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Violence and destruction are
raging in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Since
February 2003, government-sponsored militias known as
the Janjaweed have conducted a calculated campaign of
slaughter, rape, starvation and displacement in Darfur.
It is
estimated that 400,000 people have died due to violence,
starvation and disease. More than 2.5 million people
have been displaced from their homes and over 200,000
have fled across the border to Chad. Many now live in
camps lacking adequate food, shelter, sanitation, and
health care.
The
United States Congress and President George W. Bush
recognized the situation in Darfur as "genocide."
Darfur, "near Hell on Earth," has been declared the
worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. |
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