where did darfur happen?
Sudan
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 According to the United Nations , Chad has been affected by a humanitarian crisis since at least 2001 . As of 2008 , the country of Chad hosts over 280 @,@ 000 refugees from the Sudan 's Darfur region , over 55 @,@ 000 from the Central African Republic , as well as over 170 @,@ 000 internally displaced persons . 

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 The famine in Sudan in 1998 was a humanitarian disaster caused mainly by human rights abuses , as well as drought and the failure of the international community to react to the famine risk with adequate speed . The worst affected area was Bahr El Ghazal in southwestern Sudan . In this region over 70 @,@ 000 people died during the famine . 

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 The precursor to Hurricane Donna brought severe weather to the Dakar area of Senegal . Air France Flight AF343 , which was flying from Paris , France to Abidjan , Ivory Coast , attempted to land at the Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport as a layover . However , due to squally weather , the plane instead crashed into the Atlantic Ocean , killing all 63 people on board . Heavy rainfall was also reported in Cape Verde on August 30 . 

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 The Sudanese Civil War officially ended in January 2005 , and the Juba Declaration of 8 January 2006 laid out the basis for unifying rival military forces in South Sudan . Gordon Kong Chuol , Deputy Commander of the South Sudan Defense Forces ( SSDF ) , which had been supported by the Government of Sudan , resisted the merger . His core faction , the " Nasir Peace Force " was based in the village of Ketbek , just north of Nasir , with 75 @-@ 80 fighters as of August 2006 and perhaps 300 reserve forces in the area . His position on the border with Sudan to the north and near to the functioning Adar Yale oilfield was sensitive . In July 2006 , four busloads of SSDF recruits arrived in the area from Khartoum . In August 2006 there were reported to be 300 @-@ 400 active SSDF militiamen in the Adar area . 

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 By March 2002 , over 50 @,@ 000 people had been through the DDR process and the RUF had been entirely disarmed . A company of Gurkhas and a Royal Navy frigate were sent to the area in March 2003 to ensure stability while several prominent people — including Charles Taylor of Liberia , cabinet minister Samuel Hinga Norman , and several former RUF leaders — were arrested and indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone . 
