Conclusion! Last Post!

Hey all! Thanks so much to ever actually read my blog, i felt that i shed some light on a situation that people are not always aware of in our world. I hope that I have opened some of your minds and hearts to the people of Sudan, send your prayers to the people who suffer there everyday, it is needless suffering as you probably already know based on my posts. Do your own research on this issue! I was very tentative to take it at first because I knew absolutely nothing about what was actually going on, and now i feel like I have opened my mind to an entirely new aspect to our world, thanks for reading! Happy blogging!

Civil War in Sudan

I found this video on youtube and I watched the entire thing, it's a little long but i find that it is a really great summary of what is going on in Sudan and the events that the common citizens face on a day-to-day basis

Political Cartoons

I was looking around the internet for some interesting political cartoons that depicted what was going on and i found two that i really like: 

This also refers to a post i had earlier, about the fact that no one is choosing to step in, and when they do, it will be to late. The grave of the victims of genocide in Sudan is evident in this picture, and it is extremely large, to depict the 200,000 thousand victims at the time the cartoon was created. The United States is depicted through George Bush, standing on the grave of the Sudanese. He states, "okay, time to do something about this problem," that symbolizes that the rest of the world will only realize that they must do something about Sudan if they are standing with bodies at there feet. Unless a giant grave is placed in front of them, and the issues are made even more obvious than they already are, other nations in the world could care less about what goes on in Sudan, and if they say they do, they are lying. 

 

I also discussed this issue earlier, the government is punishing the innocent. The people of Sudan are portrayed through the teddy bear, all chained up and not able to get away from the situation. The Sudanese man whipping the bear is representative of the the military/ government and the injustice that they are inflicting upon there own people. It really represents how stupid the situation is, who would punish a teddy bear? One of the most innocent and child like creatures in our world, yet the evil that is the government in Sudan feels nothing when it comes to the punishment of there own citizens, they have done nothing wrong!

Sudanese Child Soldiers

A growing issue throughout the world is the issue of child soldiers, this is as evident, if not more evident in Sudan than any other nation in the world. There are said to be as many as 6000 child soldiers within Sudan, some being as young as 11 years old. Imagine what you were doing when you were 11? I don't know about any of your readers out there but i certainly don't recall forfeiting my childhood to become part of the military.

The fact that the majority of these child soldiers were kidnapped and forced to wield a weapon and to kill others is sickening in my opinion. Look at this picture:



Does that look like a cold blooded killer? No, it doesn't. Look at the expression on his face, does it look like he enjoys holding that gun and fearing for his life everyday?

The military in Sudan is using children, robbing them of there lives in order to fight a pointless war. Child Soldiers are yet another issue in Sudan, which contains a seemingly endless list of imperfections and short comings.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7796507.stm

Why has the World Turned a Blind Eye to Sudan?

As I mentioned in my previous post, the United States doesn't really care about how Sudan is doing or what they can do to help them, it is all about furthering there own power in the world, however, if other nations seem to care so much about what is going on in Sudan why has nobody stepped in to stop the injustice and crimes against humanity that are presently occurring there?



This picture sums up the situation, the world sees what is going on, "genocide?", yet they don't do anything about it, "nah...not yet". When will the world finally step in and stop the injustice!

I dont think it will happen anytime soon, due to the fact that Sudan is not presenting itself as a threat to the rest of the world. An example of this is North Korea, they emit threats of nuclear war and violence in general, which allows them to ask the world for whatever they want and get it, a way for the world to appease Korea and make them stay inactive. Sudan is not a threat, they can't get anyone's attention because they are not a threat to anyone else's way of life or safety, as long as it stays within there borders, everyone will continue to ignore the crisis in Sudan.

http://www.helium.com/items/382258-what-can-we-really-do-for-darfur

The American's Role in Sudan: Are They Helping For the Right Reason?

As we all know, the States like to get involved in everyone else's business, they go wherever they please and seem to do what ever they like. Sometimes I believe that they place themselves in certain situations for all the wrong reasons, and I believe that being in Sudan is for all the wrong reasons.

