Darfur: a short history of a long war

The people of Darfur.

Dor village

A history of statehood and ethnicity

Islam in Darfur

Becoming Sudanese

The Sudan government.

Sudan's Islamic revolution

Counterinsurgency on the cheap

Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, 'Hero of Sudan'

The Janjawiid.

Musa Hilal, a big sheikh

Roots of the northern Janjawiid

The death of the old order

The Arab gathering

The Masalit War: 'the beginning of the organization of the Janjawiid'

From Aamo to Misteriha

The rebels.

The Fur resistance

The Zaghawa link

When did the insurrection begin?

Looking for friends

Search for a cohesive leadership

The justice and equality movement

From The Black Book to guerrilla operations

The war.

'The planes are ashes'

Unleashing the Janjawiid

Bombing Darfur

Creating famine

Keeping the secret

Endgame.

Forward to the past

The UN and the genocide question.