"Scientists have discovered the underground remnants of an ancient lake in Sudan's arid Darfur region, offering hope of easing the water scarcity that lies at the root of much of the unrest in the region."
Rodrique Ngowi - Thursday July 19, 2007 The Guardian
Scientists have discovered the underground remnants of an ancient lake in Sudan's arid Darfur region, offering hope of easing the water scarcity that lies at the root of much of the unrest in the region.
Decades of scarce water and other resources have stoked low-intensity local conflicts that eventually blew up into a devastating civil war. The four-year conflict has killed more than 200,000 people, displaced more than 2.5 million others and sparked a regional humanitarian crisis after feeding instability in neighbouring Chad and the Central African Republic.
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