You are probably wondering why I chose Sudan for my first blog post? This is a subject I am very passionate about. I have kept up with the situation in Sudan and Darfur for years now. I remember reading about Darfur in 2008 and i was immediately moved by the stories of horror and survival. People have asked me before why care about them they are an ocean away? Ill tell you why because they are humans. They feel pain, love, and experience every feeling we do. They need our help. The things these people went through should never happen to any human being. If you do not know Darfur is a region of Sudan. Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was convicted for genocide in 2008 for his actions in 2004, which lead to 500,000 innocent people being slaughtered and 2.5 million being displaced. So far the government has not handed him over yet and he is still president. You may wonder what the reason for this genocide was. It is called "ethnic cleansing". It has mostly been tribal warfare, but religion has played a key role in it also. Northern Sudan is mostly Muslim and the South is Christian. In 2010 the south decided to have a vote in early 2011 in trying to secede from the North. This is causing yet again another backlash, because the south holds 80 percent of Sudan's Oil. Hope is not lost though due to so many other countries and media getting involved it has actually prevented what could have been a bloodbath, or another Sudanese Civil War. Activist and actor George Clooney took NBC's dateline right into the heat of the fight. When asked why Clooney was doing this he said "I want to make it harder to kill people", and he did just that. The elections took place in January 2011. It went relatively smooth from what it could have been. So far only 9 people have been killed. The voting was considered a success. If everything goes according to plan southern Sudan can declare its independence in June of 2011. Being a broadcast journalism major this is a beautiful story of hope and rising from the ashes. Using the media in a positive way has prevented the deaths of innocent people. If we shed light on those who seem to be forgotten we can save them. I want to do what Clooney says I want to make it harder to kill people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MZIT_g4FCV0#t=28s
This is also a link to a video about the civil war in Sudan. Keep in mind this video is very disturbing its not for the faint of heart.
I have seen some episode about Sudan, I am very sorry for that. Because I think the war make people live worse.The people in Sudan were suffered from war.And the international community do not give them enough help. One news said that we will take action about this issue to make it harder to kill people. We all like peace and I am not willing to make war in the world.
ReplyDeleteI love the passion that you have for this subject. Your post was very informative, and a eye opener at times. So many times we are so caught up in our own lives that we forget about the world around us and the people that inhabit it.
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Elle
I feel you on this subject, breken. This is a topic that i believe is always overlooked. It takes a good human being like George Clooney to take a stand for these people. It comes to show how blessed we are as Americans and people in other parts of the world are not as blessed. Good post. Keep up the good posts coming. :]
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