Omar al-Bashir took control of Sudan in a coup in 1989 and has ruled as a dictator since. In 2003 the Islamist government backed Janjaweed militias in attacking minority tribes (largely Christian and animist) in the Darfur region of Sudan, where 300,000 have died and 5 million have been displaced. In 2008 The International Criminal Court accused al-Bashir of genocide.
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Omar al-Bashir took control of Sudan in a coup in 1989 and has ruled as a dictator since. In 2003 the Islamist government backed Janjaweed militias in attacking minority tribes (largely Christian and animist) in the Darfur region of Sudan, where 300,000 have died and 5 million have been displaced. In 2008 The International Criminal Court accused al-Bashir of genocide.
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