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Darfur genocide
Part of the War in Darfur and the War in Sudan (2023)
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Location
Darfur, Sudan
Date
23 February 2003 – present
Target
Darfuri men, women, and children from Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups
Attack type
Genocide, mass murder, genocidal rape
Deaths
between 80,000 and 400,000
Injured
Unknown
Victims
At least 9,300 women and men raped[1] Over 3 million Darfuri people affected in various ways
Perpetrators
Sudanese government, specifically: Al-Bashir regime Transitional Military Council Sudanese Armed Forces Rapid Support Forces Janjaweed
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The Darfur genocide is the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people which has occurred during the War in Darfur and the ongoing War in Sudan (2023–present) in Darfur. It has become known as the first genocide of the 21st century.[2][3] The genocide, which is being carried out against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups, has led the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict several people for crimes against humanity, rape, forced transfer and torture. An estimated 200,000 people were killed between 2003 and 2005.[4]
In 2023, ethnic violence against Masalit people flared up again as a side effect of another war in Sudan, resulting in many of those affected fleeing to Chad[5] and beginning another escalation of the genocide. As of December 2023, over 8 million people require humanitarian aid.[6]
^Gingerich, Tara; Leaning, Jennifer (2004). The Use of Rape as a Weapon of War in the Conflict in Darfur, Sudan (PDF). Harvard School of Public Health.
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^Williams 2012, p. 192.
^The Bambuti genocide predates the Darfur genocide.
^"Ethnically targeted violence worsens in Sudan's Darfur, rights monitors say". Reuters. 11 July 2023.
^"Explainer: How Darfur became a 'humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis' | UN News". news.un.org. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
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