Sudan

Question 1

Who is Omar Al-Bashir

Answer 1

Former President of north sudan national islamic front (during genocide)
Policy of islamization of sudan
Sharia law
Marginalizes non-arabs and non-muslims
Currently wanted for triall by ICC-2008 warrant for arrest issued

Question 2

What does climate change have to do with the genocide in Sudan?

Answer 2

Upper sudan became more hot and dry because the desert expanded into the country, so farming becomes much more difficult. food supply becomes low, people become desperate for food.

Question 3

Know the role of the Janjaweed

Answer 3

(devil on horseback) Busy with the war in the South, the government funds Arab tribes to attack “rebel” villages in Darfur

Question 4

Compare/Contrast Janjaweed and Interahamwe

Answer 4

They both commit genocide, bith funded by government, method of killing is different, they destroy towns, much more advanced warfare, they use air planes. Their goals ate the same, to kill as much as possible.

Question 5

sudan genocide Facts: # killed, length of genocide, year(s) it occured

Answer 5

500,000 killed, 2.8 million displaced

Question 6

Cultural differences between N and S Sudan

Answer 6

North: Khartoum(capital), sunni Muslim, “arab”, port sudan
South: mostly christian and Animist, black, lots of oil, no port.
Main issues: oil, eithnicity, religion
Oil-south has it, north has the port
Ethnicity/race/ religion-north feel superior to the south.

Question 7

Location of Darfur region

Answer 7

West, (mixed religions: mostly native folk religions, som islam), mostly black, spoke “fur”,

Question 8

Refugee Crisis (Chad, Role of US and UN)

Answer 8

Food shortages due to natural disasters and new conflicts between rival nomadic tribes led to high civil casualties and an increasing number of refugees. Between 2010 and 2013, approximately 270,000 Sudanese were newly displaced, along with 2.4 million internally displaced (IDMC 2013).

Question 9

Know the Current issues facing South Sudan

Answer 9

Darfur receives no oil from the north, ethnic tension, and increased desertification

Question 10

Place these events in the correct order from happening FIRST to happening LAST BMG NGs

Answer 10

(Berlins mogadishu in rwanda mandela genocide) BMG NGs
The Berlin Conference(November 15, 1884)
The Battle of Mogadishu (October 3, 1993 – October 4, 1993)
Genocide in Rwanda (April 7, 1994 – July 15, 1994)
Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa (10 May 1994)
The Genocide in Sudan (February 23, 2003)