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On January 16, 2021, a massacre against Masalit civilians in Krinding IDP camp in Geneina, Sudan by Arab Janjaweed militants killed 163 people, mostly men, and injured 217 others. The massacre was the deadliest attack against Masalit in Geneina since attacks in 2019 against the Krinding camp that killed 72.
The Janjaweed (Arabic: جَنْجَويد, romanized: Janjawīd, lit. '"Devils on horseback"'; also transliterated Janjaweed [5]) are an Arab nomad militia group operating in the Sahel region [6] that operates in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and eastern Chad. [7] They have also been speculated to be active in Yemen.
The next attack occurred on April 23, killing sixteen and forcing 86,700 to flee to the Sudanese Army headquarters in the town. [6] [7] Janjaweed and RSF then attacked 25 neighboring villages around Kreinik, all predominantly Masalit. [1] Survivors of the attacks stated that their villages were completely razed, and many of the refugees fled to ...
Janjaweed roots The RSF is a successor to the Janjaweed , an Arab militia backed by the Sudanese government that the U.N. accused of perpetrating ethnic cleansing in Darfur between 2003 and 2005.
On 8 November 2023, the Rapid Support Forces and Janjaweed [6] massacred between 800 [7] [8] and 2,000 [9] [4] in Ardamata, Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan, although estimates vary. [10] [11] The attack came after the Sudanese Armed Forces's 15th Infantry Division camp retreated to Chad. [12] About 20,000 fled to Chad following the violence. [4]
In 2019, the first attack by Janjaweed and the RSF took place against the Masalit in the Krinding camp of Geneina, and killed 72 people, mostly Masalit. [4] [5] Masalit self-defense groups began taking up arms after the attack, and helped defend the town of Misterei from a raid by Janjaweed in July 2020. These self-defense groups expanded into ...
Two decades ago, Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war crimes, particularly by the notorious Janjaweed Arab militias against populations that identify as Central or East African.
The year-old war in Sudan between rival generals vying for power has sparked “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by weapons from foreign supporters who continue to flout U.N. sanctions aimed ...