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	Darfur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darfur's economy is primarily based on subsistence agriculture, producing cereals, fruit and tobacco as well as livestock in the drier north.
		Northern Darfur's capital is Al Fashir; Southern Darfur's is Nyala; and Wester Darfur's is Geneina.
		Darfur: Counting the Deaths This report presents estimates on the number of persons who have died in Darfur between September 2003 and January 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darfur (3369 words)

	Darfur conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Darfur conflict or the Darfur genocide is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from local Baggara tribes, and the non-Baggara peoples (mostly land-tilling tribes) of the region.
		Darfur was awash in small arms from the various neighboring conflicts and stories spread of herders raiding farming villages for all of their animals or villagers who had armed themselves in self defense.
		Even prior to this attack, however, a conflict had erupted in Darfur, as rebels had already attacked police stations, army outposts and military convoys, and the government had engaged in a massive air and land assault on the rebel stronghold in the Marra Mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darfur_conflict (4732 words)

	CSFDarfur: Canadian Students For Darfur - Darfur Crisis
		Darfur is a region in western Sudan the size of France.
		The conflict began in the arid and impoverished region early in 2003 after a rebel group began attacking government targets, claiming that the region was being neglected by Khartoum.
		The Darfur peace deal that was signed on May 5, 2006 includes disarming the Janjaweed militias and rebels’ demands that Darfurians not be neglected by the Khartoum government.
	csfdarfur.net /about/about_darfur.php (2038 words)

	Darfur Liberation Front / Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) / Sudan Liberation Army
		The government of Sudan maintains that conflict in this region of Darfour is primarily a tribal one, centred around the competition for land between pastoralists and crop farmers in the area.
		The main cause of this conflict is the widespread feeling of being consistently socio-economically marginalized and the sense of being left out of the peace negotiations particularly in the context of self-determination and power sharing.
		The United Nations has described the 15-month Darfur conflict as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and UN relief groups estimate that up to 2 million people are in need of food, while a million more have been forced to flee their homes.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/darfur.htm (4948 words)

	Chaos Grows in Darfur Conflict as Militias Turn on Government - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Zam Zam, a former village in northern Darfur that has been transformed into a sprawling camp of people on the run from war, is one place that illustrates the new Darfur.
		Darfur's war began when two rebel groups opened attacks on the government in early 2003, accusing it of ignoring African tribes of Darfur.
		The accounts offered by villagers are remarkably similar to the ones heard at the start of the conflict, when people across Darfur were terrorized in attacks that the United States government said amounted to genocide.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/10/18/international/africa/18darfur.html?ex=1287288000&en=a32490668be2afe5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all (1454 words)

	Darfur Timeline
		IDPs in Darfur report that aid from the UN and non-government organizations is being stolen routinely by militias.
		Vraalsen describes Darfur situation as “one of the worst in the world.” In a media interview, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Mukesh Kapila says the situation in Darfur is comparable to what happened in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
		Annan promises the residents of camps for internally displaced people in Darfur that they will not be forced to return to their homes until their security can be guaranteed.
	www.un.org /News/dh/dev/scripts/darfur_formatted.htm (3602 words)

	news-darfur
		The country primarily impacted by the Darfur conflict is of course Chad.
		The second effect of the Darfur conflict on regional politics is the influence of the violence on the intra-Sudanese peace talks now being held in Naivasha (Kenya).
		The SPLA has accepted not to mention the Darfur crisis in the course of the negotiations while the Khartoum government is trying to delay the signature of any agreement with the South long enough to crush the western insurrection.
	www.crimesofwar.org /onnews/news-darfur.html (2357 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Q&A: Sudan's Darfur conflict
		Sudan's government and the pro-government Arab militias are accused of war crimes against the region's fl African population, although the UN has stopped short of calling it genocide.
		The conflict began in the arid and impoverished region early in 2003 after a rebel group began attacking government targets, saying the region was being neglected by Khartoum.
		Darfur, which means land of the Fur, has faced many years of tension over land and grazing rights between the mostly nomadic Arabs, and farmers from the Fur, Massaleet and Zagawa communities.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm (928 words)

	Darfur In Perspective - default (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Al-Fasher, the historic capital of Darfur, is the capital of North Darfur state; Nyala is the capital of South Darfur state; and al-Geneina is the capital of West Darfur state.
		Darfur is an ecologically fragile area and had already seen growing– and often armed – conflict over natural resources between some 80 tribes and clans loosely divided between nomadic and sedentary communities.
		These forces have used Darfur as a battlefield on which to wage war against the Khartoum government– and ironically were, in large part, the same people who ruthlessly put down the attempted insurrection in 1990.
	www.darfurinperspective.com (2156 words)

