2004 · Q32
32. Why was the region of Darfur of Sudan in news recently?
Current AffairsInternational
- AAmericans bombed the terrorist training camps set up over there by the Janaweed militiamen of Sudan
- BThousands of black African civilians were killed or displaced by the Janaweeds who are supported by the Arab-dominated Sudan's Government
- CBird flu started from there
- DA dam over the river Blue Nile was swept away killing thousands of people
Explanation
In 2003–2004 the Darfur region of Sudan was in the headlines because the Janjaweed — Arab militias backed by Sudan's Arab-dominated government in Khartoum — were killing and displacing black African civilians in a campaign widely described as genocide. There was no American bombing of Darfur camps, no bird-flu outbreak originating there, and no Blue Nile dam disaster. The defining fact was the government-backed Janjaweed attacks on civilians.