UK: Ethnic Cleansing Committed in Sudan's Darfur

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The Facts

  • The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that, since its conflict began in April, at least 68 villages in Darfur, Sudan, have allegedly been set on fire by rebel armed militias as part of a process of ethnic cleansing.

  • The data, gathered by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) — which is partly funded by the UK government — uses NASA heat-recognition technology to detect fires. After that, satellite imagery is used to find whether these fires were located in known population settlements, with the CIR then searching social media to connect the data with videos of villages being burned and looted.

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The Spin

Narrative A

Evidence is mounting that there's an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur. While they're still only allegations, it seems likely that the RSF has imposed the most horrifying human rights abuses against civilians, including rape. Without drastic and immediate change, Sudan and Darfur will be plunged back into the depths of a dark humanitarian crisis, with the non-Arab Masalit demographic at extremely high risk.

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Narrative B

Marginalized and oppressed minorities in Sudan must not be forgotten, and equal citizenship and unity in diversity must be promoted, or the conflict will never cease. With both sides guilty of committing violence against civilians, respect for human rights must be at the forefront of any peace agreement, while any change must acknowledge the underlying causes of this conflict and make efforts to establish a truly democratic society.

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