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Article: Darfur: facts and timeline.
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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Sudan is the largest country in Africa (2.5 million square kilometres) and has a population of 35 million. Despite an abundance of oil and other natural resources, the vast majority of Sudan's people live in poverty, and its Government has been described as 'the most repressive regime in the world'. (1)
Darfur is an area in western Sudan the size of France. It is home to six million people living largely rural lives--some nomadic herders, some settled farmers. An entirely Muslim region, its name means Homeland (Dar) of the Fur--one of its largest ethnic groups.
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FACTS
Since the current conflict began in 2003:
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