Where it all began.

   Today I started my official research to litigate the civil rights of the citizens of Darfur, Sudan. Apparently the original conflict spurred from a drought that occurred in the lands near farms. Before the conflict began thy had a peaceful way of life. When the herders of cattle and camels came to graze the farm owners would gladly allow them to feed on the edges of their crops and drinks from the wells on their land. No one argued with this concept and everyone followed suit without complaint. Because of the drought this practice has become all but extinct. Farmers can no longer afford to allow herders to feed on their lands or drink from their wells. The herders [which are mostly Arab citizens] have become outraged at this. They need for their animals to feed and drink water. They seem not to understand that the farmers [which are mostly African citizens] need all the crops they can grow so that they sell them in the marketplace and feed their families. Scientists say that the change in the weather is due to climatic changes, similar to the ones that possibly cause hurricane Katrina. Others say that the changes occurred because of emissions from factories in the region. 

   In their outrage the herders [Arabs] published  a manifesto of their superiority in  1987. From then on multiple clashes of the groups occurred and over 3,000 people died as a result. Hundreds of villages and nomadic camps were burned to the ground, until a peace treaty was signed in 1989. Although they signed the peace treaty, the continued to fight throughout the 90's and even now in present day. The real problem is that the Sudanese government sided with the Arabs and often provided the group with weapons. The Africans rebelled against the government in 2003. Most people say that the conflict is based on ethnic hatred between the groups, but in actuality it is over the land debates which just so happen to be between two different groups of people.