Sudanese Rebel Groups Arm Themselves As Peace Process Falters

MISTEREI, SUDAN- SEPTEMBER 8: Heavily armed rebel fighters from the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) smoke one of their rationed cigarettes at their base in the Darfur region of Sudan on September 8, 2004 in Ulang, Sudan. Both rebel groups, the JEM, and the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) continue to abide by a current ceasefire and are participating in talks with the Sudanese government in neighboring Nigeria, but are growing increasingly frustrated by the government's failure to reign in the janjaweed militia and warn of impending military action if the violence in the region does not end soon.(Photo by Scott Nelson/Getty Images)