Abstract
Since February 2003, Sudan's western province of Darfur has been the site of an extremely violent conflict between the province's nomadic Arab tribes, supported by the government in Khartoum, and the native African settled peasant tribes. Fighting among various factions has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than 2 million. Attacks on civilians have been brutal and includes burning homes, killings and rapes. The Darfur crisis is a part of what the political observers call 'the ethnic conflicts'. As the world is witnessing a new genocide, the international stage is envisaging all the solutions that could put an end to the slaughter. By looking into the Darfur case, we can realize how inextricable the situation is, or seems to be. What are the real issues of this conflict? What is in stake in Sudan's new crisis? I decided to investigate the Darfur case while I was visiting the International Crisis Group website. In their page devoted to the Darfur crisis, I was particularly interested by the rubric 'What You Can Do'. Among the different actions suggested, I read 'Inform yourself about the crisis'. I chose to make this current conflict the subject of my paper, which is the best way to know more about what the United States consider a 'genocide'.
