Ethnical groups During the Darfur conflict
ethnical groups were one of the most important trigger of the hatred between
the citizens. In fact, since the North of Sudan is populated by ethnically
Arabic and religiously Muslim people and the South by ethnically Black and
religiously Christian people, the citizens of Darfur don’t feel like they
belong to any group. They are ethnically Black but religiously Muslim. (Sikainga,
A., 2009, par. 5) Moreover, only a certain portion of the population is of that
ethnicity. The Janjaweed are Arab nomadic tribes that are religiously Muslim.
They are in fact against the rest of population. As seen through history, the lighter your skin color is the higher you
are in the hierarchy. Therefor the nomadic tribes have a better social status
then the ethnically Black citizens. Consequently, the nomadic tribes receive
support from the Sudan government and they work for them. (Nurrain, M.M., 2008,
p. 193)
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Khartoum
This city is the capital of North Sudan and it has been founded for slave market. It plays a big role in the conflict since it has created the separation and hierarchy between Arabic and Black residents of Sudan. As the slaves were ethnically black people they were looked from above by ethnically Arabic citizens. However, they were still forced to treat Black people from Darfur or the South as inferior individuals. In other words, ethnically Arabic people used ethnically Black people as slave to kill and diminish other ethnically Black people. (Christian Solidarity International, 2014, par. 2)