Darfur was an independent sultanate for hundreds of years until 1874, when it fell to the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr. The region was later invaded and incorporated into …

Dec 21, 2025 · Darfur, historical region of the Billād al-Sūdān (Arabic: “Land of the Blacks”), roughly corresponding to the westernmost portion of present-day Sudan. It lay between …

Oct 29, 2025 · Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings …

Dec 18, 2025 · Over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan's Darfur in April, including about a third who …

Nov 9, 2025 · Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.

Dec 14, 2023 · The Fur tribe once ruled the Islamic Sultanate of Darfur until the killing in 1916 of the last Sultan of Darfur. Today, Darfur is home to approximately 80 tribes and ethnic groups, …

In 2025, the US Secretary of State determined that members of the RSF are committing genocide in Darfur. Learn more about the history of this violent conflict.

Darfur is a region in western Sudan that has been the epicenter of a protracted conflict, particularly noted for a humanitarian crisis that began in 2003 and is often described as genocide.

2 days ago · UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over ‘unimaginable suffering’ of civilians UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for immediate truce as fighting intensifies in …

Aug 2, 2025 · Darfur’s crisis is not a relic—it is a live atrocity demanding renewed global intervention. The ICC’s July 2025 findings reaffirm that impunity is ending and perpetrators will …