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AllAfrica.com
February 20, 2018
One of the largest gold mining areas is controlled by Musa Hilal, a former leader in the Janjaweed militia. Hilal controls 400 gold mines in Jebel Amir earning him $54 million, according to a UN report. "Gold, our key product, is smuggled to Chad, South Sudan, Egypt and Dubai and through the airport," saysÃÂ ...
Premium Times
February 19, 2018
Nigeria's Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, has fired a query to Ibrahim Magu, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, demanding justification for the recent charges the anti-graft office brought against Danladi Umar, the chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Haaretz
February 6, 2018
Yet she told him to flee, to get as far away as he could from the Janjaweed – the militia that had burned down their village and was kidnapping boys like ... And although the campaign's organizers are hearing optimistic rumblings that a decision has been made for such an exemption, no official statementÃÂ ...
Observer
January 6, 2018
He is a former ally of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and led the government-allied Janjaweed militia. Musa Hilal is subject to UN sanctions for his suspected involvement in the Darfur conflict of the mid-2000s. His son Habeeb was also detained in the clashes in North Darfur, Sudan's defence minister,ÃÂ ...
Lexington Herald Leader
January 3, 2018
Frank Wolf, the Virginia Republican who drafted the bill that created the post of U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom almost 20 years ago, were the first Americans to visit Sudan's Darfur region as the Janjaweed militias burned villages and gang-raped women out gathering firewood.
AllAfrica.com
December 27, 2017
El Fasher — The disarmament campaign in North Darfur has not led to the planned results, according to the state's governor, although more than 170 militiamen affiliated with former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal have reportedly been arrested. Talking to a Darfur local radio on Saturday, GovernorÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
December 20, 2017
Last January, RSF Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, (aka Hametti) said they intercepted the smuggling of 1500 illegal migrants on the Sudanese-Libyan border since their fighters were deployed to the desert area. The RSF militia, which is widely known as the Janjaweed militias, were originallyÃÂ ...
Middle East Eye
December 12, 2017
Since 2003, the Janjaweed, an Arab militia with alleged Sudanese government support, have attacked villages populated by ethnically African tribes ... Further complicating his journey is the announcement that Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has stationed additional forces on the Sudanese-Darfuri border.
Middle East Eye
December 1, 2017
Tensions between the Sudanese government and the militia commander reached a tipping point in recent weeks. After Sudanese Vice ... Formally known as Mohamed Hamdan Dagl, Hemetti had fought under the command of Hilal as a junior Janjaweed leader in Darfur. In 2014, Hilal withdrew from theÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
November 28, 2017
“This battle should unite us all; we must defend the right of Brigadier-General Omer Fadl Dar Shain and his colleagues, besides the right of Nimir Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed Hussein Mustafa (aka Adarob) and Mustafa Tambor and their comrades as well as Musa Hilal and his sons and HarounÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
November 27, 2017
The leader of the Awakening Revolutionary Council was arrested in Darfur after battles with the pro-government militias. Reports accuse Mr Hilal of committing war crimes in the troubled region. The Janjaweed leader defected from the government side three years ago and retreated to his stronghold ofÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
November 27, 2017
The leader of the Awakening Revolutionary Council was arrested in Darfur after battles with the pro-government militias. Reports accuse Mr Hilal of committing war crimes in the troubled region. The Janjaweed leader defected from the government side three years ago and retreated to his stronghold ofÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
October 7, 2017
Hilal, a former Janjaweed leader, rejects government campaign to collect militia weapons and to merge his Border Guards Forces (BGF) with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a government militia attached to the Sudanese army and led by one of his former aides. Last month, the RSF said it killed 19 humanÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
September 10, 2017
Hilal was recruited by Bashir's regime to organise and lead the Janjaweed to fight against the Darfuri armed groups of the black African tribes of Darfur. Land, money and power were the incentives that Bashir offered the commander and his militiamen to fight on his side. Throughout the 14 years of conflict,ÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
April 23, 2017
Radio Dabanga — According to a former Darfur janjaweed leader, who was arrested in Sweden in early April, the Sudanese authorities wanted to rid Darfur ... In the interview, the former militia commander claims he personally dealt with millions of dollars sent by Khartoum to fund the war, and that he hadÃÂ ...
