IDRC began to support research in Sudan in 1974. By the late 1980s, however, conditions for research had deteriorated as civil war pitted rebels in the South against government forces.
IDRC-supported activities in the country became sporadic until the country emerged from this 21-year conflict with a comprehensive peace accord, signed in January 2005. While the government and Southern rebels inched closer to peace, fighting broke out in 2003 in the western region, Darfur, between rebels seeking greater autonomy, Arab militia, and government troops.
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