Slavery in Darfur

The Darfur Consortium, a coalition of Africa-based and Africa-focused NGOs, has released a study documenting eye-witness accounts of slavery among men, women, and children at the hands of the Janjaweed and Sudanese army.

According to the report, thousands of Darfur residents are being forced to perform hard labor, domestic labor, and sexual services.

A boy who experienced first-hand the appalling events had this to say –

They were treating me and the other boys very badly. They kept telling us that we are not human beings and we are here to serve them.

The Sudanese government has yet to comment on the study.