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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what region of the Sudan are the Janjaweed attacking ethnic Africans and pushing them off their land?
A
Kenya
B
Darfur
C
Congo
D
Rwanda
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A separate conflict that remained unresolved centred on the Darfur region in western Sudan. The conflict began in 2003 when rebels launched an insurrection to protest what they contended was the Sudanese government’s disregard for the western region and its non-Arab population.

Detailed explanation-2: -Darfur (/dɑːrˈfʊər/ dar-FOOR; Arabic: , romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. ‘Realm of the Fur’) is a region of western Sudan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since 2003, the Darfur region of western Sudan has been the site of terrible violence, death, and displacement; what the United States has labeled ‘genocide.

Detailed explanation-4: -In southern Sudan, civil war has raged for decades between the northern, Arab-dominated government and Christian and animist black southerners.

Detailed explanation-5: -Darfur is a region in western Sudan.

Detailed explanation-6: -Economically, the Arab groups had been nomadic herders while the African groups (such as the Fur, Maasalit and Zaghawa) were pastoralists. The Sudanese government exploited these differences by arming ethnic Arab militia groups, known as the “Janjaweed, ‘’ to attack the ethnic African groups.

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