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Sudan
Index
Regional resentment of Khartoum was not limited to the south,
but was present to varying degrees in other areas of Sudan,
especially the western state of Darfur. Although the ethnically
diverse people of Darfur were predominantly Muslim, more than 40
percent were not Arabs and generally felt more affinity with
related groups in neighboring Chad than with Khartoum. The civil
strife in Chad during the 1980s inevitably spilled over into
western Darfur, exacerbating historical tensions between the nonArab Fur and Zaghawa ethnic groups
(see Chad
, this ch.). The
perception among many Fur that the RCC-NS encouraged and even
armed militia among their enemies inspired guerrilla attacks on
central government facilities and forces in Darfur. The general
sense of antagonism toward the RCC-NS was reinforced by the
drought and the near-famine conditions that have afflicted Darfur
since 1984. Like its predecessors, the RCC-NS failed to cope with
the social and economic consequences of the environmental
disaster, a situation that increased alienation from the central
government. By the early 1990s, much of Darfur was in a state of
anarchy.
Data as of June 1991
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