The struggle in Darfur: Darfur Diaries

Ok, so last time I was talking abou the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and the genocide that happend there. 

This week I've began reading a new book called Darfur Diaries Stories of Surv

ival by Jen Marlowe with Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro. It's a documentary of the accounts in Darfur a region of Western Sudan as indicated on the map to the above. The state of Darfur has been fighting a deadly civil war since 1983. Many countries await agreements between the North and the South Darfur states because of the Oil reserves that lie in the country of Sudan.  To no avail the war still wages on and it seems like nothing can interfere with this conflict not even the stranded refugees on the Chadian border in the Sahara desert.

In this book it describes the horrible accounts of raping, killing and pillaging of the Darfurian tribes houses. Some of the horrible conflicts involve Arab militias called, the Janjaweed. They would roam the states burning harmless citizen's houses to the ground and killing and raping unsuspecting refugees. Even though this is only the surface the torure that this tribe administered to their prisoners was unbelievable. The Jajanweed would heat up stones until they were unbelievable hot and insert them into their prisoners genitals be it man or woman, which is unbelivable. There is no way to explain how horrible it is on paper. Words cannot describe what happens in Darfur. 

The refugees struggle just to make it in Darfur let alone do other things like edcuate their children and have a normal life. The UNCHR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) try to assist the refugees, but the number of refugees are only growing and there are too many of them now. Other NGO's (Non-Governmental Organization) also send aid through food and other necessities they may need which helps, but the weather is harsh since they are in the Sahara desert or very close to it. Darfur Diaries is unbelievable descriptive primary source of the tragic events that have and will continue to happen in Darfur. The crooked government in Sudan only contributes to the violence and until they overthrow

n it will continue.

Sources Cited:

Darfur Diaries Stories of Survival. Marlowe, Jen