The Facts
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This genocide is taking place in Darfur, Sudan in Africa. The conflict has been surrounding Arab nomads and African farmers fighting to find water and usable resources. “The conflict in Darfur, an independent kingdom annexed to Sudan in 1917, started in the 1970s as a low-key dispute between migrant Arab nomads and local African farmers over grazing lands in this drought-prone region. By February 2003, the dispute had turned into a full-fledged civil war” (Makki 28). This is also being called an “ethnic cleansing” by the government. This is not really a racial difference as much as it is a difference in the regions of the nomads and the African farmers. “Darfur remains one of the most underdeveloped and poorest regions of Sudan” (Makki 28) so this is obviously very hard on the region and the people living in it. Darfur is also a region in Sudan that is very drought prone, so this genocide is not only hard on the people and the government and the economy, but also hard on the environment.
