The ongoing war in Darfur is classified as ethnic and tribal in origin rather than religious in nature. Because it involves several ethnic groups, non-government institutions around the area placed deaths to have reached 400,000 as of early 2008. It is said that in one such incident alone, militias razed whole villages to the ground, women were raped and others killed by gunfire.
Even with atrocities already headlined worldwide and pleas to stop mount, it seems the government in Khartoum has turned a blind eye and is deaf as well. As the death toll continued, the United Nations stepped in aided by countries concerned for the safety of the inhabitants, particularly the refugees that had numbered to over a million.
The United Nations invited all warring factions, including the government for a dialogue to thresh out the root of the problem and eke out an agreement to end the hostilities and spare lives. The meeting took a positive stance, with everybody working for the common good, cooperate and work under one country flag the
Sudan National Flag.
To seal the agreement, the UN sent a 7,000 peacekeeping force to monitor the compliance of the agreement and fulfill its humanitarian aid. Still even with the UN around, atrocities (though fewer now) were again committed in violation of the UN led peace agreement.
Some factions were still committing atrocities in the guise of just implementing the peace agreement, while those at the receiving end were seen to have violated the peace accord.
The UN is enlarging its forces to 20,000 peacekeepers in the hopes of totally controlling the wave of atrocities in Darfur. The world awaits and prays for its success.
by:
The Flagman
