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Darfur rebels rooted in different pasts - BBC
05 Oct 2004
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LONDON (AlertNet) - The BBC World Service describes how one Darfur rebel group began as self-defence militias responding to armed Arab incursions, while the other has strong links to a former government strongman.

An analysis by the BBC World Service says the soldiers of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) -- the larger of the two movements in Darfur -- were recruited from African farming communities affected by a 1987-1989 conflict.

The Justice for Equality Movement (JEM), on the other hand, was established by supporters of Hassan al-Turabi, a former Khartoum adviser who was purged from the party in 1999 after a showdown with the president.

The full analysis is on the BBC World Service website: Who are Sudan's Darfur rebels?


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