Darfur simplified
The Darfur conflict was ongoing in the Darfur region of western Sudan between the Janjaweed, a Sudanese-government-supported armed militia recruited from local Arab tribes, and the black African peoples of the region. The conflict has been widely described as "ethnic cleansing". So far an estimated 10,000 /30,000 people had already been killed, and more than one million people displaced from their homes. Two local rebel groups called “JEM” and the “SLA” are accusing the government of Sudan of oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs furthermore they claim, the government of Sudan mounted a campaign of aerial bombardment supporting ground attacks by an Arab militia, the so called “Janjaweed”. The Janjaweeds were further accused of committing serious human rights violations, including mass killing, looting, and rapes of the non-Arab population of Darfur. We must keep in mind, the two anti Sudan Government groups of JEM and SLA started the conflict in 2003 by attacking th...