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Country Studies (Library of Congress)		 Map or Sudan: Darfur Region
Map of Sudan

--02/23/04  United States Assistance to Sudanese Refugee Emergency

  
Highlights
Crisis in Darfur
USAID Administrator Natsios and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ranneberger brief the press about the general situation in the region and the country

Secretary Powell testified on the human suffering in Sudans Darfur region before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington,Sudan
Secretary Powell (Sept. 9): "...genocide has been committed in Darfur and that the Government of Sudan and the Jingaweit bear responsibility." [full text of remarks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee] [Statement by the President]

Cover of the "Documenting Atrocities in Darfur" publication.Documenting Atrocities in Darfur
The conflict between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and two rebel groups that begin in 2003 has precipitated the worst humanitarian and human rights crisis in the world today. As of August 2004, based on available information, more than 405 villages in Darfur had been completely destroyed, with an additional 123 substantially damage since February 2003. [more]

  
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