Google and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum launched a project Tuesday that maps out the atrocities occurring in Darfur, Reuters reported.
Google Earth users are now able to zoom in on Darfur, a western region of Sudan, to view the more than 1,600 villages damaged or destroyed by the Janjaweed during the conflict. More than 200,000 people have been killed in the region since the current conflict began in 2003, making it the first incident of the 21st century classified by the United States as an act of genocide, according to Reuters.
Sara Bloomfield, director of the Holocaust Museum, said they partnered with Google to provide high-resolution images of the region, which they claim show proof the incident is an act of genocide. The Sudanese government continues to deny that genocide is taking place, Reuters reported.
"When it comes to responding to genocide, the world's record is terrible," Bloomfield said. "We hope this important initiative with Google will make it that much harder for the world to ignore those who need us the most"
