Sudan is led by Omar Al-Bashir who is one of the cruelest and most dangerous dictators in modern Africa. Al-Bashir encouraged the Janjaweed, a non-government militia, to hunt and destroy ethnic African Darfurians claiming that the citizens were protecting the rebels. The Janjaweed have been accused of hideous abuses including gang rape, burning civilians alive, and throwing babies in boiling water. The Sudanese government has violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because they have killed and tortured civilians instead of protecting them, destroyed their villages, raped the women and caused many to flee. They also raid villages, burn homes, destroy crops, and poison the wells. Survivors from the attacks are unable to return home because they can no longer live in their villages. As villages are destroyed families frequently with only woman and children surviving, flee their villages and walk many miles across the desert in search of safety.
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