By, Kevin Sherman, Jeremy Cabildo and Thomas Rispoli Group F

Janjaweed Name is derived from the Arabic words that means spirit-horse. In the 80’s Libya gave Arab nomads materials in eastern Chad. The Sudanese gave Abbala nomads weapons and ammo to fight off Chadian on the border of Sudan. Those two formed the Janjaweed. In 2003, the Sudanese government secretly enlisted them to kill and pillage the ethnic tribes in Darfur. The Janjaweed which is a government militia, performed countless acts of violent rapes, murders and mutilations among the tribes. The people of the tribes call them the “Devil Riders” and if they are heard to be close by their villages, the people of the tribes flee for their lives. At least a million people in Darfur relocated to Chad in between Video Link

History The attacks on Sudanese tribes by the Janjaweed were declared genocide in 2003 The tribes were attacked after the Sudan Liberation Army attacked government installations The government responded by forming the Janjaweed The Janjaweed received orders to initiate and ethnic cleansing It is the world’s deadliest ongoing conflict The most violent period happened in 2003

Solution #1

Protest Information On April 30, 2006 in Washington people gathered to protest the genocide in Darfur. Attending this protest was George Clooney.  He played a major role in the protests; he even met with President Obama about this issue. The people at this protest wanted the United States to be have a greater role in ending the genocide in Darfur. How could it work? How couldn’t it work?

Nick and George Clooney Video Video link This video is narrated by Nick Clooney. This video shows the protests in Washington that the Clooneys attended. Their hopes are to have the international community intervene, to stop the genocide.

Solution #2

Oil Boycott  One solution that was tried is the boycott of buying Sudanese oil by America. Money used to purchase the oil was going towards arming the Janjaweed. Some weapons that were bought were a Mig- 29, which is a deadly fighter jet. Also, the money was used to buy guns. America refusing to buy oil would only slightly cut Sudan’s income. This solution didn’t work because America isn’t Sudan’s biggest oil buyer, China is. Also, America refusing to buy oil lessens the amount of oil in America. This causes gas and oil prices to rise. This solution would work only if China refused to buy oil from Sudan.

Best Solution

The Best Solution Information  China is the only country that Sudan cooperates with that can deploy UN workers and Red Crescent Workers into Sudan  Although they have already gotten 26,000 UN workers in 2007, there is still 1 person dying every 5 minutes because of the genocide  Western officials have been pressuring China since 2003 to get UN peace-keepers into Sudan  Since the UN got into Sudan, the violence has deescalated  If China, who is the only country that has a mutual military alliance were to get even more UN workers, the violence could be deescalated much further

Conclusion  Our problem was coming up with a solution that ends the genocide in Sudan  Some attempted solutions were protests, embargo of Sudanese oil, and getting the UN into Sudan.  And based on the attempted measures of stopping the genocide, it seems that getting the UN into Sudan was the most effective.  So getting even more UN troops/workers into the Areas most plagued with violence seems to be the greatest solution  If we had the power to send at least 100,000 UN workers/troops into Sudan were there is the most killing, the Sudanese Genocide would most likely be over.