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Events on Thursday 9 September 2004 1
2004United States declares genocide in DarfurSecretary of State Colin Powell testifies to CongressPowell told the US Senate that atrocities committed by Janjaweed militias against non-Arab civilians in Darfur, Sudan, constituted genocide. It was the first time a sitting government had used the term for an ongoing conflict.