Each time it happens, the world insists: \u2018never again\u2019. But the political and moral blindspots that allow these atrocities will persist until the lessons of history are learned<\/p>\n
It\u2019s happening again. In Darfur, scene of a genocide that killed 300,000 people and displaced millions 20 years ago, armed militias are on the rampage once more<\/a>. Now, as then, they are targeting ethnic African tribes<\/a>, murdering, raping and stealing with impunity. \u201cThey\u201d are nomadic, ethnic Arab raiders, the much-feared \u201cdevils on horseback\u201d \u2013 except now they ride in trucks. They\u2019re called the Janjaweed. And they\u2019re back.<\/p>\n How is it possible such horrors can be repeated? The world condemned the 2003 slaughter. The UN and the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigated. Sudan\u2019s former president, Omar al-Bashir, was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity along with his principal allies. The trial of one suspect, known as Ali Kushayb<\/a>, opened last year. Yet Bashir and the guilty men have evaded justice so far.<\/p>\n