Darfur: Illusion of Peace?

Here is a great article on Sudan Tribune which summarizes the recent post-Abuja Talks events. It strengthens my previous suspicions that the Khartoum government has somehow lost control over the Janjaweed. Disarming them is going to be difficult. However what’s much more difficult is making the rebels happy and satisfying their demands. This peace will not be possible without the support of the Darfur population which includes the rebels and Janjaweed. There are plans to buy off the 2 rebel leaders who haven’t signed with oil money. Let’s see if such tactics are going to work.

4 Responses to “Darfur: Illusion of Peace?”

1. Anonymous on May 23rd, 2006 11:25 pm

   So is the government as bad as the media suggests? What is your take on the Sudanese government?

   I noticed that the rebel groups have not seemed to be seeking peace. Apparently the government signed more readily than most rebel leaders. A surprise to me since the international community, sponsoring the peace talks seems to be anti government.

   Or, maybe the rebel groups are just so disenchanted with the government that they no longer want anything to do with them even at the expence of continuing the suffering that the world is trying, though not very keenly, to stop.

   I don’t know what is true in all of it, cna you help me understand?

2. Drima on May 23rd, 2006 11:52 pm

   When the rebels started the uprisal the government responded by arming the Janjaweed to fight them. Later when the government found out that Turabi who is an opposition figure has something to do with the uprising, they responded by pushing the Janjaweed to carry out brutal attacks against the rebels. Fighting soon errupted between villages who already had old disputes amongst them and turned into the disaster we see today. The Khartoum government is defintely the bad guy… was the bad guy and still is in many ways… They’re corrupted and care nothing for the Darfur region which is very impoverished. The rebels claim to be fighting for their people in the western part of the country. They claim they want to bring justice and development to their region. If you ask me I think they want nothing but money and power and that is why I see them as the “worse” guy now. Their demands are very unreasonable and I don’t think they want peace. The main and most powerfull rebel faction signed because the conditions that were offered to them were good. It gave them what they wanted… Power and a share of the oil money that is supposedly meant for the poor people of Darfur… The other rebels weren’t so happy and didn’t get what they were hoping for.

   As for he Janjaweed, they are generally still controled by the Khartoum government. However there seems to be some in the Janjaweed who are not following orders and are still carrying out attacks. Looking at it in this sense, I come to conclusion that the Khartoum government isn’t in total and full control over the Janjaweed as everyone thinks.

   The government is corrupted and sickening. All they care about is getting richer at the expense of the population.

   I will post up some Sudanese cartoons that will crack you up and also reveal the experiences citizens go through everyday.

3. Anonymous on May 24th, 2006 12:21 am

   Drima (I asked you about the government above. Thanks for explaining your take on it.),

   I am new to this blogging thing. I started it with some dialogue in Big pharaoh. See my very last comment “American” here:
   http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2006/05/22/the-fall-of-the-last-fortress/

   Also see my comments in:
   He Knows the Limits Now
   Fatahawies Burn Al Jazeera Cars
   Forced to Reform
   Welcome to the Taliban Republic of Iraq

   As you can see my start to blogging has been a bit disapointing.

4. Drima on May 24th, 2006 12:38 am

   “As you can see my start to blogging has been a bit disapointing.”

   I don’t understand why you would say that… The more you read the more well versed you will be in the various situations. Just keep participating. I’ve only started reading blogs 4 months ago. Previously I thought they were a joke. I was wrong.

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