Rwanda & Darfur

 The region of Darfur is mainly the southeastern part of the nation of Sudan in central Africa.

 The genocide in Darfur has been led by President Omar al- Bashir trying to eliminate the non Muslim population in Sudan.

 Attacks on the non Muslim population of Sudan have resulted in people being shot, hacked to death and burned alive.

 One of the side effects of the genocide in Darfur is the mass exodus out of Sudan. Make shift towns likes these are made to house the 2 million or so refugees that have tried to flee the country.

 While the people of Sudan have been attack by their own government, the are armed resistance groups trying to stop the genocide such as the N.R.F.

 People around the world have asked whose responsibility it is to stop the genocide. A poll taken said that the U.S. & China should step in and help.

 While there has been little attention to the genocide in Darfur, actors like George Clooney have been very out spoken about stopping the genocide.

 Rwanda is a tiny African nation in the heart of the Congo in central Africa.

 The Rwandan genocide started in 1994 when President Jevenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot down by most likely by a Hutu group.

 Hutus’ vs. Tutsi’s: The Tutsi made up only about 14% of the population but were part of the ruling class when Belgium ruled the country. The Hutu were a majority but were oppressed under Belgium rule and went looking for revenge.

 Most of the Tutsi’s that were killed in the Rwandan genocide were hacked to death by machetes.

 Thousands of people were hacked to death and the bodies were just left behind creating mass graves.

 800,000: the number estimated to be killed by the Hutu during the genocide in Rwanda. It only lasted a few months.

 When the blood shed was over 800,000 people were dead and thousands more displaced. Mass graves were discovered and the remains gathered.

 Many men remain wanted by international authorities for the Rwandan genocide.