Devastating Darfur


In crisis: Thuraya says she gives her younger sister and brother water when they doesn’t have enough food to feed them. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

WHEN an Arab militia rampaged through Maryam Suleiman’s village in the Darfur region of Sudan last year and lined up men and boys to massacre, the gunmen were blunt about their purpose.

“We don’t want to see any Black people,” a militia leader said, adding mockingly: “We don’t even want to see black trash bags.” To make his point, Maryam recalled, he shot a donkey because it was black.

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