First and foremost, I would like to thank you all for healthy debates you had had during my absent for the last few days. This is really encouraging and promising to our brighter future in Mading Aweil. Let us maintain this integrity of mutual understanding within us and work closely together for betterment of community Aweil. I believe we are the backbones of our community, so we should act maturely and use intelectual approaches within us whenever we encounter problems or misunderstanding within us.
Secondly, I am kind of bewildered why Dafur War is drawing more attention to the world than the longest civil war of South Sudan? Are we not citizens of the same country? What is so important to Dafurians that is not important to southerners for the last two decades of massive genocidals, slavery, rapes etc in south sudan? Was our movement not publicing the issue of south sudan war to the world? Now Africa Union is sending 3000 troops of Nigerian army today to Dafur region as peace keeping force, and more other African armies will follow shortly. I am really confused why we are not considered equally important as citizens of one nation. Need your opinions.
Applause Santino Ajith
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I have also been wonderning, and asking myself similar questions. I have to agree with you on this topic cause i had the same feelings about. As a conclusion about the Darfur War and how it has Drew a world wide Attention more than are problem had, I simply think is, because of the media, had play a major role on this issue. I mean just think about how much publication the media gave this Darfur war. The issue was making front page and big headlines on the American nation and world wide. But lets not loss the faith now its has been such along time that we have waited for this thing that we all called "peace". our time will come very soon my brothers.
"we will fight for our freedom no matter how long it will take."
-- Edited by Atong Ajal at 12:30, 2004-10-28
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This is the topic I have been looking for since the overexaggerated genocide of Darfur took international attention or condemnation. The major difference between these two incidents: South and Darfur lies in their leaderships. The Darfur's leadership is in closer proximity with people in that region. The principal focus is in saving or rescuing the common people other than the establishment of "aristocracy of wealth." The leadership has exposed the inhumane actions against the indigeneous people to the public. This action therefore makes it international issue and becomes very different from the south which has been privatized and localized for unclear reasons. Santino, it is sometimes very good actually to wonder why the issue of Darfur has caught at a such rapid pace. Actually, I know Darfurians are suffering and they deserve an international assistance. But the question is, does South have less casualities and victims of war than Darfur? Statistically, I think there is no doubt that South have more genocidal actions that have occurred but nobody took a serious action against them.
Atong Ajal,
"we fight for our freedom no matter how long it will take." I like it because you sound more courageous and optimistic. This is a kind of tendency we all want to see in everybody. There is something you or others might know but it has never been broached. Atong, the problem facing us in the south is not the durationn of the war. But We are facing the problem of unaccountability, illegitimacy, inequality, lack of sovereignty, unequal representation, marginalization of other regions, and privatization of the movement. A lot of people nowadays feel that they have no stake in the movement because of monopoly of the public issues and the mass politics. Some areas for instance, Aweil has faced a dangerous and horrible situation the period of slavery but nobody in the movement has brought it to international attention.
To answer you, I mean these are major impediments or hindrances that prevent the south problems to reach international level. The leadership in the south cares less about the common man or its subjects for that matter. I don't you want to get surprised because the Darfurians are getting the help. It is simply because the leadership is not inward focus. The leadership is in daily touch with Darfurians's problems. Thus, it becomes a lot easier to catch international attention or condemnation for that matter.
"When the leadership languishes, everything around it languishes, when the leadership sleeps, everything around its sleeps, and when the leadership dies, everything around its dies." By Aleixs Tocqueiville.
I sincerely appreciate your quick analysis to this topic and genuinely agree with your insights perspectives. I definitely agreed with you that media has played great role in Dafur civil war but question still remain where was the media in our two decades of civil war that claimed million of lives death by this tyranical regime of INF in khatoum? Did we (SPLA Movement) not let the world aware of our suffering? Criminal war crimes has been committed to South Sudanese and Aweil has a lion share of it in the south. So I have always been in a huge dilemma if I see the suffering our people endured in the cause of this current civil war and the world failed to bring it into an attention as one of the worse civil war in human kind all over the globe. To me, it is too ironic to say that Dafur war is the worse one in this 21st century.
Anyway, thank sister for this fruitful contributions, I like it a lot and I ecourage you to feel free and express your opinions in any discussion. Furthermore, inform other sisters to join us. We want Aweil community to be an egalitarian community.
kind Regards Santino Ajith
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the question of where was the media in our war? remain unanswer to me, i had also wonderd about the same question. Even though the (SPLA movement) had played a darmatic role on the war, and had made the world aware of our suffering in southern sudan, it seem like its taking long time before we even get any help from those who are now helping the Darfuar peole. But i think, at this point the Darfuar problem is in that kind of need of help from the rest of the globle. But hey our time will come when our problem will be get that kind of attention.
Atong
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It is really surprising me that world media was not existing thirty years back when NIF use Darfur collobarators to attack civilians in western Bar El Gazzel & Abei. Darfur people themselves were Murallins, here I think the world put this disaster on its attention becuase of us.I don't really mind how much are dying in Darfur for theirs collobaration with Arabs the Murallins war, taking cattles and genocide, burning great number of people including my uncle's family.Atleast otherwise, what Dr Garang Mabior said that we are Domnyom could be right. Here Iam not contradicting to the media, but the way I think, Iam not happy with Arabs atall, or who ever think we can't rule. Future & unity is my vision.
A sound being can agree with you without any doubt. You hammered the nail on the head but I didn't understand this quote "Future and Unity is myvision" Do you mean unity with arabs or unity within the South Sudan. I value the south sudan's unity and I don't acknowledge the unity with arabs, they are to be isolated because of their brutalities and massive genocidals to south sudan within this present civil war.
Welcome to the board brother. This is where we share our ideas and work closely as brothers and sisters.
Santino Ajith
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Thanks alot for welcoming me to the board, it been awhile without talking to each others.what I mean by future & unity, is unity among Awiel communites in every corner they are and our struggling toward our future starting from today. Future & unity is my vision.
Thank you for elaboration. You are absolutely right, Aweil unity is very important and beneficial to all us across this planet. It is nice having you on the board brother. Stay in touch.
Santino Ajith
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