West Darfur - Wikipedia
WebWest Darfur State (Arabic: ولاية غرب دارفور Wilāyat Ḡarb Dārfūr), historically Dar Masalit (Arabic: دار مساليت), is one of the states of Sudan, and one of five comprising the Darfur region. Prior to the creation of two new states in January 2012, it had an area of 79,460 km² and an estimated population of ...
‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the ...
Web17 November 2023 Human Rights. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass attack in the Darfur region of Sudan, amidst the ongoing...
Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur | Human Rights Watch
Web2 days ago · Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur state, from April to November 2023, killed at least thousands of people and ...
Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and …
WebDec 14, 2023 · On April 27, 2023, the Al-Imam Al-Kadhim School in Al-Geneina City, West Darfur State, which had been serving as an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelter, was burned to the ground amidst...
Shot at, drowned, executed: Hundreds of people in Darfur were …
WebAug 16, 2023 · CNN — Hundreds of families gathered in the West Darfur capital of El Geneina on June 15, plotting their escape from what had become a hellscape of blown-out buildings scrawled with racist...
Fighting Devastates Sudan’s West Darfur | Human Rights Watch
WebMay 1, 2023 · Since 2019, West Darfur has experienced waves of violence that killed hundreds of civilians, displaced tens of thousands, and resulted in massive property destruction. In April 2021, four days...
Darfur, Blighted by Genocide, Faces a New Catastrophe: War
WebJune 7, 2023. The gunmen arrived at dawn on motorcycles, horses and in cars. For hours afterward, they fired into houses, rampaged through shops and razed clinics, witnesses said, in a frenzied...
Sudan conflict: Genocide committed in Darfur, HRW says - BBC
WebLast June, West Darfur Governor Khamis Abakar was killed hours after accusing RSF of committing genocide. He is the most senior official known to have been killed since the conflict began in April.
Sudan's Darfur conflict's latest surge in violence displaces ... - BBC
WebJul 20, 2021 · The absence of joint UN-African Union (Unamid) peacekeepers is being felt by many in West Darfur. After 13 years on the ground, experts say their gradual withdrawal since December has been met...
West Darfur: Health workers, children, among 200 killed in …
WebApr 28, 2022 · Recent intercommunal violence in areas of West Darfur, Sudan, that has left scores dead, including two health workers, must stop immediately, a senior official with the World Health...
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