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"Never Again" is Happening Again -- A New Series.

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Mark Leon Goldberg
Aug 16, 2023
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Author’s note. I cut my teeth as a journalist in the mid-aughts covering the international response to the 2003-4 Darfur Genocide. Today, the same forces responsible for the Genocide are back in action, wreaking destruction in Darfur in ways reminiscent of 20 years ago. This piece draws on over 17 years of my reporting, and is Part One of an ongoing series that we’re calling “Darfur Genocide Monitor.”

A systematic and organized campaign of ethnic cleansing is again underway in Darfur. We will bear witness by offering original reporting and expert analysis. To support our work purchase or upgrade your subscription.

A Brief History of the Darfur Genocide

Genocides always happen in the context of a war.

April 25, 2003 is generally regarded as the day the Darfur war began. With a list of grievances going back decades, rebel militias from Darfuri tribes launched a spectacular raid on an Air Force base in el Fashir, Darfur's largest city. Government forces were taken by surprise. By the end…

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