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A Timeline of the Darfur Genocide

1989

General Omar Bashir gains full control of Sudan by


military coup. This is the inciting event which ignites
tension in Darfur and the first stages of genocide appear.

February
26, 2003

After two native Darfuri rebel groups launch a rebellion in


response to marginalization of the area, Sudanese
government enlists the Janjaweed to end the conflict in
exchange for land. The government and Janjaweed respond
by implementing ethnic cleansing policies against all
indigenous Darfuri Africans.

July 2003

The Janjaweed begin the extermination stage of


genocide in Darfur, burning villages, looting food and
water sources, and slaughtering civilians.

December
2003

The first U.S State Department Press Release to address


the situation in Darfur comes out. It stated, reports
indicate more than 600,000 civilians have been internally
displaced, 75,000 refugees have fled to neighboring Chad,
and as many as 3,000 unarmed civilians have been killed.

Early 2004

United Nations establish refugee camps in eastern Chad


along Sudanese border.

February
2004

Janjaweed rape multiple Zaghawa school girls. The


Janjaweed attacked a boarding school, forcing 110 girls to
strip naked at gunpoint before raping multiple girls and
burning the school down.

April 8, 2004

The Sudanese government and the Darfuri rebels sign


the N'Djamena Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement.

However, even after 24 hours of the signing the agreement


was violated and conflict continues.

July 23,
2004

The conflicts in Darfur are officially labeled as


genocide by a unanimous vote in the House and Senate.

2005

Conflict in Darfur intensifies. Over 2.4 million Darfuris


are affected by the genocide.

January 9,
2005

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement is signed which


ends the decades-long civil war between North and South
Sudan.

May 5, 2006

The Darfur Peace agreement is signed between the


Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation Army.
However, the agreement leaves out the JEM and so the
conflict continues.

May 30,
2007

George W. Bush announces that new economic and


diplomatic sanctions to be enforced on Sudan.

July 31,
2007

The UN creates the United Nations-African Union


Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The 19,555 military
personnel and 3,772 police officers are given permission
to use force to protect civilians and humanitarian
operations.

March 4,
2009

The International Criminal Court releases an arrest


warrant on Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes
against humanity.

January 9-15,
2011

South Sudan gains its independence from Sudan and


becomes its own country.

January 2013

The year begins with at least 1.4 million displaced


Darfuris and 280,000 living in refugee camps.

March 2013

Sudan continues using air strikes despite agreeing not


to.

July 15, 2013

Nigerian lawyers push to punish Omar al Bashir for


his crimes. He remains not detained.

December
2013
June 10,
2014

The year has seen sharp increases in violence and


conditions are worsening.
Violence levels have been rising steadily and 400,000
more Darfuris are displaced.

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