This, he explains, was a critical cause in pitting the Darfurian 'Arab' ethnic groups ('tribes' in Prunier's parlance) against their 'African,' Muslim co-religionists. He addresses the Libyan interference in Darfur to promote Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi's war in Chad. Prunier surveys the frustration of democratic politics in Darfur and the devastating famine of the mid-1980s in which about 100,000 people died. He details the subsequent annexation of Darfur to Sudan and shows how British benign neglect toward the region began an important trend that endured in the era of independence. Prunier takes the reader to the early history of Darfur as an independent sultanate and relates the human movement into the region of people who now constitute Darfur's diverse ethnic makeup. In it, he analyzes the historical roots of the conflict in Sudan's western region and discusses why international efforts to halt the tragedy in Darfur have been so impotent. There is also a selected bibliography which leans heavily on news wire services, and numerous human rights reports from agencies such as the Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Physicians for Human Rights, and the International Crisis Group.Prunier rightly labels the response of the international community to the atrocities in Darfur, a 'regression of civilization,' a description he convincingly argues for in this comprehensive and eye-opening work. The United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1556 (July 30, 2004) and 1706 (August 31, 2006). The United Nations Inter-Agency Fact Finding and Rapid Assessment Mission: Kailek Town, South Darfur and 3. The text of the 1984 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 2. In addition, he provides color photos which helps tell the story of this human tragedy. He reports on the complex relationships among the many tribes, and how Muslims as well as Christians have been killed.

He also puts to rest the Western notion that it is a fight between Christians vs. He does not pull any punches laying blame of this killing on the government in Khartoum. He contents that this is mostly at the hands of the Janjaweed. Eric Reeves provides background information on how the Darfurians have been slaughter.

Darfur by Gérard Prunier