In Darfur is where one of the biggest civil wars take place in Africa at the time wiping out around 30,000 people and still is ongoing to this day. In 2003, Africans in Darfur started a revolt against the government of Sudan which lead to the Darfur genocide. The government of Sudan retaliated back by hiring Arab Militia to raid Non Arabic villages. Their purpose was to eliminate all non-Arabic’s from their community. They did this by burning their villages, taking their resources, polluting their water, and raping their civilians. This militia group was known also known as “devils on horseback” (Darfur Conflict) These governments and the groups hired by them needed to be held accountable for the actions they made on their people. The only
