Research Post #1

I read an article on the conflict in Darfur.

While I was reading the article I figured out some of the causes and effects of the conflict.
Causes:
- Sudan government pushing the African tribes to the side
-Khartoum denying the tribes resources
-Khartoum armed Arab tribes, which caused the African tribes to become more aware of them being pushed aside
-2003: three African tribes began an insurgency against the government, demanding a more equal distribution of resources
-Khartoum thought that the best way to deal with this issue was to wipe out the African tribes from rural Darfur

Effects:
-countryside was attacked more than the cities (adult men killed and women and girls raped-small kids and elderly people sometimes killed, but usually were allowed to flee)
-The estimation of the death toll is in the hundreds of thousands, but it is not exact
-the worst of the killing is over, because there aren't that many people left in the rural parts of Darfur

This is just some of the information that I got from the article. It is very helpful.

-Here is the citations for the article:

Kristof, Nicholas. "Answering Your Darfur Questions." New York Times. (2009)