"Rampage of Killings, Looting, Torture, Rape": Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan's Darfur Region

[Uncle Joe]

Human Rights Watch has documented ethnic cleansing in the West Darfur region of Sudan by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias against the Masalit people and other non-Arab communities. “These allied militia and the RSF then, from April until June, conducted a rampage of killings, of lootings, of torture, of rape,” says Belkis Wille, associate director with the Crisis, Conflict, and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. She says international actors must cut off the flow of arms to all warring parties, but adds there is little “political will” to enforce an arms embargo in Sudan.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Who is funding all the atrocities across Africa?

The Russians and Chinese have a strong presence in Africa.

[Uncle Joe]

2. That's a good question Irish Dem.

Sudan is rich in minerals.



The mining industry of Sudan is mostly driven by extraction fuel minerals, with petroleum accounting for a substantial contribution to the country's economy, until the autonomous region of Southern Sudan became an independent country in July 2011.[1] Gold, iron ore, and base metals are mined in the Hassai Gold Mine and elsewhere. Chromite is another important mineral extracted from the Ingessana Hills.[2] Other minerals extracted are gypsum, salt, and cement. Phosphate is found in Mount Kuoun and Mount Lauro in eastern Nuba. Reserves of zinc, lead, aluminium, cobalt, nickel in the form of block sulfides, and uranium are also established. Large reserves of iron ore have been established.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Sudan#:~:text=Gold%2C%20iron%20ore%2C%20and%20base,gypsum%2C%20salt%

[Irish_Dem]

3. China and Russia think the world's resources belong to them.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Yes but they wouldn't be the only nations that believe that or have the financial capability.