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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.
The Darfur conflict was a guerrilla conflict that took place in the Darfur region of Sudan from 2003 until 2009–2010. The conflict began when the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement began attacking the Sudanese government in response to perceived oppression of black Sudanese by the majority Arab government. [11]
The Darfur genocide is the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people which has occurred during the war in Darfur. [82] The genocide, which is being carried out against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups, has led the International Criminal Court to indict several people for crimes against humanity, rape, forced transfer and torture.
The United Nations’ human rights body (UNJHRO) has received reports of at least 13 mass graves in the Sudanese city of El Geneina, a special envoy to the war-torn country told the UN Security ...
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 ...
The RSF was born out of the Janjaweed militias that during the conflict in the 2000s were accused of mass killings, rapes and other atrocities against Darfur’s African communities.
Darfur, a region in western Sudan, has a tragic history marked by ethnic violence and humanitarian crises. In the early 2000s, the region experienced a brutal conflict that resulted in the deaths ...