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The Darfur genocide was the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people during the War in Darfur. The genocide, which was carried out against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups, led the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict several people for crimes against humanity, rape, forced transfer and torture.
From 2003 to 2005, an estimated 200,000 civilians died as a result of a campaign of violence in Darfur by the Sudanese government. In 2004, the US Secretary of State called this violence a genocide.
January 2005 – UN report accuses the government and militias of systematic abuses in Darfur, but stops short of calling the violence genocide.
The Darfur Genocide is the ongoing murder of (to date) approximately 200,000 Fur , Zaghawa , and Masalit people in Darfur, a region in the north of Sudan, by the Sudanese government and their militia, which is known as the Janjaweed [‘Devils on Horseback]’. It began in 2003.
The Darfur Genocide: Origins and Timeline. The Darfur Genocide, which began in 2003, resulted from a deadly combination of ethnic tensions, political power struggles, and resource disputes in western Sudan.
Twenty years ago, Sudanese government forces and allied Arab militias launched a systematic campaign of destruction against villages largely belonging to the Fur, Zaghawa, and Masalit peoples in Darfur, Sudan. At least 300,000 were killed or died due to exposure, malnutrition, and disease.
United States Declares Genocide in Darfur. For the first time in US government history, an ongoing crisis is referred to as “ genocide ” when Secretary of State Colin Powell argued that events in Darfur could be labeled as such.
On April 27, 2023, the Al-Imam Al-Kadhim School in Al-Geneina City, West Darfur State, which had been serving as an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelter, was burned to the ground...
2003 – Conflict begins. 2004 – African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is established. 2004 – U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell calls the situtation in Darfur a genocide. 2005 – Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is signed by the government of Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA).
A refugee camp holding thousands of displaced Darfurians/Sudanese in the aftermath of war in the western part of Sudan. A long history of civil war, local tensions, government distrust, and new environmental pressures have scarred the country and brought about "the world's worst humanitarian crisis." Editor's Note.