 Meanwhile, the "Africans" were pejoratively known as "zurga" ("Blacks").Over the course of the Condominium, 56% of all investment occurred in Khartoum, Kassala and Northern Province versus 17% for both Kurdufan and Darfur, resulting in about 5-6% in Darfur as Kurdufan received the bulk of funds in the West.This was despite the provinces in the Nile Valley having a population of 2.3 million versus 3 million people in the West.