The refugees described the perpetrators: Arab militia members riding on horseback. The Janjaweed, "devils on horseback," have destroyed more than 400 villages and raped and killed thousands upon ...

Their notoriety has earned them the nickname Janjaweed, an Arabic word for "devils on horseback" . "I've never seen such a thing in more than 20 years of war in Darfur. It's awful," Mr Osman ...

Known as the Janjaweed, they were accused of widespread atrocities. Many of those Janjaweed fighters morphed into the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group that is now battling the army.

The Janjaweed has been charged by the State Department with the deaths of 400,000 Darfur civilians between 2004 and 2007. Eventually, however, Saudi King Salman gave his blessing to the ...

The Sudanese foreign ministry said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) late Thursday caused the death of at least 120 ...

"The Janjaweed militia (paramilitaries) committed a new massacre in the town of Hilaliya in Al-Jazira state over the past two days, resulting in 120 martyrs so far, killed either by gunfire or due ...

"The Janjaweed militia (paramilitaries) committed a new massacre in the town of Hilaliya in Al-Jazira state over the past two days, resulting in 120 martyrs so far, killed either by gunfire or due ...

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. Up to ...