“There is an emerging pattern of large-scale targeted attacks against civilians based on their ethnic identities,” said Volker Perthes, the U.N. envoy in Sudan.
Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages
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U.N. envoy in Sudan, Volker Perthes, said earlier this month that such attacks, which include targeted killings, rapes and other atrocities, could amount to crimes against humanity.
Sudanese official urges investigation into violence in Darfur, saying it's a return to past genocide
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