African Arguments
December 31, 1999
One of the largest gold mining areas is controlled by Musa Hilal, a former leader in the Janjaweed militia. Hilal controls 400 gold mines in Jebel Amir earning him $54 million, according to a UN report. “Gold, our key product, is smuggled to Chad, South Sudan, Egypt and Dubai and through the airport,” saysÃÂ ...
KTVQ Billings News
December 20, 2017
2004 - Is criticized for not cracking down on the Janjaweed militia, a pro-government militia accused of murdering and raping people in Darfur. September 2007 - After meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, al-Bashir agrees to peace talks with rebels. Peace talks begin in October, but areÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
December 20, 2017
In addition, tensions arose between Darfur's notorious militia groups and Sudan's (para)military forces over the mandatory weapons collection. Defectors of the paramilitary Border Guards clashed with former Janjaweed leader Musa Hilal and his militias on 26 November. Both Hilal and the defected BorderÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
December 6, 2017
The RSF second commander and brother of Hemeti, Maj. Gen. ... The former janjaweed leader is a thorn in the side of Khartoum. In 2003, when the armed conflict erupted in Darfur, his janjaweed targeted unarmed people and torched villages of "African Darfuris" with full backing of the government. In 2006Â ...
Sudan Tribune
December 4, 2017
RSF extends voluntary disarmament deadline at Darfur tribal leader hometown ... RSF second commander Abdel-Rahim Daglo said his militiamen managed to capture 25 unregulated vehicles with pintle-mounted weapons as well as one SAM-9 anti-aircraft gun, DShK 12,7mm machine gun and 2 binaryÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
November 29, 2017
November 27 - 2017 MISTERIHA / KHARTOUM Musa Hilal, former janjaweed leader and ... The commander of the RSF, Gen. ... and senior members of the council's leadership were also arrested, ... RSF director of general supplies, Brig. ... In addition, the Sudanese leader also praised his earlier meeting ...
RFI
November 28, 2017
The Janjaweed leader defected from the government side three years ago and retreated to Mastariha in North Darfur State, where he founded the Awakening ... There, it is alleged that Musa Hilal was arrested for his part in the weekend murder of a commander of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.
Sudan Tribune
November 28, 2017
“This battle should unite us all; we must defend the right of Brigadier-General Omer Fadl Dar Shain and his colleagues, besides the right of Nimir Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed Hussein Mustafa (aka Adarob) and Mustafa Tambor and their comrades as well as Musa Hilal and his sons and Haroun ...
Sudan Tribune
November 28, 2017
Sudan's armed groups denounce arrest of ex-Janjaweed leader ... we must defend the right of Brigadier-General Omer Fadl Dar Shain and his ...
Daily Nation
November 27, 2017
The leader of the Awakening Revolutionary Council was arrested in Darfur after battles with the pro-government militias. Reports accuse Mr Hilal of committing war crimes in the troubled region. The Janjaweed leader defected from the government side three years ago and retreated to his stronghold of ...
BBC News
November 27, 2017
Sudanese authorities have arrested a powerful militia leader suspected ... Omar al-Bashir and led the government-allied Janjaweed militia. ... Sudan's Rapid Support Forces said they lost 10 members, including a commander.
ReliefWeb
November 22, 2017
Regarding the position of former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal, who heads a clan and vast number of militias, the Governor said “he is not ...
AllAfrica.com
November 7, 2017
Khartoum — The commander of Sudan's main militia, the Rapid ... out a confrontation with his cousin, former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal, ...
