Headline : Fears of Massacre in Darfur Looms Large

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“A crisis of epic proportions is brewing, and to avoid further death, destruction, and suffering, five things need to happen, immediately,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.

Fears of another massacre in the Sudanese region of Darfur, where genocidal violence killed as many as 300,000 people two decades ago, are rising again with a looming assault on the city of El Fasher.

In a recent press conference, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said “the UN Security Council met to discuss the crisis in El Fasher, which is on the precipice of a large-scale massacre.”

“This is not conjecture. This is the grim reality facing millions of people in El Fasher in North Darfur. There are already credible reports that the [Rapid Support Forces] and its allied militias have razed multiple villages west of El Fasher. As I’ve said before, history is repeating itself in Darfur in the worst possible way.”

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