In 2003 and to current day, the first genocide in the 21st century, the Darfur Genocide. The Darfur Genocide, the mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women, and children in Western Sudan. The cause of the Darfur genocide was the economic decline. As resources were scarce, there was a fight to live. The government didn’t do anything because they couldn’t and didn’t want to; Sudan has already broken out into violence. That also caused Sudan to become extremely militarized. The Janjaweed “devils on horseback” Arab militia is in command of the genocide. They burn down villages, loot resources, pollute water sources, murder, rape, and torture civilians. The Janjaweed also bomb the villages causing pollution and evacuations. The leader of the genocide was identified, but the people of Sudan still keep him in secrecy, and as
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