President Obama wakes up to the Darfur genocide December 18, 2014
Posted by OromianEconomist in Africa, Darfur, Ethiopia's Colonizing Structure and the Development Problems of People of Oromia, Afar, Ogaden, Sidama, Southern Ethiopia and the Omo Valley, Ethnic Cleansing, Genocidal Master plan of Ethiopia, Uncategorized.Tags: Africa, African Studies, Because I Am Oromo: Amnesty International Report, Genocide against the Oromo, Horn of Africa, Human rights, Human rights violations, Janjaweed in Darfur Liyu Police in Oromia, Land grabs in Africa, National Self Determination, Oromia, Oromo people
trackback
Please also refer to the genocide going on in other Horn of African country (Ethiopia) against Oromo (Oromia) people:
http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/because_i_am_oromo.pdf
This excellent analysis by Eric Reeves provides an analysis of US policy towards Darfur.
Martin
“Awakening” to the Continuing Nightmare of the Darfur Genocide
Source: Eric Reeves, 17 December 2014
The Obama administration seems finally to have found its voice again in speaking about ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. More than a decade after rebellion and conflict began, some three million people are internally displaced or refugees in neighboring Chad. More than 800,000 have been displaced in the past two years; some 2 million human beings have been newly displaced since the disastrously conceived and badly failing UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) took up its civilian protection mandate in January 2008. The death toll from the direct and indirect consequences of violence now exceeds 500,000—and mortality looks to be poised to rise steeply given reduced humanitarian capacity.
After seven years of distinguishing itself only by being…
View original post 2,616 more words
Oromian Economist 
Comments»
No comments yet — be the first.