On 9 September 2004, then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell declared to the US Senate that genocide was occurring in Darfur, for which he blamed the Sudanese government and the Janjaweed.
September 9. september 2004 erklærede USA’s daværende udenrigsminister Colin Powell i det amerikanske senat at det var et folkedrab som fandt sted i Darfur, og han gav den sudanesiske regering og Janjaweed skylden for det.