The brutal oppression, ethnic cleansing and genocide sponsored by the Khartoum Government left the people of Darfur with no other option but to resort to popular political and military resistance for purposes of survival. This popular resistance has now coalesced into a political movement known as the Sudan Liberation Movement and its military wing, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLM/SLA). During recent peace talks, the SLA chose to walk out due to the lack of progress made towards disarming Arab rebels known as the Janjaweed who are responsible for the slaughter of thousands of Darfurians and the mass displacement of an estimated 1 million.
