The Problem in Darfur

Problem in Darfur

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The "AGREEMENT OF GOOD WILL AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PROBLEM IN DARFUR" was signed on 17 February 2009, yet fighting continues throughout Sudan. "U.N.: 15,000 flee southern Darfur" and many similar articles demonstrate that the signing of this agreement is not enough.

Since 15 January this year, Sudanese citizens of the Southern regions, especially near Muhajiriya, have been caught in the middle of the Karthoum forces and rebel forces in the south. The government, fighting alongside the Sudanese Liberation Army have authorized numerous air attacks on the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) factions on the ground in the southern regions. In this time, more than 30 people have died and a further 30,000 plus have fled the region. Increasingly more Sudanese civilians are finding themselves migrating away from their homes and in immediate danger of starvation, over-exhaustion and the like.

Action must be taken by the international community to limit arms trade with Darfur. An agreement promising aid workers the ability to safely distribute relief supplies must be forced upon Karthoum. The AU (African Union) is working closely with the UN and other humanitarian organizations to pressure Al-Bashir to encorporate the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) into the ceasefire. Al-Bashir, too, must face justice for his role in the genocides in the northern province of Darfur, Sudan. ICC has yet to issue a warrant for Al-Bashir's arrest and is being pressured by South Africa to delay such action.