What caused the war?

The conflict taking place in Darfur happened in Feburary 2003 and is still occuring today. The conflict in Darfur has nothing to do with marginalisation or the inequality of social class. It is mainly a struggle of differnence between two groups. The Sudanese Islamist movement, the (opposition) Popular Congress party and the ruling National Congress (party). Two armed groups in Darfur launched attacks on policemen, people in the government and civilians in the area. The two groups are called the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan liberation Army. The Darfur conflict is a clash between Arab and black African Sudanese. The Arab are nomadic while the black African are sedentary farmers. The drought caused tension between the two groups because of the centuries long competition for natural resources such as land and water.