Entire Darfur village of 55,000 flees after raids by Janjaweed gunmen

By David Blair in Menawashi
(Filed: 04/02/2006)

Exhausted refugees were building ramshackle shelters in a dry river bed yesterday after 55,000 people fled a raid mounted by the Janjaweed militia in the Sudanese province of Darfur.

It was the biggest movement of refugees there so far this year. The victims, many of whom have fled attacks twice or even three times before, are camped around the town of Menawashi in southern Darfur. Read the full episode >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>