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Nature 449, 24 (6 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449024a; Published online 5 September 2007

Poverty and environmental stress fuel Darfur crisis

Jeffrey D. Sachs1

  1. The Earth Institute at Columbia University, 535 West 116th St, New York, New York 10027, USA

The "true culprit" in the Darfur crisis is the National Islamic Front, according to two recent News stories ('Darfur's climate roots challenged' Nature 447, 1038; doi:10.1038/4471038b 2007, and 'Darfur lake is a "mirage"' Nature 448, 394–395; doi:10.1038/448394a 2007