| | :A key factor in the impunity with which the Arab government of Sudan has been able to pursue its campaign of [[rape]] and [[mass murder]] in Darfur has been the virtually universal support it receives from the rest of the Arab world.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={1FE11860-C0DC-4197-A119-9AC7A10EFBB6} (Front Page Magazine)]</ref> | | :A key factor in the impunity with which the Arab government of Sudan has been able to pursue its campaign of [[rape]] and [[mass murder]] in Darfur has been the virtually universal support it receives from the rest of the Arab world.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={1FE11860-C0DC-4197-A119-9AC7A10EFBB6} (Front Page Magazine)]</ref> |
| − | [[United Nations]] General Secretary [[Ban Ki Moon]] has referred to the Darfur slaughter as an [[ethnic conflict]] pitting Arab militias against black rebels and farmers arising at least in part from climate change. | + | [[United Nations]] General Secretary [[Ban Ki Moon]] has referred to the Darfur slaughter as an [[ethnic conflict]] pitting Arab militias against black rebels and farmers arising at least in part from climate change. |
| | Citing U.N. statistics, Ban Ki Moon claimed that average precipitation has declined some 40 percent since the early 1980s and that it coincided with a rise in temperatures of the Indian Ocean, disrupting seasonal monsoons, suggesting that the drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from [[global warming]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061501857.html A Climate Culprit In Darfur], By Ban Ki Moon, ''Washington Post'', June 16, 2007, Page A15</ref> | | Citing U.N. statistics, Ban Ki Moon claimed that average precipitation has declined some 40 percent since the early 1980s and that it coincided with a rise in temperatures of the Indian Ocean, disrupting seasonal monsoons, suggesting that the drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from [[global warming]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061501857.html A Climate Culprit In Darfur], By Ban Ki Moon, ''Washington Post'', June 16, 2007, Page A15</ref> |
| | * Amanda F. Grzyb, ed. '' World and Darfur: International Response to Crimes Against Humanity in Western Sudan'' (2nd ed. 2010) | | * Amanda F. Grzyb, ed. '' World and Darfur: International Response to Crimes Against Humanity in Western Sudan'' (2nd ed. 2010) |