I can't say it any better than this "In 2004 the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum declared a genocide emergency for Darfur, Sudan. To
date about 2,500,000 civilians, targeted because of their ethnic or
racial identity, have been driven from their homes, more than 300,000
people killed, and more than 1,600 villages destroyed by Sudanese
government soldiers and government-backed militias, known as the
"Janjaweed." More than 200,000 Sudanese are refugees in neighboring
Chad. The crisis continues as thousands more die each month from the
effects of inadequate food, water, health care, and shelter in a harsh
desert environment."
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has joined with Google in an unprecedented online mapping initiative.
Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users
worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently
unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. It is a must view.
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