There are both black people the north are muslim and the south are christian 10% of the population are christian there are been civil wars in the region for years.
One of the sensationalist themes encountered with respect to the conflict in Darfur is that it is a racial one in which light-skinned “Arab� tribes have been engaged in the “ethnic cleansing� of black “African� tribes. [2] These sorts of claims are particularly inflammatory and very questionable. Mahmood Mamdani, director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University, noted that “The implication that these are two different races, one indigenous and the other not is dangerous.� [3] The simple fact is that there is very little, if any, racial difference between the many tribes of Darfur, “Arab� or “African�. Both communities are black. The London Observer newspaper has reported, for example, that “[c]enturies of intermarriage has rendered the two groups physically indistinguishable�.[4] The UN media service noted: “In Darfur, where the vast majority of people are Muslim and Arabic-speaking, the distinction between ‘Arab’ and ‘African’ is more cultural than racial.�[5] This reality has also been confirmed by Dr Alex de Waal and other anti-government activists.[6] Ryle has noted that Arabs and non-Arabs “are generally physically indistinguishable�. [7] The New York Times has exemplified contradictory reporting on this issue, with articles on one hand by their columnist Nicholas Kristof alleging, for example, that “black Africans have been driven from their homes by lighter-skinned Arabs in the Janjaweed� [8] while also publishing subsequent articles such as “In Sudan, No Clear Difference Between Arab and African�. [9] Even “African� Darfurian anti-government figures such as Dr Eltigani Ateem Seisi contradict the dangerously lazy shorthand of the New York Times. Speaking at a conference in Brussels he stated with reference to “Arabs� and “Africans� in Darfur that “we all look alike� and that one “can’t tell from the features if he is Arab or African�. He added that he, an “African�, had a lighter skin than many “Arabs�. [10]
They have self identified themselves as arab because they speak arabic there are all as black and african as each other. Both Christians and muslims have died.
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