Aegis Students - Rwanda and Darfur

Rwanda and Darfur

Aegis Students' work is focused on the genocide in Rwanda and conflict in Darfur.

In 1994, in the central African country of Rwanda, 1,000,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus lost their lives at the hands of the Hutu majority in 100 days.

In Darfur, Sudan, between 250,000 and 400,000 people have died since 2003, mostly from the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit ethnic groups. Although the mass-murder and widespread destruction of African villages that was seen in Darfur from 2003-2005 has come to an end, approximately 2.7 million people remain displaced, both in and outside Sudan’s borders, too afraid to return to their homes.

Recently, Aegis has broadened the focus of its Darfur work to concentrate on prospects for peace and stability across the whole of Sudan. Recent clashes in South Sudan have caused serious concern that the shaky peace brought about by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) could collapse. The CPA ended 20 years of civil war between North and South Sudan, a conflict in which up to 2 million people died.