AllAfrica.com
November 5, 2017
Its members are affiliated with former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal, backed by Khartoum, until Hilal distanced himself from the government in ...
AllAfrica.com
November 3, 2017
When they learned she belonged to the Mahameed clan, headed by Musa Hilal - a janjaweed leader who turned against the government ...
AllAfrica.com
October 31, 2017
... they had a meeting with the commander of the Kutum military garrison. ... headed by Musa Hilal - a janjaweed leader who turned against the ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
October 30, 2017
One day we met a janjaweed leader and he said, Unless you get back four camels that were stolen in 2003, then we're going to go to these four ...
The Hans India
October 27, 2017
Even UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon admitted recently that the ... During the Darfur crisis, Janjaweed militias, allowed by elements of the ...
AllAfrica.com
October 26, 2017
... of the situation in North Darfur, claimed the Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC) led by the former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal.
AllAfrica.com
October 24, 2017
"We all feared that these janjaweed would continue to plunder the entire ... and provides for the commander of the RSF to be appointed by the ...
Sudan Tribune
October 7, 2017
Hilal, a former Janjaweed leader, rejects government campaign to collect militia weapons and to merge his Border Guards Forces (BGF) with ...
AllAfrica.com
September 26, 2017
The displaced leader also requested Unamid to start a thorough ... (RAC), founded and headed by former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal, ...
AllAfrica.com
September 26, 2017
Saraf Omra — The Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC), led by former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal, claims that President Omar Al Bashir ...
Quartz
September 25, 2017
In 2012, Deby even reportedly married the daughter of Musa Hilal, the alleged leader of the Janjaweed militia to whom much of the violence in ...
Sudan Tribune
September 25, 2017
The campaign is also facing another challenge posed by the tribal chief and former Janjaweed leader Musa Hilal who reject the campaign and ...
AllAfrica.com
September 25, 2017
The dead include Suleiman Daoud, a bodyguard of former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal. Lt. Col. Hassan Abdallah, RSF Field Commander told ...
Reliefweb
September 23, 2017
SRF filed commander Hassan Mohamed Abdalla told the official ... The RSF militia, which is widely known as the Janjaweed militias, were ...
AllAfrica.com
September 18, 2017
Saraf Omra — The Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC), led by former janjaweed leader Musa Hilal, has denied any agreement with the ...
Aljazeera.com
September 10, 2017
Tensions between the Sudanese regime and militia commander ... Musa Hilal was involved in the founding of the notorious Janjaweed, ... He is also the sheikh (tribal leader) of the Mahamid clan of the ... Hilal crossed the regime's redlines by establishing contact with the Libyan General Khalifa Haftar.
AllAfrica.com
August 19, 2017
In an interview with Radio Dabanga, former Janjaweed* leader Hilal said ... from Darfur in favour of the Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar.
Huffington Post
April 21, 2017
... clarity in a memorandum originating from the headquarters of notoriously brutal Arab militia leader (Janjaweed) Musa Hilal in Misteriya, North ...
Middle East Eye
December 31, 1999
Since 2003, the Janjaweed, an Arab militia with alleged Sudanese government support, have attacked villages populated by ethnically African tribes ... Further complicating his journey is the announcement that Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has stationed additional forces on the Sudanese-Darfuri border.
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
Prince Adam Khater was one of those arrested in Darfur and transferred to Khartoum on Monday along with Musa Hilal, former janjaweed leader and ... Kamal Omar of the PCP leadership has held the government responsible for what is happening in Darfur explaining that it has distributed weapons to the ...
Middle East Eye
December 31, 1999
KHARTOUM - After an ongoing cat and mouse chase, the Sudanese authorities appear to have ended the legacy of Musa Hilal, the former leader of the Janjaweed militia who was arrested on Monday in Darfur following clashes with government forces. Hilal was detained near his hometown of Mustariha in ...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemeti' told reporters today that ... Its members are affiliated with founder and former janjaweed leader ...
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