Definitions for "Janjaweed"
Keywords:  sudan, fce, gunmen, janjawid, darfur
Ethnically-based militias backed by the Government of Sudan
The Janjaweed (Arabic: جنجويد ; variously transliterated Janjawid, Janjawed, Jingaweit, Jinjaweed, Janjawiid, Janjiwid, Janjaweit, etc.) is a blanket term used to describe mostly armed gunmen in Darfur, western Sudan. Using the United Nations definition, the Janjaweed comprises nomadic Arab tribes who've long been at odds with Darfur's settled African farmershttp://unterm.un.org/dgaacs/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/83f7444b20fce17985256e6f0069afb8?OpenDocument, the core of which are from an Abbala (camel herder) background with significant recruitment from the Baggara (cattle herder) people.