	Darfur Information.com
		Darfur is in the throes of what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis, prompted by a rebel conflict that began in February 2003, and which has led to fierce and widely condemned retaliation by government forces and allied militia.
		"Darfur is a brewing disaster for which the Sudanese government bears a lot of responsibility," said US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.
		Darfur and the proliferation of armed conflict in Africa
	www.darfurinformation.com /p_sp_commited.asp (484 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Darfur: Local conflict, international chaos
		It was the latest sign that the three-year-old Darfur conflict is set to degenerate in the coming months, and could also lead to the destabilization of Chad and a Sudan-Chad war.
		Darfur now is confronted by two forms of internationalization: a growing cross-border conflict between Sudan and Chad and their respective proxies in and around Darfur and eastern Chad, and the likelihood that a UN peacekeeping force will enter Darfur in September this year.
		Much of west Darfur is now a no-go area, and the same applies to parts of southern Darfur and the northern area as well.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=15371 (1609 words)

	United Nations - OCHA IRIN \| Web Special \| Sudan: A future without War? - IRIN Web Special on the prospects of peace in ...
		But, covertly, it also serves as a conduit for arms that are fuelling the war, as an arena for Sudanese militias pursuing the refugees across the border, and as a refuge or assembly point for rebels and their families, say observers.
		The ethnic nature of the devastating attacks in Darfur, in which mainly the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawah - from which the rebels emerged - are systematically being attacked, killed, forced off their land, abducted and raped by Arab militias and the Sudanese army, means that emotions are running high among their Chadian neighbours.
		In both Darfur and Chad, numerous people told IRIN that kin on the Chadian side of the border were helping their "brothers" in Sudan, with Chadian Arabs - travelling from as far away as Biltine and Ati - helping the militias, and the Zaghawah helping the rebels.
	www.irinnews.org /webspecials/SudanDarfur/Ftr-Chad.asp (2143 words)

	The Head Heeb: Split decision
		The difficulty this time is with the conflict in Darfur, a large area in western Sudan that was an independent sultanate until 1917 and, like the south, is ethnically distinct from the center.
		The Darfur conflict has escalated even while negotiations have progressed between the government and the south, and several cease-fire attempts have failed.
		A peace agreement in the southern conflict won't end the war in Darfur, as the rebels there quite naturally reject the southern factions' authority to speak for them.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/018540.html (470 words)

	IRC \| Darfur Crisis - 2.5 Million People Uprooted
		The conflict has driven more than 2.5 million people from their homes and into overcrowded camps.
		How an IRC doctor is helping to improve the health of refugee mothers and children from Darfur.
		Darfur refugee teachers are preparing young children for the future
	www.theirc.org /index.cfm/wwwID/2070 (379 words)

	World Relief : Our Work : Where We Work : Africa : Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is estimated that 2.2 million people (out of Darfur’s total population of 6.5 million) are directly impacted by the current crisis.
		With the Janjaweed still very active, much of the vast Darfur region (roughly the size of France) is highly unstable and volatile.
		Before the South Asia tsunami, Darfur was labeled “the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.” UNICEF reports that thousands of children are dying each month from diseases that are usually preventable and treatable.
	www.wr.org /ourwork/wherewework/africa/sudan/darfurconflict.asp (464 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Sudan
		In a unanimous vote, both houses of the U.S. Congress declare that "the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide." The resolution passes 422-0 in the House of Representatives and passes without dissent in the Senate.
		The government sends a 1,025-strong police force to Darfur to maintain security, law and order, and to "uphold the sense of nationhood." Its main tasks are to protect refugee camps, set up security checkpoints along the border with Chad and safeguard roads for the return of refugees.
		Refugees begin arriving in eastern Chad to escape the conflict that erupts after members of the SLA and JEM begin attacking government forces and installations in the Darfur region of Sudan.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/sudan/darfur.html (2878 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Darfur conflict threatens to spread (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The victims of the widening conflict are people such as Khadija Yaya Moussa, a Chadian woman who fled her home after an attack by Sudanese Arabic-speaking militias known as the Janjaweed.
		Adam Rakiss, a 41-year-old who says he is a colonel in the CAR, is one of about 235 rebels seized after a major rebel assault on the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, in mid-April.
		conflict will almost certainly suck in all of its neighbours.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/D2992892-4BFE-4551-AEF5-58A0C88DD9C4.htm (680 words)

