Ongoing Project: Darfur. Focus on recent Haskanita events

Posted by Indigenious at 10/8/2007 6:39 PM
Categories: C.A.R, Sudan, Chad, China, Darfur
The below map represents information from the US Department of State
Intro:

Following the September 29th killing of 10 of the Nigerian African Union Peace Keepers (as they are referred to) at Haskanita base and the subsequent burning down of Haskanita village and reported deaths of 45 to 115 villages, we thought it would be good to introduce the conflict in Darfur and present some of the different involved parties points of view, presently focusing on the the massacre.

Conflict Summaries:
A fairly good, although outdated summary of the civil/tribal war (or genocide for those who prefer), including a description of the events and the roles of the different parties involiced including, the rebels groups (SLA/M, JEM), Sudanes forces, the Janjaweed, Chad, the UN and the African Union can be found at globalsecurity.org

Another good (though also 10 months outdated) description which also highlights the effect on the humanitrian situation in neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic (which unlike Chad, does not seem to be directly involved in the struggle) can be found at:
www.cfr.org/publication/12309/sudan_chad_and_the_central_african_republic.html


Official Sudanese Sources:
A good Government funded source is Sudan Safari, which blames a "Visible Hand" of an unnamed, yet "renowned international power" for the problems in Haskanita in Main analysis: Who is manipulating security in Haskanita? .

The  National  TV website is a decent source for finding out the Official Sudanese point of view. In general the site blames the rebels, primarily JEM for the situation (not so much SLA/M) for the situation and tried to downplay the severity.
A few days before the Massacre on Sept. 23rd:
JEM and Other Rebel Factions Main Cause for Strife In Darfur
The first mention of the Massacre was on Oct. 1st:
Government Condemns Attack against AU Forces at Haskanita
but nothing much more than that

Another source is SUNA, the Sudan News Agency, however the website is very hard to navigate and not very good in general. Today the Agency published an article
The Armed Forces affirm that it has nothing to do with what is going on at Mehajeria area
he Armed Forces affirm that it has nothing to do with what is going on at Mehajeria area

Rebel Forces:
For some background on the SLA/M view their Political Declaration.
For more information on JEM, see the sudanjem.com website (which is actually quite impressive).

A good source for the opinion of the rebels, which seems to be close to JEM's is the Sudan Tribune. On October 7th  an article was written: Sudanese army and Darfur militias burned down Haskanita – UN source. Today an article in the opinion's section was published: Why Sudan is behind Darfur’s Haskanita attack







 

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