A brief overview of the Darfur conflict from a friend of mine who has spent a considerable amount of time "on the ground" there.
The overview describes three of the significant "drivers" that explain what is going on in Darfur, but also show why decreasing the misery is so difficult.
The three "drivers" are 1) ethnicity, 2) oil (mostly China, in the ongoing "scramble for Africa"), and 3) desertification/climate change.
I
hope this overview is helpful. Any informative comments are greatly appreciated.
As a personal note, with the Darfur hell so centred around oil, I can't help but think of the Iraq hell, that also began in 2003, and has likely resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians—basically
folks like you and me.
Don't you just dream of a time when enough people actually say, "No"—and it has meaning? Maybe that time is closer than we know.
Pete
www.petemccormack.com
Credits: Some of the stills are from the gifted photographer Ton Koene. www.tonkoene.com
The music is from Dennis B
urke, composer on both Uganda Rising and See Grace Fly. www.dennisburkemusic.com
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i want to congradulate you on making ppl aware of what is going on in darfur with this video..i am from south sudan...i just want to correct you about something...southern sudan is also islamic!!!! they r very few christian... most western countries over exadurate what goes on in sudan.. i am not sayign thatthere is not a big problem there but you make it seem more worst than what is it...which is wrong!!!
Look who is pushing this agenda. American's have big hearts, they should have brains as big.
God help them
Oh really! Well it wasn't the case when I was there, so I guess the ethnic cleansing has achieved its objective. "you make it seem more worst than what is it...which is wrong!!!" Well that's easy for you to say, living under the freedom and protection of the US! Bit of hypocrisy here, don't you
think?