Too much surprise, outside aid for the victims of the genocides has not been pouring in. The United States of America has only recently acknowledged the horrific events of Darfur, Sudan. Little to no action has been taken by the United States or any other country or organization. Few people have become involved because of the wording of the laws. Not one country has publicly declared the events in Sudan to be of a genocide level. Genocide, by definition according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is "the deliberate and systematic destruction or a racial, political, or cultural group." The Sudan government has been killing Christians along with Africans and has worded the killings in such a way to make it sound more like self-defense than deliberate massacres.

In September of 2001, President Bush appointed former Senator John Danforth as Special Envoy to the Sudan (Government-sponsored... p.2).

The Sudan Peace Act was signed into action by President Bush on October 21, 2002. The Act "requires the President to certify every six months that the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are negotiating in good faith" (Government-sponsored... p.3). Currents events would make one question if the two groups are still negotiating. With the majority of the United States' military power in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States has yet to make military plans.

Other groups and organizations, such as The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), UNICEF, Genocide Watch, and the U.N., have made contributions through food, shelter, clothing, and aid workers to help those in safe camps throughout Sudan. Peace agreements are currently in the works to end the civil war in the southern parts of Sudan. Military forces are having a difficult time penetrating the Janjaweed and very few forces are trained to fight genocide-type attacks. With peace agreements, training of military forces, and aid all in the works, it is now time to wait and see if it'll work.

 

 

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