Some of the tribes involved Cause_to_be_included in these clashes Hostile_encounter have been the Messiria , Maalia , Rizeigat and Bani Hussein Arabic tribes inhabiting Darfur and West Kordofan , and the Dinka , Nuer and Murle African ethnic groups inhabiting South Sudan .

Conflicts Hostile_encounter have been fueled Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by other major wars Hostile_encounter taking place Process_start in the same regions , in particular the Second Sudanese Civil War , the War in Darfur and the Sudanese conflict Hostile_encounter in South Kordofan and Blue Nile .

In recent years , particularly violent clashes broke out Process_start in 1993 between Jikany Nuer and Lou Nuer in Upper Nile , in 2009-2012 between Lou Nuer and Murle in Jonglei and in 2013-2014 between Maalia , Rizeigat , Messiria , Salamat and Bani Hussein in Darfur and West Kordofan .

In May 2008 , the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) , a Darfur ethnic minority rebel group , undertook Action a raid Attack against the Sudanese government in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum .

It was the first time that the War Hostile_encounter in Darfur , previously confined Hindering to western Sudan , reached Arriving the country 's capital .

Overall , the war Hostile_encounter has claimed the lives of up to 300,000 people , with 2.5 million more made homeless since 2003 ( the United States has labeled Labeling the conflict Hostile_encounter in Darfur as genocide , a charge the Sudanese government has rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act ) .

The War in Darfur , also nicknamed Name_conferral the Land Cruiser War , is a major armed conflict Hostile_encounter in the Darfur region of Sudan that began Process_start in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement ( SLM ) and the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) rebel groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter the government of Sudan , which they accused Judgment_communication of oppressing Darfur 's non-Arab population .

The War in Darfur , also nicknamed Name_conferral the Land Cruiser War , is a major armed conflict Hostile_encounter in the Darfur region of Sudan that began Process_start in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement ( SLM ) and the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) rebel groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter the government of Sudan , which they accused Judgment_communication of oppressing Darfur 's non-Arab population .

The War in Darfur , also nicknamed Name_conferral the Land Cruiser War , is a major armed conflict Hostile_encounter in the Darfur region of Sudan that began Process_start in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement ( SLM ) and the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) rebel groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter the government of Sudan , which they accused Judgment_communication of oppressing Darfur 's non-Arab population .

The government responded Response to attacks Attack by carrying out Attack a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Darfur 's non-Arabs .

One side of the conflict Hostile_encounter is mainly composed Come_together of the Sudanese military , police and the Janjaweed , a Sudanese militia group whose members are mostly recruited among Arabized indigenous Africans and a small number of Bedouin of the northern Rizeigat ; the majority of other Arab groups in Darfur remained Presence uninvolved .

The JEM , the largest rebel Hostile_encounter group in Darfur , vowed Commitment to boycott negotiations Communication .

The Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition Traveling of 1916 was a military operation Military_operation by British Empire and the Sultanate of Egypt , launched Process_start as a preemptive invasion Attack of the Sultanate of Darfur .

The Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition Traveling of 1916 was a military operation Military_operation by British Empire and the Sultanate of Egypt , launched Process_start as a preemptive invasion Attack of the Sultanate of Darfur .

The sultan of Darfur Ali Dinar had been reinstated Change_of_leadership by the British after their victory Earnings_and_losses in the Mahdist War Military_operation but during the First World War Military_operation he grew Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale restive , refusing Agree_or_refuse_to_act his customary tribute to the Sudanese government and showing Communication partiality Filling to the Ottoman Empire in 1915 .

Sirdar Reginald Wingate then organized Arranging a force of around 2,000 men ; under the command Control of Philip James Vandeleur Kelly , the force entered Arriving Darfur in March 1916 and decisively defeated Conquering the Fur Army at Beringia and occupied Control the capital El Fasher in May .

Subsequently , Darfur was fully annexed Becoming_a_member to the British administration of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and remained part of Sudan upon its independence Change_of_leadership .