Darfur conflict

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armed conflict civil war ethnic conflict humanitarian crisis

The Darfur conflict is a protracted armed struggle in western Sudan marked by mass atrocities, displacement, and accusations of genocide against government-backed militias targeting non-Arab populations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Darfur conflict canonical	14
War in Darfur	3
Darfur conflict (regionally, not linguistically)	1
Darfur situation at the ICC	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ ethnic conflict ⓘ humanitarian crisis ⓘ
accusation	genocide ⓘ
accusationBy	United States government ⓘ human rights organizations ⓘ
accusationTarget	Janjaweed militias ⓘ Government of Sudan ⓘ surface form: Sudanese government
characterizedBy	attacks on civilians ⓘ ethnic cleansing ⓘ human rights violations ⓘ mass atrocities ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ village burnings ⓘ widespread displacement ⓘ
conflictType	internal armed conflict ⓘ
country	Sudan ⓘ
displacedPersons	millions of people ⓘ
estimatedDeaths	hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ
hasCause	competition over land and resources ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ ethnic tensions ⓘ political marginalization of Darfur ⓘ rebel insurgency against the Sudanese government ⓘ
involves	Arab militias ⓘ Fur language ⓘ surface form: Fur people Janjaweed militias ⓘ Justice and Equality Movement ⓘ Masalit people ⓘ Sudan Liberation Army ⓘ Sudan Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: Sudan Liberation Movement Sudanese Armed Forces ⓘ Government of Sudan ⓘ surface form: Sudanese government Zaghawa people ⓘ non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur ⓘ
locatedIn	Darfur region ⓘ surface form: Darfur western Sudan ⓘ
mainOpponent	Janjaweed militias ⓘ surface form: Janjaweed Justice and Equality Movement ⓘ Sudan Liberation Army ⓘ Government of Sudan ⓘ surface form: Sudanese government
notableEvent	2004 international recognition of Darfur crisis as major humanitarian emergency ⓘ
peacekeepingMission	African Union Mission in Sudan ⓘ United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur ⓘ
peakViolencePeriod	2003–2005 ⓘ
refugeesTo	Central African Republic ⓘ Chad ⓘ
relatedTo	Sudanese civil wars ⓘ War in Sudan ⓘ
startTime	2003 ⓘ
subjectOf	International Criminal Court investigations ⓘ United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sudan → experiencedEvent → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Fatou Bensouda → hasWorkedOn → Darfur conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Darfur situation at the ICC

Second Chadian Civil War → relatedConflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: War in Darfur

Masalit language → associatedWithConflictRegion → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Masalit people → conflictExperience → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Chad–Sudan border → nearbyConflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Konjara → closelyAssociatedWith → Darfur conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Darfur conflict (regionally, not linguistically)

United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur → locatedInConflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Tama people → politicalInvolvement → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Omar al-Bashir → conflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: War in Darfur

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan → conflictInvolvedIn → Darfur conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: War in Darfur

Ann Curry → coveredEvent → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Horn of Africa conflicts → hasPart → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Zaghawa people → involvedIn → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Sudanese Armed Forces → involvedInConflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Janjaweed militias → conflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Sudan Liberation Army → conflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ

Justice and Equality Movement → conflict → Darfur conflict ⓘ