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A boat from Sudan with nearly 1,700 civilians from more than 50 countries arrives in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after crossing the Red Sea. Foreigners and Sudanese citizens have been fleeing Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival generals nearly two weeks ago.

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Sudan's rival generals share a troubled past: genocide in Darfur

8:32am April 27, 2023

by Greg Myre

Two generals are currently battling for control of Sudan's capital Khartoum. In the early 2000s, both played key roles in the government's brutal crackdown in Darfur, which was ruled a genocide.

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Demonstrators protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Independence Square in front of the Parliament Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 24, 2022. Lithuania's parliament has since declared Russia a perpetrator of terrorism and genocide.

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Lithuania designates Russia as a terrorist country, a global first

12:50pm May 10, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The resolution, which passed unanimously, comes a day after Lithuania's foreign minister publicly urged a regime change in Russia.

A mourner attends the funeral of a family of three in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Friday.

Canada's House backs a motion recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide

12:33pm April 28, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The non-binding declaration doesn't require the Canadian government to take any action — but the lawmaker who proposed it says she hopes it will have that effect.

How Bosnia's Dodik went from a moderate reformist to genocide-denying secessionist

6:55am January 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Bosnian Serb leader responds to new U.S. sanctions saying the days when the U.S. and other Western democracies "modeled Bosnia to their taste" are long gone.

President Biden speaks at the White House on April 20, 2021. "The American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today," he said in a statement Saturday.

Biden Calls Slaughter Of Armenians A Genocide, Posing Test For U.S. Ties With Turkey

3:00pm April 24, 2021

by Alana Wise

The designation, which came on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, reflects an effort by Biden to set a new tone on human rights, yet adds friction to an already strained relationship with Ankara.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, addresses the International Court of Justice during last month's hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. The court has announced that a decision in the case will be issued next week.

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U.N. Court: Ruling To Be Issued Next Week In Rohingya Genocide Case

4:06pm January 15, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

In November, Gambia filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice accusing Myanmar of a brutal crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Denies Charges Of Genocide Against Rohingya Minority

4:22pm December 11, 2019

by Sam Gringlas

The International Court of Justice is considering whether to grant a provisional measure that would protect Rohingya still living in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

People hold candles during a night vigil and prayer to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda, on Sunday. Rwandans began 100 days of mourning for more than 800,000 people killed.

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Reporter's Notebook: Rwandan's Trial Triggers Memories Of Genocide

4:10pm April 09, 2019

by Jackie Northam

NPR's Jackie Northam describes what it was like recently sitting across a courtroom from a man accused of atrocities in Rwanda, 25 years after she covered the genocide.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday.

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Radovan Karadzic Gets Life As Hague Court Upholds Genocide Conviction

2:22pm March 20, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Judges in The Hague upheld the Bosnian Serb leader's conviction in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that claimed the lives of 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

Bar chart showing 30 countries considered "high risk" for genocide, according to The Early Warning Project. Leading the list: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Egypt, South Sudan and Pakistan.

Is Genocide Predictable? Researchers Say Absolutely

10:30am December 20, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

Scholars at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum say that mass killings follow predictable patterns. They're using a computer model to track where the next genocide is likely to occur.