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Sudan's paramilitary forces accused of ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity in Darfur

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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More than a year of brutal war in Sudan between two factions of its army has killed tens of thousands and forced more than 8 million people to flee their homes. Some 5 million are now at risk of starvation there. As Nick Schifrin reports, the situation may be getting even worse. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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More than a year of brutal war in Sudan between Sudan's army and a rebel

0:05.6

paramilitary force has killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than

0:09.8

8 million to flee their homes. Some 5 million are now at risk of starvation.

0:14.4

As Nick Schifrin reports, there is new evidence

0:16.8

of ethnic cleansing, Nick.

0:19.1

That's right, Ahmed.

0:19.6

This week, Human Rights Watch provided that evidence

0:22.1

of not only ethnic cleansing but also war crimes

0:24.3

and crimes against humanity against the paramilitary rapid support forces in Western Sudan's Darfur.

0:31.1

It's there that the RSF and this new war have produced the world's largest

0:34.7

displacement and hunger crises. And now new evidence reveals the sheer scale of atrocities

0:40.3

faced by civilians with hundreds of thousands still at risk.

0:45.0

And Darfur's Elginina, they lived to tell the tale of what happened here of history being repeated.

0:56.5

Beginning last summer local activists bored witness to what Human Rights Watch and the US government

1:01.3

label ethnic cleansing.

1:03.3

They recorded how their city of half a million

1:05.5

was burned, where there used to be homes.

1:08.8

And schools that became shelters for the displaced,

1:11.6

there is now only ash.

1:14.1

The targets were members of the Masselli tribe, many women and children who suffered looting,

1:19.3

rape and torture.

1:22.0

The ethnic violence unleashed by the paramilitary rapid support forces or

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