Darfur

(Republic of Sudan)

2003 - Present

Websites

Sudan Case Study: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has a designated page the gives an overview of the conflict in Darfur.

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." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.origins.osu.edu/article/worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis-understanding-darfur-conflict?language_content_entity=en

Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspectives

This webpage is maintained by Ohio State University, and aims to explain the conflict in Sudan and Darfur.

Stop Genocide Now

Darfur

"Stop Genocide Now (SGN) seeks to expand and enhance the response to genocide and mass atrocities by putting faces, names and when possible voices to the numbers of dead, dying, and displaced." This website provides background information and a timeline about the events in Darfur.

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Darfur: 2003 – presentIn 2003, civil war broke out in the region of Darfur, in Western Sudan between black African farmers and the lighter-skinned nomadic Arab population. The Arab militia (Janjaweed) have destroyed hundreds of villages and murdered thousands of people. This civil war has led to the deaths of between 200,000 and 400,000 civilians.

World Without Genocide: Darfur Genocide

This webpage gives a comprehensive overview of what is happening in Darfur and what led up to this conflict.

Living a Genocide: The Children of Darfur

"This online exhibition features drawings by Darfuri children living in refugee camps in Eastern Chad. They represent eyewitness accounts of atrocities committed by the Janjaweed militia group and Sudanese government forces as they attacked unarmed civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan from 2003 through 2006. These children's drawings are going to be adduced at the International Criminal Court as testimony against those charged with planning and executing the atrocities in Darfur."

Darfur Women Action

"Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG) is a women-led anti-atrocities nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status, founded in 2009 by a Darfuri genocide survivor to amplify the voices and empower the affected communities and to provide a platform for interested stakeholders to work on advancing its unique goals."

Videos

National Geographic gives an overview explaining the origins of the conflict in Sudan and Darfur.

This video gives a clear overview of the conflict and genocide in Darfur.

PBS gives an update in 2021 about the state of the conflict in Sudan and Darfur.

Primarily using poems, Emtithal Mahmoud shares her experience escaping the genocide in Darfur.