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American Research Journal of History and Culture
ISSN (Online): 2379-2914
DOI: 10.46568/arjhc
The Crisis in Darfur: A Short History
1College of Social Science Department of History, Sebeta Special Needs College of Teacher’s Education,
Ethiopia.
2College of Social Science, Department of History and Heritage Management Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Fekede Sileshi Fufa, Tesema Ta’a. “The Crisis in Darfur: A Short History”. American Research Journal
of History and Culture ; V4, I1; pp: 1-7
Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to assess the political crisis happened in Darfur/Sudan. The paper
is also review the ethnic conflict over economic interests and the response of Africa leaders with particular
reference to the current Darfur crisis of 2003/04. The Darfur crisis began in 2003 and resulted in more than 2.7
million forced displacements of Darfurians and death of hundred thousands of the communities of the region.
According to different humanitarian, organizations, writer and observers the estimated number of people who
lost their lives due to this conflict ranges between 200,000-400,000. Over three-fourth of the villages in Darfur
have been destroyed by Janjaweed militia. The Janjaweed militia began pillaging towns and villages inhabited
by members of the African ‘tribe’ from which the rebel armies drew their strength in the Zaghawa, Masalit and
Fur ‘tribes’. Based on written sources the Janjaweed were well-equipped fighting force that enjoyed the obvious
assistance of the Sudanese government in 2003. The 2003 Darfur crisis was causes for the deaths of hundred
thousands of Darfurian, displacement, malnutrition, epidemic and various diseases. Due to the abovementioned
problems various international actors were participated in the Darfur crisis to solve the existed difficulty.
Finally, in this paper emphasis is given to clarify the causes for the deaths of hundred thousands of Darfurian
and displacement of the communities and the response of international governments and non-governmental
organization to solve the problem. Here, the process of the Darfur crisis was not yet fully reconstructed.
Recently many historians were tried to explain the problem of the war. As far as the abovementioned problems
are concerned, however, those scholars have so far focused more on the activities of the conquerors rather than
on the dilemma of the victims of war. The dilemma of Darfur crisis at the time of conflict were still need further
investigation. So, the paper is present to fill the gap by cross-checking the gathered sources as a whole.