Many humanitarian forces and peace keepers in the United States are legitimately backing Sudan and wish to do anything and everything to help, sadly, these people are not in charge of the country. The people in charge of the country have gone into Sudan with the illusion that they will help with the crisis that they are facing, from genocide, to food, to government corruption, the United States will be there, when in reality, they have a different agenda. 

Sudan contains oil refineries, and the Sudanese government have denied the U.S. access to these refineries because they don't want to give more power to the United States. They believe that this resource is the one thing that is providing there country with income, and to allow the U.S. to get involved would basically end there control over the oil market. 

As i said before, the U.S. doesn't really care about helping Sudan, they have turned a blind eye to what is going on there, and my opinion is that if they can't get what they want from Sudan, they will use force to obtain power over the oil market, because no other nation in the world really cares about the injustice that is occurring in Sudan. I'll lead into my next entry on that note, does any other nation really care about Sudan?

Read this article for more information about the American's involvement in Sudan:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2592

Genocide in Sudan

Hey readers! I hope you all have enjoyed my posts so far as there will a lot more to, well, tonight anyways. I wanted to shed some light on possibly the most prominent issue within Sudan and more specifically in Darfur, where genocide remains a pressing issue.

Many African farmers and other Sudanese people are being murdered and displaced, on a day to day basis, some 100 people are killed. Overall, the entire genocide has killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced over 2,500,000.

Th government has turned a blind eye to this travesty occurring within there own borders, and has actually been accused of promoting the genocide, which I mentioned in my previous post. They are said to have sponsored the Janjaweed militia group to intimidate those who live in Darfur by using tactics such as rape, displacement, organized starvation, threats against aid workers and mass murder. The genocide is occurring because the people are not complying with what the government wants, and the Sudanese government feels that the best way to control there people is to not give them a voice, but to murder them instead. This has not turned out in there favour however, it has caused them to be charged with crimes against humanity and faced with looks of disgust from virtually all other nations. 


Thats it for now, just a little into into the most pressing issue in Sudan, more to come later for sure! Thanks for reading!

Omar al-Bashir: Crooked

This article really depicts the corruption and issues that are occurring in Sudan, even within there own government. There leader Omar al-Bashir was accused of calling for the deaths of many people in Darfur, people of different religious faiths. he has been charged with crimes against humanity and rightfully so. This is the man that is trying to end civil war and unrest that has held the nation captive for almost its entire existence. He was the glimmer of hope for the innocent people living in this war torn country, and now the people realize that he is no more the hero than the enemy. Sudan's UN ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman claims that the leader did not commit any of these crimes, as there are various tribes living in and around Darfur, so if it had been genocide, why had these tribes not been eliminated? In my opinion, that country is so messed up and so broken i don't ever see it becoming fixed, the corruption is everywhere. Even the ones who are supposed to bring Sudan out of the dark ages and into a new era where the people there can coexist in peace are evil. I am truly sorry for the innocent people trying to earn a living under these circumstances.  

International Court prosecutor says genocide continues in Darfur, masterminded by al-Bashir

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press – 2 days ago

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday that genocide and crimes against humanity continued in Darfur, masterminded by President Omar al-Bashir.

Luis Moreno Ocampo told the U.N. Security Council that al-Bashir was behind air attacks on civilians and the killing of members of three ethnic groups — the Fur, Massalit and Zaghawa.

The Security Council referred the Darfur conflict to the court in 2005, and judges have issued warrants against al-Bashir for crimes against humanity and "a genocidal policy" against the ethnic minorities. But the Sudanese leader remains in power, defiantly rejecting the charges and the court.

Moreno Ocampo said it is "the challenging responsibility" of the Security Council to use information exposed by the court to stop the crimes in Darfur, where as many as 300,000 people have died and some 2.7 million people have been displaced inside Darfur and in neighbouring Chad.

"Crimes against humanity and genocide continue unabated in Darfur," Moreno Ocampo told the council.

Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman stressed that Sudan was not a party to the Rome Statute that created the court and said Moreno Ocampo's statement and written report to the council were "overloaded with ... unfounded accusations" of rape, killing, war crimes and genocide.

"There are tens of thousands of those tribes mentioned in the report living in the capital of Sudan, at the hand reach of the president," he told reporters. "Had it been genocide, nobody would be spared from those individuals."

The prosecutor said most of the Fur, Zaghawa and Massalit people are now living in camps for the displaced where they are "still subjected today to rapes, terror and conditions of life aimed at the destruction of their communities, constituting genocide."

Moreno Ocampo said the crimes "are the consequence of a strategic decision taken by the highest authorities of the government of the Sudan."

The prosecutor said the Sudanese president and his supporters used a variety of tactics — denying the crimes, attributing them to other factors such as intertribal clashes, diverting attention by publicizing cease-fire agreements that are violated immediately, and proposing special courts to conduct investigations "that will never start."

"President al-Bashir is now asking for rewards for not committing new genocides outside Darfur," Moreno Ocampo said.

Ali Osman, the Sudanese ambassador, countered that the government is working hard to end the conflict, which is now in its eighth year, and is expecting negotiations with several rebel groups to wrap up later this week with an agreement to establish "private special courts."

He said experts from the African Union and the U.N. could eventually be asked to monitor the special courts.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hGoCPBbrXApmWTNzVxm6_keRgsNg?docId=7090077

Imagine not having enough food to eat. Imagine having to share a single cob of corn with your neighbours. As Canadians, we do not have to deal with that issue on a day to day basis, however, there are some places in the world where they are far worse off than we are. One of these places being Sudan.

Sudan is coming out of the longest civil war in African history as i mentioned in my previous post, which could be a major reason for the food crisis that they are experiencing right now. The Sudanese government has called there food crisis a "state of emergency." 

The issue is that they cannot grow anything simply due to the fact that the environment and the weather will not allow it. The main crop grown in Sudan is grain, and the rain came to spread out and far to hard for the successful growth of that crop. 

Sudanese officials say that it is the worst crop growth since the year 1988, and in that year hundreds of thousands of people perished due to malnourishment, there simply isn't enough food to go around. Nations surrounding Sudan have lost interest in providing aid to them as it seems as though they cannot help themselves.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4316304.stm

A Brief History of Sudan

Historical Timeline:

 - Before 1820's, Sudan, who was an independent nation, was made up of mainly nomadic tribes, there were no major cities or gathering areas.

- In the early 1820's, Sudan was conquered by Turkish and Egyptian forces who fought over the land for many years. They took over Sudan in the hopes of discovering natural resources.

- At this point, the English had already inhabited a portion of Sudan because they were trying to convert the Sudanese tribes to Christianity. 

- Many European countries claimed the land in Sudan for themselves, with the English, French and Belgians all owning land at some point.

- Sudan gained complete independance in 1953 due to the agreement between the English and Egyptians, the agreement was finalized in 1956, which gave the Sudanese government complete and total control over the country with no outside influence. 

- Almost immediately following the new found independance of Sudan, the Arab-led government in Sudan took back there promises to begin a federal system in the South, leading to the mutiny of hundreds of military officers, this began a civil war which would rage on for 17 years. (1955-1972) Thousands of innocent Sudanese people were murdered.

- The man who was leading the rebels in the civil war, Sadiq al-Mahdi, met with the the prime minister Gaafar Nimeiry (who came into power 1969, and once in power, abolished all parliament and forbid any other political parties) this meeting resulted in the reconciliation of the two groups. Thousands of political prisoners were released and the first civil war had ended. 

- The second civil war began in 1983 because the government implemented an Islamic based political system, which was not to the liking of various non-islmaic people within Sudan. 

- In 2005, an agreement between the government and the rebels was signed in order to end the fighting and an attempt to please both sides. They are emerging from the longest civil war in African history and over 300000 people have died in the conflict.

http://crawfurd.dk/africa/sudan_timeline.htm