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 .

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 .

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 .