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Confusion over U.N.'s Darfur Genocide Ruling

By Ed Gordon

Published February 1, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

In September 2004, former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that genocide had been perpetrated against the people of Sudan's Darfur region. The United Nations has released a report that, while acknowledging widespread, targeted violence, nevertheless concludes that a genocide had not occurred. NPR's Ed Gordon explores the contradiction.

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