Shooting Elderly Women in Darfur

Creator

Hillal Altoum Idriss

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

This picture was drawn in a refugee camp in Chad by a 10 year old Darfuri boy who recalls his village being attacked. When the Janjaweed militia group and Sudan's military attacked villages in Darfur, they shot anybody in sight including elderly women and children. The attacks were intense, and the government used helicopter gunships to bomb and burn villages. Armed Janjaweed militia came on camels and reinforced the government ground troops that were using armored tanks and trucks to attack villagers.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Geographic Location

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Media Type

Drawings (Visual works)

Identifier

W36-00118-A

Recommended Citation

Altoum Idriss, Hillal, "Shooting Elderly Women in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 259.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/259