Civil war is the surest way to kill a country. It takes years, maybe never, to mend the rift among the citizens of a place. Darfur is a glowing example of a place that is torn by civil strife. In civil unrest where the division among people is sharp, everyone is considered a rebel. This is the social situation that radical Islamists take advantage of. And once the place has been infested with extremists, it is as good as hell. Somalia is another current example.
The Islamist Khartoum government of Omar al-Bashir has done nothing to end the rebellion in Darfur. Instead, he only managed to wreak an entire genocidal campaign against the people that he is supposed to lead. Al-Bashir is the very first head of state that has been indicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, while still in office. Peace efforts in Darfur are close to impossible. The land, beset by desertification problems, is too much an issue that sprang from opposing claims by both nomads and pastoralists.
Any efforts of ceasefire as being forged by both the United Nations and African Union may be futile as Muslim extremists are not known to compromise their respective political agendas. The rebellion is divided between opposing rebel camps. But with each rebel party, there are various divisive factions. Each one wants to dominate. Peace and compromise are hopeless campaigns in a place such as this. Darfur is one place that is shred in tatters, amidst the backdrop of hunger, fear, social degradation, and political oppression.
Via Yahoo! News
