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In the past, they were at odds with Darfur's sedentary population over natural grazing grounds and farmland, as rainfall dwindled and water became scarce. They are currently in conflict with Darfur rebel groups — the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement. Since 2003 they have been one of the main players in the Darfur conflict, which has pitted the largely nomadic tribes against the sedentary population of the region in a battle over resource and land allocation. The Janjaweed is thought to mean "devil on horseback” or a man with a gun on a horse
Human Rights in Darfur
Darfur, meaning land of Furs, is the namesake after the land's original inhabitants, the Furs, who when joined along with several other Black ethnic groups such as the Massaleit and Zaghawa, make up the large majority of the non-Arab Sudanese.
make the hurt stop mommy!
Compared to the South Sudan, Darfur hasn't lost as many civilians. Are we waiting for Darfur to catch up? The genocide in Darfur is fulfilling the reasoning behind genocide which is to destroy cultures and/or re-induct the survivors into the image of the conqueror through language, education, and customs. Perhaps the U.S. doesn't judge genocide the same way because the Western world led the largest genocide that has ever been committed against indigenous Americans. It is no wonder the U.S. doesn't take genocide against the "other" as serious.
