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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 .
The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, [note 1] was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups began fighting against the government of Sudan, which they accused of oppressing Darfur's non-Arab population.
Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April 2023 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties […] The post The UN warns Sudan’s warring parties that Darfur ...
“The Biden Administration waited until its last 13 days in office to label atrocities in Darfur as a genocide and to sanction ... would imagine to the worst humanitarian crisis on earth ...
The frenzy of violence, rape and looting is regarded as one of the worst atrocities in Sudan’s brutal conflagration, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The following institutions have not declared the conflict in Darfur a genocide (related statements included): United Nations: Stated that mass murders of civilians have been committed by the Janjaweed, but not genocide [51] African Union: In the 2004 the Chair of the AU's PSC said that "abuses are taking place. There is mass suffering, but it ...
This mirrors the pattern of targeted killings that typified the first genocide. West Darfur witnessed some of its worst ethnic-related killings in 2023, when hundreds of people from non-Arab ...
The governor of North Darfur called the humanitarian situation in the region dire. [35] The Project Coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the state's capital El-Fasher said that the only remaining hospital in North Darfur was "rapidly running out of medical supplies to treat survivors" while other hospitals have had to close due to their proximity to the fighting or the inability ...