Why is Darfur not a genocide?

There has not yet been any legal determination about whether or not genocide has taken place in Darfur, because no-one has yet been tried for it. However, an arrest warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court for Omar Bashir, currently the president of Sudan, for the crime of genocide in Darfur. read more

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- The government of Sudan and militias have acted together in committing widespread atrocities in Darfur that should be prosecuted by an international war crimes tribunal, but the violent acts do not amount to genocide, a U.N. commission has said. read more

The on-going conflict in Darfur, Sudan was declared “genocide” by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 9, 2004, in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On February 18, 2006, President George W. Bush called for the number of international troops in Darfur to be doubled. read more