Darfur-+Timeline

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civilian killing torture enforced disappearances destroying of villages rape other forms of sexual violence.
 * -February 2003:** Darfur conflict begins.
 * -September 2003:** Janjaweed and Darfurian Rebels accuse each other of violations.
 * -July 27, 2004:** US Congress declares Darfur a "genocide."
 * -December 23, 2004:** President Bush signs the "Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act" (gave Sudan $300 million and support).
 * -January 25, 2005:** U.N. Commission of Inquiry concludes that Sudan and all of the Janjaweed did the following actions:
 * -July 31, 2005:** Sudan Vice President dies in a helicopter accident.
 * -December 2005:** Chadian rebels attack Adre making Chad conclude it is in a state of war with Sudan.
 * -November 3, 2006:** Omar El-Bashir refuses to accept UN peacekeepers (his arguments are almost equivalent to the reasoning for the US invasion of Iraq).
 * -September 30, 2007:** rebels overrun an AMIS base while they kill at least 12 peacekeepers during an attack during the African mission at the end of the Ramadan season.
 * -April 22, 2008:** the United Nations reports a death toll of 300,000 people after five years of conflict.
 * -May 2008:** fighting breaks out between northern and southern forces in Abyei.
 * -December 23, 2008:** Ted Chaiban states that there are as many as 6,000 child soldiers, some as young as 11 years old, in Darfur.
 * -March 4, 2009:** International Criminal Court issues an arrest on President Bashir. His charges include war crimes and crimes against humanity.