9DarfurWHY

= WHY =

The Sudan Liberation Government and Justice and Equality Movement began attacking government targets since 2003. Rebels began demanding greater political and economic right for black Darfurians from the Arab-dominated Sudanese government. Darfur had faced many years of tension over land and grazing rights. Since 2003, over 200,000 civilians have been killed. Another 2.5 million people are in refugee camps. Western Sudanese region of Darfur erupted into violence between Sudanese government forces and rebel groups protesting the marginalization of the region's black African ethnic groups by the Muslim central government. Arab militias (Janjaweed) supported by the government soon began enacting policies of ethnic cleansing. There are against Darfur's civilian population, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and more than 2 million expelled from their homes.



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