Darfur Movements: Vision and Blueprints for Action

Abstract

Background: The Darfur region covers an area of 508.000 square kilometers, a size equivalent to that of France. The region is home to almost seven million people, divided into over 100 ethnic groups. The war in Darfur, so far, has left 200,000- 450,000 dead and over 2.5 million displaced.
The war in Darfur involves two insurgent movements: The Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). Later, the SLM split into two factions. One of which signed a peace agreement with the government in Khartoum. ln September 2006, the National Redemption Front was formed out of JEM and some Leaders of the SLM, and the Sudan Federal Democratic Party.