"Darfur: The history behind the bloodshed " Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Jan 2016 3:59 p.m. PST |
"Between 2003 and 2008, in a terrible conflict and humanitarian catastrophe, the Darfur region (in the western part of the country), up to 400,000 civilians were killed, another two to three million driven from their homes and 1,000–2,000 villages razed to the ground. Last year the international criminal court in the Hague made it clear they believe that the slaughter may have amounted to genocide. The roots of the catastrophe lie in three major historical developments – one in the early 20th century, one in the 1950s and 1960s and another in the latter part of the century. Darfur was one of a string of powerful Black African states – including the Kanem-Borno, Songhai and Mali empires – which emerged along the Sahara's southern fringe in the medieval and early modern periods. At its peak in the late 18th and early 19th century, Darfur was a well organised and successful empire – a Sultanate around seven times the size of England. It was Egypt's largest single trading partner – and controlled the region's salt, textile, iron, copper, and slave trades. Its capital was a thriving town called Al Fasher where the Sultan ran his far-flung empire from the comfort of his sumptuous palace. However in 1821 Egypt seized the eastern half of the empire (Kordofan) and between 1874 and 1898, the western half (Darfur itself) came temporarily under Egyptian (and for a time Mahdist Sudanese) rule, following a military adventure by a powerful slave trader acting on Egypt‘s behalf…" Full article here historyextra.com/darfur Amicalement Armand |
Cyrus the Great | 01 Jan 2016 5:06 p.m. PST |
At the end of the day, it's muslims that embrace an Arab culture eradicating muslims who embrace an African culture. I also see a lot of similarities between the janjaweed and Boko Haram. |
Tango01 | 02 Jan 2016 10:01 a.m. PST |
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Legion 4 | 03 Jan 2016 9:41 a.m. PST |
Oh stop speaking such vile propaganda Cyrus ! What would make some believe such a thing ?!? I'm shocked !!!!!! |
Cyrus the Great | 03 Jan 2016 11:54 a.m. PST |
@Legion 4, There should be an emoji at the end that conveys shock, but there isn't any to be had. |
Legion 4 | 03 Jan 2016 5:03 p.m. PST |
Yep … agreed ! The closest to "shocked" is I'm still waiting for Bill to make a "beating a dead horse icon ! |
Tango01 | 04 Jan 2016 10:31 a.m. PST |
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