sudan
The conflicts in South Kordofan and Blue Nile have left 1.2 million people internally displaced since June 2011, and another 246,500 have taken refuge in South Sudan and Ethiopia. The most recent genocide in Darfur began in 2003, when the Sudanese government and Arab militias (Janjaweed) destroyed over 400 villages, allegedly in response to two opposition groups: the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). The genocide in Darfur has killed at least 450,000 people since 2003.
iraq
ISIS has captured the primarily Yazidi towns of Sinjar and Zumar, killing nearly 2,000 and forcing 200,000 to flee into the nearby mountains without food and water. More than 50 children have died from dehydration since August and hundreds more children and elderly are at risk. Other atrocities include beheadings, rapes, and being sold into slavery, according to a member of Iraq’s Parliament, lawmaker Vian Dakhil.
somalia
The UNDP deems Somalia the world’s “worst humanitarian disaster.” Somalia’s instability has led to mass atrocities and human rights violations against the civilian population, being committed by all major parties involved in the conflict, especially by Al-Shabaab insurgents, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces, and intervening Ethiopian military forces. Therefore, Genocide Watch places Somalia at Stage 9 on the 10 Stages of Genocide and issues a Genocide and Mass Atrocities Alert.
Central African Republic
Seleka militias that began the killing when Michael Djotodia seized power have now been driven back by French and African Union forces. Djotodia has fled. Muslims are escaping to Chad, but are being pulled from vehicles by Christian anti-Balaka gangs. Hundreds of thousands of people have been driven from their homes. The shortage of adequate food, water, and shelter has created a humanitarian crisis. Peacekeeping forces must remain in the country until people can return to their homes, with security provided by a transitional government.
Myanmar: Rakhine
Human Rights Watch estimates that since the fighting began again, over 75,000 Kachin have been displaced, and attacks include raids on villages, rapes, and murders.
Nigeria: Boko Haram, Borno State
. Last year, Boko Haram killed an estimated 2,000 people in its jihad to expand its self-declared Islamic caliphate in northern Nigeria, an area with a heavy Muslim population. On January 7th 2015, it killed 2,000 Nigerian civilians by burning down the town of Baga in the north-eastern state of Borno.
Democratic Republic of Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), decades of bad governance and disputes over resources have cost millions of lives. Poverty and hunger are widespread. More than two million of the country’s estimated 77 million citizens are displaced and living in temporary camps. The average life expectancy is just over 56 years old.
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Empowered women work together in confronting life amidst conflict
Unity is strength: one woman found the strength to survive—and speak up Change is afoot in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where women are finding new power in working together to confront the challenges of life in an unstable region. Anna Kramer 26 May 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 01 June 2015) Image: Louise Nyiranolozi holds a jerry-can full of clean water in Buporo, a camp for displaced people
Colombian activists risk their lives to protect women from gang warfare
Colombian activists risk their lives to protect women from gang warfare By Clar Ni Chonghaile, The Guardian 8 October 2014 Gloria Amparo lives every minute of her life with the knowledge that the gangsters who hold Colombia’s Pacific coastal region in thrall could kill her because she helps the women they have raped, the mothers whose sons they have chopped up, or the families they have displaced and tormented. But it is not death that Amparo fears,
couldn't people fight to change their own country - why cant the un send in peacekeepers to help protect them - why is the only solution to people suffering to come here
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