Darfur - Wikipedia
Darfur (/ dɑːrˈfʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur ') is a region of western Sudan.
Darfur | History, Causes & Impact in Sudan | Britannica
Apr 15, 2026 · 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 …
Darfur | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Mar 20, 2026 · 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 …
Darfur’s last city falls amid fears of genocide : NPR
Oct 29, 2025 · Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the …
Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and …
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 …
Children at 'breaking point' in Darfur as they face extreme hunger and ...
Apr 28, 2026 · Five million children across Sudan's Darfur region are facing extreme deprivation, the United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday, issuing an emergency warning over the situation …
Darfur Crisis — Children at a Breaking Point | UNICEF USA
Apr 28, 2026 · Darfur is the far western region of Sudan, bordering Libya, Chad and the Central African Republic. “As we did two decades ago, UNICEF is today launching a new Child Alert to raise the …
The Specter of Genocide Returns to Darfur
Mar 13, 2026 · The murderous violence two decades ago in Darfur, orchestrated by Sudan’s then-President Omar al-Bashir and executed by the Janjaweed militia against several Darfur tribes, seized …
Darfur - Stop Genocide Now
The conflict in Darfur began in 2003 with the onset of the Darfur Rebellion, spearheaded by two rebel groups drawn mainly from non-Arab ethnic groups, including the Fur, Zaghawa, and Masalit.
The World Is Ignoring the Catastrophe in Sudan - TIME
Sep 4, 2024 · Twenty years ago, the SAF and RSF led a genocidal campaign against landed African ethnic groups in Darfur. Today, they are fighting each other while perpetuating serious rights violations.