The Sudanese government was in an armed conflict with the ethnic groups of Darfur. The ethnic groups didn’t get along with the government too well. As an operation against these people, the government waged a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against the civilian population who were members of the ethnic groups. For this reason the Darfur civilians started getting tortured and killed. The government forced Janjaweed to destroy and chase civilians out of their villages. They destroyed hundreds of villages. Thousands of women and girls have been assaulted and raped. The United Nations has estimated that the crisis has left as many as 450,000 people dead from violence and disease. Also, as many as 2 million people have been repositioned as of January 2007. At least 232,000 people have fled to the neighboring country of Chad. In Chad the refuges live in camps.
Because of the damage, the local economy, markets, and trade in Darfur have been ruined. As a result, many are desperate for some form of food. In early 2005, the number of attacks decreased because most of the villages were already destroyed and many people left. However since August 2006, fighting has increased tremendously. There have been bombings by the Sudanese government in North Darfur and there have been more attacks on the civilians in West and South Darfur. There have been attacks on camps as well causing at least 300,000 refugees to be replaced into other camps. The reason these civilians are getting killed is awful and the way they are getting tortured is horrifying.
This is a man that lost his eye sight due to the violence he suffered through. 
This is a picture of women in Darfur that have had their villages destroyed. They are collecting supplies to help themselves.
This is a picture of Dafur, Sudan. This is where the crisis is taking place.
Jasmine Bajwa, Christine Kim, Kayla Dowgiewicz
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