For over five years, the most notorious genocide of the twenty-first century has devastated millions of non-combatant civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan. The government of Sudan continues to send its troops and Janjaweed (”devils on horseback”) proxy militias to systematically destroy the livelihoods of Darfurians by bombing and burning villages, looting economic resources, and committing crimes against humanity such as murdering, raping, and torturing non-combatant civilians. Intransigence on the part of the Sudanese government prevents the international community from independently verifying mortality statistics, yet most international agencies state that more than 200,000 civilians have died due to violence, malnutrition and disease. A further 2.2 million people have been displaced within Sudan, with an additional 250,000 crossing the border into Chad. The United Nations Mission in Sudan states that in 2007 alone, at least 250,000 Darfurians were displaced. Learn more.