Janjaweed - Wikipedia
The Janjaweed (Arabic: جَنْجَويد, romanized: Janjawīd; 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]
Janjaweed | Sudan’s Ethnic Cleansing Militia | Britannica
2024年10月27日 · Janjaweed, Arab militia active in Sudan, particularly in the Darfur region. The militia’s name is thought by many to be derived from the Arabic jinnī (spirit) and jawad (horse), although its etymological origins are not completely clear.
Darfur: Why are Sudan's Janjaweed on the attack again?
2022年4月26日 · A major city in Sudan's Darfur region has been under fierce attack - days after thousands of people arrived there seeking safety after their own town was set ablaze by horse-riding Arab militias...
Explainer: tracing the history of Sudan’s Janjaweed militia
2019年6月18日 · What is the history of the Janjaweed – when did the group come together and why? The term Janjaweed refers to the armed groups of the Arabs of Darfur and Kordofan in western Sudan. They call ...
Darfur: Why are Sudan's Janjaweed on the attack again? - BBC
2022年4月26日 · A major city in Sudan's Darfur region has been under fierce attack - days after thousands of people arrived there seeking safety after their own town was set ablaze by horse-riding Arab militias...
Terrified Sudanese on the run from Arab militias in Darfur - again
2023年5月3日 · When non-Arabs took up arms against the government in 2003, complaining about discrimination, the government retaliated by mobilising and arming mostly Arab militias. Known as the Janjaweed, they...
‘Can’t trust the Janjaweed’: Sudan’s capital ravaged by RSF rule
2024年1月20日 · During the first Darfur war in 2003, government-backed “Arab” militias – which were more commonly known as the “Janjaweed” and later repackaged as the RSF – displaced “non-Arabs” from their...
BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan's shadowy Arab militia
2004年4月10日 · The Janjaweed have attacked black Africans from the Fur, Massaleet and Zagawa ethnic groups with a ruthlessness that has not been seen in the region for some time, report aid agencies and...
Janjaweed - The New York Times
Two decades later, the first and only Darfur war crimes trial opened for a man accused of leading the terrifying janjaweed militia. News about Janjaweed. Commentary and archival information...
Who Are the Janjaweed? - Slate Magazine
2004年7月22日 · Much of the violence in Sudan, which has created over 1 million refugees, has been attributed to militias known as the Janjaweed. Who are the Janjaweed? The word, an Arabic colloquialism, means...