Armed group, mercenaries, mining, power struggles. It’s a familiar story in Africa, sadly.
Hemedti ably used his commercial acumen and military prowess to build his militia into a force more powerful than the waning Sudanese state.
The root causes of the ongoing conflict in Darfur are rising to the surface amid an influx of arms from Libya.
Ousted president Omar al-Bashir could face the International Criminal Court for his role in Sudan’s clampdown on the non-Arab people of Darfur.
The Janjaweed militia first came into play when Omar al-Bashir’s government deployed it in Darfur