Sudan Government Military Assault on a Darfur Village

Creator

Ali Yahya Haroon

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing depicting Sudanese government military helicopter and truck being used to shoot at villagers. The military went on to destroy their homes in Darfur and the drawing shows dead bodies lying in the village and how many villagers met their death.

Alt Text

A child's pencil sketch on graph paper depicting armed people on foot and in a truck with a mounted, high-capacity machine gun attacking multiple targets. In the center of the page is an armed person on foot shooting a fleeing person in the back, while at the bottom of the page, the truck's gunner is seen firing into the central building of a small village. Two human figures in the village are seen hiding under trees, while a third lies on the ground, presumably dead.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00111-A

Recommended Citation

Yahya Haroon, Ali, "Sudan Government Military Assault on a Darfur Village" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 504.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/504