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The power struggle in Khartoum has reignited the conflict in West Darfur. The very schools that were once shelters for the internally displaced have been burned to the ground.
Darfur is a state the size of Spain and Western Sudan bordering Chad. It has been the epicenter of conflict for over two decades. In 2003, interethnic violence was brutally crushed by the government-backed Janjaweed Arab militia, leaving 300,000 civilians dead.
The Janjaweed gave birth to the RSF, which, along with other Arab militias, is behind the recent and ongoing slaughter of civilians in Darfur.
The "NewsHour" received videos from local human rights activists from the worst-hit city of El Geneina late last month, before widespread power outages and communication blackouts isolated Darfur.
"This used to be a mosque. There are grave human rights violations," the man who shot this video says.
Satellite images confirm entire villages have been reduced to ashes, crucial civilian infrastructure, government buildings, courts and markets all destroyed.
Today, the governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abakar, was killed in El Geneina by the RSF. This video purportedly shows the moment he was taken. He had accused the group of genocide. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed in Darfur. Getting information has been challenging, but, over the past two weeks, the "NewsHour" has been able to obtain pictures and audio messages from people trapped there.
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