Fur people
The National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) is a Sudanese rebel group based in the region of Darfur. The group was formed when it broke away from the Justice and Equality Movement in 2004. The NMRD came into existence because its founding members felt that JEM focused too much on the political rather than the social and economic needs of the Fur people. The NMRD signed a cease-fire agreement with the government of Sudan in December 2004. In the agreement, the parties agreed to a mutual exchange of prisoners of war and allowing aid groups to deliver relief to local citizens. It had support from persons living along a stretch of the Sudan–Chad border. Although its force was small, it resumed military operations against the government in 2005.