Sudan: The Darfür Crisis and the Status of the North-South Negotiations

By Dagne, Ted

Book Id: WPLBN0000133119
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Title:	Sudan: The Darfür Crisis and the Status of the North-South Negotiations
Author:	Dagne, Ted
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Language:	English
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Excerpt
Background: The current crisis in Darfur began in February 2003, when two rebel groups emerged to challenge the National Islamic Front (NIF) government in Darfur. The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) claim that the government of Sudan discriminates against Muslim African ethnic groups in Darfur and has systematically targeted these ethnic groups since the early 1990s. The government of Sudan dismisses the SLA and JEM as terrorists. The conflict pits the three African ethnic groups, the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit, against nomadic Arab ethnic groups. Periodic tensions between the largely African-Muslim ethnic groups and the Arab inhabitants of Darfur can be traced to the 1930s and most recently surfaced in the 1980s.

Table of Contents
Contents The Crisis in Darfur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Current Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Military Campaign and Human Rights Abuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Factors Contributing to the Darfur Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Key Players in the Darfur Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Humanitarian Situation and the U.S. Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The African Union and the Crisis in Darfur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement in Darfur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Visits by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The International Community’s Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Debate Over Genocide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Darfur Crisis and Impact on the North-South Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Policy Options on Darfur and the North-South Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Working With Moderates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Regime Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Implementing the North-South Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 International Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19