The fighting in Sudan's western region of Darfur began in February 2003 when clusters of students and activists rebelled against the central management in Khartoum.

The fighting in Sudan's western region of Darfur began in February 2003 when clusters of students and activists rebelled against the central management in Khartoum. They claimed that their demands for greater growth in the region were being all yet ignored by the Khartoum restraint

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The timing of this fresh rebellion was bitterly ironic as a final peace agreement had lately been signed between the Sudanese the communitys Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudan restraint to end a 30-year civil war in the toward the south

Quickly capturing the military town of El Fashir, the Darfur rebels killed 75