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Conflict Africa

War in Darfur

2003 CE – 2020 CE · 17 years

The Sudanese government's response to a rebel insurgency in Darfur escalated into what the U.S. called genocide. Government-backed Janjaweed militias conducted systematic campaigns of murder, rape, and village destruction, displacing over 2.5 million people and killing an estimated 300,000.

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War in Darfur on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sudan Government & Janjaweed militias
  • Sudan Liberation Movement, JEM

Key moments

Defining events in the War in Darfur.

  1. 2003-2004 Janjaweed campaigns
  2. 2003 Battle of El Fasher
  3. 2003-2010 Humanitarian crisis

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

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Second Congo War

1998 CE – 2003 CE

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Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

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Boko Haram Insurgency

2009 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2003 CE and 2020 CE.

2006 CE Somalia–Al-Shabaab War 2009 CE Boko Haram Insurgency 2011 CE Libyan Civil Wars 2011 CE First Libyan Civil War 2012 CE Sahel Jihadist Insurgency

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2007 CE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Ronald Reagan Figure · United States 1911 CE – 2004 CE Sri Lankan Civil War Conflict · South Asia 1983 CE – 2009 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Hazrat Sultan Mosque Landmark 2012 CE – still standing
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