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Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
The conflict in the far western region of Sudan, in Darfur is being labelled the world's largest humanitarian crisis taking place. The clash in Darfur is due to racial intolerance. The conflict involves the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Janjaweed forces who are Arab militia that are tarnished with claims of rape and mass killings and rumoured to be backed by the government (Q & A Darfur conflict, May 2006). Both sets of groups are being opposed by the non-Arab rebels in the Darfur region consisting of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) (Q & A Darfur conflict, May 2006). The conflict has left more than three million people in need of food aid and shelter, over two hundred thousand dead and over two million refugees in Chad (Q & A Darfur conflict, May 2006).
The conflict began in early 2003 when the rebels from both sets of the SLA and the JEM launched an attack on GOS forces after a peace treaty agreement......

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