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Darfur and its real roots

During my research on global warming I came across an interesting article on Darfur. Darfur is a region in south-west Sudan where over centuries the black population lived amicably with the Arabian Nomads. The native black population lived on farming and cultivation whereas the nomadic Arabs migrated through the semi-desert in search of pasture land for their livestock. Although these semi-arid areas never offered lush grass it was always enough for both – the black farmers and the Nomads from the north. By the time, however, global warming showed its impact, regions that have always been threatened by desertification, were among the first to suffer. The bleak landscape dried out and the black population, that constantly lives there, struggled to feed their livestock. That is the point in history the conflict between two co-existing peoples began. The northern horse people did not want to give up their pasture land in Darfur and insisted on feeding their animals on the black farmland. The hunger-stricken black population started to defend their land in order to maintain their families. But the Arabs fought back. The Sudanese government, conisting mainly of Arabs, supported the nomadic Arabs by giving them guns and the permission to fight. By doing so one of the most horrible atrocities began. Arabs came by horse and literally slaughtered any black person within eyesight, either man, woman or child. In the 80s the world spotlighted the situation in Darfur and accused the Sudanese government of supporting this genocide. The Sudanese government, however, denied any knowledge and rejected any blame. That is how the bloody game continued until present. The British band „Matafix“ published in 2007 their song „Living Darfur“ to catch the world's attention once again on this forgotten issue. The situation in Darfur is well-known around the globe, although almost fallen into obscurity, but people generally do not know that behind these atrocities there is more than just racial hatred. Global warming has brought misery upon these people and hate against one another after centuries of peace and harmony in co-existence. We all know about rising temperatures and the expansion of desert areas around the globe but there is more that global warming takes along. Things which, at the first glance, do not seem linked in any way to global warming, on further reflection however, can be attributed to it. That is just one more reason to counteract global warming and bring peace in this war-ridden African region.