# what was the overall demographic and political outcome of Darfur genocide?

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**Created:** [February 21, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-overall-demographic-and-political-outcome-of-darfur-genocide/529918 "2010-02-21T23:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![code\_grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-overall-demographic-and-political-outcome-of-darfur-genocide/529918/1 "2010-02-21T23:35:56Z")

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for instance Holocaust in Poland or Armenian massacre in Turkey ended with all the targeted people dead or fled, never to return. Genocide in Rwanda ended with the Tutsi losing a big percent of the population but reestablishing political control as a Tutsi-ruled nation. So what happened in Darfur by now? Did the entire Fur nation die or become destitute refugees unable to continue agriculture? Or was only a small section of them, in terms of population and area, affected whereas all the others are still living in the region and maintaining their economic and political institutions?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-overall-demographic-and-political-outcome-of-darfur-genocide/529918/2 "2010-02-22T18:44:53Z")

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JEM and the Sudanese government just signed a truce earlier this month, which leads some people to hope that there’s going to be a good chance for a peace treaty.

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**Author:** ![code\_grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-overall-demographic-and-political-outcome-of-darfur-genocide/529918/3 "2010-02-22T19:48:50Z")

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interesting, so it sounds like those Fur people are still in the region and even have some military capability since their enemies are negotiating with them. I guess I was seriously mislead by the Wikipedia article that seemed to suggest that the whole conflict is just an unmitigated massacre of defenseless civilians without any real war or resistance.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-overall-demographic-and-political-outcome-of-darfur-genocide/529918/4 "2010-02-22T20:38:19Z")

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Well, the JEM are primarily Zaghawa, but the Zaghawa are also suffering in the Darfur conflict. The Fur primarily make up the Sudanese Liberation Army.

And there is a major massacre of defenseless unresisting civilians.