Sudan is in the midst of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Currently, a brutal system of ethnic cleansing is being practiced against the Black people of Darfur, located in the western region of Sudan. Arab militiamen, known as the Janjaweed, are the main cause of these horrific conditions.
"So many men have been killed. I and another woman buried seven men. We put the bodies we could not bury in a shelter, but the Janjaweed returned in the night and burnt the shelter and the bodies, a woman described to Amnesty International delegates after her village was attacked by the militia.
According to a September 13 report by the U.N. Health Organization and the Sudanese Ministry of Health, the mortality rate for children under five years of age is significantly higher than the emergency thresholds. Also, for people aged 15-49, 40% of deaths were a result of violence.
The crisis came to a head in February 2003. The Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) and the Justice for Equality......

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