Slave Trading
April 1999 We look at Sudan, one of the most notorious slave states. Here slavery is widely used as a weapon of war by the Muslim north against the Christian and animist south. We look at Sudan, one of the most notorious slave states. Here slavery is widely used as a weapon of war by the Muslim north against the Christian and animist south.In the ruins of a burnt-out village, lie the heaped, rotting bodies of slaves who tried to escape the northern raiders who stalk the southern Sudan. Slaving here has killed thousands of people; the survivors have horrific tales to tell. Matihiane and her children were captured a year ago. They were marched for 10 days, given food mixed with sand and urine, beaten if they slowed and sent to work. On arriving with her new master, he forcibly circumcised her. Such inhumanity has led many to come to the aid of the southern Sudanese.Baroness Cox, is the most controversial. Sitting with the slavers in the shade of a tree, she exchanges greetings and begins to barter for the human booty. Today, $325,000 changes hands for the freedom of 325 slaves. While her solution offers immediate salvation for the few, it could also be responsible for the rising number of slave raids. The UN and other humanitarian agencies will not work with her. She though is adamant; "It would go on whether we were here or not...it isn't going to change the war." Even for the slaves she frees though, liberty comes with no guarantees. The only thing that can buy their peace of mind is an end to the war.
Produced by ABC Australia - Distributed by Journeyman Pictures -
Sudan
November 2008 General Martin Luther Agwais job is difficult - keep the peace in war-ravaged Darfur. But recently a new problem has presented itself the government-backed janjaweed has started tar...
Dafur
Although this is an old video prior to the 2005 peace agreement. The genocide has switched from southern Sudan to Darfur with oil revenues being used by the Islamic government to perpetuate genocid...Sudan: The Silent Genocide - Created by Emory Universtiy in 2006 as part of Campus MovieFest, the world's largest student film festival. Sudan: The Silent Genocide documents the destruction of life in the Darfur region of Sudan
Inside Sudan - Part 1 of 5 In this VBS News series, we venture into the heart of Sudan, the site of one of the most brutal conflicts in the world today.
