Proceedings of the 2020 5th International Conference on Humanities Science and Society Development (ICHSSD 2020)

A Study of Tribal Composition and Conflict in Darfur

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Gao Yifei
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Gao Yifei
Available Online 27 July 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200727.103How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sudan, Darfur crisis, Tribes
Abstract

More than 80 tribes are distributed in the Darfur region of Sudan. The composition of tribes is intricate. Moreover, the production modes are different, which are composed of the Arab involved in the nomadic herding and non-Arab black people engaged in farming. In the early days, the armed conflicts occurred frequently among various tribes mainly arising from contending for the land, livestock, water and other ecological resources. During the colonial period, the Anglo-Ethiopia government executed an “indirect rule” policy on Darfur, which resulted in the disintegration of the traditional tribal governance model, impact of the original beliefs and identities and emergence of racism. What is worse, Chad and Libya intervened in the civil war in Sudan, triggering regional conflicts. In 2003, the Darfur crisis broke out on a full scale, which fell into the most serious humanitarian crisis across the globe. The crisis was formed by the escalation of internal conflicts of different tribes into national political and economic conflicts, and then the “internal conflicts” evolving into international conflicts as well as the excess interference in domestic conflicts of foreign forces. In addition, the disruption of South Sudan on July 9, 2011 had a demonstration effect on the Darfur region. It could become another South Sudan.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2020 5th International Conference on Humanities Science and Society Development (ICHSSD 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 July 2020
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978-94-6252-991-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200727.103How to use a DOI?
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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