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Mike Brand, Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights, University of Connecticut

Genocide fears in Darfur are attracting little attention − have nations abandoned their responsibility to protect civilians?

A military convoy on the way to Port Sudan on Aug. 30, 2023. Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Mass atrocities are once again plaguing the people of Darfur, Sudan, with talk of a genocide taking place.

Twenty years after genocide began in the region, recent conflict and targeted violence have forced over 5 million people to flee their homes across Sudan in just five months. In Darfur, non-Arab unarmed civilians have been hunted down and massacred, according to eyewitnesses and survivors. Women and girls have been subjected to systematic rape, sexual violence and trafficking.

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