
This one year old girl was shot by a Sudanese government helicopter.
Her mother was killed.
As you read this, over 3 million people in Darfur, Sudan are crammed together in concentration camps, dying of disease and hunger, while government sponsored troops slaughter civilians, use rape to destroy group unity, and shoot children for sport. 400,000 men, women, and children are already dead. Entire races have been exterminated by the Sudanese government's campaign of ethnic cleansing.
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Where is Darfur? Darfur is a region in western Sudan, an eastern African country half the size of the United States
Why are people being killed? Ethnic African rebel groups in Darfur launched a war for independence, sighting a lack of life saving government funds in the region. President Omar Al-Bashir responded with a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against civilians. He has used proxy militia groups to torch whole cities, rape and kill thousands of women and children. The violence continues today.
This girl above is struggling to provide for her child inside a concentration camp in Darfur. With temperatures of over 100 F and scarce access to water their plastic bottle could easily mean the difference between life and death. Each day she tries to comfort her child without the promise of medical care or even adequate food or water. Even now, she lives under the constant threat of being raped or sold into slavery. She is fighting to survive in unbearably harsh conditions. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and his proxy militias do not intend to let her succeed.
Omar Al-Bashir has used the Janjaweed militia to murder thousands of men, women, and children while enjoying a luxurious lifestyle. Parade magazine's David Wallechinsky ranked al-Bashir at the very top of his list of the worlds ten worst dictators. Most recently he has severely restricted press access to Darfur, an ominous sign of what's to come.
When Omar Al-Bashir rose to power in 1989 he dissolved parliament and banned political parties. Ignoring countless U.N.
