A Brief History of Sudan
Sudan is the biggest country in the entire Africa. This country is famous throughout the world mainly because of the tragedy that this country had to face. They suffer genocide in the year 2003. In the 19th century Sudan was a British colony. The British separated the country in 2. The northern part and the southern part. The northern citizens has absolutely forbidden to pass to the southern part of the country unless they have the permission of the British. Britain mainly focused in the south. Leaving the north part kind of forgotten. They also didn’t care about Darfur, a city at the West of Sudan. They controlled education and religion and taught it in schools. In the north the principal education was Muslim. They faced a civil war in 1955 that lasted 17 years in which they tried to free the southern part of Sudan letting them use their own resources, because Britain was taking all of it. The south and the north lived in harmony until 1983 when a war between them broke out, due to religious issues.
After the war the north citizens that fought in the war were commemorate as heroes from the war. That make that the south, west, east parts joined the Sudan People Liberation Movement Army (SPLMA), as well as the citizens of Darfur. To fight against the north. In January 2003 the Government of Sudan (GOS) decided to attack the opposition, leading to genocide. Although the UN never declared this war a genocide.
Rodrigo Velarde
After the war the north citizens that fought in the war were commemorate as heroes from the war. That make that the south, west, east parts joined the Sudan People Liberation Movement Army (SPLMA), as well as the citizens of Darfur. To fight against the north. In January 2003 the Government of Sudan (GOS) decided to attack the opposition, leading to genocide. Although the UN never declared this war a genocide.
Rodrigo Velarde
Role of the media
When the genocide occurred in Darfur there was a lack of media. Which didn’t allow the world to know what exactly was going on in there. If the media had been there and had shown the images of this catastrophic event some powerfull western countries could have interfered to put an end to it. Or maybe the UN could have done something else to stop this massacre. Sadly due to the lack of media this didn’t occurred and the massacre continued. The local media in Sudan was completely biased, as it was completely controlled by the government. This helps them because they could turn people against the rebels. Also no one really knows what was going on in there which lead to chaos and fear. With this the media was kind of encouraging to war. Expanding the problem and making the conflict even bigger than it was.
The control of the media also occurred in Rwanda a few years before this genocide, and it let to the same results. So as we can see from both of those genocides, media take a very important role in this two genocide as it was controlled in both of them. In Sudan by the government and in Rwanda by the Hutus.
Rodrigo Velarde
The control of the media also occurred in Rwanda a few years before this genocide, and it let to the same results. So as we can see from both of those genocides, media take a very important role in this two genocide as it was controlled in both of them. In Sudan by the government and in Rwanda by the Hutus.
Rodrigo Velarde