Mark Zenier wrote:

In article ,
running dogg wrote:

Sudan is run by Muslims, mostly of Arab descent. There are Christians in
Sudan, but they're an oppressed minority, as are the blacks (as opposed
to the Arabs, who run things). The people in Darfur who have been
subjected to genocide by Arab Muslims are Black Christians. The Arab

No, both sides in Dafur are Muslims. It's between the Arab pastoralists
raising their livestock, and the African farmers.

Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have
dominated national politics since independence from the UK in
1956. Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war for all but 10
years since then. The war is rooted in northern economic,
political, and social domination of non-Muslim, non-Arab
southern Sudanese. Since 1983, the war and war- and
famine-related effects have resulted in more than 2 million
deaths and over 4 million people displaced. The ruling regime
is
a mixture of military elite and an Islamist party that came to

power in a 1989 coup. Some northern opposition parties have
made common cause with the southern rebels and entered the
war as part of an anti-government alliance. Peace talks gained

momentum in 2002-03 with the signing of several accords,
including a cease-fire agreement.

From: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/su.html

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