The UN Convention clearly defined genocide. It is committed when a group exterminates or annihilates a different group in a nation. The 400,000 km2 region, whose name derives from Home (Dar) of the Black African Fur tribe, hence, Darfur, is a case of genocide. Sudan became a Muslim-dominated state in 1989 after the National Islamic Front (NIF), a radical Muslim organization, took power in a military coup. The fight is basically between black African insurgents and the Khartoum government and its local agents, the Arab militias. According to the article found in the http://www.crimesofwar.org/onnews/news-darfur.html:

The deep causes of the rebellion lie in the feeling of superiority and cultural elitism of the "Arabs", and of resentment and perceived oppression and neglect on the part of the "Africans".

The same article also included the different tactics and strategies employed by the government, it said:

Incapable of controlling the situation because it had few troops......

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Title: Genocide
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