Darfur (/ dɑːrˈfʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur ') is a region of western Sudan.

Feb 1, 2025 · Sudan - Darfur Conflict, Genocide, War Crimes: 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.

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 ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Darfur, historical region of the Billād al-Sūdān (Arabic: “Land of the Blacks”), roughly corresponding to the westernmost portion of present-day Sudan. It lay between Kordofan to the east and Wadai to the west and extended southward to the Al-Ghazāl (Gazelle) River and northward to the Libyan Desert .

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.

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,...

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]

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 official, and...

Jun 30, 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 region. Where does this leave...

19 hours 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 have imposed “obstruction ...