Darfur: Region of Genocide

The situation in Darfur has gotten out of control. Darfur is in Sudan and Sudan is in Africa. The conflict in Darfur began in February 2003. People have been raped and killed. More than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced in four years of fighting. This is a horrible genocide affecting the Darfurian people. I think that this is unacceptable. Omar al-Bashir, the president of Darfur, is doing nothing to stop the killing of his people. He is the villain. It hurts me to know that he would do nothing to help the people that he has sworn to protect. He should help save lives. Even though President Bush is not in Darfur he has the power to get the United Nations to send soldiers there. I believe that helping people in Darfur is more important than killing people in Iraq. I also want to say that just because we are young adults, doesn’t mean we can’t do something about the genocide. You can tell every one you know to go to www.savedarfur.com to find out what you can do to help. Help Darfur, please. They need you.

Save Darfur: You Can Help

Things you can do to help the Darfurian people:

• Raise Money by having fundraisers.
• Raise awareness.
• You could write letters to President Bush asking him to help Darfur.

Your Conscience Is Calling…

On Friday December 8th 2006, FNN interviewed Ibrahiem Adam, a refugee from Darfur, Sudan, concerning the way he feels about the genocide and inhumane killing in Darfur. During the interview he talked about his first-hand experience and the political downfalls during the war. He was undisputedly opinionated about what his president should do to help his country. I feel that he is right about everything he said about the inhumane treatment and the brutal killings of innocent people. And why is all of this happening? Because the country is deeply divided. That’s why. The citizens of Darfur (Black Africans) are hated and treated with so much brutality by the Janjaweed (Arabs) that it is sickening. The torturing, the killing, and the separation of families is the Holocaust reborn again in the new century. We need to help the citizens of Darfur who are not lucky enough to afford transportation to get to America or even to feed their young children. This is just like Hotel Rwanda all over again.