	Q & A: Crisis in Darfur (Human Rights Watch, 5-4-2004)
		Thanks to the prevailing climate of impunity in Darfur, the ceasefire agreement reached in April 2004 was repeatedly violated by all sides to the conflict, and the DPA’s permanent ceasefire agreement seems to be suffering the same fate.
		In his July 28, 2006 Report on the Situation in Darfur, Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur by January 2007, composed of from 15,000 to 19,000 troops with equipment adequate to protect civilians, and in the interim greatly enhanced U.N. support for AMIS (logistics, communications and staff).
		One was the referral of the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court in The Hague because of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2004/05/05/darfur8536.htm (3848 words)

	UN envoy says Darfur conflict is worsening - The Boston Globe
		NAIROBI -- The conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region has worsened, with 200,000 additional people being forced from their homes, a top UN envoy barred from visiting the zone by Sudanese authorities said yesterday.
		Jan Egeland, UN under-secretary general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, said Sudanese government officials had denied his UN aircraft permission to fly over Darfur in order to visit Sudanese refugees in neighboring Chad.
		That would have placed him in the top 5 percent of wage-earners in late 18th-century Vienna, say specialists, who were unable to prove suspicions that gambling debts took a big bite out of Mozart's earnings.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/04/05/un_envoy_says_darfur_conflict_is_worsening (624 words)

	NOW. Politics & Economy. Understanding Sudan \| PBS
		In 1955, a conflict between the north and south of the country which evolved into an ongoing civil war between the government in the North and the Anyanaya Forces in the South who were seeking independence.
		Early in 2003, an armed conflict started in Darfur, a very poor region about the size of France in the west of the country.
		Various humanitarian groups are focusing on the crisis in Darfur in an attempt to attract international attention and action.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/sudan2.html (805 words)

	What's behind the Darfur crisis - and what's next? \| csmonitor.com
		The conflict in Darfur, three provinces in western Sudan, is usually cast in terms of Arabs vs. fl Africans, but the reality is more muddled.
		Darfur's location at the southern edge of the Sahara makes it difficult for aid groups to reach, compounded by the onset of the rainy season.
		A preliminary UN report on Darfur released Wednesday said Khartoum had lifted restrictions on humanitarian relief, deployed some 10,000 police officers to the region, and begun disarming the Janjaweed.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0902/p07s02-woaf.html (1219 words)

	UNICEF - Sudan - Darfur - overview
		New arrivals in the Ottash IDP camp, due to the conflict in Darfur.
		DARFUR, June 2006 — An estimated 3.6 million people have been affected by the ongoing crisis in Darfur.
		The impact of violence, disease, malnutrition and dependency is leaving a mark on this generation of children, weakening their capacity and trapping them in the cycle of poverty.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/sudan_darfuroverview.html (585 words)

	ISS Research: Darfur Conflict
		Report of the Ceasefire Commission on the Situation in the Darfur Conflict at the Joint Meeting Held in N'Djamena, Chad by Brigadier General FO Okonkwo, Chairman CFC, 4 October 2004 (PDF 5.38MB)
		Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur, Abuja, 5 July 2005 (PDF 705kb)
		The AU and the Conflict in the Darfur region of The Sudan: Meeting the Challenges of Peace, Security and Stability: Pledging Conference for AMIS, Addis Ababa, 26 May 2005 (PDF 380kb)
	www.iss.org.za /AF/profiles/Sudan/darfur/index.htm (3273 words)

	CSFDarfur: Canadian Students For Darfur - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Given the urgent need of humanitarian assistance for the people in Darfur, we ask you to contribute to help aid work for the victims of the Darfur conflict.
		Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:05:56 GMT - A senior U.S. envoy held talks in Chad on Tuesday on the country's political situation and oil policy and on the threat of spillover from the Darfur conflict in neighboring Sudan.
		Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:30:56 GMT - Canada condemned a new outbreak of violence in Sudan's western Darfur region and urged the government in Khartoum to accept the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers.
	csfdarfur.net (683 words)

	Chaos Grows in Darfur Conflict as Militias Turn on Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Zam Zam, a former village in northern Darfur that has been transformed into a sprawling camp of people on the run from war, is one place that illustrates the new
		Darfur's war began when two rebel groups opened attacks on the government in early 2003, accusing it of ignoring African tribes of
		Nigeria's capital, are in their sixth round, bogged down but not broken.
	www.genocidewatch.org /SudanChaosGrowsinDarfurConflictasMilitiasTurnonGovernmentOct05.htm (1217 words)

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