War in Darfur - Wikipedia
WEBThe War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, 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.
Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and …
WEB14 December 2023 Peace and Security. The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis”,...
Why is Darfur at the centre of the conflict? - The Guardian
WEBApr 15, 2024 · Why is Darfur at the centre of the conflict? Home to about 9 million people, Darfur, the vast and largely arid swath of western and south-western Sudan has been at the centre of the ongoing...
Between two wars: 20 years of conflict in Sudan’s Darfur
WEBBy Jérôme Tubiana. 30 Jun 2023. In 2003, the Darfur war began. In 2023, a new conflict has engulfed the streets of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, while violence escalates in the restive western...
‘They Keep Killing Us’: Violence Rages in Sudan’s Darfur Two …
WEBBy Abdi Latif Dahir. March 19, 2022. KRINDING, Sudan — A soot-streaked shell is all that remains of Awatif Fadl’s house, destroyed a year ago when gunmen riding camels, horses and motorcycles...
Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a …
WEB3 days ago · The RSF, which has been at war with the military for more than a year, has built forces up in recent months to wrestle control of el-Fasher, the last city that is still held by the military in the sprawling Darfur region. Sudan’s conflict began in April last year when soaring tensions between the leaders of the military and the RSF exploded ...
Darfur, Blighted by Genocide, Faces a New Catastrophe: War
WEBJun 7, 2023 · Hundreds have been killed in the western Darfur region since the nationwide conflict in Sudan began, raising fears of protracted warfare in an area already torn by decades of genocidal...
Sudan's Darfur conflict's latest surge in violence displaces
WEB20 July 2021. By Reha Kansara,BBC News, El Geneina, Sudan. BBC. Khamisa Juma Ishag Abaker's home used to stand here, before her settlement was attacked. Two years after the Sudanese revolution,...
Shot at, drowned, executed: Hundreds of people in Darfur were …
WEBAug 16, 2023 · CNN — Hundreds of families gathered in the West Darfur capital of El Geneina on June 15, plotting their escape from what had become a hellscape of blown-out buildings scrawled with racist...
Sudan Darfur crisis: 'Everything civilians can use has been ... - BBC
WEB29 May 2023. Reuters. Over 90,000 people have fled violence in Darfur across the border with Chad, according to the UNHCR. By Barbara Plett-Usher in Nairobi. and the BBC Verify team in London.
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