Ongoing Project: Darfur. Focus on recent Haskanita events
The below map represents information from the US Department of State
Intro:
Following the September 29th killing of 10 of the Nigerian African Union Peace Keepers (as they are referred to) at Haskanita base and the subsequent burning down of Haskanita village and reported deaths of 45 to 115 villages, we thought it would be good to introduce the conflict in Darfur and present some of the different involved parties points of view, presently focusing on the the massacre.
Conflict Summaries:
A fairly good, although outdated summary of the civil/tribal war (or genocide for those who prefer), including a description of the events and the roles of the different parties involiced including, the rebels groups (SLA/M, JEM), Sudanes forces, the Janjaweed, Chad, the UN and the African Union can be found at globalsecurity.org
Another good (though also 10 months outdated) description which also highlights the effect on the humanitrian situation in neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic (which unlike Chad, does not seem to be directly involved in the struggle) can be found at:
www.cfr.org/publication/12309/sudan_chad_and_the_central_african_republic.html
Official Sudanese Sources:
A good Government funded source is Sudan Safari, which blames a "Visible Hand" of an unnamed, yet "renowned international power" for the problems in Haskanita in Main analysis: Who is manipulating security in Haskanita? .
The National TV website is a decent source for finding out the Official Sudanese point of view. In general the site blames the rebels, primarily JEM for the situation (not so much SLA/M) for the situation and tried to downplay the severity.
A few days before the Massacre on Sept. 23rd:
JEM and Other Rebel Factions Main Cause for Strife In Darfur
The first mention of the Massacre was on Oct. 1st:
Government Condemns Attack against AU Forces at Haskanita
but nothing much more than that
Another source is SUNA, the Sudan News Agency, however the website is very hard to navigate and not very good in general. Today the Agency published an article
The Armed Forces affirm that it has nothing to do with what is going on at Mehajeria area
he Armed Forces affirm that it has nothing to do with what is going on at Mehajeria area
Rebel Forces:
For some background on the SLA/M view their Political Declaration.
For more information on JEM, see the sudanjem.com website (which is actually quite impressive).
A good source for the opinion of the rebels, which seems to be close to JEM's is the Sudan Tribune. On October 7th an article was written: Sudanese army and Darfur militias burned down Haskanita – UN source. Today an article in the opinion's section was published: Why Sudan is behind Darfur’s Haskanita attack
Following the September 29th killing of 10 of the Nigerian African Union Peace Keepers (as they are referred to) at Haskanita base and the subsequent burning down of Haskanita village and reported deaths of 45 to 115 villages, we thought it would be good to introduce the conflict in Darfur and present some of the different involved parties points of view, presently focusing on the the massacre.
Conflict Summaries:
A fairly good, although outdated summary of the civil/tribal war (or genocide for those who prefer), including a description of the events and the roles of the different parties involiced including, the rebels groups (SLA/M, JEM), Sudanes forces, the Janjaweed, Chad, the UN and the African Union can be found at globalsecurity.org
Another good (though also 10 months outdated) description which also highlights the effect on the humanitrian situation in neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic (which unlike Chad, does not seem to be directly involved in the struggle) can be found at:
www.cfr.org/publication/12309/sudan_chad_and_the_central_african_republic.html
Official Sudanese Sources:
A good Government funded source is Sudan Safari, which blames a "Visible Hand" of an unnamed, yet "renowned international power" for the problems in Haskanita in Main analysis: Who is manipulating security in Haskanita? .
The National TV website is a decent source for finding out the Official Sudanese point of view. In general the site blames the rebels, primarily JEM for the situation (not so much SLA/M) for the situation and tried to downplay the severity.
A few days before the Massacre on Sept. 23rd:
JEM and Other Rebel Factions Main Cause for Strife In Darfur
The first mention of the Massacre was on Oct. 1st:
Government Condemns Attack against AU Forces at Haskanita
but nothing much more than that
Another source is SUNA, the Sudan News Agency, however the website is very hard to navigate and not very good in general. Today the Agency published an article
The Armed Forces affirm that it has nothing to do with what is going on at Mehajeria area
he Armed Forces affirm that it has nothing to do with what is going on at Mehajeria area
Rebel Forces:
For some background on the SLA/M view their Political Declaration.
For more information on JEM, see the sudanjem.com website (which is actually quite impressive).
A good source for the opinion of the rebels, which seems to be close to JEM's is the Sudan Tribune. On October 7th an article was written: Sudanese army and Darfur militias burned down Haskanita – UN source. Today an article in the opinion's section was published: Why Sudan is behind Darfur’s Haskanita attack
Very interesting links to the rebel groups although, I am not sure JEM is representative of the SLA and SLN. They seem to be taking a different more hard line path.
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There are other ways to deal with the situation in Darfur. If an internal revolution was fomented the conflict may be able to be averted. This is not necessarily how it might play out, but something like Estonia’s Singing Revolution may be a way to deal with this. I just saw a website about it – http://singingrevolution.com
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The problem is that you need unity for that and the tribes of Darfur are very fragmented. But the story of the singing revolution and site are great.
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