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β | The Darfur Conflict is an ongoing guerrilla conflict centered in the Darfur region of | + | The Darfur Conflict is an ongoing guerrilla conflict centered in the Darfur region of Sudan. |
It began in February 2003, when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing Black Africans in favour of Arabs. | It began in February 2003, when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing Black Africans in favour of Arabs. | ||
On one side of the conflict are the official Sudanese military and police and the Janjaweed, a Sudanese militia group recruited mostly from the Afro-Arab Abbala tribes from the northern Rizeigat region in Sudan. | On one side of the conflict are the official Sudanese military and police and the Janjaweed, a Sudanese militia group recruited mostly from the Afro-Arab Abbala tribes from the northern Rizeigat region in Sudan. |