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 ...

Feb 1, 2025 · A separate conflict that remained unresolved centred on the Darfur region in western Sudan. The conflict began in 2003 when rebels launched an insurrection to protest what they contended was the Sudanese government’s disregard for the western region and its non-Arab population.

Jun 30, 2023 · It is 2023 and Darfur has officially been in conflict for 20 years. But since January, speculation about tensions within the fragmented military apparatus in the Sudanese capital had...

Jan 14, 2025 · After nearly two years of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan is staring down the possibility of being divided by a de facto partition that roughly...

Dec 14, 2023 · 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”, according to a senior UN...

Jun 14, 2024 · Darfur, a region in western Sudan, has a tragic history marked by ethnic violence and humanitarian crises. In the early 2000s, the area experienced a brutal conflict that resulted in the deaths...

Jan 22, 2025 · In spite of the presence of UNAMID troops, conflict in Darfur was not eliminated. It intensified after the Sudanese government launched its “Decisive Summer” military campaign against rebellions throughout the country beginning in late 2013.

Oct 18, 2023 · Analysis of satellite and social media data reveals at least 68 villages in Darfur have been set on fire by armed militias since the civil war began. The UK Minister for Africa, Andrew Mitchell,...

Jul 28, 2023 · Fears are mounting that that legacy is returning with reports of widespread killings, rapes and destruction of villages in Darfur amid a nationwide power struggle between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces.

There are now concerns that Darfur is returning to the years of brutal fighting and increasing atrocities last witnessed two decades ago that left some 300,000 people dead and millions of others...

1 day ago · CAIRO (AP) — Paramilitary forces at war with the military in Sudan are preventing life-saving aid from reaching many people in the famine-hit Darfur region, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official in the country said Monday.. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, said in a statement that the Rapid Support Forces …

Oct 23, 2024 · CNN reporter Clarissa Ward and team trek through North Darfur to try to get to Tawila, a town that has become a refuge for more than 100,000 people displaced by heavy fighting in the besieged...

Jan 19, 2025 · A year into the conflict, the siege of el-Fasher began. It is the only city still under army control in Darfur, where the RSF has been accused of carrying out ethnic cleansing against non-Arab ...

Dec 21, 2023 · In Darfur, the RSF and its allied militias have engaged in targeted, ethnically-motivated violence against non-Arab populations. Reports of widespread sexual violence and the destruction of entire villages are reminiscent of crimes from the early 2000s.

For the past four years, the remote Sudanese region of Darfur has been the scene of a bloody conflict that has led to the death of thousands of people and the displacement of more than two million. The United Nations has described it as "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" and the United States government called it "genocide."

(Port Sudan, 4 February 2025) The intensifying shelling, air and drone strikes against civilians in the Darfur and Kordofan regions and other conflict-affected areas in Sudan is relentless. Reports of continued indiscriminate attacks on homes, markets and displacement camps are deeply alarming. This is not warfare – this is a ruthless assault on human life. The use of starvation as …

Feb 3, 2025 · Civilian casualties have also been reported in North Kordofan, as well as North and South Darfur. Aid coordination office, OCHA, has warned of rising fatalities, particularly following reported attacks on the Abu Shouk displacement camp, where famine conditions were identified in December. UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, …

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.

Feb 22, 2022 · The ICC investigation regarding Darfur focuses on allegations of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, Sudan, since 1 July 2002. The ICC highlights several suspects of committing crimes including: Sudanese Government officials, Militia/Janjaweed leaders, and leaders of the Resistance Front.

02/04/2025 February 4, 2025. With both sides of the war sanctioned and key strategic points falling back to the Sudanese Armed Forces, observers see Darfur coming up as the last major battleground.

Nov 14, 2024 · In August 2024, the Famine Review Committee officially confirmed famine in the Darfur region of Sudan. This famine impacts some of the most vulnerable people in the country, including internally displaced people living in Zamzam IDP camp. Meanwhile, millions more are at risk of facing famine throughout Sudan.

1 day ago · The Darfur conflict has caused a massive increase in tree cutting for charcoal and firewood, as lack of cooking gas forces families to rely on these resources. To mitigate this, in the Adré ...

Defining the Conflict in Darfur 1. In common with all contemporary armed conflicts, the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, has been contested in the public sphere including the media and academic discourse. The war and associated human rights violations …

Jul 20, 2021 · Two years after the Sudanese revolution, hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced as violence in Darfur continues. Many hoped a hard-earned peace agreement would put an end...

Feb 3, 2025 · A fire rages in a livestock market in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, on September 1, 2023, in the aftermath of a bombardment by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [AFP]