What is Happening in Darfur?

By Chad Stroh

A military group in Darfur named Janjaweed has been committing acts of genocide against peoples in Sudan, mainly people who are not from the Baggara tribes. The Janjaweed are rooted to the Baggara tribes. Many people believe that the Sudanese government give support to the janjaweed. Those same people believe that the Sudan government supplied Janjanweed tribe members with money, guns and troops. The main ethnicities being targeted by the Janjaweed are the Massaleit, Zaghawa and the Fur. The complications between the government of Sudan and it's people have been going on for many years. Many people think that forms of Genocide begin happening in 2003. The conflicts escalated when a group named the Darfur Liberation Front took credit for attack on a city filled with Janjaweed tribe members. The Janjaweed force has been increasing as they gain access to weapons and money. An estimated 400,000 people have been killed in the conflict. Gloablization is also contributing to Janjaweed rebel violence. Major countries are trying to find solutions by working through the United Nations.