The Darfur conflict began in 2003. The U.N. estimates that by 2008, 300,000 people had been killed, and more than 3 million displaced. Pictured, two girls in the Abushouk camp for internally displaced persons, in North Darfur, in January 2012.IAN TIMBERLAKE/AFP/Getty Images/file
In 2008 the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir for his role in the campaign of violence in the Darfur region.EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/Getty Images/file
Pictured, the remains of a house in Derib al Reih village, South Darfur, that was reportedly destroyed by the Sudanese air force in February 22, 2013.AFP/Getty Images
Children at the Kalma Internally Displaced Persons camp, in November 2010.AFP/Getty Images/file