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

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 .

Dec 21, 2023 · Darfur is a region in northwest Sudan. It covers an area approximately the size of Spain. For several years in the early 2000s, soldiers of the military-led government in Sudan and their proxy militia, known as Janjaweed, fought rebel groups in Darfur.

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 the...

4 days ago · Officials and others in the capital of North Darfur province had cited a similar figure Saturday, but Tedros is the first international source to provide a casualty number. Reporting on Sudan is incredibly difficult given communication challenges, the indiscriminate violence faced by civilians and exaggerations by both the RSF and the Sudanese ...

4 days ago · 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.

Jun 14, 2024 · Today, there are alarming signs that Darfur may be heading towards another genocide. Darfur, a region in western Sudan, has a tragic history marked by ethnic violence and humanitarian crises.

Jul 28, 2023 · Sudan's Darfur region became synonymous with genocide and war crimes two decades ago. Now reports of new atrocities, including attacks on towns, widespread killings and rapes, have emerged from the sprawling region amid months of fighting between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group kn

Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that the atrocities committed two decades ago could be repeated. A boy walks in the Al Salaam camp for displaced people in...

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...