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The homes of poor Kenyans went up in flames, and more than 1,200 were killed amid widespread ethnic cleansing and a massive police crackdown.
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Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
The result was a vicious armed struggle that quickly ignited an RSF campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur and that continues today.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Why ethnic cleansing is occurring in Darfur 20 years later
One year ago, the RSF and the more traditional Sudanese Armed Forces broke out into war.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 22 Apr. 2024
Those who are starving are the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa ethnic groups that the RSF has targeted for ethnic cleansing—or on whose lands Hemedti’s fighters have taken everything that can be stolen or eaten.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
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Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
The result was a vicious armed struggle that quickly ignited an RSF campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur and that continues today.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Why ethnic cleansing is occurring in Darfur 20 years later
One year ago, the RSF and the more traditional Sudanese Armed Forces broke out into war.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 22 Apr. 2024
Those who are starving are the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa ethnic groups that the RSF has targeted for ethnic cleansing—or on whose lands Hemedti’s fighters have taken everything that can be stolen or eaten.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
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